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, Charles Deetz in Beetlejuice, and Edward R. Rooney in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, his dead-pan expression and distinctive face bring a comic flavor to his characters through their reactions to the situations in which they find themselves, more so than the wit in their scripted lines. Jones has also had a successful career on stage, appearing in productions of The Crucible, The Importance of Being Earnest, and The Glass Menagerie. He has been nominated for two Tony Awards, for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in The Crucible (1988) and Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his performance in The Secret Garden (1991). In 2002, Jones was arrested on charges of child pornography. He pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography and was sentenced to two years of probation.

Filmography

• 2019Deadwood: The Movie — A. W. Merrick
• Big City Greens — Story
• 201410.0 Earthquake — Gladstone
• 2012Hemingway & Gellhorn — Charles Colebaugh (uncredited)
• 2007Who's Your Caddy? — Richard Cummings
• 2005Night of Henna — Producer
• Deadwood — A. W. Merrick, A.W. Merrick
• Stuart Little: The Animated Series — Uncle Crenshaw Little (voice)
• 2002Par 6 — Lloyd Bator Jenkins
• 2001Dr. Dolittle 2 — Joe Potter
• 2001Heartbreakers — Mr. Appel
• 2001How High — Vice President
• Invader ZIM — Presidentman / Crowd Man / Guy in Crowd #2 (voice)
• Justice League — Sir Swami (voice)
• The Zeta Project
• 2001Till Dad Do Us Part — Brady
• Trailer Park Boys — Jason Maloney
• 2000Company Man — Senator Biggs
• 1999Flypaper — Roger
• 1999Ravenous — Hart
• 1999Sleepy Hollow — Reverend Steenwyck
• 1999Stuart Little — Uncle Crenshaw
• 1998There's No Fish Food in Heaven — Minister Pete
• 1997Santa Fe — Dr. Raskin (uncredited)
• 1997The Devil's Advocate — Eddie Barzoon
• 1997The Pest — Gustav
• 1996The Crucible — Thomas Putnam
• 1995Houseguest — Ron Timmerman
• 1995The Avenging Angel — Brother Milton Long
• The Outer Limits — Dr. Scott Perkins
• 1994Ed Wood — Criswell
• 1993Heaven & Earth — Minister (uncredited)
• Batman: The Animated Series — Nivens (voice)
• 1992Mom and Dad Save the World — Dick Nelson
• 1992Out on a Limb — Matt Skearns / Peter Van Der Haven
• 1992Stay Tuned — Spike
• 1990Enid Is Sleeping — Floyd
• 1990The Hunt for Red October — Skip Tyler
• Tales from the Crypt — Professor Finley
• The People Next Door — Walter Kellogg
• 1989Valmont — Gercourt
• 1989Who's Harry Crumb? — Eliot Draisen
• 1988Beetlejuice — Charles
• 1988Without a Clue — Inspector Lestrade
• 1987DTV: Monster Hits — Man in the Magic Mirror
• 1987The Gambler: The Legend Continues — Buffalo Bill
• 1987The Hanoi Hilton — Fischer
• 1986Ferris Bueller's Day Off — Ed Rooney
• Fresno — Mr. Acme
• 1986George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation — Thomas Jefferson
• George Washington II: The Forging of a Nation — Thomas Jefferson
• 1986Howard the Duck — Dr. Walter Jenning
• If Tomorrow Comes — Budge Hollander
• Amazing Stories — John Baldwin
• The Twilight Zone — Carl Wilkerson (segment "Opening Day")
• 1985Transylvania 6-5000 — Lepescu
• 1984Amadeus — Emperor Joseph II
• 1984Atalanta Strategy — Interviewer
• 1983Easy Money — Clive Barlow
• 1982The Soldier — U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense
• 1977Secret Service — Sgt. Wilson
• Kojak — Attendant
• Great Performances — Sgt. Wilson
• 1970The Revolutionary — Red-Haired Radical Committee Member

Appearances as themselves (7)

• Tim Burton: Life in the Line — Self (footage)
• 2011Inside Story: Ferris Bueller's Day Off — Self
• 2006The Making of Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Production Stories — Self
• 2006Who Is Ferris Bueller? — Self
• 2002The Making of 'Amadeus' — Self - Emperor Joseph II
• 2000Sleepy Hollow: Behind the Legend — Self
• Howard the Doc or: How I Learned to Start Quacking and Love the Bomb — Self (archive footage)