| Birth Date: | 8 June 1941 |
| Birth Place: | The Bronx, New York City, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Palmdale, California, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Actor |
| Yearsactive: | 1979–1995 |
Jessie Lawrence Ferguson (June 8, 1941 – April 26, 2019) was an American actor.[1] 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 , , 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.[2]
| 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 | John McNiece | TV movie | ||
| 1990 | Darkman | Eddie Black | ||
| 1991 | Boyz n the Hood | Officer Coffey | as Jesse Ferguson | |
| 1992 | To Protect and Serve | Becker | ||
| 1995 | The Chosen One | The Magus | Short |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Starsky and Hutch | Fingers | Episode: "Huggy Can't Go Home" | |
| 1980 | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | Lieutenant Rekoff | Episode: "A Dream of Jennifer" | |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues | Panhandler | Episode: "Chipped Beef" | |
| 1983 | Trapper John, M.D. | Locksmith | Episode: "Past Imperfect" | |
| Hotel | Nairobi Business Man | Episode: "Designs" | ||
| 1984 | Remmington Steele | Max Cronin | Episode: "High Flying Steele" | |
| 1985 | The A-Team | Navarro | Episode: "Skins" | |
| Santa Barbara | M.P. Wilcox | Episode #1169 | ||
| St. Elsewhere | N/A | Episode: "Cheers" | ||
| Still the Beaver | Dr. Maxwell | Episode: "A Boy and his Snake" | ||
| 1987 | CBS Summer Playhouse | Colonel Ntsunge | Episode: "Mickey and Nora" | |
| Lutan | Episode: "Code of Honor" | |||
| Beauty and the Beast | Roy Ocala | Episode: "Dark Spirits" | ||
| 1990 | Equal Justice | Minister | Episode: "Promise to Keep" | |
| Cop Rock | Jerome Brewster | Episode: "Ill-Gotten Gaines" | ||
| 1992 | Swamp Thing | Duchamp | Episode: "Night of the Dying" | |
| 1993 | South of Sunset | Newspaper Boy | Unknown episode |