Jeffrey Jones

ActorWriterCrewProducer Sep 28 (age 79) Buffalo, New York, USA 1970–2019 (49 year career)

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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 …

Known For

Film

Amadeus

Emperor Joseph II

Film

Beetlejuice

Charles

Film

The Devil's Advocate

Eddie Barzoon

Film

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Ed Rooney

Film

Sleepy Hollow

Reverend Steenwyck

Film

The Hunt for Red October

Skip Tyler

Film

Love & Other Drugs

Stunt Driver

Film

Ed Wood

Criswell

Filmography

Acting (68)

Movies (51)

Deadwood: The Movie

as A. W. Merrick

10.0 Earthquake

as Gladstone

Hemingway & Gellhorn

as Charles Colebaugh (uncredited)

6.1

Inside Story: Ferris Bueller's Day Off

as Self

Who's Your Caddy?

as Richard Cummings

Who Is Ferris Bueller?

2006

as Self

The Making of Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Production Stories

2006

as Self

Par 6

2002

as Lloyd Bator Jenkins

The Making of 'Amadeus'

2002

as Self - Emperor Joseph II

How High

as Vice President

Dr. Dolittle 2

as Joe Potter

Heartbreakers

as Mr. Appel

Till Dad Do Us Part

as Brady

Company Man

as Senator Biggs

Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend

2000

as Self

7.1

Sleepy Hollow

1999

as Reverend Steenwyck

Stuart Little

as Uncle Crenshaw

Flypaper

as Roger

Ravenous

as Hart

There's No Fish Food in Heaven

as Minister Pete

The Devil's Advocate

as Eddie Barzoon

The Pest

as Gustav

Santa Fe

as Dr. Raskin (uncredited)

The Crucible

as Thomas Putnam

The Avenging Angel

as Brother Milton Long

Houseguest

as Ron Timmerman

Ed Wood

as Criswell

Heaven & Earth

as Minister (uncredited)

6.7

Mom and Dad Save the World

as Dick Nelson

Stay Tuned

as Spike

Out on a Limb

as Matt Skearns / Peter Van Der Haven

5.3

The Hunt for Red October

as Skip Tyler

Enid Is Sleeping

as Floyd

Valmont

as Gercourt

Who's Harry Crumb?

as Eliot Draisen

Beetlejuice

as Charles

Without a Clue

as Inspector Lestrade

6.7

The Gambler: The Legend Continues

as Buffalo Bill

The Hanoi Hilton

as Fischer

DTV: Monster Hits

as Man in the Magic Mirror

6.7

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

1986

as Ed Rooney

7.6

Howard the Duck

1986

as Dr. Walter Jenning

5.4

George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation

1986

as Thomas Jefferson

Transylvania 6-5000

as Lepescu

Amadeus

as Emperor Joseph II

Atalanta Strategy

as Interviewer

Easy Money

1983

as Clive Barlow

6.0

The Soldier

1982

as U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense

5.3

Secret Service

1977

as Sgt. Wilson

The Revolutionary

1970

as Red-Haired Radical Committee Member

5.0

Beetlejuice

as Charles Deetz

Television (17)

Deadwood

2004

as A. W. Merrick

8.1

Stuart Little: The Animated Series

2003

as Uncle Crenshaw Little (voice)

Trailer Park Boys

as Jason Maloney

Justice League

as Sir Swami (voice)

The Zeta Project

Invader ZIM

as Presidentman / Crowd Man / Guy in Crowd #2 (voice)

8.5

The Outer Limits

1995

as Dr. Scott Perkins

7.7

Batman: The Animated Series

as Nivens (voice)

Tales from the Crypt

as Professor Finley

The People Next Door

as Walter Kellogg

If Tomorrow Comes

as Budge Hollander

Fresno

as Mr. Acme

George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation

as Thomas Jefferson

Amazing Stories

as John Baldwin

The Twilight Zone

as Carl Wilkerson (segment "Opening Day")

Kojak

as Attendant

Great Performances

as Sgt. Wilson

Crew (3)

Movies (2)

Love & Other Drugs

2010

Stunt Driver

7.0

Night of Henna

2005

Producer

Television (1)

Big City Greens

2018

Story

7.4