2000Nominee
Best Performance
The Patriot
Jay Arlen Jones
Actor
Los Angeles, California, USA
March 8, 1954
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1988Nominee
Best Performance
Twins
2002Nominee
Best Performance
Eight Legged Freaks
Career Highlights
1999Highlight
Best Performance
Life
1986Highlight
Best Performance
Night of the Creeps
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The Patriot
Twins
Eight Legged Freaks