Ernie Hudson
135 movies · 89 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 17, 1945 (age 80)
- Place of birth
- Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA
- Also known as
- 어니 허드슨 · Ерні Хадсон · ارنی هادسون · Earnest L. 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.
Known for
Ernie Hudson: movies and TV shows
Acting (223)
- Upcoming Oswald: Down The Rabbit Hole
as Oswald Jebediah Coleman
- Upcoming Mr. Beebee
as Wayne Proctor
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- Upcoming
- 2026 Toy Story 5
as Combat Carl (voice)
- 2025
- 2025 FEEL
as Sitter 10
- 2024
- 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
- 2021 Beebo Saves Christmas
as Santa Claus (voice)
- 2021 Ghostbusters: Afterlife
as Winston Zeddemore
- 2021
- 2021 Redemption Day
as Ed Paxton
- 2020
- 2019 Adventure Force 5
as Dr. Lawrence Abel
- 2019
- 2019
- 2019
- 2019
- 2018
- 2018 Nappily Ever After
as Richard Jones
- 2018 High & Outside: A Baseball Noir
as Sanzone
- 2017
- 2016 Heaven Sent
as Donatello
- 2016 Infinity Train
as Atticus (voice)
- 2016
- 2016
- 2016
- 2016 Spaceman
as Joe
- 2016 Ghostbusters
as Uncle Bill
- 2016 God's Not Dead 2
as Judge Stennis
- 2016 Batman: Bad Blood
as Lucius Fox (voice)
- 2016
- 2016 The Man in the Silo
as Marcus Wells
- 2015
- 2015
- 2015 Gallows Road
as Bob Collins
- 2014 Merry Ex-Mas
as Pastor Ed
- 2014 You're Not You
as John
- 2014 Touched
as Dr. Beck
- 2014
- 2014 To Hell and Back
as Joe
- 2014 The Grim Sleeper
as Detective Gerry Claymar
- 2014 The Last Song
as Guest
- 2013 Dear Secret Santa
as Pastor Avery
- 2013 Doonby
as Leroy Jackson
- 2013
- 2013
- 2013 Turning Point
as Joe Johnson
- 2013 Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
as Percy
- 2013 Battledogs
as Max Stevens
- 2012 Ambush at Dark Canyon
as Cyrus Parker
- 2012
- 2012 Deer Crossing
as Captain Bailey
- 2012
- 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
- 2012
- 2011
- 2011
- 2011 Underground Entertainment: The Movie
as Ernie
- 2011
- 2011 Deep Blue Breath
as Lord Vater (voice)
- 2011 Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
as Pedro
- 2010 Game of Death
as Clarence
- 2010
- 2010
- 2010 Stasis
as Stranger
- 2010
- 2010
- 2010 Machete Joe
as Sheriff Taylor
- 2010 Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball
as Anthony Vejar
- 2009
- 2009
- 2009
- 2009 Pastor Brown
as Deacon Harold Todd
- 2009 Dragonball Evolution
as Sifu Norris
- 2009 Fatal Secrets
as Detective Carter
- 2009 Lonely Street
as Captain Morgan
- 2008
- 2008
- 2008 Final Approach
as Agent Lorenzo Dawson
- 2007
- 2007 All Hat
as Jackson Jones
- 2007 Nobel Son
as Bill Canega
- 2006
- 2006
- 2006 The Ron Clark Story
as Principal Turner
- 2006
- 2006 Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
as Roscoe
- 2006 Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
as Blake Rische
- 2005 Halfway Decent
as Tom
- 2005
- 2005
- 2005
- 2005 Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story
as Perry Beasley
- 2005
- 2005 Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
as Harry McDonald
- 2005
- 2005 Lackawanna Blues
as Dick Barrymore
- 2004
- 2004 Clifford's Really Big Movie
as P.T. (voice)
- 2003
- 2003
- 2003
- 2003 Anne B. Real
as Principal
- 2002
- 2002
- 2001 A Town Without Christmas
as Ted
- 2001
- 2001 Walking Shadow
as Hawk
- 2000 Miss Congeniality
as McDonald
- 2000 Paper Bullets
as Detective Ron Mills
- 2000 Everything's Jake
as Jake
- 2000 The Watcher
as FBI Special Agent in Charge Mike Ibby
- 2000 Red Letters
as Detective Glen Teal
- 2000 Nowhere to Land
as Danny Gorlin
- 1999
- 1999 A Stranger in the Kingdom
as Rev. Walter Andrews
- 1999 Shark Attack
as Lawrence Rhodes
- 1999 Interceptors
as Major
- 1999 Hijack
as Senator Douglas Wilson
- 1999
- 1999 Stealth Fighter
as President Westwood
- 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 Clover
as Gaten Hill
- 1997
- 1997 Fakin' Da Funk
as Joe Lee
- 1997
- 1997 Levitation
as Downbeat
- 1997 Operation Delta Force
as Major Tipton
- 1996 The Cherokee Kid
as Nat Love aka Deadwood Dick
- 1996 Just Your Luck
as Willie
- 1996
- 1996
- 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
- 1994
- 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
- 1992
- 1992
- 1992
- 1992 The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
as Solomon
- 1990
- 1990
- 1990
- 1990
- 1989
- 1989 Ghostbusters II
as Winston Zeddemore
- 1989
- 1989 Collision Course
as Shortcut
- 1989 Leviathan
as Justin Jones
- 1989 Trapper County War
as Jefferson Carter
- 1988 The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
as Joe Hamilton
- 1988 The Wrong Guys
as Dawson
- 1987 Weeds
as Bagdad
- 1987
- 1986
- 1986 The Last Precinct
as Night Train
- 1985 Love on the Run
as Lamar
- 1985
- 1985
- 1985 California Girls
as Ernie
- 1984
- 1984 Joy of Sex
as Mr. Porter
- 1984 Ghostbusters
as Winston Zeddemore
- 1983 Two of a Kind
as Det. Skaggs
- 1983 Women of San Quentin
as Charles Wilson
- 1983 Going Berserk
as Muhammed Jerome Willy
- 1983
- 1983 Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
as Washington
- 1983
- 1982
- 1982
- 1982 Penitentiary II
as Half Dead
- 1981 Crazy Times
as Harold 'Jazzman' Malloy
- 1981 A Matter of Life and Death
as Mr. Harrison
- 1981
- 1981 Underground Aces
as African General
+ 23 more credits
Behind the camera (2)
- 2023 Ghost in the House
Writer
- 2018
Talk shows and appearances (20)
- 2025
- 2023
- 2022 Sherri
2 episodes
- 2022 The Jennifer Hudson Show
2 episodes
- 2022
- 2020 Reunited Apart
1 episode
- 2020
- 2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show
3 episodes
- 2019 The Masked Singer
1 episode
- 2017 Steve
1 episode
- 2016
- 2015
- 2014
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers
1 episode
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
1 episode
- 2013 The Last Leg
1 episode
- 2012 Comic Book Men
1 episode
- 2009 Celebrity Ghost Stories
1 episode
- 2005
- 1997 The View
1 episode