A hawk-featured, light-haired American character actor of stage and screen, Jeffrey Jones grew up in Buffalo, New York and became enamored of the theater on his frequent childhood visits to the Stratford Theater in Ontario, Canada. He came to the attention of Tyrone Guthrie while acting in a production of "Hobson's Choice" at Wisconsin's Lawrence University, then spent his sophomore year at the prestigious Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis and worked there on his breaks from school. It was Guthrie who arranged for him to study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art on full scholarship,