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