Biography
Jessie Lawrence Ferguson (June 8, 1941 β April 26, 2019) was an African American actor. He was best known for playing the self-hating racist police officer in John Singleton's Academy Award-nominated film Boyz n the Hood (1991). Ferguson was born in The Bronx, New York, on June 8, 1941. He lived there until the mid-1950s until moving to Chicago, Illinois. His first major role was in Starsky and Hutch in 1979. Ferguson is best known for his roles in Boyz n the Hood and John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness and Sam Raimi's Darkman. He has also had roles in Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All, Star Trek: The Next Generation, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, All Night Long and The Fish that Saved Pittsburgh. Ferguson died of a heart attack at age 77 on April 26, 2019.
Filmography
all 21
Movies 14
TV Shows 7
To Protect and Serve (1992)
Boyz n the Hood (1991)
Cop Rock (1990)
Darkman (1990)
Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All (1989)
The Spring (1989)
The Presidio (1988)
Prince of Darkness (1987)
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Beauty and the Beast (1987)
Neon Maniacs (1986)
Long Time Gone (1986)
The Supernaturals (1986)
The A-Team (1983)
Good-bye Cruel World (1983)
St. Elsewhere (1982)
All Night Long (1981)
Hill Street Blues (1981)
The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (1979)
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979)
The Onion Field (1979)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1941-06-08
Deathday2019-04-26 (77 years old)
Birth PlaceThe Bronx, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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