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
- 2025 · FEEL as Sitter 10
- 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 · Sherri as Self - Guest
- 2022 · The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self
- 2022 · In Search of Tomorrow as Self - Interviewee
- 2020 · Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters as Self
- 2018 · Nappily Ever After as Richard Jones
- 2016 · Spaceman as Joe
- 2016 · Ghostheads as Self
- 2014 · Merry Ex-Mas as Pastor Ed
- 2014 · You're Not You as John
- 2014 · Showing Up as Self
- 2013 · Dear Secret Santa as Pastor Avery
- 2013 · Call Me Crazy: A Five Film as Percy
- 2012 · Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta! as Pedro (voice)
- 2012 · The Adventures of Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Conspiracy as Ivan Stumpwater
- 2011 · Game of Death as Clarence
- 2010 · Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball as Anthony Vejar
- 2009 · Fatal Secrets as Detective Carter
- 2008 · Final Approach as Agent Lorenzo Dawson
- 2007 · All Hat as Jackson Jones
- 2007 · Nobel Son as Bill Canega
- 2006 · Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror as Roscoe
- 2006 · Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School as Blake Rische
- 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
- 2001 · Walking Shadow as Hawk
- 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
- 1996 · The Cherokee Kid as Nat Love aka Deadwood Dick
- 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 · Collision Course as Shortcut
- 1988 · The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission as Joe Hamilton
- 1988 · The Wrong Guys as Dawson
- 1987 · Weeds as Bagdad
- 1986 · The Last Precinct as Sergeant Lane
- 1986 · The Last Precinct as Night Train
- 1985 · The Insiders as Brewster
- 1984 · Joy of Sex as Mr. Porter
- 1983 · Two of a Kind as Det. Skaggs
- 1983 · Going Berserk as Muhammed Jerome Willy
- 1983 · Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone as Washington
- 1982 · Penitentiary II as Half Dead
- 1980 · The Jazz Singer as Heckler
- 1980 · The Octagon as Quinine
- 1979 · The Main Event as Killer
- 1979 · Highcliffe Manor as Smythe
- 1976 · The Human Tornado as Bo
- 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
- 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 · High & Outside: A Baseball Noir as Sanzone
- 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 · God's Not Dead 2 as Judge Stennis
- 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 · 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 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2014 · The Last Song as Guest
- 2013 · Doonby as Leroy Jackson
- 2013 · The Millers as Walter
- 2013 · Ironside as Bludso
- 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 · 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 · 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
- 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 · 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 (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
- 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
- 1997 · Mr. Magoo as Agent CIA Gus Anders
- 1997 · Clover as Gaten Hill
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · Stargate SG-1 as Pernaux
- 1997 · Fakin' Da Funk as Joe Lee
- 1997 · Oz as Leo Glynn
- 1997 · Levitation as Downbeat
- 1997 · Operation Delta Force as Major Tipton
- 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 · Leviathan as Justin Jones
- 1989 · Trapper County War as Jefferson Carter
- 1987 · Full House as Reggie "The Sandman" Martin
- 1985 · Love on the Run as Lamar
- 1985 · The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians as Cyborg (voice)
- 1985 · California Girls as Ernie
- 1984 · Ghostbusters as Winston Zeddemore
- 1983 · Women of San Quentin as Charles Wilson
- 1983 · Webster as
- 1983 · The A-Team as Cal Freeman
- 1982 · The New Odd Couple as Moses Brown
- 1982 · St. Elsewhere as
- 1981 · Crazy Times as Harold 'Jazzman' Malloy
- 1981 · A Matter of Life and Death as Mr. Harrison
- 1981 · Flamingo Road as
- 1981 · Underground Aces as African General
- 1980 · Bosom Buddies as
- 1980 · White Mama as Counsellor
- 1980 · The $5.20 an Hour Dream as Homer Burden
- 1980 · Skag as
- 1979 · Detective School as
- 1979 · Joni as Earl
- 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
- 1976 · Leadbelly as Archie
- 1974 · Little House on the Prairie as
- 1973 · Super Friends as Cyborg (voice)
- Future · Famous as
- Future · Return to the Firehouse: Making Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire as Self
- Future · Mr. Beebee as Wayne Proctor
- Future · Sisters in Italy as
- Future · Deepest, Darkest as
- Future · Oswald: Down The Rabbit Hole as Oswald Jebediah Coleman