Jeffrey Jones

Jeffrey Jones is one of those actors who never quite got the marquee billing he deserved, but the moment he appears on screen you feel it — there's a gravity to him that makes everyone else sharpen up. His Emperor Joseph II in Amadeus is genuinely one of the great comic performances of the 1980s, all imperial obliviousness and that immortal "too many notes" line. Then he turns around and plays Principal Rooney in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and suddenly he's the funniest straight-man in a teen comedy. Beetlejuice added another dimension — bewildered, well-meaning, totally out of his depth. The guy could anchor an ensemble without ever trying to steal it, which is a rarer skill than people realize. His run on Deadwood later confirmed what the movies already showed: Jeffrey Jones makes every scene more interesting just by being in it.

Name (English)

Jeffrey Jones

Name (Japanese)

ジェフリー・ジョーンズ

Reading

じぇふりー・じょーんず

Born

September 28, 1946 (age 79)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Dog

Origin

Buffalo, New York, United States

Occupation

stage actor / film actor / television actor / actor

University

Lawrence University

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%95%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA

Tags

• New York
• stage actor
• film actor
• television actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

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