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.
He died on February 28, 2023, at the age of 68.[2]
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
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.
He died on February 28, 2023, at the age of 68.[2]
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