Biography
Jay Rowland Ferguson Jr. (born July 25, 1974) is an American actor. Best known as Taylor Newton in Evening Shade (1990-1994), Stan Rizzo in Mad Men (2010-2015), and Ben in The Conners (2018-present).
Ferguson was born in Dallas, Texas. In 1989, Ferguson played Ponyboy Curtis in the television adaptation of S. E. Hinton's novel The Outsiders.[1]
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.
In 2018, he played Chip Curry in the CBS sitcom Living Biblically.
Since 2018, he has played Darlene's boss (and eventual lover), Ben, in The Conners.
Filmography
Cast Credits

Briarpatch
Character: Jake Spivey
TV • 2020

The Conners
Character: Ben
TV • 2018

The Romanoffs
Character: Joe Garner
TV • 2018

Living Biblically
Character: Chip Curry
TV • 2018

The Real O'Neals
Character: Pat O'Neal
TV • 2016

A Stand Up Guy
Character: Manny
MOVIE • 2016

American Crime Story
Character: Agent Keith Evans, FBI
TV • 2016

Club Life
Character: Steven
MOVIE • 2015

Little Loopers
Character: Todd
MOVIE • 2015

The Makings of You
Character: Wallis
MOVIE • 2014

Back in the Day
Character: Mark
MOVIE • 2014

Ray Donovan
Character: Thomas Volcheck
TV • 2013

The Mindy Project
Character: Drew Schakowsky
TV • 2012

The Unknown
Character:
TV • 2012

The Lucky One
Character: Keith Clayton
MOVIE • 2012

The Killer Inside Me
Character: Elmer Conway
MOVIE • 2010

Castle
Character: Dick Coonan
TV • 2009

Lie to Me
Character:
TV • 2009

Easy Money
Character:
TV • 2008

Mad Men
Character: Stan Rizzo
TV • 2007