Acting · 72 years old
Los Angeles, California, USA
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.

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Manager

Nowhere Man
Inmate

Nowhere Man
Joe Carter / Dr. Novak

The Flash
Wayne Cotrell

Beverly Hills, 90210
Bartender

The Patriot
Occam

Sister, Sister
Preacher

Knots Landing
Bank Teller

Night of the Creeps
Cop in Station

Life
Bagman

Twins
Mover #1

Melrose Place
Detective Pavone

Melrose Place
Detective Griffith

Eight Legged Freaks
Leon

A Texas Funeral
Otis

Extreme Justice
Nash

Cloned
Father of Newborn

Vital Signs
Paramedic

Relentless 3
Angry Man

Assault on Dome 4
Goon #1