Cy Fergusson was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone. At age 4 he migrated to Geneva, Switzerland with his family, and lived there for 9 years. At 13 years of age, whilst still in Geneva, he was told the truth about his identity. In the presence of his entire family, it was revealed to Cy that his parents were actually his grandparents, his two older sisters were his aunties, and his brother was his father. He was also told that day that his mother, a woman he did not know, would be taking over his upbringing soon. Cy moved to Los Angeles in the summer of 1994 to meet and live with his mother. He has resided in that city ever since.Cy was discovered by commercial talent agent John Pierce whilst working as a sales associate at a retail store located in a popular mall in Los Angeles. Less than a year later he got his first role, a national commercial for Coca-Cola that never aired. He enrolled into the Beverly Hills playhouse school of acting early 2001, and studied there for two years. He was in the same class as actress Alice Eve for half a year.Cy's first movie was a Fox searchlight short named "Kid Bang" (2002), staring opposite Roger R Cross. He then appeared on network TV series "Judging Amy" (2003), co staring opposite Tyne Daly. That was quickly followed by another co star role in the 2003 season finale of network TV series "E.R." , where he co starred opposite Noah Wyle. Excerpts from Cy's performance in that episode was featured on the 'most memorable scenes' series finale montage of E.R.'s 15 seasons run. Cy's follow up to that was another Network TV series named "E-Ring", where he guest starred opposite Benjamin Bratt. Show less «