For more than half a century, American actor Jeffrey Jones has been serving theater and cinema. During this time, he created a huge number of images - so different that this range is simply amazing. And this is one of the amazing people who do not strive for fame and fame, for publicity and stardom.
Biography
Jeffrey Jones was born in 1946 in the city of Buffalo. His father died when Geoffrey was still a baby, so he grew up with his mother - Ruth Scully. She worked as an art critic, and knew a lot about the theater, cinema, and the profession of an actor. Talking with her sunk into the soul of the boy, and he gradually became interested in the thought of the profession of an actor.
After graduating from school, Jeffrey became a student at Lawrence University. Already there he began to participate in university productions, and was a great success. So big that the famous theater director Tyrone Guthrie became interested in him. Soon thanks to him, Jones was already in London, he served in the theater in Minneapolis and studied as an actor.
Then fate threw him to the Stratford Theater, and later he traveled with performances in England, South America and Canada, until he settled on Broadway, where he happened to play in productions with stars such as Meryl Streep, Sigourney Weaver, David Bowie and others.
Movie career
Jones' first film work is an episode in the movie Revolutionary (1970). After that there was a series of series, where a prominent actor with a straight face and an elusive note of humor in his voice looked great.
Critics praised Jones' talent, began to write about him in the newspapers, and soon he was invited to the first negative role, which he had previously refused. However, his expressive look, high growth and fiery red hair determined this choice, and he had to appear before the audience in the image of Emperor Rome Joseph II in the tape "Amadeus". Jeffrey played in such a way that almost every appearance on the screen became memorable. And his work in this picture is nominated for the Golden Globe.
The second role of the villain went to Jeffrey in 1986 in the film "Ferris Bueller takes the day off." He played it so expressively that he himself was afraid that the audience would transfer the image of the hero to himself - his hero Rooney was so disgusting, who by all means wanted to squeeze his subordinate from the light. However, not every actor was given the choice of roles from a variety of proposals, so I had to play this one. But the audience was delighted with this film, and Jones became even more famous.
Another notable role for the actor is that of Charles Dietz in the Beatlejuice movie. He played the master of the ghost house. After this film, Jeffrey worked a lot with director Tim Burton, and played the role of Amazing Chriswell in his film Sleepy Hollow. The film was a resounding success, if only because, as critics wrote, “stirred up the secret fears of people, ” and showed them themselves.
Jeffrey Jones has so many different roles that it's impossible to list everything. Of his recent works, the series "Deadwood", the films "Who's Your Cady" and "10.0 - Big."
