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.
Known For
Credits
- 2026 · Toy Story 5 as Combat Carl (voice)
- 2025 · Boston Blue as Rev. Edwin Peters
- 2025 · John Candy: I Like Me as Self - Actor (archive footage)
- 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
- 2021 · Redemption Day as Ed Paxton
- 2020 · Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters as Self
- 2018 · Nappily Ever After as Richard Jones
- 2016 · Ghostheads as Self
- 2016 · God's Not Dead 2 as Judge Stennis
- 2016 · Batman: Bad Blood as Lucius Fox (voice)
- 2015 · Gallows Road as Bob Collins
- 2014 · You're Not You as John
- 2014 · The Grim Sleeper as Detective Gerry Claymar
- 2014 · Showing Up as Self
- 2013 · Doonby as Leroy Jackson
- 2013 · Call Me Crazy: A Five Film as Percy
- 2012 · Ambush at Dark Canyon as Cyrus Parker
- 2012 · Deer Crossing as Captain Bailey
- 2012 · Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta! as Pedro (voice)
- 2011 · Game of Death as Clarence
- 2011 · Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 as Pedro
- 2010 · Machete Joe as Sheriff Taylor
- 2010 · Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball as Anthony Vejar
- 2009 · Lonely Street as Captain Morgan
- 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)
- 2003 · Anne B. Real as Principal
- 2000 · Paper Bullets as Detective Ron Mills
- 1999 · Hijack as Senator Douglas Wilson
- 1999 · Michael Jordan: An American Hero as
- 1998 · Butter as Curtis '8-Ball' Harris
- 1997 · Mr. Magoo as Agent CIA Gus Anders
- 1997 · Fakin' Da Funk as Joe Lee
- 1997 · Operation Delta Force as Major Tipton
- 1996 · The Cherokee Kid as Nat Love aka Deadwood Dick
- 1994 · The Cowboy Way as Officer Sam 'Mad Dog' Shaw
- 1994 · No Escape as Hawkins
- 1994 · Sugar Hill as Lolly Jonas
- 1989 · Collision Course as Shortcut
- 1988 · The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission as Joe Hamilton
- 1987 · Weeds as Bagdad
- 1986 · The Last Precinct as Sergeant Lane
- 1985 · California Girls as Ernie
- 1984 · Joy of Sex as Mr. Porter
- 1983 · Two of a Kind as Det. Skaggs
- 1983 · Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone as Washington
- 1981 · Crazy Times as Harold 'Jazzman' Malloy
- 1981 · Underground Aces as African General
- 1980 · The Jazz Singer as Heckler
- 1980 · The Octagon as Quinine
- 1979 · Highcliffe Manor as Smythe
- 1978 · Diff'rent Strokes as
- Future · Famous as
- Future · Beautiful People as Jack
- 2023 · Darrin's Dance Grooves: The Untold Darrin Henson Story as Self (voiceover)
- 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
- 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
- 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 - Special Guest
- 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 · Spaceman as Joe
- 2016 · Ghostbusters as Uncle Bill
- 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 · Horror Icon: Inside Michael's Mask with Tony Moran as Self
- 2014 · Merry Ex-Mas as Pastor Ed
- 2014 · Touched as Dr. Beck
- 2014 · Scorpion as Brooks
- 2014 · To Hell and Back as Joe
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2014 · The Last Song as Guest
- 2013 · Dear Secret Santa as Pastor Avery
- 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 · Arrow as Roy Stewart
- 2012 · Guys with Kids as The Judge
- 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)
- 2010 · Transformers: Prime as Agent William Fowler (voice)
- 2010 · Nowhere to Land as Danny Gorlin
- 2010 · Blue Bloods as Darryl Ward
- 2010 · Stasis as Stranger
- 2010 · Rizzoli & Isles as Admiral Frost
- 2010 · Hot in Cleveland as Ernie Hudson
- 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
- 2008 · Childrens Hospital as Hubert McGraw
- 2008 · The Secret Life of the American Teenager as Dr. Ken Fields
- 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
- 2002 · Without a Trace as Manny Aybar
- 2002 · Everwood as Bill Hoover
- 2001 · A Town Without Christmas as Ted
- 2001 · Crossing Jordan as Colonel Wirth
- 2001 · Walking Shadow as Hawk
- 2000 · Miss Congeniality as Harry McDonald
- 2000 · Everything's Jake as Jake
- 2000 · The Watcher as FBI Special Agent in Charge Mike Ibby
- 2000 · Red Letters as Detective Glen Teal
- 1999 · A Stranger in the Kingdom as Rev. Walter Andrews
- 1999 · Shark Attack as Lawrence Rhodes
- 1999 · Interceptors as Major
- 1999 · Stealth Fighter as President Westwood
- 1998 · October 22 as Arthur
- 1998 · Best of the Best 4: Without Warning as Detective Gresko
- 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 · Just Your Luck as Willie
- 1996 · Superman: The Animated Series as Professor Felix (voice)
- 1996 · Arli$$ as Warden Leo Glynn
- 1996 · For Which He Stands as DEA Agent Baxter
- 1996 · Tornado! as Dr. Joe Branson
- 1996 · The Substitute as Claude Rolle
- 1995 · Congo as Captain Monroe 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 Crow as Albrecht
- 1993 · Wild Palms as Tommy Lazlo
- 1992 · The Ben Stiller Show as
- 1992 · Angel Street as Thurman Nickens
- 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 · Cop Rock as Cmdr. Warren Osborne
- 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
- 1988 · The Wrong Guys as Dawson
- 1987 · Full House as Reggie "The Sandman" Martin
- 1986 · The Last Precinct as Night Train
- 1985 · Love on the Run as Lamar
- 1985 · The Insiders as Brewster
- 1985 · The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians as Cyborg (voice)
- 1984 · On the Scene with the Ghostbusters as
- 1984 · Ghostbusters as Winston Zeddemore
- 1983 · Women of San Quentin as Charles Wilson
- 1983 · Going Berserk as Muhammed Jerome Willy
- 1983 · Webster as
- 1983 · The A-Team as Cal Freeman
- 1982 · The New Odd Couple as Moses Brown
- 1982 · St. Elsewhere as Jerry Close
- 1982 · Penitentiary II as Half Dead
- 1981 · A Matter of Life and Death as Mr. Harrison
- 1981 · Flamingo Road as
- 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 · The Main Event as Killer
- 1979 · Joni as Earl
- 1979 · Roots: The Next Generations as Muslim at Door
- 1978 · The White Shadow as Johnson
- 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 · The Human Tornado as Bo
- Future · Mr. Beebee as Wayne Proctor
- Future · Deepest, Darkest as
- 1977 · Man from Atlantis IV: The Disappearances as Minion
- 1976 · Leadbelly as Archie
- 1974 · Little House on the Prairie as William Thomas
- 1973 · Super Friends as Cyborg (voice)
- Future · Sisters in Italy as
- Future · Oswald: Down The Rabbit Hole as Oswald Jebediah Coleman
- Future · Hal as