Jeffrey Duncan Jones 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), and A. W. Merrick in both Deadwood (2004–2006) and Deadwood: The Movie (2019). His career started in Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota and advanced to London and Broadway. In film and television, Jones has had many roles which capitalized on his deadpan portrayal of characters in unusual situations, often to comic effect. He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his performance in Amadeus and a Screen Actors Guild Award as part of the ensemble cast of Deadwood. In 2003, he pleaded no contest to a charge of soliciting a minor to pose for nude photographs and had subsequent arrests for failing to update his sex offender status.
Jeffrey Jones
Active - 1970 - Present |
Birth - Sep 28, 1946 |
Genres - Comedy, Drama, Action-Adventure, Fantasy, Crime
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Subgenres - Black Comedy Film, Biographical Film, Ghost Film, Spy Film, Comedy Horror
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Black Comedy Film, Biographical Film, Ghost Film, Spy Film, Comedy Horror, Comedy Thriller, Courtroom, Historical Film, Parody Film, Romantic Comedy, Science Fiction Comedy, Teen Film, Coming-Of-Age Fiction, Crime-Comedy Film, Detective Film, Disaster Film, Family Film, LGBT-Related Film, Political Thriller Film, Satanic Film, Satire, Slasher Film, Spy, Superhero Film, Supernatural Film, Teen Comedy, Tokusatsu, Vampire Film, Western Film