Ernie Hudson
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ernie Hudson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, is a full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2026 · Toy Story 5 as Combat Carl (voice)
- 2025 · Boston Blue as Rev. Peters
- 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 · 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 Dr. Lawrence Abel
- 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
- 2017 · APB as Ned Conrad
- 2016 · Heaven Sent as Donatello
- 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 · Ghostheads as Self
- 2016 · God's Not Dead 2 as Judge Stennis
- 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
- 2014 · Merry Ex-Mas as Pastor Ed
- 2014 · You're Not You as John
- 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 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2013 · Dear Secret Santa as Pastor Avery
- 2013 · Doonby as Leroy Jackson
- 2013 · The Millers as Walter
- 2013 · Ironside as Bludso
- 2013 · Call Me Crazy: A Five Film as Percy
- 2013 · The Last Leg as Self
- 2012 · Arrow as Roy Stewart
- 2012 · Guys with Kids as The Judge
- 2012 · Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta! 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 · 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 · Rizzoli & Isles as Admiral Frost
- 2010 · Hot in Cleveland as Ernie Hudson
- 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 · Pastor Brown as Deacon Harold Todd
- 2009 · Dragonball Evolution as Master Mutaito
- 2009 · Fatal Secrets as Detective Carter
- 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
- 2007 · Nobel Son as Bill Canega
- 2006 · Torchwood as Stuart Owens
- 2006 · Heroes as Captain Lubbock
- 2006 · The Ron Clark Story as Principal Turner
- 2006 · Psych as William Guster
- 2006 · Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror as Roscoe
- 2006 · Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School as Blake Rische
- 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)
- 2005 · Confessions of an Action Star as Self / Commander
- 2004 · Desperate Housewives as Detective Ridley
- 2004 · Clifford's Really Big Movie as P.T. (voice)
- 2003 · Cold Case as Moses Jones
- 2003 · 10-8: Officers on Duty as Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes
- 2003 · Las Vegas as Bob Casey
- 2002 · Without a Trace as Manny Aybar
- 2002 · Everwood as Bill Hoover
- 2001 · Crossing Jordan as Colonel Wirth
- 2000 · Miss Congeniality as Harry McDonald
- 2000 · Paper Bullets as Detective Ron Mills
- 2000 · The Watcher as FBI Special Agent in Charge Mike Ibby
- 2000 · Nowhere to Land as Danny Gorlin
- 1999 · Shark Attack as Lawrence Rhodes
- 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 · The View as Self
- 1997 · Stargate SG-1 as Pernaux
- 1997 · Oz as Leo Glynn
- 1996 · The Cherokee Kid as Nat Love aka Deadwood Dick
- 1996 · Superman: The Animated Series as Professor Felix (voice)
- 1996 · The Substitute as Claude Rolle
- 1995 · Congo as Captain Munro Kelly
- 1995 · The Basketball Diaries as Reggie
- 1994 · Speechless as Ventura
- 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Norm McCloud
- 1994 · ER as Colonel James Gallant
- 1994 · Airheads as Sergeant O'Malley
- 1994 · The Cowboy Way as Officer Sam 'Mad Dog' Shaw
- 1994 · The Crow as Albrecht
- 1994 · No Escape as Hawkins
- 1994 · Sugar Hill as Lolly Jonas
- 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 · Broken Badges as Toby Baker
- 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
- 1988 · The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission as Joe Hamilton
- 1987 · Weeds as Bagdad
- 1987 · Full House as Reggie "The Sandman" Martin
- 1985 · The Insiders as Brewster
- 1985 · The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians as Cyborg (voice)
- 1985 · California Girls as Ernie
- 1984 · Ghostbusters as Winston Zeddemore
- 1983 · Two of a Kind as Det. Skaggs
- 1983 · Going Berserk as Muhammed Jerome Willy
- 1983 · Webster as
- 1983 · Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone as Washington
- 1983 · The A-Team as Cal Freeman
- 1982 · The New Odd Couple as Moses Brown
- 1982 · St. Elsewhere as
- 1981 · A Matter of Life and Death as Mr. Harrison
- 1981 · Flamingo Road as
- 1981 · Underground Aces as African General
- 1980 · The Jazz Singer as Heckler
- 1980 · Bosom Buddies as
- 1980 · The Octagon as Quinine
- 1980 · The $5.20 an Hour Dream as Homer Burden
- 1979 · Detective School as
- 1979 · Joni as Earl
- 1978 · The White Shadow as Johnson
- 1978 · Taxi as Terry Carver
- 1978 · Fantasy Island as Jamu
- 1977 · The Incredible Hulk as Lee
- 1976 · The Human Tornado as Bo
- 1974 · Little House on the Prairie as William Thomas
- Future · Famous as
- Future · Deepest, Darkest as
- 2025 · FEEL as Sitter 10
- 2022 · In Search of Tomorrow as Self - Interviewee
- 2021 · Beebo Saves Christmas as Santa Claus (voice)
- 2018 · High & Outside: A Baseball Noir as Sanzone
- 2016 · Spaceman as Joe
- 2016 · The Man in the Silo as Marcus Wells
- 2015 · Gallows Road as Bob Collins
- 2014 · Touched as Dr. Beck
- 2014 · Showing Up as Self
- 2014 · The Last Song as Guest
- 2013 · Turning Point as Joe Johnson
- 2013 · Battledogs as Max Stevens
- 2012 · Ambush at Dark Canyon as Cyrus Parker
- 2012 · Deer Crossing as Captain Bailey
- 2011 · Underground Entertainment: The Movie as Ernie
- 2010 · Stasis as Stranger
- 2010 · Machete Joe as Sheriff Taylor
- 2005 · Halfway Decent as Tom
- 2005 · Lackawanna Blues as Dick Barrymore
- 2003 · Anne B. Real as Principal
- 2001 · A Town Without Christmas as Ted
- 2001 · Walking Shadow as Hawk
- 2000 · Everything's Jake as Jake
- 2000 · Red Letters as Detective Glen Teal
- 1999 · A Stranger in the Kingdom as Rev. Walter Andrews
- 1999 · Interceptors as Major
- 1999 · Hijack as Senator Douglas Wilson
- 1999 · Michael Jordan: An American Hero as
- 1999 · Stealth Fighter as President Westwood
- 1997 · Clover as Gaten Hill
- 1997 · Fakin' Da Funk as Joe Lee
- 1997 · Levitation as Downbeat
- 1997 · Operation Delta Force as Major Tipton
- 1996 · Just Your Luck as Willie
- 1996 · For Which He Stands as DEA Agent Baxter
- 1996 · Tornado! as Dr. Joe Branson
- 1989 · Trapper County War as Jefferson Carter
- 1988 · The Wrong Guys as Dawson
- 1986 · The Last Precinct as Sergeant Lane
- 1986 · The Last Precinct as Night Train
- 1985 · Love on the Run as Lamar
- 1984 · Joy of Sex as Mr. Porter
- 1983 · Women of San Quentin as Charles Wilson
- 1982 · Penitentiary II as Half Dead
- 1981 · Crazy Times as Harold 'Jazzman' Malloy
- 1980 · White Mama as Counsellor
- 1980 · Skag as
- Future · Sisters in Italy as
- 1979 · The Main Event as Killer
- 1979 · Highcliffe Manor as Smythe
- 1978 · Diff'rent Strokes as
- 1976 · Leadbelly as Archie
- Future · Oswald: Down The Rabbit Hole as Oswald Jebediah Coleman
- Future · Beautiful People as Jack
- 1978 · Last of the Good Guys as El Coliph
- 1977 · Mad Bull as Black Bart
- 1973 · Super Friends as Cyborg (voice)
- Future · Mr. Beebee as Wayne Proctor