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).[1] 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
  • 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[2]
  • 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

References
  1. "Jay Arlen Jones". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2018-12-25.
  2. "AIR, THE -- 'Who's the Boss?' Episode 15 -- Pictured: Jay Arlen Jones..." Getty Images. Retrieved 2018-12-25.
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