Ernie Hudson
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1945-12-17 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA
Ernie Hudson
Biography
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.
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Known For
Acting
Mr. Beebee
as Wayne Proctor
Meteor
as Gen. Brasser
Oswald: Down The Rabbit Hole
as Oswald Jebediah Coleman
(2026)
Toy Story 5
as Combat Carl (voice)
(2024)
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
as Winston Zeddemore
(2023)
Champions
as Coach Phil Peretti
(2023)
The Retirement Plan
as Joseph
(2023)
Prisoner's Daughter
as Hank
(2022)
In Search of Tomorrow
as Self - Interviewee
(2021)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
as Winston Zeddemore
(2021)
Redemption Day
as Ed Paxton
(2021)
Beebo Saves Christmas
as Santa Claus (voice)
(2020)
(2019)
(2018)
Nappily Ever After
as Richard Jones
(2018)
High & Outside: A Baseball Noir
as Sanzone
(2016)
Ghostbusters
as Uncle Bill
(2016)
God's Not Dead 2
as Judge Stennis
(2016)
The Man in the Silo
as Marcus Wells
(2016)
Batman: Bad Blood
as Lucius Fox (voice)
(2016)
Ghostheads
as Self
(2016)
Spaceman
as Joe
(2016)
Heaven Sent
as Donatello
(2016)
Infinity Train
as Atticus (voice)
(2015)
Gallows Road
as Bob Collins
(2014)
You're Not You
as John
(2014)
Merry Ex-Mas
as Pastor Ed
(2014)
Showing Up
as Self
(2014)
Touched
as Dr. Beck
(2014)
The Grim Sleeper
as Detective Gerry Claymar
(2014)
To Hell and Back
as Joe
(2014)
The Last Song
as Guest
(2013)
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
as Percy
(2013)
Dear Secret Santa
as Pastor Avery
(2013)
Doonby
as Leroy Jackson
(2013)
Turning Point
as Joe Johnson
(2013)
Battledogs
as Max Stevens
(2012)
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3
as Pedro (voice)
(2012)
The Adventures of Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Conspiracy
as Ivan Stumpwater
(2012)
Deer Crossing
as Captain Bailey
(2012)
Ambush at Dark Canyon
as Cyrus Parker
(2012)
Beautiful People
as Jack
(2011)
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
as Pedro
(2011)
Game of Death
as Clarence
(2011)
(2011)
Deep Blue Breath
as Lord Vater (voice)
(2010)
Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball
as Anthony Vejar
(2010)
Machete Joe
as Sheriff Taylor
(2010)
Stasis
as Stranger
(2009)
Dragonball Evolution
as Master Mutaito
(2009)
Fatal Secrets
as Detective Carter
(2009)
Pastor Brown
as Deacon Harold Todd
(2009)
Lonely Street
as Captain Morgan
(2008)
Final Approach
as Agent Lorenzo Dawson
(2007)
Nobel Son
as Sgt. Bill Canega
(2007)
All Hat
as Jackson Jones
(2006)
The Ron Clark Story
as Principal Turner
(2006)
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
as Roscoe
(2006)
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
as Blake Rische
(2005)
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
as Harry McDonald
(2005)
Confessions of an Action Star
as Self / Commander
(2005)
Lackawanna Blues
as Dick Barrymore
(2005)
Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story
as Perry Beasley
(2005)
Halfway Decent
as Tom
(2004)
Clifford's Really Big Movie
as P.T. (voice)
(2003)
Anne B. Real
as Principal
(2001)
A Town Without Christmas
as Ted
(2001)
Walking Shadow
as Hawk
(2000)
Miss Congeniality
as Harry McDonald
(2000)
The Watcher
as FBI Special Agent in Charge Mike Ibby
(2000)
Paper Bullets
as Detective Ron Mills
(2000)
Nowhere to Land
as Danny Gorlin
(2000)
Everything's Jake
as Jake
(2000)
Red Letters
as Detective Glen Teal
(1999)
Stealth Fighter
as President Westwood
(1999)
Shark Attack
as Lawrence Rhodes
(1999)
Interceptors
as Major
(1999)
Hijack
as Senator Douglas Wilson
(1999)
A Stranger in the Kingdom
as Rev. Walter Andrews
(1999)
(1998)
Butter
as Curtis '8-Ball' Harris
(1998)
Best of the Best 4: Without Warning
as Detective Gresko
(1998)
October 22
as Arthur
(1997)
Mr. Magoo
as Agent CIA Gus Anders
(1997)
Fakin' Da Funk
as Joe Lee
(1997)
Operation Delta Force
as Major Tipton
(1997)
Clover
as Gaten Hill
(1997)
Levitation
as Downbeat
(1996)
The Substitute
as Claude Rolle
(1996)
Tornado!
as Dr. Joe Branson
(1996)
The Cherokee Kid
as Nat Love aka Deadwood Dick
(1996)
Just Your Luck
as Willie
(1996)
For Which He Stands
as DEA Agent Baxter
(1995)
The Basketball Diaries
as Reggie
(1995)
Congo
as Captain Munro Kelly
(1994)
The Crow
as Albrecht
(1994)
No Escape
as Hawkins
(1994)
Airheads
as Sergeant O'Malley
(1994)
The Cowboy Way
as Officer Sam 'Mad Dog' Shaw
(1994)
Speechless
as Ventura
(1994)
Sugar Hill
as Lolly Jonas
(1992)
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
as Solomon
(1989)
Ghostbusters II
as Winston Zeddemore
(1989)
Leviathan
as Justin Jones
(1989)
Trapper County War
as Jefferson Carter
(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 Night Train
(1985)
California Girls
as Ernie
(1985)
Love on the Run
as Lamar
(1984)
Ghostbusters
as Winston Zeddemore
(1984)
Joy of Sex
as Mr. Porter
(1983)
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
as Washington
(1983)
Two of a Kind
as Det. Skaggs
(1983)
Going Berserk
as Muhammed Jerome Willy
(1983)
Women of San Quentin
as Charles Wilson
(1982)
Penitentiary II
as Half Dead
(1981)
Crazy Times
as Harold 'Jazzman' Malloy
(1981)
Underground Aces
as African General
(1981)
A Matter of Life and Death
as Mr. Harrison
(1980)
The Jazz Singer
as Heckler
(1980)
The Octagon
as Quinine
(1980)
(1980)
White Mama
as Counsellor
(1980)
The $5.20 an Hour Dream
as Homer Burden
(1979)
The Main Event
as Killer
(1979)
Joni
as Earl
(1978)
Last of the Good Guys
as El Coliph
(1977)
Mad Bull
as Black Bart
(1976)
Leadbelly
as Archie (as Earnest L. Hudson)
(1976)
The Human Tornado
as Bo
Crew
(2023)
Ghost in the House
Writer