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      Jeffrey Jones

      Jeffrey Jones

      Highest Rated: 92% Ed Wood (1994)

      Lowest Rated: 4% The Pest (1997)

      Birthday: Sep 28, 1946

      Birthplace: Buffalo, New York, USA

      Born Jeffrey Duncan Jones in Buffalo, NY to parents Ruth, an art historian, and Douglas, who died while he was still a child, Jones was encouraged by his mother to pursue his interest in acting, cultivated by his frequent childhood visits to the Stratford Theater in Ontario, Canada. He came to the attention of Tyrone Guthrie while acting in a production of "Hobson's Choice" at Wisconsin's Lawrence University, then spent his sophomore year at the prestigious Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis, working there while on breaks from school. It was Guthrie who arranged for him to study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art on a full scholarship, following his feature film debut with a small part in the political activist drama "The Revolutionary" (1970). Jones went on to perform with the Stratford Festival in Ontario, the New York Shakespeare Festival, and the Actors Theatre of Louisville before settling in New York City. After appearing alongside Meryl Streep and John Lithgow in a 1975 Lincoln Center production of "Trelawny of the Wells," he appeared in a successful revival of "Boy Meets Girl" (1976), directed by Lithgow. He also made his Broadway debut in "The Elephant Man" (1980), starring David Bowie, and acted in the original off-Broadway production of "Cloud Nine" (1981), directed by Tommy Tune. Interspersed with his theatrical endeavors, Jones also made headway with more minor turns in films like the cut-rate actioner "The Soldier" (1982), and series such as his 1983 guest spot on the spy drama, "Remington Steele" (NBC, 1982-87). Jones made his first indelible impression on the public with his marvelous portrayal of vacuous Austrian Emperor Joseph II in director Milos Foreman's Academy Award-winning feature adaptation of "Amadeus" (1984). Capitalizing on the notoriety gained from his breakout role, he then delivered one of his most inspired bits of nonsense as Principal Ed Rooney, the hapless nemesis of Matthew Broderick in John Hughes' "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" (1986). Although critics liked Jones' performance in "Howard the Duck" (1986), a comic book adaptation produced by George Lucas, and starring Lea Thompson, it did not fare well at the box office. He rebounded nicely when he teamed up with director Tim Burton in the haunted house comedy "Beetlejuice" (1988), starring an over-the-top Michael Keaton as the titular unwanted poltergeist. Jones played a stressed-out Manhattanite looking for peace and quiet in the home of a spectral couple (Geena Davis and Alec Baldwin). Jones reteamed with director Forman in "Valmont" (1989), the second filmed adaptation of the classic 18th-Century novel "Les Liaisons Dangereuses." He also starred in his own series, "The People Next Door'' (CBS, 1989-1990). Developed by horror director Wes Craven, the sitcom was canceled within a month's time. Jones kick-started the 1990s with a bang, appearing as technical consultant Skip Tyler in the John McTiernan blockbuster "The Hunt for Red October'' (1990), based on Tom Clancy's novel, opposite "Beetlejuice" alum Alec Baldwin. In 1992, Jones was whisked away on an interplanetary adventure with onscreen wife Teri Garr in the intentionally silly comedy "Mom and Dad Save the World'' (1992). Next, he rejoined Burton in the comedic biopic "Ed Wood" (1994), as the amazing Criswell, a bogus psychic who enters the orbit of the eponymous Z-movie director, played by Johnny Depp. Revisiting his live theater roots, Jones portrayed Thomas Putnam in Nicholas Hytner's film version of "The Crucible" (1996). As one millennium came to a close and a new one began, other turns by Jones included that of a town elder in Tim Burton's reimagining of Washington Irving's "Sleepy Hollow" (1999), and as a genial, but ineffectual, commanding officer in the darkly comic thriller "Ravenous" (1999). He also had a small role as Uncle Crenshaw in the family feature "Stuart Little" (1999), and later joined the cast of "Heartbreakers" (2001), the satire about a mother-daughter con team (Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt). Jones received a different kind of attention in 2002 when the actor was arrested and charged with possessing child pornography and soliciting a minor. His punishment was five years probation, counseling and mandatory registration as a sex offender for life. At the time, it appeared as if Jones' acting career had ended. That is, until he resurfaced in the profanity-laced revisionist Western series "Deadwood" (HBO, 2004-06) and then the hip-hop golf comedy "Who's Your Caddy?" (2007). Jones reprised his role as A.W, Merrick in "Deadwood: The Movie" (2019) and landed a role in "My Brothers' Crossing (2020.)

      Highest rated movies

      Ed Wood
      Amadeus
      The Hunt for Red October Beetlejuice Ferris Bueller's Day Off Sleepy Hollow
      The Crucible
      The Devil's Advocate

      Photos

      THE PEST, John Leguizamo, Jeffrey Jones, 1997, ©TriStar Pictures BEETLEJUICE, Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Michael Keaton, Catherine O'Hara, Winona Ryder, Jeffrey Jones, 1988 FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF, Matthew Broderick, Jennifer Grey, Jeffrey Jones, 1986 VALMONT, Jeffrey Jones, Fairuza Balk, 1989, (c) Orion FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF, Jeffrey Jones, Edie McClurg, 1986, (c)Paramount BEETLEJUICE, Jeffrey Jones, Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, 1988 THE PEST, Jeffrey Jones (second from left), John Leguizamo (r.), 1997, ©TriStar Pictures SLEEPY HOLLOW, Casper Van Dien, Christina Ricci, Michael Gambon, Miranda Richardson, Johnny Depp, Marc Pickering, Jeffrey Jones, 1999, (c)Paramount FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF, Jeffrey Jones, Louie Anderson, 1986 BEETLEJUICE, Winona Ryder, Jeffrey Jones, Catherine O'Hara, Glenn Shadix, 1988 MOM AND DAD SAVE THE WORLD, Teri Garr, Jeffrey Jones, 1992, (c)Warner Bros. TRANSYLVANIA 6-5000, Michael Richards, Jeffrey Jones, 1985, (c)New World Releasing AMADEUS, Jeffrey Jones, Tom Hulce, 1984 AMADEUS, Tom Hulce, Jeffrey Jones, 1984. (c) Warner Bros.. RAVENOUS, Jeffrey Jones, Robert Carlyle, Guy Pearce, 1999, TM and Copyright (c)20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. STUART LITTLE, (rear l-r): Harold Gould, Patrick O'Brien, Brian Doyle-Murray, Allyce Beasley, (front l-r): Jonathan Lipnicki, Estelle Getty, Connie Ray, Jeffrey Jones, 1999, (c)Columbia Pictures VALMONT, Jeffrey Jones, Sian Phillips, Fairuza Balk, 1989, (c) Orion THE PEST, Jeffrey Jones, Edoardo Ballerini, 1997, ©TriStar Pictures RAVENOUS, Jeffrey Jones, Guy Pearce, 1999, TM and Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. HOWARD THE DUCK, Jeffrey Jones, 1986, (c)Universal

      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      No Score Yet 12% 10.0 Earthquake Gladstone (Character) - 2014
      6% 59% Who's Your Caddy? Richard Cummings (Character) $5.7M 2007
      25% 79% How High Vice President (Character) $31.2M 2001
      42% 26% Dr. Dolittle 2 Joseph Potter (Character) $113.0M 2001
      54% 51% Heartbreakers Mr. Appel (Character) $40.3M 2001
      No Score Yet 39% Life in the Fast Lane Minister Pete (Character) - 2000
      No Score Yet No Score Yet There's No Fish Food in Heaven Minister Pete (Character) - 2000
      52% 78% Ravenous Col. Hart (Character) $2.1M 1999
      No Score Yet 33% Flypaper Roger (Character) - 1999
      70% 80% Sleepy Hollow Reverend Steenwyck (Character) $101.1M 1999
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Santa Fe Dr. Raskin (Character) - 1997
      4% 67% The Pest Gustav Shank (Character) $3.5M 1997
      63% 80% The Devil's Advocate Eddie Barzoon (Character) $61.0M 1997
      70% 66% The Crucible Thomas Putnam (Character) $7.3M 1996
      17% 55% Houseguest Ron Timmerman (Character) $26.3M 1995
      92% 88% Ed Wood Criswell (Character) $5.9M 1994
      12% 44% Mom and Dad Save the World Dick Nelson (Character) $1.8M 1992
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Welcome to Buzzsaw Matt Skearns/Peter Van Der Haven (Character) - 1992
      20% 46% Out on a Limb Matt Skearns/Peter Van Der Haven (Character) $1.6M 1992
      47% 55% Stay Tuned Spike (Character) $9.4M 1992
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Over Her Dead Body Floyd (Character) - 1990
      88% 88% The Hunt for Red October Oliver Wendell 'Skip' Tyler (Character) $119.1M 1990
      No Score Yet 38% Enid Is Sleeping Floyd (Character) - 1990
      48% 69% Valmont Gercourt (Character) $572.9K 1989
      27% 46% Who's Harry Crumb? Eliot Draisen (Character) $10.4M 1989
      62% 72% Without a Clue Inspector Lestrade (Character) $7.3M 1988
      86% 82% Beetlejuice Charles Deitz (Character) $73.5M 1988
      No Score Yet 47% The Hanoi Hilton Fischer (Character) $39.0K 1987
      13% 38% Howard the Duck Dr. Walter Jenning (Character) $15.0M 1986
      82% 92% Ferris Bueller's Day Off Dean Edward 'Ed' R. Roony (Character) $69.0M 1986
      No Score Yet 80% George Washington: The Forging of a Nation Thomas Jefferson (Character) - 1986
      18% 41% Transylvania 6-5000 Lepescu (Character) $7.2M 1985
      89% 95% Amadeus Emperor Joseph II (Character) - 1984
      60% 58% Easy Money Clive Barlow (Character) - 1983

      TV

      Credit
      92% 96% Deadwood A.W. Merrick (Character) 2004-2006
      100% 90% Invader Zim Unknown (Guest Voice) 2001
      75% No Score Yet The Outer Limits Dr. Scott Perkins (Character) 1998
      82% 99% Tales From the Crypt Unknown (Character) 1993
      No Score Yet 82% Amazing Stories Unknown (Character) 1986