Jeffrey Jones

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1946-09-28 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

Buffalo, New York, USA

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...

Acting

1984

Amadeus

as Emperor Joseph II

1994

Ed Wood

as Criswell

1999

Ravenous

as Hart

1990

1997

The Devil's Advocate

as Eddie Barzoon

1986

Howard the Duck

as Dr. Walter Jenning

1999

Sleepy Hollow

as Reverend Steenwyck

1988

Beetlejuice

as Charles

2001

Heartbreakers

as Mr. Appel

1992

Stay Tuned

as Spike

1989

Who's Harry Crumb?

as Eliot Draisen

2001

How High

as Vice President

1985

1988

Without a Clue

as Inspector Lestrade

1986

1992

1999

Flypaper

as Roger

2000

Company Man

as Senator Biggs

1989

Valmont

as Gercourt

1995

Houseguest

as Ron Timmerman

1997

The Pest

as Gustav

1983

Easy Money

as Clive Barlow

1987

1995

The Avenging Angel

as Brother Milton Long

1992

Out on a Limb

as Matt Skearns / Peter Van Der Haven

1993

Heaven & Earth

as Minister (uncredited)

2002

Par 6

as Lloyd Bator Jenkins

1990

1998

1999

Stuart Little

as Uncle Crenshaw

2007

Who's Your Caddy?

as Richard Cummings

2014

10.0 Earthquake

as Gladstone

1996

The Crucible

as Thomas Putnam

2001

Dr. Dolittle 2

as Joe Potter

1970

The Revolutionary

as Red-Haired Radical Committee Member

1982

The Soldier

as U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense

1977

Secret Service

as Sgt. Wilson

2002

The Making of 'Amadeus'

as Self - Emperor Joseph II

2019

Deadwood: The Movie

as A. W. Merrick

1984

Atalanta Strategy

as Interviewer

1997

Santa Fe

as Dr. Raskin (uncredited)

1987

DTV: Monster Hits

as Man in the Magic Mirror

2012

Hemingway & Gellhorn

as Charles Colebaugh (uncredited)

Production

2005

Night of Henna

as Producer

2010

Love & Other Drugs

as Stunt Driver

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