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Ferguson (left) and Dan Dillon at the 42nd Primetime Emmy Awards in September 1990
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Born |
Jay Rowland Ferguson, Jr. July 25, 1974 Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1989–present |
Spouse(s) | Lorena Ruiz |
Children | 3 |
Jay Rowland Ferguson, Jr. (born July 25, 1974) is an American actor.
Ferguson was born in Dallas, Texas. In 1989, Jay was plucked from obscurity to play Ponyboy Curtis in the television adaptation of S. E. Hinton's novel The Outsiders.
Over the last 22 years, he has appeared in television and film. His notable television roles include Taylor Newton in four seasons of the CBS sitcom Evening Shade, Dr. Todd Hooper on Judging Amy, Rich Connelly in the 2005 NBC television series Surface, Agent Warren Russell on the Showtime series Sleeper Cell, Stan Rizzo on the AMC series Mad Men, and as Pat O'Neal, the father of the O'Neal family in the ABC series The Real O'Neals.
His film roles include Billy in Higher Learning, Elmer Conway in The Killer Inside Me, and Keith Clayton in The Lucky One.