Celebrities » Jeffrey Jones

Jeffrey Jones

Highest Rated:
96% Amadeus (1984)
Lowest Rated:
6% Who's Your Caddy? (2007)
Birthday:
Sep 28, 1946
Birthplace:
Buffalo, New York, USA
Bio:
Character actor Jeffrey Jones earned an enduring spot in the zeitgeist with his portrayal of frustrated principal Ed Rooney, Matthew Broderick's outwitted nemesis in Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Although he has tried to steer clear of playing only sinister roles, the actor's imposing height, bugged-out…

Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 6% - 96%
Number of Movies: 34
Box Office Since 2001: $188.1M
Year Rating Title Credit Box Office
2007 6% Who's Your Caddy?
  • Cummings
$5.5M
2001 42% Dr. Dolittle 2
  • Director
  • Joseph Potter
$111.5M
2001 53% Heartbreakers
  • Mr. Appel
$39.9M
2001 27% How High
  • Vice President
$31.2M
2000 14% Company Man
  • Actor
--
1999 67% Sleepy Hollow
  • Reverend Steenwyck
--
1999 37% Ravenous
  • Hart
--
1999 66% Stuart Little
  • Crenshaw
--
1998 Life in the Fast Lane (There's No Fish Food in Heaven)
  • Minister Pete
--
1997 9% The Pest
  • Gustav Shank
--
1997 67% The Devil's Advocate
  • Eddie Barzoon
--
1997 Santa Fe
  • Actor
--
1996 71% The Crucible
  • Thomas Putnam
--
1995 15% Houseguest
  • Ron Timmerman
--
1995 Avenging Angel
  • Actor
--
1994 91% Ed Wood
  • Criswell
--
1992 Out on a Limb
  • Matt/Peter
--
1992 11% Mom and Dad Save the World
  • Dick Nelson
--
1992 50% Stay Tuned
  • Spike
--
1990 Over Her Dead Body (Enid Is Sleeping)
  • Floyd
--
1990 95% The Hunt for Red October
  • Skip Tyler
--
1989 30% Who's Harry Crumb?
  • Eliot Draisen
--
1989 90% Valmont
  • Mons. Gercourt
--
1988 56% Without a Clue
  • Inspector Lestrade
--
1988 81% Beetlejuice
  • Charles Deetz
--
1987 Kenny Rogers as The Gambler, Part III: The Legend Continues
  • Buffalo Bill
--
1987 The Hanoi Hilton
  • Maj. Fischer
--
1986 84% Ferris Bueller's Day Off
  • Ed Rooney
--
1986 16% Howard the Duck
  • Dr. Jenning
--
1986 George Washington: The Forging of a Nation
  • Actor
--
1985 20% Transylvania 6-5000
  • Lepescu
--
1984 96% Amadeus
  • Emperor Joseph II
$86.8k
1983 33% Easy Money
  • Clive
--
1978 88% A Wedding
  • Ruteledge Child
--

Jeffrey Jones Trivia

No trivia approved yet. Logged in RT and Facebook users can submit celebrity trivia.

Quotes from Jeffrey Jones's Characters

    1. Delia Deetz: Chalrles if you do not let me remodel this house, I will go insane and take you with me!
    2. Charles Deetz: Yeah...well maybe it could use a fixer up. Tell you what, just this room alone okay?
    From Beetlejuice. Submitted by sean b (2 months ago)
    1. Ed Rooney: I don't trust this kid any further than I can throw him.
    2. School Secretary: Well, with your bad knee, Ed, you shouldn't throw anybody. It's true.
    3. Ed Rooney: What is so dangerous about a character like Ferris Bueller is he gives good kids bad ideas. Last thing I need at this point in my career is 1,500 Ferris Bueller disciples running around these halls. He jeopardizes my ability to effectively govern this student body.
    4. School Secretary: He makes you look like an ass, is what he does, Ed.
    5. Ed Rooney: Thank you, Grace, but I think you're wrong.
    6. School Secretary: Oh, he's very popular, Ed. The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wasteoids, dweebies, dickheads, they all adore him. They think he's a righteous dude.
    7. Ed Rooney: That is why I need to show these kids that the example he sets is a first-class ticket to nowhere!
    8. School Secretary: Oh, Ed, you sounded like Dirty Harry just then.
    9. Ed Rooney: Really? Thanks, Grace.
    From Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Submitted by Breno d (6 months ago)
Help | About | Jobs | Newsletter | Critics Submission | API | Licensing | Blog | Developers | Mobile