Jeffrey Jones
Known for
Acting
Born
September 28, 1946 (age 80)
Birthplace
Buffalo, New York, USA
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-known roles as Emperor Joseph II in Amadeus, Char...
Best known work
Beetlejuice
1988
Sleepy Hollow
1999
The Devil's Advocate
1997
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
1986
Amadeus
1984
Stuart Little
1999
The Hunt for Red October
1990
Ed Wood
1994
Batman: The Animated Series
1992
Dr. Dolittle 2
2001Filmography
TBA
Howard the Doc or: How I Learned to Start Quacking and Love the Bombas Self (archive footage)
2025
2019
Deadwood: The Movieas A. W. Merrick
2018
2014
10.0 Earthquakeas Gladstone
2012
Hemingway & Gellhornas Charles Colebaugh (uncredited)
2011
2007
Who's Your Caddy?as Richard Cummings
2006
Who Is Ferris Bueller?as Self
2006
2005
Night of HennaProducer
2004
2003
2002
The Making of 'Amadeus'as Self - Emperor Joseph II
2002
Par 6as Lloyd Bator Jenkins
2001
How Highas Vice President
2001
2001
Dr. Dolittle 2as Joe Potter
2001
Till Dad Do Us Partas Brady
2001
2001
2001
Heartbreakersas Mr. Appel
2001
2000
2000
Company Manas Senator Biggs