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: Acting

Born: Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA, 1945-12-17

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1976	Leadbelly	Archie (as Earnest L. Hudson)	61
2	1976	The Human Tornado	Bo	62
3	1977	Mad Bull	Black Bart	0
4	1979	The Main Event	Killer	52
5	1980	Skag		0
6	1980	The $5.20 an Hour Dream	Homer Burden	0
7	1981	A Matter of Life and Death	Mr. Harrison	0
8	1981	Crazy Times	Harold 'Jazzman' Malloy	0
9	1983	Two of a Kind	Det. Skaggs	59
10	1985	Love on the Run	Lamar	10
11	1986	The Last Precinct	Night Train	0
12	1994	No Escape	Hawkins	62
13	1996	The Substitute	Claude Rolle	69
14	1996	The Cherokee Kid	Nat Love aka Deadwood Dick	52
15	1997	Operation Delta Force	Major Tipton	37
16	1997	Levitation	Downbeat	60
17	1999	Hijack	Senator Douglas Wilson	42
18	1999	A Stranger in the Kingdom	Rev. Walter Andrews	33
19	2000	Nowhere to Land	Danny Gorlin	53
20	2000	Red Letters	Detective Glen Teal	50
21	2010	Machete Joe	Sheriff Taylor	15
22	2011	Game of Death	Clarence	49
23	2011	Deep Blue Breath	Lord Vater (voice)	0
24	2013	Dear Secret Santa	Pastor Avery	60
25	2014	Showing Up	Self	92
26	2014	The Grim Sleeper	Detective Gerry Claymar	49
27	2014	To Hell and Back	Joe	0
28	2014	Touched	Dr. Beck	62
29	2014	Merry Ex-Mas	Pastor Ed	36
30	2015	Gallows Road	Bob Collins	69
31	2016	The Man in the Silo	Marcus Wells	0
32	2016	Batman: Bad Blood	Lucius Fox (voice)	70
33	2016	Ghostbusters	Uncle Bill	53
34	2023	Champions	Coach Phil Peretti	67
35		Oswald: Down The Rabbit Hole	Oswald Jebediah Coleman	0
36	1978	Last of the Good Guys	El Coliph	0
37	1979	Joni	Earl	63
38	1980	White Mama	Counsellor	80
39	1980	The Octagon	Quinine	50
40	1980	The Jazz Singer	Heckler	59
41	1981	Underground Aces	African General	44
42	1982	Penitentiary II	Half Dead	43
43	1983	Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone	Washington	53
44	1983	Going Berserk	Muhammed Jerome Willy	50
45	1983	Women of San Quentin	Charles Wilson	10
46	1984	Ghostbusters	Winston Zeddemore	75
47	1984	Joy of Sex	Mr. Porter	41
48	1985	California Girls	Ernie	34
49	1987	Weeds	Bagdad	53
50	1988	The Wrong Guys	Dawson	56
51	1988	The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission	Joe Hamilton	52
52	1989	Trapper County War	Jefferson Carter	35
53	1989	Leviathan	Justin Jones	60
54	1989	Collision Course	Shortcut	42
55	1989	Ghostbusters II	Winston Zeddemore	66
56	1992	The Hand That Rocks the Cradle	Solomon	69
57	1994	Sugar Hill	Lolly Jonas	56
58	1994	The Crow	Albrecht	75
59	1994	The Cowboy Way	Officer Sam 'Mad Dog' Shaw	57
60	1994	Airheads	Sergeant O'Malley	62
61	1994	Speechless	Ventura	59
62	1995	The Basketball Diaries	Reggie	74
63	1995	Congo	Captain Munro Kelly	56
64	1996	Tornado!	Dr. Joe Branson	58
65	1996	For Which He Stands	DEA Agent Baxter	60
66	1996	Just Your Luck	Willie	35
67	1997	Fakin' Da Funk	Joe Lee	57
68	1997	Clover	Gaten Hill	45
69	1997	Mr. Magoo	Agent CIA Gus Anders	45
70	1998	Best of the Best 4: Without Warning	Detective Gresko	58
71	1998	Butter	Curtis '8-Ball' Harris	25
72	1998	October 22	Arthur	65
73	1999	Stealth Fighter	President Westwood	41
74	1999	Michael Jordan: An American Hero		59
75	1999	Interceptors	Major	48
76	1999	Shark Attack	Lawrence Rhodes	51
77	2000	The Watcher	FBI Special Agent in Charge Mike Ibby	51
78	2000	Everything's Jake	Jake	0
79	2000	Paper Bullets	Detective Ron Mills	31
80	2000	Miss Congeniality	Harry McDonald	65
81	2001	Walking Shadow	Hawk	35
82	2001	A Town Without Christmas	Ted	58
83	2003	Anne B. Real	Principal	36
84	2004	Clifford's Really Big Movie	P.T. (voice)	59
85	2005	Confessions of an Action Star	Self / Commander	41
86	2005	Lackawanna Blues	Dick Barrymore	59
87	2005	Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous	Harry McDonald	58
88	2005	Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story	Perry Beasley	73
89	2005	Halfway Decent	Tom	35
90	2006	Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School	Blake Rische	58
91	2006	Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror	Roscoe	47
92	2006	The Ron Clark Story	Principal Turner	74
93	2007	Nobel Son	Sgt. Bill Canega	61
94	2007	All Hat	Jackson Jones	31
95	2008	Final Approach	Agent Lorenzo Dawson	50
96	2009	Lonely Street	Captain Morgan	44
97	2009	Fatal Secrets	Detective Carter	32
98	2009	Dragonball Evolution	Master Mutaito	29
99	2009	Pastor Brown	Deacon Harold Todd	54
100	2009	Meteor	Gen. Brasser	20
101	2010	Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball	Anthony Vejar	53
102	2010	Stasis	Stranger	28
103	2011	Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2	Pedro	59
104	2011	Underground Entertainment: The Movie	Ernie	72
105	2012	Beautiful People	Jack	0
106	2012	The Adventures of Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Conspiracy	Ivan Stumpwater	52
107	2012	Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta!	Pedro (voice)	63
108	2012	Deer Crossing	Captain Bailey	24
109	2012	Ambush at Dark Canyon	Cyrus Parker	45
110	2013	Battledogs	Max Stevens	45
111	2013	Call Me Crazy: A Five Film	Percy	70
112	2013	Turning Point	Joe Johnson	0
113	2013	Doonby	Leroy Jackson	45
114	2016	Ghostheads	Self	59
115	2016	Infinity Train	Atticus (voice)	82
116	2016	Heaven Sent	Donatello	63
117		Mr. Beebee	Wayne Proctor	0
118	2014	The Last Song	Guest	0
119	2014	You're Not You	John	74
120	2016	God's Not Dead 2	Judge Stennis	61
121	2016	Spaceman	Joe	58
122	2018	High & Outside: A Baseball Noir	Sanzone	10
123	2018	Nappily Ever After	Richard Jones	72
124	2019	Adventure Force 5	Dr. Lawrence Abel	53
125	2020	Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters	Self	68
126	2021	Redemption Day	Ed Paxton	59
127	2021	Ghostbusters: Afterlife	Winston Zeddemore	73
128	2021	Beebo Saves Christmas	Santa Claus (voice)	65
129	2022	In Search of Tomorrow	Self - Interviewee	65
130	2023	Prisoner's Daughter	Hank	61
131	2023	The Retirement Plan	Joseph	60
132	2024	Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire	Winston Zeddemore	65
133		Deepest, Darkest		0
134		Famous		0
135		Sisters in Italy		0
136	2025	FEEL	Sitter 10	0
137	2026	Toy Story 5	Combat Carl (voice)	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1973	Super Friends	Cyborg (voice)	76
2	1974	Little House on the Prairie		79
3	1978	Diff'rent Strokes		70
4	1978	The White Shadow	Johnson	70
5	1979	Highcliffe Manor	Smythe	50
6	1979	Detective School		55
7	1980	Bosom Buddies		64
8	1981	Flamingo Road		60
9	1982	St. Elsewhere		55
10	1983	The A-Team	Cal Freeman	75
11	1983	Webster		59
12	1985	The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians	Cyborg (voice)	81
13	1986	The Last Precinct	Sergeant Lane	50
14	1987	Full House	Reggie "The Sandman" Martin	75
15	1989	Tales from the Crypt	Zambini	80
16	1990	Law & Order	Frank Gibson	74
17	1990	Broken Badges	Toby Baker	60
18	1992	Batman: The Animated Series	Security Guard (voice)	85
19	1992	The Ben Stiller Show		48
20	1993	Wild Palms	Tommy Lazlo	63
21	1994	ER	Colonel James Gallant	78
22	1996	Superman: The Animated Series	Professor Felix (voice)	76
23	1997	Oz	Leo Glynn	80
24	1997	Stargate SG-1	Pernaux	83
25	1997	The View	Self	45
26	2001	Crossing Jordan	Colonel Wirth	72
27	2002	Everwood	Bill Hoover	75
28	2002	Without a Trace	Manny Aybar	72
29	2003	Cold Case	Moses Jones	78
30	2003	10-8: Officers on Duty	Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes	91
31	2004	Desperate Housewives	Detective Ridley	79
32	2005	Bones	David Barron	82
33	2005	How I Met Your Mother	Ernie Hudson	81
34	2006	Psych	William Guster	79
35	2006	Heroes	Captain Lubbock	75
36	2007	Private Practice	Captain Frank	75
37	2008	The Secret Life of the American Teenager		71
38	2009	Meteor	Gen. Brasser	63
39	2009	Modern Family	Miles	79
40	2009	White Collar	Mr. Jeffries	82
41	2010	Rizzoli & Isles	Admiral Frost	79
42	2010	Transformers: Prime	Agent William Fowler (voice)	80
43	2012	Comic Book Men	Self	68
44	2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers	Self	53
45	2016	MacGyver	Milton Bozer	73
46	2019	Infinity Train	Atticus (voice)	84
47		Beautiful People	Jack	0
48	1977	The Incredible Hulk	Lee	73
49	1978	Fantasy Island	Jamu	64
50	1978	Taxi	Terry Carver	73
51	1982	The New Odd Couple	Moses Brown	50
52	1985	The Insiders	Brewster	50
53	1989	The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!		69
54	1990	Twin Peaks	Colonel Davis	83
55	1994	Touched by an Angel	Norm McCloud	72
56	2003	Las Vegas	Bob Casey	70
57	2005	Robot Chicken	Detective Ernie / Judge Hudson Jr. / Justin's Dad (voice)	76
58	2005	Grey's Anatomy	Brad McDougall	82
59	2005	Criminal Minds	Lt. Al Garner	83
60	2006	Torchwood	Stuart Owens	73
61	2008	Childrens Hospital	Hubert McGraw	72
62	2009	Celebrity Ghost Stories	Self	73
63	2010	Hot in Cleveland	Ernie Hudson	74
64	2010	Blue Bloods	Darryl Ward	78
65	2011	Franklin & Bash	Judge Lawrence Perry	72
66	2011	Hart of Dixie	Ernie Hayes	73
67	2011	Once Upon a Time	King Poseidon	74
68	2012	Key & Peele	Dad	76
69	2012	Scandal	Commander Randolph Boles	71
70	2012	Guys with Kids	The Judge	56
71	2012	Arrow	Roy Stewart	68
72	2013	The Last Leg	Self	56
73	2013	Ironside	Bludso	51
74	2013	The Millers	Walter	59
75	2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Self	59
76	2014	Scorpion	Brooks	82
77	2015	Grace and Frankie	Jacob	77
78	2015	Ballers	Mr. Hagerty	68
79	2016	Angie Tribeca	Pete Tribeca	64
80	2016	Lethal Weapon	Hank Peterson	73
81	2016	Graves	Jacob Mann	51
82	2017	APB	Ned Conrad	65
83	2018	Carl Weber's The Family Business	L.C. Duncan	83
84	2019	The Masked Singer	Self	77
85	2019	L.A.'s Finest	Joseph Vaughn	70
86	2019	City on a Hill	Franklin Ward	73
87	2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show	Self	65
88	2019	The Movies That Made Us	Winston Zeddemore (archive footage)	72
89	2020	Reunited Apart	Self	55
90	2020	Home Movie: The Princess Bride	Prince Humperdinck	75
91	2021	Star Wars: The Bad Batch	Grini Millegi (voice)	82
92	2022	Sherri	Self - Guest	42
93	2022	The Jennifer Hudson Show	Self	62
94	2022	Quantum Leap	Herbert 'Magic' Williams	71
95	2024	Angry Birds Mystery Island	Marlon (voice)	52
96		Boston Blue	Rev. Peters	0

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