这位29年出生的老爷爷也是个牛逼人物。论艾美奖得奖数量和提名数量，他是排第二的（获奖7个），（排第一的是生于1926年的Cloris Leachman，获奖9个，这位第一名也同样出现在Edward的《玛丽·泰勒·摩尔秀 The Mary Tyler Moore Show》里，这位最近在演《家有喜旺》里的Maw Maw）

　　70年代的电视剧《卢-格兰特 Lou Grant》的男主角，三次提名金球奖，2次获得金球奖，三次提名艾美奖，2次获得艾美奖；演了2集电视剧《Rich Man, Poor Man》获得金球奖最佳男配角奖获得艾美奖；演了一集77年的电视剧《根 Roots》获得艾美奖；09年客串《CSI: NY》获得艾美奖提名；06年的电影《The Christmas Card》获得艾美奖最佳男配角奖提名；电视剧《The Trials of Rosie O'Neill》获得艾美奖最佳男配角奖提名；最著名的《玛丽·泰勒·摩尔秀 The Mary Tyler Moore Show》获得三个金球奖提名，2次获得金球奖，四次提名艾美奖，三次获得艾美奖；给动画片配音获得三个日间艾美奖提名（其中包括地球超人~）；屏幕演员工会奖给他颁发了终身成就奖。

　　在电视剧《夏威夷特勤组》的新版和68版里，都客串过August March这个角色。演过《圣诞精灵ELF》里的圣诞老人。09年《飞屋环游记》的老头儿Carl也是他配音的。

　　80年代担任过屏幕演员工会的主席。老爷子是个激进派，60年代的大部分由黑人组成的黑豹党的忠实支持人，甚至也忠实的支持当年一度被判死刑后入改为无期的警察杀手Mumia Abu-Jamal ，老爷子始终相信他是无罪的= =！

第一任妻子的孩子都是演艺圈的制片人，有一个儿子叫Matthew Asner是个纪录片导演制片人编剧，这位Mattew有个前妻叫Jules Asner早年和辛迪克劳馥是同公司宿舍的室友，Jules在离婚七年后和著名导演Steven Soderbergh结婚了。

　　第二任妻子是老爷爷在69岁高龄时候结婚的，比他小7岁的Cindy Gilmore，曾经是《修女也疯狂》的副制片人。他第二任妻子的侄子Gavin Newsom，是03年的旧金山市长，现在是加州的副州长。

Ferguson was born in Dallas, Texas.

In 1989, Jay was plucked from obscurity to play Ponyboy Curtis in the television adaptation of S. E. Hinton's novel The Outsiders. Over the last 22 years, he has appeared in television and film. His notable television roles include Taylor Newton in four seasons of the CBS sitcom Evening Shade, Dr. Todd Hooper on Judging Amy, Rich Connelly in the 2005 NBC television series Surface, Agent Warren Russell on the Showtime series Sleeper Cell and most recently Stan Rizzo on the AMC series Mad Men. His film roles include Billy in Higher Learning, Elmer Conway in The Killer Inside Me, and Keith Clayton in The Lucky One, released in the spring of 2012.

Kimberly Jan Dickens (born June 18, 1965) is an American actress.

Her film debut was a supporting role in the 1995 comedy film Palookaville. Dickens had lead roles in the films Truth or Consequences, N.M. (1997), Zero Effect, and Mercury Rising (both 1998). She had several supporting roles in films, such as Hollow Man (2000), House of Sand and Fog (2003), The Blind Side (2009), Gone Girl (2014), and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016).

On television, Dickens had regular roles in the drama series Deadwood (2004–06), Treme (2010–13), and House of Cards (2015–17). She currently stars as the main protagonist Madison Clark on the AMC horror drama series Fear the Walking Dead (2015–present).