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In November 2002 he was arrested and charged with violating California Penal Code Section 311.4 (c), Use of a Minor to Perform Prohibited Acts. He subsequently pled no contest to the charge of inducing a 14-year-old-boy to pose for sexually explicitly photos and was sentenced to five years probation and ordered to register as a sex offender and undergo counseling. A misdemeanor charge of possession of child pornography was dropped as part of the deal. In 2009 he pled guilty to a felony charge of failing to update his information in the sex offender registry and was sentenced to 3 years of probation and 250 hours of community service.

Photographed with Justin Bieber on July 23, 2016. The image, shared to Bieber's Instagram, showed Bieber and Jones apparently spoofing Jones' role in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986). The post received over 1.5 million likes in several days, but was eventually removed due to negative backlash over Jones' criminal record.

He has appeared in two films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Amadeus (1984) and Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986).

Filmed a role in Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) that was ultimately cut.

Promoted from guest performer to series regular in the second season of Deadwood (2004).

Used the same, chilling voice in the Tales from the Crypt (1989) episode, Creep Course (1993) (10 November 1993), as he did as the possessed "Dr. Walter Jenning" in Howard the Duck (1986).

Frequently appeared in Tim Burton movies such as Beetlejuice (1988), Ed Wood (1994), and Sleepy Hollow (1999).

Father of actor and producer Julian Coutts.

In 1967, his performance in a Lawrence University production of "Hobson's Choice" brought him to the attention of Sir Tyrone Guthrie, who invited him to join the prestigious Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Originally planned on a career in medicine.

He went to London in 1969 to attend the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art for four years. Afterward, he ventured to Canada to perform with the Stratford Theater in Ontario for three years.

In 1974, he joined the famed Actors Theater of Louisville for roles ranging from William Shakespeare to "Frankenstein".

He's the son of an art historian.

Played "Hamlet" in second grade.

Attended Lawrence University.

Member of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity.

Attended and graduated from high school in Putney, Vermont.

Godfather of Corey Frakes.

He has English and German ancestry, partly by way of Canada.