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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
December 17, 1945
Place of Birth:
Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA
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Ernie Hudson
Biography
Earnest Lee Hudson (born December 17, 1945) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Winston Zeddemore in the Ghostbusters franchise. Hudson has also acted in the films Leviathan (1989), The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992), The Crow (1994), Airheads (1994), The Basketball Diaries (1995), Congo (1995), Miss Congeniality (2000), and The Ron Clark Story (2006).
His most prominent role on television was Warden Leo Glynn on HBO's Oz (1997–2003). Hudson has also appeared in the television shows St. Elsewhere (1984), The Last Precinct (1986), 10-8: Officers on Duty (2003–2004), Desperate Housewives (2006–2007), The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008–2013), Law & Order (2009–2010), the voice of Agent Bill Fowler in Transformers: Prime (2010–2013), Franklin & Bash (2012–2014), Grace and Frankie (2015–2020), and L.A.'s Finest (2019–2020). From 2022 to 2024, Hudson appeared as Herbert "Magic" Williams on the NBC drama Quantum Leap.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Toy Story 5 | Combat Carl (voice) |
| 2025 | FEEL | Sitter 10 |
| 2024 | Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire | Winston Zeddemore |
| 2023 | Prisoner's Daughter | Hank |
| 2023 | The Retirement Plan | Joseph |
| 2023 | Champions | Coach Phil Peretti |
| 2022 | In Search of Tomorrow | Self - Interviewee |
| 2021 | Beebo Saves Christmas | Santa Claus (voice) |
| 2021 | Ghostbusters: Afterlife | Winston Zeddemore |
| 2021 | Redemption Day | Ed Paxton |
| 2020 | Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters | Self |
| 2019 | Adventure Force 5 | |
| 2018 | Nappily Ever After | Richard Jones |
| 2018 | High & Outside: A Baseball Noir | Sanzone |
| 2016 | The Man in the Silo | Marcus Wells |
| 2016 | God's Not Dead 2 | Judge Stennis |
| 2016 | Batman: Bad Blood | Lucius Fox (voice) |
| 2016 | Spaceman | Joe |
| 2016 | Ghostbusters | Uncle Bill |
| 2016 | Ghostheads | Self |
| 2016 | Infinity Train | Atticus (voice) |
| 2016 | Heaven Sent | Donatello |
| 2015 | Gallows Road | Bob Collins |
| 2014 | You're Not You | John |
| 2014 | Showing Up | Self |
| 2014 | To Hell and Back | Joe |
| 2014 | The Grim Sleeper | Detective Gerry Claymar |
| 2014 | Touched | Dr. Beck |
| 2014 | Merry Ex-Mas | Pastor Ed |
| 2014 | The Last Song | Guest |
| 2013 | Doonby | Leroy Jackson |
| 2013 | Battledogs | Max Stevens |
| 2013 | Call Me Crazy: A Five Film | Percy |
| 2013 | Dear Secret Santa | Pastor Avery |
| 2013 | Turning Point | Joe Johnson |
| 2012 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3 | Pedro (voice) |
| 2012 | Deer Crossing | Captain Bailey |
| 2012 | Ambush at Dark Canyon | Cyrus Parker |
| 2012 | The Adventures of Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Conspiracy | Ivan Stumpwater |
| 2012 | Beautiful People | Jack |
| 2011 | Deep Blue Breath | Lord Vater (voice) |
| 2011 | Game of Death | Clarence |
| 2011 | Underground Entertainment: The Movie | Ernie |
| 2011 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 | Pedro |
| 2010 | Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball | Anthony Vejar |
| 2010 | Stasis | Stranger |
| 2010 | Machete Joe | Sheriff Taylor |
| 2009 | Dragonball Evolution | Master Mutaito |
| 2009 | Pastor Brown | Deacon Harold Todd |
| 2009 | Fatal Secrets | Detective Carter |
| 2009 | Lonely Street | Captain Morgan |
| 2008 | Final Approach | Agent Lorenzo Dawson |
| 2007 | All Hat | Jackson Jones |
| 2007 | Nobel Son | Sgt. Bill Canega |
| 2006 | The Ron Clark Story | Principal Turner |
| 2006 | Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror | Roscoe |
| 2006 | Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School | Blake Rische |
| 2005 | Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous | Harry McDonald |
| 2005 | Confessions of an Action Star | Self / Commander |
| 2005 | Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story | Perry Beasley |
| 2005 | Lackawanna Blues | Dick Barrymore |
| 2005 | Halfway Decent | Tom |
| 2004 | Clifford's Really Big Movie | P.T. (voice) |
| 2003 | Anne B. Real | Principal |
| 2001 | A Town Without Christmas | Ted |
| 2001 | Walking Shadow | Hawk |
| 2000 | Miss Congeniality | Harry McDonald |
| 2000 | The Watcher | FBI Special Agent in Charge Mike Ibby |
| 2000 | Everything's Jake | Jake |
| 2000 | Paper Bullets | Detective Ron Mills |
| 2000 | Red Letters | Detective Glen Teal |
| 2000 | Nowhere to Land | Danny Gorlin |
| 1999 | Stealth Fighter | President Westwood |
| 1999 | Shark Attack | Lawrence Rhodes |
| 1999 | Michael Jordan: An American Hero | |
| 1999 | Interceptors | Major |
| 1999 | A Stranger in the Kingdom | Rev. Walter Andrews |
| 1999 | Hijack | Senator Douglas Wilson |
| 1998 | October 22 | Arthur |
| 1998 | Best of the Best 4: Without Warning | Detective Gresko |
| 1998 | Butter | Curtis '8-Ball' Harris |
| 1997 | Fakin' Da Funk | Joe Lee |
| 1997 | Clover | Gaten Hill |
| 1997 | Levitation | Downbeat |
| 1997 | Operation Delta Force | Major Tipton |
| 1997 | Mr. Magoo | Agent CIA Gus Anders |
| 1996 | Tornado! | Dr. Joe Branson |
| 1996 | For Which He Stands | DEA Agent Baxter |
| 1996 | The Substitute | Claude Rolle |
| 1996 | The Cherokee Kid | Nat Love aka Deadwood Dick |
| 1996 | Just Your Luck | Willie |
| 1995 | Congo | Captain Munro Kelly |
| 1995 | The Basketball Diaries | Reggie |
| 1994 | The Crow | Albrecht |
| 1994 | Airheads | Sergeant O'Malley |
| 1994 | Speechless | Ventura |
| 1994 | Sugar Hill | Lolly Jonas |
| 1994 | The Cowboy Way | Officer Sam 'Mad Dog' Shaw |
| 1994 | No Escape | Hawkins |
| 1992 | The Hand That Rocks the Cradle | Solomon |
| 1989 | Ghostbusters II | Winston Zeddemore |
| 1989 | Leviathan | Justin Jones |
| 1989 | Collision Course | Shortcut |
| 1989 | Trapper County War | Jefferson Carter |
| 1988 | The Wrong Guys | Dawson |
| 1988 | The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission | Joe Hamilton |
| 1987 | Weeds | Bagdad |
| 1986 | The Last Precinct | Night Train |
| 1985 | Love on the Run | Lamar |
| 1985 | California Girls | Ernie |
| 1984 | Ghostbusters | Winston Zeddemore |
| 1984 | Joy of Sex | Mr. Porter |
| 1983 | Going Berserk | Muhammed Jerome Willy |
| 1983 | Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone | Washington |
| 1983 | Two of a Kind | Det. Skaggs |
| 1983 | Women of San Quentin | Charles Wilson |
| 1982 | Penitentiary II | Half Dead |
| 1981 | Underground Aces | African General |
| 1981 | Crazy Times | Harold 'Jazzman' Malloy |
| 1981 | A Matter of Life and Death | Mr. Harrison |
| 1980 | The Octagon | Quinine |
| 1980 | White Mama | Counsellor |
| 1980 | The $5.20 an Hour Dream | Homer Burden |
| 1980 | Skag | |
| 1980 | The Jazz Singer | Heckler |
| 1979 | Joni | Earl |
| 1979 | The Main Event | Killer |
| 1978 | Last of the Good Guys | El Coliph |
| 1977 | Mad Bull | Black Bart |
| 1976 | The Human Tornado | Bo |
| 1976 | Leadbelly | Archie (as Earnest L. Hudson) |
| Oswald: Down The Rabbit Hole | Oswald Jebediah Coleman | |
| Meteor | Gen. Brasser | |
| Mr. Beebee | Wayne Proctor | |
| Deepest, Darkest | ||
| Famous | ||
| Sisters in Italy |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Angry Birds Mystery Island | Marlon (voice) |
| 2022 | Quantum Leap | Herbert 'Magic' Williams |
| 2022 | Sherri | Self - Guest |
| 2022 | The Jennifer Hudson Show | Self |
| 2021 | Star Wars: The Bad Batch | Grini Millegi (voice) |
| 2020 | Home Movie: The Princess Bride | Prince Humperdinck |
| 2020 | Reunited Apart | Self |
| 2019 | Infinity Train | Atticus (voice) |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self |
| 2019 | City on a Hill | Franklin Ward |
| 2019 | The Movies That Made Us | Winston Zeddemore (archive footage) |
| 2019 | L.A.'s Finest | Joseph Vaughn |
| 2019 | The Masked Singer | Self |
| 2018 | Carl Weber's The Family Business | L.C. Duncan |
| 2017 | APB | Ned Conrad |
| 2016 | MacGyver | Milton Bozer |
| 2016 | Graves | Jacob Mann |
| 2016 | Lethal Weapon | Hank Peterson |
| 2016 | Angie Tribeca | Pete Tribeca |
| 2015 | Ballers | Mr. Hagerty |
| 2015 | Grace and Frankie | Jacob |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self |
| 2014 | Scorpion | Brooks |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self |
| 2013 | Ironside | Bludso |
| 2013 | The Last Leg | Self |
| 2013 | The Millers | Walter |
| 2012 | Comic Book Men | Self |
| 2012 | Scandal | Commander Randolph Boles |
| 2012 | Arrow | Roy Stewart |
| 2012 | Guys with Kids | The Judge |
| 2012 | Key & Peele | Dad |
| 2011 | Once Upon a Time | King Poseidon |
| 2011 | Franklin & Bash | Judge Lawrence Perry |
| 2011 | Hart of Dixie | Ernie Hayes |
| 2010 | Transformers: Prime | Agent William Fowler (voice) |
| 2010 | Rizzoli & Isles | Admiral Frost |
| 2010 | Blue Bloods | Darryl Ward |
| 2010 | Hot in Cleveland | Ernie Hudson |
| 2009 | Meteor | Gen. Brasser |
| 2009 | White Collar | Mr. Jeffries |
| 2009 | Modern Family | Miles |
| 2009 | Celebrity Ghost Stories | Self |
| 2008 | The Secret Life of the American Teenager | |
| 2008 | Childrens Hospital | Hubert McGraw |
| 2007 | Private Practice | Captain Frank |
| 2006 | Psych | William Guster |
| 2006 | Heroes | Captain Lubbock |
| 2006 | Torchwood | Stuart Owens |
| 2005 | How I Met Your Mother | Ernie Hudson |
| 2005 | Bones | David Barron |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy | Brad McDougall |
| 2005 | Robot Chicken | Detective Ernie / Judge Hudson Jr. / Justin's Dad (voice) |
| 2005 | Criminal Minds | Lt. Al Garner |
| 2004 | Desperate Housewives | Detective Ridley |
| 2003 | Cold Case | Moses Jones |
| 2003 | 10-8: Officers on Duty | Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes |
| 2003 | Las Vegas | Bob Casey |
| 2002 | Everwood | Bill Hoover |
| 2002 | Without a Trace | Manny Aybar |
| 2001 | Crossing Jordan | Colonel Wirth |
| 1997 | The View | Self |
| 1997 | Stargate SG-1 | Pernaux |
| 1997 | Oz | Leo Glynn |
| 1996 | Superman: The Animated Series | Professor Felix (voice) |
| 1994 | ER | Colonel James Gallant |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel | Norm McCloud |
| 1993 | Wild Palms | Tommy Lazlo |
| 1992 | The Ben Stiller Show | |
| 1992 | Batman: The Animated Series | Security Guard (voice) |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Frank Gibson |
| 1990 | Broken Badges | Toby Baker |
| 1990 | Twin Peaks | Colonel Davis |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt | Zambini |
| 1989 | The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! | |
| 1987 | Full House | Reggie "The Sandman" Martin |
| 1986 | The Last Precinct | Sergeant Lane |
| 1985 | The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians | Cyborg / Victor Stone (voice) |
| 1985 | The Insiders | Brewster |
| 1983 | The A-Team | Cal Freeman |
| 1983 | Webster | |
| 1982 | St. Elsewhere | |
| 1982 | The New Odd Couple | Moses Brown |
| 1981 | Flamingo Road | |
| 1980 | Bosom Buddies | |
| 1979 | Highcliffe Manor | Smythe |
| 1979 | Detective School | |
| 1978 | Diff'rent Strokes | |
| 1978 | The White Shadow | Johnson |
| 1978 | Taxi | Terry Carver |
| 1978 | Fantasy Island | Jamu |
| 1977 | The Incredible Hulk | Lee |
| 1974 | Little House on the Prairie | |
| 1973 | Super Friends | Cyborg (voice) |
| Beautiful People | Jack | |
| Boston Blue | Rev. Peters |