Jay R Ferguson

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Biography

Handsome, sandy-haired actor Jay R. Ferguson has seen frequent ups and downs in his relatively short career, starting when he was auspiciously cast as Ponyboy, the idealistic, sweet-faced lead of "The Outsiders", a 1990 Fox series based on the hit S.E. Hinton novel and film of the same name. Despite the almost legendary status of its source material, "The Outsiders" didn't make it past thirteen episodes. Luckily for Ferguson, another job was …
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Job Title

Actor, Producer

Born

July 25, 1974

Career Milestones

2012

Co-starred with Zac Efron in "The Lucky One," based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks

2010

Cast as Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce art director on AMC's "Mad Men"

2010

Appeared in the crime thriller "The Killer Inside Me," starring Casey Affleck, Kate Hudson and Jessica Alba

2006

Played recurring role of Agent Warren Russell on "Sleeper Cell" (Showtime)

2003

Joined the cast of CBS legal drama "Judging Amy"

2002

Returned to series television as a regular on the suspense drama "Glory Days" (The WB), playing Sheriff Rudy

2000

Co-starred in the independent crime drama "Blue Ridge Fall"; film premiered on Cinemax

2000

Featured in the thriller "The In Crowd"

1999

Acted in the rock-and-roll romance "Girl"

1998

Appeared in the episodic thriller "Campfire Tales"

1995

Landed supporting role in the Fox TV-movie "The Price of Love"

1995

Made feature debut in the John Singleton drama "Higher Learning"

1990

Cast as regular on the CBS sitcom "Evening Shade" playing Taylor Newton, the son of Burt Reynolds' Coach Wood Newton; role later downgraded to recurring one

1990

Featured in the fact-based CBS TV-movie "Shattered Dreams"

1990

Starred as Ponyboy Curtis on the short-lived Fox drama "The Outsiders"

Moved from Texas to Southern California with his mother

Awards

2012

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in Mad Men