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Jeffrey Jones

Jeffrey Jones

Born: 1946-09-28 • Buffalo, New York, USA

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.

Filmography
Deadwood: The Movie poster
Deadwood: The Movie
2019 • A. W. Merrick
10.0 Earthquake poster
10.0 Earthquake
2014 • Gladstone
Hemingway & Gellhorn poster
Hemingway & Gellhorn
2012 • Charles Colebaugh (uncredited)
Inside Story: Ferris Bueller's Day Off poster
Inside Story: Ferris Bueller's Day Off
2011 • Self
Who's Your Caddy? poster
Who's Your Caddy?
2007 • Richard Cummings
Who Is Ferris Bueller? poster
Who Is Ferris Bueller?
2006 • Self
The Making of Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Production Stories poster
The Making of Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Production Stories
2006 • Self
The Making of 'Amadeus' poster
The Making of 'Amadeus'
2002 • Self - Emperor Joseph II
Par 6 poster
Par 6
2002 • Lloyd Bator Jenkins
How High poster
How High
2001 • Vice President
Dr. Dolittle 2 poster
Dr. Dolittle 2
2001 • Joe Potter
Till Dad Do Us Part poster
Till Dad Do Us Part
2001 • Brady
Heartbreakers poster
Heartbreakers
2001 • Mr. Appel
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend poster
Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend
2000 • Self
Company Man poster
Company Man
2000 • Senator Biggs
Stuart Little poster
Stuart Little
1999 • Uncle Crenshaw
Sleepy Hollow poster
Sleepy Hollow
1999 • Reverend Steenwyck
Flypaper poster
Flypaper
1999 • Roger
Ravenous poster
Ravenous
1999 • Hart
There's No Fish Food in Heaven poster
There's No Fish Food in Heaven
1998 • Minister Pete
The Devil's Advocate poster
The Devil's Advocate
1997 • Eddie Barzoon
Santa Fe poster
Santa Fe
1997 • Dr. Raskin (uncredited)
The Pest poster
The Pest
1997 • Gustav
The Crucible poster
The Crucible
1996 • Thomas Putnam
The Avenging Angel poster
The Avenging Angel
1995 • Brother Milton Long
Houseguest poster
Houseguest
1995 • Ron Timmerman
Ed Wood poster
Ed Wood
1994 • Criswell
Heaven & Earth poster
Heaven & Earth
1993 • Minister (uncredited)
Out on a Limb poster
Out on a Limb
1992 • Matt Skearns / Peter Van Der Haven
Stay Tuned poster
Stay Tuned
1992 • Spike
Mom and Dad Save the World poster
Mom and Dad Save the World
1992 • Dick Nelson
Enid Is Sleeping poster
Enid Is Sleeping
1990 • Floyd
The Hunt for Red October poster
The Hunt for Red October
1990 • Skip Tyler
Valmont poster
Valmont
1989 • Gercourt
Who's Harry Crumb? poster
Who's Harry Crumb?
1989 • Eliot Draisen
Without a Clue poster
Without a Clue
1988 • Inspector Lestrade
Beetlejuice poster
Beetlejuice
1988 • Charles
The Gambler: The Legend Continues poster
The Gambler: The Legend Continues
1987 • Buffalo Bill
DTV: Monster Hits poster
DTV: Monster Hits
1987 • Man in the Magic Mirror
The Hanoi Hilton poster
The Hanoi Hilton
1987 • Fischer
No Image
George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation
1986 • Thomas Jefferson
Howard the Duck poster
Howard the Duck
1986 • Dr. Walter Jenning
Ferris Bueller's Day Off poster
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
1986 • Ed Rooney
Transylvania 6-5000 poster
Transylvania 6-5000
1985 • Lepescu
Amadeus poster
Amadeus
1984 • Emperor Joseph II
Atalanta Strategy poster
Atalanta Strategy
1984 • Interviewer
Easy Money poster
Easy Money
1983 • Clive Barlow
The Soldier poster
The Soldier
1982 • U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense
Secret Service poster
Secret Service
1977 • Sgt. Wilson
The Revolutionary poster
The Revolutionary
1970 • Red-Haired Radical Committee Member