Jeffrey Jones

Jeffrey Jones

1946-09-28 Buffalo, New York, USA 52 Credits

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

Filter by:

Complete Filmography

Deadwood: The Movie

Deadwood: The Movie

2019

as A. W. Merrick

6.7
Acting

Follow the 10-year reunion of the Deadwood camp to celebrate South Dakota's statehood. Former rivalries are reignited, alliances are tested and old wo...

10.0 Earthquake

10.0 Earthquake

2014

as Gladstone

4.9
Acting

Los Angeles is about to be hit by a devastating earthquake, and time is running out to save the city from imminent danger.

Hemingway & Gellhorn

Hemingway & Gellhorn

2012

as Charles Colebaugh (uncredited)

6.1
Acting

Writer Ernest Hemingway begins a romance with fellow scribe Martha Gellhorn.

Inside Story: Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Inside Story: Ferris Bueller's Day Off

2011

as Self

6.7
Acting

An inside look at the making of the 1986 film "Ferris Bueller's Day Off".

Love & Other Drugs

Love & Other Drugs

2010

Stunt Driver

7.0

Maggie is an alluring free spirit who won't let anyone – or anything – tie her down. But she meets her match in Jamie, whose relentless and nearly inf...

Who's Your Caddy?

Who's Your Caddy?

2007

as Richard Cummings

3.5
Acting

Superstar rap mogul C-Note wants to join the Carolina Pines Golf & Country Club, but faces stiff opposition from the establishment's snooty members. C...

Who Is Ferris Bueller?

Who Is Ferris Bueller?

2006

as Self

Acting

A short documentary that looks at the qualities that define the title character in the classic film "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," told through interview...

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

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

2006

as Self

Acting

The cast and crew of Ferris Bueller's Day Off share memories of making the film.

Night of Henna

Night of Henna

2005

Producer

Producing

A beautiful Pakistani woman has to make a choice between her true love or an arranged marriage by her family.

The Making of 'Amadeus'

The Making of 'Amadeus'

2002

as Self - Emperor Joseph II

7.4
Acting

This riveting film takes a look behind the scenes at one of the 20th century's cinema classics and at one of contemporary cinema's most maddeningly br...

Par 6

Par 6

2002

as Lloyd Bator Jenkins

Acting

A cynical man returns to his family's homestead in Texas and starts up a golf course with his brothers and sisters.

How High

How High

2001

as Vice President

6.3
Acting

Multi-platinum rap superstars Redman and Method Man star as Jamal and Silas, two regular guys who smoke something magical, ace their college entrance ...

Dr. Dolittle 2

Dr. Dolittle 2

2001

as Joe Potter

5.3
Acting

A group of beavers ask Dr. Dolittle to save their habitat from loggers. The only hope is to get the forest preserved because it's the home of a protec...

Till Dad Do Us Part

Till Dad Do Us Part

2001

as Brady

5.6
Acting

Banker Gavin Corbett refuses, unlike his wife Virginia, who would just wait, to stand by as his spoiled daughter Rebecca `Becky` announces she wants t...

Heartbreakers

Heartbreakers

2001

as Mr. Appel

6.1
Acting

Max and Page are a brilliant mother/daughter con team who have their grift down to a fine science. Max targets wealthy, willing men and marries them. ...

Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend

Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend

2000

as Self

7.0
Acting

A behind the scenes look at the making of Sleepy Hollow.

Company Man

Company Man

2000

as Senator Biggs

5.0
Acting

In the 1960's, a school teacher pretends to be a CIA spy to get his nagging wife off his back. He helps a Russian ballet dancer defect and is then sen...

Stuart Little

Stuart Little

1999

as Uncle Crenshaw

6.1
Acting

When the Littles adopt Stuart, the mouse, George is initially unwelcoming to his new brother, and the family cat, Snowbell, is even less enthusiastic....

Sleepy Hollow

Sleepy Hollow

1999

as Reverend Steenwyck

7.2
Acting

Skeptical young detective Ichabod Crane gets transferred to the hamlet of Sleepy Hollow, New York, where he is tasked with investigating the decapitat...

Flypaper

Flypaper

1999

as Roger

4.2
Acting

Greed, lust and fate bring together a motley collection of oddballs and lowlifes for some rather sticky situations in Hoch's twisted neo-noir debut. T...

Ravenous

Ravenous

1999

as Hart

6.8
Acting

Upon receiving reports of missing persons at Fort Spencer, a remote Army outpost on the Western frontier, Capt. John Boyd investigates. After arriving...

There's No Fish Food in Heaven

There's No Fish Food in Heaven

1998

as Minister Pete

3.7
Acting

Black comedy about an obsessive street graffiti artist, who falls obsessively in love with a frustrated artist he meets. Unfortunately, rather than tr...

The Devil's Advocate

The Devil's Advocate

1997

as Eddie Barzoon

7.5
Acting

Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax accepts a job at a New York law firm. With the stakes getting higher every case, Kevin quickly learns that...

Santa Fe

Santa Fe

1997

as Dr. Raskin (uncredited)

3.4
Acting

A cop finds that his wife and daughter are involved in a New Age cult when he returns home after eight months.

The Pest

The Pest

1997

as Gustav

4.6
Acting

Fast-talking Latino con artist Pestario "Pest" Vargas is the target of Scottish mobsters to whom he owes a considerable debt. Willing to do anything t...

The Crucible

The Crucible

1996

as Thomas Putnam

6.6
Acting

A Salem resident attempts to frame her ex-lover's wife for being a witch in the middle of the 1692 witchcraft trials.

The Avenging Angel

The Avenging Angel

1995

as Brother Milton Long

5.0
Acting

Miles Utley is a professional Mormon commando/bodyguard who is forced to turn renegade and to question his faith as he investigates a scandal involvin...

Houseguest

Houseguest

1995

as Ron Timmerman

5.5
Acting

In hot water with the mob over an unpaid debt, a con man poses as a family friend in an affluent Pennsylvania suburb.

Ed Wood

Ed Wood

1994

as Criswell

7.5
Acting

The mostly true story of the legendary "worst director of all time", who, with the help of his strange friends, filmed countless B-movies without ever...

Heaven & Earth

Heaven & Earth

1993

as Minister (uncredited)

6.7
Acting

In a small Vietnamese village torn apart by war, a young woman faces unimaginable horrors before deciding to escape to the city. There, she encounters...

Out on a Limb

Out on a Limb

1992

as Matt Skearns / Peter Van Der Haven

5.4
Acting

While heading to the town where his sister, Marci, lives, big-city banker Bill Campbell is robbed by a woman who takes everything he has, including hi...

Stay Tuned

Stay Tuned

1992

as Spike

6.2
Acting

Salesman Roy Knable spends all his free time watching television, to the exasperation of his wife, Helen. One day, TV salesman Spike convinces Roy to ...

Mom and Dad Save the World

Mom and Dad Save the World

1992

as Dick Nelson

4.9
Acting

Emperor Spengo sees Marge Nelson and using a giant magnet, kidnaps her and her husband Dick, hoping to make Marge his before blowing up the Earth. The...

Enid Is Sleeping

Enid Is Sleeping

1990

as Floyd

4.9
Acting

Enid only looks like she's sleeping. In fact, she's dead. Shortly after Enid caught her husband Harry in bed with her sister June, a row ensued, where...

The Hunt for Red October

The Hunt for Red October

1990

as Skip Tyler

7.4
Acting

A new technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius. The Ameri...

Valmont

Valmont

1989

as Gercourt

6.7
Acting

Set in Baroque France, a scheming widow and her lover make a bet regarding the corruption of a recently married woman. The lover, Valmont, bets that h...

Who's Harry Crumb?

Who's Harry Crumb?

1989

as Eliot Draisen

5.9
Acting

Harry Crumb is a bumbling and inept private investigator who is hired to solve the kidnapping of a young heiress which he's not expected to solve beca...

Without a Clue

Without a Clue

1988

as Inspector Lestrade

6.6
Acting

Sherlock Holmes is as dashing as ever, but with a little secret: Dr. Watson is the brains behind the operation. When Reginald Kincaid, the actor he ha...

Beetlejuice

Beetlejuice

1988

as Charles

7.4
Acting

A newly dead New England couple seeks help from a deranged demon exorcist to scare an affluent New York family out of their home.

The Gambler: The Legend Continues

The Gambler: The Legend Continues

1987

as Buffalo Bill

5.9
Acting

Brady Hawkes and Billy Montana join forces once again in this new adventure. This time around their goal is to help the Sioux fight the government and...

DTV: Monster Hits

DTV: Monster Hits

1987

as Man in the Magic Mirror

6.7
Acting

A Halloween special featuring appropriately-themed rock and roll songs set to scenes from the Disney library of classic animation.

The Hanoi Hilton

The Hanoi Hilton

1987

as Fischer

5.6
Acting

Lionel Chetwynd's film documents the horrific struggles that faced American POWs held in the North Vietnamese prison Hoa Lo -- more infamously known a...

George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation

1986

as Thomas Jefferson

Acting

The first U.S. president (Barry Bostwick) and his wife (Patty Duke) endure two terms of turmoil from 1789 to 1797.

Howard the Duck

Howard the Duck

1986

as Dr. Walter Jenning

5.4
Acting

A scientific experiment unknowingly brings extraterrestrial life forms to the Earth through a laser beam. First is the cigar-smoking drake, Howard, fr...

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

1986

as Ed Rooney

7.6
Acting

After high school slacker Ferris Bueller successfully fakes an illness in order to skip school for the day, he goes on a series of adventures througho...

Transylvania 6-5000

Transylvania 6-5000

1985

as Lepescu

5.3
Acting

Two reporters travel to a strange castle in Transylvania to investigate the apparent reappearance of Frankenstein, and encounter the sensitive Wolfman...

Amadeus

Amadeus

1984

as Emperor Joseph II

8.0
Acting

Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Viennese...

Atalanta Strategy

Atalanta Strategy

1984

as Interviewer

Acting

The story of Willard from Ashley's opera Atalanta, recounted in 3 parts.

Easy Money

Easy Money

1983

as Clive Barlow

6.0
Acting

To inherit his mother-in-law's colossal fortune, a hard living gambling addict must change his unhealthy ways before it gets the best of him.

The Soldier

The Soldier

1982

as U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense

5.5
Acting

Terrorists take over a plutonium bomb and threaten to detonate it in a Saudi Arabian oil field. A special anti-terrorist unit is sent in to stop them.

Secret Service

Secret Service

1977

as Sgt. Wilson

Acting

Set in Richmond, Virginia in October 1864, tells the story of a Union spy working to seize control of the telegraph office.

The Revolutionary

The Revolutionary

1970

as Red-Haired Radical Committee Member

5.0
Acting

"A", a member of a student protest organization, becomes disenchanted by his group's inability to effect real change. Emboldened to pursue more radica...