Jay R Ferguson

Jay Rowland Ferguson Jr.'s birthplace is Dallas, Texas on July 25, 1974. He is an actor from the United States. Taylor Newton in Evening Shade, Stan Rizzo in Mad Men, and Ben Olinsky in The Conners are some of his most well-known roles. Ferguson starred as Ponyboy Curtis in the television version of S. E. Hinton's novel The Outsiders, in 1989. Following his television breakthrough, Ferguson's career became more hit-or-miss. He made his feature film debut in John Singleton's disjointed but hard-hitting and popular "Higher Learning" (1995), a look at race relations on a college campus. He next appeared in "The Price of Love," a somewhat frivolous yet emotional drama about hustlers in Los Angeles that aired on Fox in 1995.

Ferguson gained popularity from his friendship with Leonardo Dicaprio. He started making headlines in gossip columns as a regular member of Leonardo DiCaprio's band of young revelers, despite only starring in a handful of roles in the mid to late '90s.

Taylor Newton in four seasons of the CBS sitcom Evening Shade, Judging Amy, NBC television series Surface, Sleeper Cell, Mad Men, and The Real O'Neals are among his notable television performances. Billy in Higher Learning, Elmer Conway in The Killer Inside Me, and Keith Clayton in The Lucky One Click to look into! >> Read More... are among his cinematic roles. He starred as Chip Curry in the CBS sitcom Living Biblically in 2018. In The Conners, he has played Darlene's employer Ben since 2018.