Jessie Lawrence Ferguson (June 8, 1941 – April 26, 2019) was an 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).
Biography 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 retired from acting in 1995 at 54 to focus on his family and his own art. Ferguson died of a heart attack at age 77 on April 26, 2019.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1979 The Onion Field Gamblin' Man The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh Jackhammer Washington 1981 All Night Long Jacob Horowitz 1983 Good-bye, Cruel World Rev. Mike as Jesse Laurence Ferguson 1984 Amazons Baker TV movie The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension Black Lectroid Commander 1986 Neon Maniacs Carson The Supernaturals Recruit #2 1987 Prince of Darkness Calder 1988 The Presidio Pilot at Travis AFB 1989 Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All John McNiece TV movie 1990 Darkman Eddie Black 1991 Boyz n the Hood Officer Coffey as Jesse Ferguson 1992 To Protect and Serve Becker 1995The Chosen OneThe MagusShort
Television Year Title Role Notes 1979 Starsky and Hutch FingersEpisode: "Huggy Can't Go Home" 1980 Buck Rogers in the 25th CenturyLieutenant Rekoff Episode: "A Dream of Jennifer" 1981 Hill Street Blues Panhandler Episode: "Chipped Beef"1983Trapper John, M.D.LocksmithEpisode: "Past Imperfect"HotelNairobi Business ManEpisode: "Designs"1984Remmington SteeleMax CroninEpisode: "High Flying Steele"1985The A-TeamNavarroEpisode: "Skins"Santa BarbaraM.P. WilcoxEpisode #1169St. ElsewhereN/AEpisode: "Cheers"Still the BeaverDr. MaxwellEpisode: "A Boy and his Snake"1987CBS Summer PlayhouseColonel NtsungeEpisode: "Mickey and Nora"Star Trek: The Next GenerationLutanEpisode: "Code of Honor"Beauty and the BeastRoy OcalaEpisode: "Dark Spirits"1990Equal JusticeMinisterEpisode: "Promise to Keep"Cop RockJerome BrewsterEpisode: "Ill-Gotten Gaines"1992Swamp ThingDuchampEpisode: "Night of the Dying"1993South of SunsetNewspaper BoyUnknown episode
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