Jay Arlen Jones

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.
Credits 1983-1989
Tour of Duty (1 episode, 1989)
Promised Land (1989) TV episode
L.A. Law, Cop #1 (2 episodes, 1986–1989)
Izzy Ackerman or Is He Not (1989) TV episode, Cop #1
Fry Me to the Moon (1986) TV episode, Cop #2
Twins (1988/I), Mover #1
The Diamond Trap (1988) (TV), Cop
You Talkin' to Me? (1987), Actor #1
No Way Out (1987), Marine Guard #1
Dallas (1 episode, 1987)
War and Peace (1987) TV episode
Knots Landing, Bank Teller (1 episode, 1987)
A Plan of Action (1987) TV episode, Bank Teller
Night of the Creeps (1986), Cop at police station
Space Baby (1986) Pilot episode, Dumping Jack Trash (voice)
Club Life (1986), Black Punk
Trapper John, M.D., Workman #2 (1 episode, 1985)
Billboard Barney (1985) TV episode, Workman #2
Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1 episode, 1985)
The Wrong Way Home (1985) TV episode
Dynasty, Desk Clerk #1 (1 episode, 1983)
The Threat (1983) TV episode, Desk Clerk #1
Credits 1990-1995
Absolute Zero (1995) TV episode, inmate/Joe 'J.C.' Carter
Sister, Sister, preacher (1 episode, 1994)
The Pimple (1994) TV episode, preacher
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Chessler (1 episode, 1994)Who's the Boss? (1994) TV episode, Chessler
Relentless 3 (1993) (V), Angry Man
aka Relentless III - USA (TV title)
Extreme Justice (1993), Nash
Reasonable Doubts, Baker (1 episode, 1992)
The Discomfort Zone (1992) TV episode, Baker
Beverly Hills, 90210 Bartender (1 episode, 1991)
aka Class of Beverly Hills - USA (teaser title)
Necessity Is a Mother (1991) TV episode, Bartender
In the Heat of the Night, Ticket Man (1 episode, 1991)
Just a Country Boy (1991) TV episode, Ticket Man
The Flash, Wayne Cotrell (1 episode, 1991)
Beat the Clock (1991) TV episode, Wayne Cotrell
Gabriel's Fire, Trusty (1 episode, 1990)
The Neighborhood (1990) TV episode, Trusty
Satan's Princess (1990) (as J. Arlen Jones), Black Romeo
Vital Signs (1990), Paramedic
Credits 1996-2009
The Least Among You (2009), Jojo
Nines (2003), Happy
Eight Legged Freaks (2002), Leon
aka "Arac Attack", Belgium (English title)
aka "Spider Panic!", Japan (English title)
Carman: The Champion (2001), Johnny
Le Secret (2000), Jerry Stanley
The Patriot (2000), Occam
The Big Thing (2000), James
A Texas Funeral (1999), Otis
Melrose Place, Detective Griffith (2 episodes, 1999)
Asses to Ashes (1999) TV episode, Detective Griffith
I Married a Jock Murderer (1999) TV episode, Detective Pavone
Life (1999/I), Bagman
Cloned (1997) (TV) (as Arlen Jones), father of newborn
Assault on Dome 4 (1996) (TV), Goon #1
Nowhere Man, Joe 'J.C.' Carter (2 episodes, 1995–1996)
Calaway' (1996) TV episode .... Joe 'J.C.' Carter / Dr. Novak
Credits 2010-present
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Living people
African-American male actors
American male film actors
American male television actors
1954 births