Jay Arlen Jones
1954-03-08 (1954)Los Angeles, California, USAActing
Biography
Jay Arlen Jones (born March 8, 1954) is an American film and television actor, born in Los Angeles, California, and active since the early 1980s. His most recognized role is that of Occam, the African-American slave enlisted as a Patriot fighter by his master, in the Revolutionary War epic The Patriot (2000). After portraying Leon in Eight Legged Freaks (2001), he participated in the short film Nines and the television film The Least Among You (2009), but has not appeared onscreen since.
Known For
Knots Landing
TV • 1979
Beverly Hills, 90210
TV • 1990
Melrose Place
TV • 1992
Melrose Place
TV • 1992
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
TV • 1990
Sister, Sister
TV • 1994
The Flash
TV • 1990
Nowhere Man
TV • 1995
Nowhere Man
TV • 1995
The Patriot
MOVIE • 2000
Twins
MOVIE • 1988
Life
MOVIE • 1999
Eight Legged Freaks
MOVIE • 2002
Night of the Creeps
MOVIE • 1986
Extreme Justice
MOVIE • 1993
Cloned
MOVIE • 1997
Vital Signs
MOVIE • 1990
A Texas Funeral
MOVIE • 1999