Keith Jefferson obit

Keith Jefferson Dies: Actor In Tarantino’s ‘Django Unchained’, ‘Hateful Eight’ & ‘Once Upon A Time In Hollywood’ Was 53

 

He was not on the list.

Keith Jefferson, whose acting credits included Django Unchained, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and the about-to-debut The Burial, has died of cancer at 53. Jefferson announced on Instagram Aug. 9 that he had been diagnosed with the disease.

On Thursday, actor Jamie Foxx took to Instagram to mourn his longtime friend.

“Keith, you’ve been nothing but absolute grace, your whole life your heart is pure your love is immeasurable you were an amazing soul,” Foxx wrote in his caption.

“We will all miss you dearly. It’s gonna take a long time for this to heal,” Foxx wrote. “Goodbye, my friend. I love you.”

Foxx added in another post, “Everything hurts right now having a hard time looking through these pictures reliving the memories of us having a great time going to miss you man gonna miss you.”

He continued, “since we met back in college, you have been in incredible soul God rest, NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE TO SEE THE WORDS ABOUT MY FRIEND RIP @keith.jefferson Keith”

The multitalented Jefferson was an actor, producer, voiceover artist and acting coach. His work with Foxx dates back to 1998, when he appeared in two episodes of the sitcom The Jamie Foxx Show.

Jefferson is credited with roles in Quentin Tarantino‘s 2012 film Django Unchained, which starred Foxx in the title role, as well as Foxx’s 2022 film Day Shift and the new film, The Burial.

Jefferson continued to work with Tarantino with roles in 2015’s The Hateful Eight and 2019’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

The actor shared a trailer for The Burial on his Instagram last month: “It’s finally here and what a blessing it was to work on this film with an amazing group of actors. Foxx and Tommy Lee Jones along with an all star cast and my most important role to date.”

No information on survivors or memorial plans was immediately available.

 

Actor

All-Star Weekend

Xaviers Bodyguard

Completed

 

Tommy Lee Jones and Jamie Foxx in The Burial (2023)

The Burial

7.8

Dashaan Harris

2023

Jermaine Dupri, Greg Carter, Cassie Ventura, Keith Jefferson, Shad Moss, MC Lyte, Valarie Pettiford, Redman, Tyrin Turner, Page Kennedy, Jalene Mack, Tamar Braxton, Rayna Reid Rayford, Tawanna Houston, Erica Fontaine, Bun B, Datari Turner, Pleasure P., Phil Thornton, Angela Simmons, Vanessa Simmons, Terrence Jenkins, Thomas Q. Jones, Keri Hilson, Toya Johnson, Billy Sorrells, Natalie Friedman, Jasmin Brown, Serayah, Don Benjamin, Jordyn Rolling, Mehgan James, Demetrius Shipp Jr., Jermaine Carter, B. Simone, and Jojo Zarur in Hip Hop Family Christmas Wedding (2022)

Hip Hop Family Christmas Wedding

5.1

TV Movie

Cameron (Laywer)

2022

 

Mark Hapka and Megan Davis in Hot Take: The Depp/Heard Trial (2022)

Hot Take: The Depp/Heard Trial

3.4

Rob

2022

 

Snoop Dogg, Jamie Foxx, Meagan Good, Karla Souza, Dave Franco, and Natasha Liu Bordizzo in Day Shift (2022)

Day Shift

6.1

Birthday Party Dad

2022

 

Bosch: Legacy (2022)

Bosch: Legacy

8.5

TV Series

Mr. Davis

2022

1 episode

 

You Too (2021)

You Too

Short

Chauncey

2021

 

Jamie Foxx and Kyla-Drew in Dad Stop Embarrassing Me! (2021)

Dad Stop Embarrassing Me!

4.3

TV Series

Announcer

Police Officer

Deacon Announcer

2021

3 episodes

 

Rich Eisen in Madden NFL 21: Face of the Franchise: Rise to Fame (2020)

Madden NFL 21: Face of the Franchise: Rise to Fame

3.8

Video Game

Grant Simmons

2020

 

Lamar Jackson in Madden NFL 21 (2020)

Madden NFL 21

3.3

Video Game

Brad Simmons (voice)

2020

 

Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, Al Pacino, Quentin Tarantino, Kurt Russell, Dakota Fanning, Damon Herriman, Timothy Olyphant, Harley Quinn Smith, Kansas Bowling, Madisen Beaty, Mike Moh, Josephine Valentina Clark, Sydney Sweeney, Michaela Sprague, Margot Robbie, Kayla Radomski, Ryan Ramirez, Margaret Qualley, and Julia Butters in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

7.6

Land Pirate Keith

2019

 

Luis Centeno, Pierre Crawford, Brandon Vazquez, Latia Douglas, Dara Legard, Trudy Legard, Briana Marrae, Phillip Rosseau, Karienne Scott, Christine Thomas, Tyrone Walton, and Lyriq Crawford in Relative Opposites (2018)

Relative Opposites

TV Series

Moss Fitch (2017)

2018

 

Samuel L. Jackson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Michael Madsen, Tim Roth, Kurt Russell, Bruce Dern, Demián Bichir, and Walton Goggins in The Hateful Eight (2015)

The Hateful Eight

7.8

Charly

2015

 

Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Foxx, and Christoph Waltz in Django Unchained (2012)

Django Unchained

8.5

Pudgy Ralph

2012

 

Murder, She Wrote: South by Southwest (1997)

Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man

7.0

TV Movie

Jeremiah Jessup

2001

 

Jean Louisa Kelly, Joey McIntyre, and Jonathon Morris in The Fantasticks (2000)

The Fantasticks

5.6

Roustabout

2000

 

Jamie Foxx in The Jamie Foxx Show (1996)

The Jamie Foxx Show

6.7

TV Series

C.J.

Stoney Jackson

1998–1999

2 episodes

 

Danny Glover in Buffalo Soldiers (1997)

Buffalo Soldiers

6.2

TV Movie

Andrew Boyer

1997

 

Lori Petty in Tank Girl (1995)

Tank Girl

5.4

Desert Trooper (uncredited)

1995

 

Drew Barrymore, Whoopi Goldberg, and Mary-Louise Parker in Boys on the Side (1995)

Boys on the Side

6.5

Police Officer (uncredited)

1995