Jay Rowland Ferguson Jr. (born July 25, 1974) is an American actor. He is known as Taylor Newton in ''

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'' (1990–1994), Stan Rizzo in ''

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'' (2010–2015), and Ben Olinsky in ''

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'' (2018–2025).

Biography

Ferguson was born in

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, Texas. In 1990, he played Ponyboy Curtis in the television series adaptation of

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's novel ''

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''. His notable television roles include Taylor Newton in four seasons of the

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sitcom ''

'', Dr. Todd Hooper on ''

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'', Rich Connelly in the 2005

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television series ''

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'', Agent Warren Russell on the

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'', Stan Rizzo on the

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series ''

,'' and as Pat O'Neal, the father of the O'Neal family in the

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''. His film roles include Billy in ''

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'', Elmer Conway in ''

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'', and Keith Clayton in '' The Lucky One''. In 2018, he played Chip Curry in the

sitcom ''

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''. Since 2018, he has played Ben Olinsky, the second husband of Darlene Conner (

Sara Gilbert Sara Gilbert (born Sara Rebecca Abeles; January 29, 1975) is an American actress best known for her role as Darlene Conner on ''Roseanne'' (1988–97; 2018), for which she received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations, and its sequel, ''The Co ...

) on the ABC sitcom ''

''.

Filmography

Film

Television films

Television series

References

External links

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