Personal Info
Birth date
1946-09-28 (78 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Buffalo, New York, USA
Also known as
Джеффри Данкан Джонс
Jeffrey Jones
Biography
Jeffrey Duncan Jones (born September 28, 1946) is an American character actor, best known for his roles as Emperor Joseph II in Amadeus (1984), Edward R. Rooney in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Charles Deetz in Beetlejuice (1988), Dr. Skip Tyler in The Hunt for Red October (1990), Eddie Barzoon in The Devil's Advocate (1997), and A. W. Merrick in both Deadwood (2004–2006) and Deadwood: The Movie (2019). Jones was born in Buffalo, New York, and studied acting at the Putney School, the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, and Lawrence University. He began his acting career in small parts in film and television in the 1970s. In his best-known roles as Emperor Joseph II in Amadeus, Charles Deetz in Beetlejuice, and Edward R. Rooney in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, his dead-pan expression and distinctive face bring a comic flavor to his characters through their reactions to the situations in which they find themselves, more so than the wit in their scripted lines. Jones has also had a successful career on stage, appearing in productions of The Crucible, The Importance of Being Earnest, and The Glass Menagerie. He has been nominated for two Tony Awards, for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in The Crucible (1988) and Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his performance in The Secret Garden (1991). In 2002, Jones was arrested on charges of child pornography. He pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography and was sentenced to two years of probation. He has not appeared in any major film or television roles since his arrest.
Filmography
Great Performances
5.3
Overview:
The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse programming portfolio of classical music, opera, popular song, musical theater, dance, drama, and performance documentaries.Batman: The Animated Series
8.545
Overview:
Vowing to avenge the murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne devotes his life to wiping out crime in Gotham City as the masked vigilante "Batman".Big City Greens
7.192
Overview:
The offbeat adventures of 10-year-old Cricket Green, a mischievous and optimistic country boy who moves to the big city with his wildly out of place family – older sister Tilly, father Bill and Gramma Alice.The Twilight Zone
7.762
Overview:
This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original anthology series. Each episode tells a tale (sometimes two or three) rooted in horror or suspense, often with a surprising twist at the end. Episodes usually feature elements of drama and comedy.Trailer Park Boys
7.7
Overview:
Follow the booze-fueled misadventures of three longtime pals and petty serial criminals who run scams from their Nova Scotia trailer park.Tales from the Crypt
7.949
Overview:
Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in the day. So shamble up to the bar and pick your poison. Will it be an insane Santa on a personal slay ride? Honeymooners out to fulfill the "til death do we part" vow ASAP?The Outer Limits
7.722
Overview:
Anthology series of composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end, with occasional recurring story elements that were often tied together during season-finale clip shows.Amazing Stories
7.441
Overview:
A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven Spielberg with guest appearances by many famous actors, actresses, and directors.Deadwood
8.125
Overview:
The story of the early days of Deadwood, South Dakota; woven around actual historic events with most of the main characters based on real people. Deadwood starts as a gold mining camp and gradually turns from a lawless wild-west community into an organized wild-west civilized town. The story focuses on the real-life characters Seth Bullock and Al Swearengen.Kojak
6.996
Overview:
A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.Invader ZIM
8.463
Overview:
Zim dreams of greatness. Unfortunately, though, he's hopelessly inept as a space invader. Desperate to be rid of the annoying Zim, his planet's leaders send him on a mission to infiltrate Earth, providing him with leftover, cobbled-together equipment. To their consternation, Zim succeeds in setting up a base on Earth and infiltrating human culture, posing as a human child as he plots the planet's downfall. Only Zim's archnemesis, Dib, recognizes that Zim is an alien, and of course, nobody believes Dib's claims.Justice League
8.163
Overview:
The long-awaited rebirth of the greatest superhero team of all time: Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Hawkgirl, Green Lantern, and Martian Manhunter.Stuart Little: The Animated Series
4.867
Overview:
Stuart Little: The Animated Series is an American animated television series, loosely based on the E. B. White children's book Stuart Little and more based on the live action movie adaptations. It was produced by Red Wagon Productions and Sony Pictures Television for the HBO Family digital cable television channel, and aired for just one 13-episode season in 2003.The Devil's Advocate
7.466
Overview:
Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax accepts a job at a New York law firm. With the stakes getting higher every case, Kevin quickly learns that his boss has something far more evil planned.Fresno
6.4
Overview:
In Fresno, California, the once-wealthy Kensington family's raisin-growing empire has fallen on hard times. They are led by widowed matriarch Charlotte, who is locked in a deadly power struggle with rival raisin magnate Tyler Cane.The Zeta Project
7.52
Overview:
Follow the futuristic adventures of Zeta, a renegade government-designed robot, and Ro, his 15-year-old streetwise companion.Beetlejuice
7.371
Overview:
A newly dead New England couple seeks help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home.Love & Other Drugs
7.044
Overview:
Maggie is an alluring free spirit who won't let anyone – or anything – tie her down. But she meets her match in Jamie, whose relentless and nearly infallible charm serves him well with the ladies and the cutthroat world of pharmaceutical sales. Maggie and Jamie's evolving relationship takes them both by surprise, as they find themselves under the influence of the ultimate drug: love.Sleepy Hollow
7.182
Overview:
Skeptical young detective Ichabod Crane gets transferred to the hamlet of Sleepy Hollow, New York, where he is tasked with investigating the decapitations of three people – murders the townsfolk attribute to a legendary specter, The Headless Horseman.Amadeus
8
Overview:
Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Viennese composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.Ferris Bueller's Day Off
7.572
Overview:
After high school slacker Ferris Bueller successfully fakes an illness in order to skip school for the day, he goes on a series of adventures throughout Chicago with his girlfriend Sloane and best friend Cameron, all the while trying to outwit his wily school principal and fed-up sister.The Hunt for Red October
7.381
Overview:
A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius. The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. Lone CIA analyst Jack Ryan has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it - because the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find Ramius, too. The hunt is on!Stuart Little
6.065
Overview:
When the Littles adopt Stuart, the mouse, George is initially unwelcoming to his new brother, and the family cat, Snowbell, is even less enthusiastic. Stuart resolves to face these difficulties with as much pluck and courage as he can muster.If Tomorrow Comes
7.2
Overview:
Tracy Whitney was in love, pregnant and engaged to marry into one of America's best family. And then, with one phone call, she lost everything. After 5 years of unjust imprisonment, Tracy emerges from prison a new woman. Cunning. Ruthless. Determined to survive. But there is one man as formidable as she is. As their paths crisscross, they eventually become daredevil partners in an adventure that climaxes their criminal careers.How High
6.337
Overview:
Multi-platinum rap superstars Redman and Method Man star as Jamal and Silas, two regular guys who smoke something magical, ace their college entrance exams and wind up at Harvard. Ivy League ways are strange but Silas and Jamal take it in a stride -- until their supply of supernatural smoke runs dry. That's when they have to start living by their wits and rely on their natural resources to make the grade.Dr. Dolittle 2
5.312
Overview:
A group of beavers ask Dr. Dolittle to save their habitat from loggers. The only hope is to get the forest preserved because it's the home of a protected bear, but there's a problem: the bear's the only bear in the forest, so she can't reproduce. Undaunted, Dolittle persuades a circus bear to help out, but he has to teach him not just the ways of the wild, but the wiles of lady bears too.Ed Wood
7.5
Overview:
The mostly true story of the legendary "worst director of all time", who, with the help of his strange friends, filmed countless B-movies without ever becoming famous or successful.George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation
6.333
Overview:
Beset by economic unrest, threatened from within by Indian nations and from without by overseas powers, the young country reeled in turmoil. But the gallant general who had commanded the Continental army in battle also agreed to guide the fledgling country - and his sure hand steadied the course.Howard the Duck
5.423
Overview:
A scientific experiment unknowingly brings extraterrestrial life forms to the Earth through a laser beam. First is the cigar-smoking drake, Howard, from the duck's planet. A few kids try to keep him from the greedy scientists and help him back to his planet, but then a much less friendly being arrives through the beam...Acting
2019Deadwood: The Movie as A. W. Merrick
201410.0 Earthquake as Gladstone
2012Hemingway & Gellhorn as Charles Colebaugh (uncredited)
2011Inside Story: Ferris Bueller's Day Off as Self
2007Who's Your Caddy? as Richard Cummings
2006Who Is Ferris Bueller? as Self
2006The Making of Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Production Stories as Self
2004Deadwood (12, 10 Episode) as A. W. Merrick, A.W. Merrick
2003Stuart Little: The Animated Series (2 Episodes) as Uncle Crenshaw Little (voice)
2002The Making of 'Amadeus' as Self - Emperor Joseph II
2002Par 6 as Lloyd Bator Jenkins
2001How High as Vice President
2001Justice League (2 Episodes) as Sir Swami (voice)
2001Dr. Dolittle 2 as Joe Potter
2001Till Dad Do Us Part as Brady
2001Trailer Park Boys (1 Episode) as Jason Maloney
2001Invader ZIM (1 Episode) as Presidentman / Crowd Man / Guy in Crowd #2 (voice)
2001Heartbreakers as Mr. Appel
2001The Zeta Project (1 Episode) as Unknown
2000Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend as Self
2000Company Man as Senator Biggs
1999Stuart Little as Uncle Crenshaw
1999Sleepy Hollow as Reverend Steenwyck
1999Flypaper as Roger
1999Ravenous as Hart
1998There's No Fish Food in Heaven as Minister Pete
1997The Devil's Advocate as Eddie Barzoon
1997Santa Fe as Dr. Raskin (uncredited)
1997The Pest as Gustav
1996The Crucible as Thomas Putnam
1995The Outer Limits (1 Episode) as Dr. Scott Perkins
1995The Avenging Angel as Brother Milton Long
1995Houseguest as Ron Timmerman
1994Ed Wood as Criswell
1993Heaven & Earth as Minister (uncredited)
1992Batman: The Animated Series (1 Episode) as Nivens (voice)
1992Out on a Limb as Matt Skearns / Peter Van Der Haven
1992Stay Tuned as Spike
1992Mom and Dad Save the World as Dick Nelson
1990Enid Is Sleeping as Floyd
1990The Hunt for Red October as Skip Tyler
1989Valmont as Gercourt
1989Tales from the Crypt (1 Episode) as Professor Finley
1989Who's Harry Crumb? as Eliot Draisen
1988Without a Clue as Inspector Lestrade
1988Beetlejuice as Charles
1987The Gambler: The Legend Continues as Buffalo Bill
1987DTV: Monster Hits as Man in the Magic Mirror
1987The Hanoi Hilton as Fischer
1986Fresno (5 Episodes) as Mr. Acme
1986George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation as Thomas Jefferson
1986George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation (2 Episodes) as Thomas Jefferson
1986Howard the Duck as Dr. Walter Jenning
1986Ferris Bueller's Day Off as Ed Rooney
1986If Tomorrow Comes (1 Episode) as Budge Hollander
1985Transylvania 6-5000 as Lepescu
1985Amazing Stories (1 Episode) as John Baldwin
1985The Twilight Zone (1 Episode) as Carl Wilkerson (segment "Opening Day")
1984Amadeus as Emperor Joseph II
1984Atalanta Strategy as Interviewer
1983Easy Money as Clive Barlow
1982The Soldier as U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense
1977Secret Service as Sgt. Wilson
1973Kojak (1 Episode) as Attendant
1971Great Performances (1 Episode) as Sgt. Wilson
1970The Revolutionary as Red-Haired Radical Committee Member
Writing
2018Big City Greens (1 Episode) ... Story
Crew
2010Love & Other Drugs ... Stunt Driver
Production
2005Night of Henna ... Producer