Ernie Hudson
Earnest Lee Hudson is an American actor and voice 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 - most notably are the Ghostbusters series, The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, The Crow and its sequel The Crow: Stairway to Heaven, 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
- 2022 · In Search of Tomorrow as Self - Interviewee
- 2016 · Heaven Sent as Donatello
- 2016 · Spaceman as Joe
- 2016 · Ghostheads as Self
- 2014 · Merry Ex-Mas as Pastor Ed
- 2013 · Dear Secret Santa as Pastor Avery
- 2013 · Call Me Crazy: A Five Film as Percy
- 2012 · The Adventures of Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Conspiracy as Ivan Stumpwater
- 2011 · Game of Death as Clarence
- 2009 · Meteor as Gen. Brasser
- 2009 · Fatal Secrets as Detective Carter
- 2008 · Final Approach as Agent Lorenzo Dawson
- 2007 · All Hat as Jackson Jones
- 2007 · Nobel Son as Sgt. Bill Canega
- 2006 · Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror as Roscoe
- 2006 · Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School as Blake Rische
- 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
- 1999 · Shark Attack as Lawrence Rhodes
- 1999 · Interceptors as Major
- 1999 · Hijack as Senator Douglas Wilson
- 1999 · Stealth Fighter as President Westwood
- 1998 · October 22 as Arthur
- 1998 · Butter as Curtis '8-Ball' Harris
- 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
- 1997 · Operation Delta Force as Major Tipton
- 1996 · Tornado! as Dr. Joe Branson
- 1994 · Speechless as Ventura
- 1994 · The Cowboy Way as Officer Sam 'Mad Dog' Shaw
- 1994 · Sugar Hill as Lolly Jonas
- 1990 · Broken Badges as Toby Baker
- 1989 · Trapper County War as Jefferson Carter
- 1988 · The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission as Joe Hamilton
- 1988 · The Wrong Guys as Dawson
- 1986 · The Last Precinct as Sergeant Lane
- 1986 · The Last Precinct as Night Train
- 1985 · The Insiders as Brewster
- 1985 · The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians as
- 1985 · California Girls as Ernie
- 1984 · Joy of Sex as Mr. Porter
- 1983 · Two of a Kind as Det. Skaggs
- 1983 · Going Berserk as Muhammed Jerome Willy
- 1982 · The New Odd Couple as Moses Brown
- 1980 · The Jazz Singer as Heckler
- 1980 · The Octagon as Quinine
- 1979 · Detective School as
- 1979 · The Main Event as Killer
- 1979 · Highcliffe Manor as Smythe
- 1978 · Diff'rent Strokes as
- 1976 · The Human Tornado as Bo
- Future · Deepest, Darkest as
- Future · Beautiful People as Jack
- 2021 · Beebo Saves Christmas as Santa Claus (voice)
- 2021 · Ghostbusters: Afterlife as Winston Zeddemore
- 2021 · Star Wars: The Bad Batch as Grini Millegi (voice)
- 2021 · Redemption Day as Ed Paxton
- 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 Burnett
- 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
- 2017 · APB as Ned Conrad
- 2016 · Infinity Train as Atticus (voice)
- 2016 · Graves as Jacob Mann
- 2016 · MacGyver as Milton Bozer
- 2016 · Lethal Weapon as Hank Peterson
- 2016 · Ghostbusters as Uncle Bill
- 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
- 2016 · The Man in the Silo as Marcus Wells
- 2015 · Ballers as Mr. Hagerty
- 2015 · Grace and Frankie as Jacob
- 2015 · Gallows Road as Bob Collins
- 2014 · You're Not You as John
- 2014 · Touched as Dr. Beck
- 2014 · Scorpion as Brooks
- 2014 · To Hell and Back as Joe
- 2014 · The Grim Sleeper as Detective Gerry Claymar
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · Showing Up as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2014 · The Last Song as Guest
- 2013 · Doonby as Leroy Jackson
- 2013 · Ironside as Bludso
- 2013 · Turning Point as Joe Johnson
- 2013 · Battledogs as Max Stevens
- 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: Viva la Fiesta! as Pedro (voice)
- 2012 · Scandal as Commander Randolph Boles
- 2012 · Comic Book Men as Self
- 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 · 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 · Pastor Brown as Deacon Harold Todd
- 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
- 2007 · Private Practice as Captain Frank
- 2006 · Torchwood as Stuart Owens
- 2006 · Heroes as Captain Lubbock
- 2006 · The Ron Clark Story as Principal Turner
- 2006 · Psych as William Guster
- 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
- 2005 · Lackawanna Blues as Dick Barrymore
- 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 · The Watcher as FBI Special Agent in Charge Mike Ibby
- 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 · Michael Jordan: An American Hero as
- 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
- 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 · Airheads as Sergeant O'Malley
- 1994 · The Crow as Albrecht
- 1994 · No Escape as Hawkins
- 1993 · Wild Palms as Tommy Lazlo
- 1992 · The Ben Stiller Show as
- 1992 · Batman: The Animated Series as Security Guard (voice)
- 1992 · The Hand that Rocks the Cradle as Solomon
- 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
- 1989 · Leviathan as Justin Jones
- 1987 · Weeds as Bagdad
- 1987 · Full House as Reggie "The Sandman" Martin
- 1982 · Penitentiary II as Half Dead
- 1981 · Crazy Times as Harold 'Jazzman' Malloy
- 1981 · A Matter of Life and Death as Mr. Harrison
- 1980 · The $5.20 an Hour Dream as Homer Burden
- Future · Meteor as Gen. Brasser
- 1985 · Love on the Run as Lamar
- 1984 · Ghostbusters as Winston Zeddemore
- 1983 · Women of San Quentin as Charles Wilson
- 1983 · Webster as
- 1983 · Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone as Washington
- 1983 · The A-Team as Cal Freeman
- 1982 · St. Elsewhere as
- 1981 · Flamingo Road as
- 1981 · Underground Aces as African General
- 1980 · Bosom Buddies as
- 1980 · White Mama as Counsellor
- 1980 · Skag as
- 1979 · Joni as Earl
- 1978 · The White Shadow as Johnson
- 1978 · Taxi as Terry Carver
- 1978 · Last of the Good Guys as El Coliph
- 1977 · Mad Bull as Black Bart
- 1977 · The Incredible Hulk as Lee
- Future · Mr. Beebee as Wayne Proctor
- 1976 · Leadbelly as Archie (as Earnest L. Hudson)
- 1974 · Little House on the Prairie as
- 1973 · Super Friends as Cyborg (voice)
- Future · Oswald: Down The Rabbit Hole as Oswald Jebediah Coleman