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)
- 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 · The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self
- 2022 · Sherri as Self - Guest
- 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 · 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 · Nappily Ever After as Richard Jones
- 2017 · Steve as Self
- 2017 · APB as Ned Conrad
- 2016 · Heaven Sent as Donatello
- 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 · God's Not Dead 2 as Judge Stennis
- 2016 · Batman: Bad Blood as Lucius Fox (voice)
- 2016 · Angie Tribeca as Pete Tribeca
- 2015 · Ballers as Mr. Hagerty
- 2015 · Grace and Frankie as Jacob
- 2014 · Merry Ex-Mas as Pastor Ed
- 2014 · You're Not You as John
- 2014 · Touched as Dr. Beck
- 2014 · Scorpion as Brooks
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
- 2014 · Showing Up as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2013 · The Millers as Walter
- 2013 · Ironside as Bludso
- 2013 · Turning Point as Joe Johnson
- 2013 · Call Me Crazy: A Five Film as Percy
- 2013 · The Last Leg as Self
- 2012 · Arrow as Roy Stewart
- 2012 · Deer Crossing as Captain Bailey
- 2012 · Guys with Kids as The Judge
- 2012 · Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta! as Pedro (voice)
- 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 · Game of Death as Clarence
- 2011 · Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 as Pedro
- 2010 · Transformers: Prime as Agent William Fowler (voice)
- 2010 · Blue Bloods as Darryl Ward
- 2010 · Rizzoli & Isles as Admiral Frost
- 2010 · Hot in Cleveland as Ernie Hudson
- 2010 · Machete Joe as Sheriff Taylor
- 2010 · Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball as Anthony Vejar
- 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
- 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 · Criminal Minds as Lt. Al Garner
- 2005 · How I Met Your Mother as Ernie Hudson
- 2005 · Bones as David Barron
- 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 · Crossing Jordan as Colonel Wirth
- 2000 · Miss Congeniality as Harry McDonald
- 2000 · The Watcher as FBI Special Agent in Charge Mike Ibby
- 1998 · Butter as Curtis '8-Ball' Harris
- 1997 · Mr. Magoo as Agent CIA Gus Anders
- 1997 · The View as Self
- 1997 · Stargate SG-1 as Pernaux
- 1997 · Oz as Leo Glynn
- 1996 · Superman: The Animated Series as Professor Felix (voice)
- 1996 · Arli$$ as Warden Leo Glynn
- 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 James Gallant
- 1994 · The Cowboy Way as Officer Sam 'Mad Dog' Shaw
- 1994 · The Crow as Albrecht
- 1994 · No Escape as Hawkins
- 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 · 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 Ernie Hudson
- 1989 · Ghostbusters II as Winston Zeddemore
- 1989 · Tales from the Crypt as Zambini
- 1989 · Collision Course as Shortcut
- 1989 · Leviathan as Justin Jones
- 1987 · Full House as Reggie "The Sandman" Martin
- 1985 · The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians as Cyborg (voice)
- 1984 · Ghostbusters as Winston Zeddemore
- 1983 · Webster as
- 1983 · The A-Team as Cal Freeman
- 1982 · The New Odd Couple as Moses Brown
- 1982 · St. Elsewhere as Jerry Close
- 1981 · Flamingo Road as
- 1980 · Bosom Buddies as
- 1979 · Detective School as
- 1979 · Roots: The Next Generations as Muslim at Door
- 1978 · The White Shadow as Johnson
- 1978 · Taxi as Terry Carver
- 1978 · Fantasy Island as Jamu
- 1977 · The Incredible Hulk as Lee
- 1974 · Little House on the Prairie as William Thomas
- 1973 · Super Friends as Cyborg (voice)
- Future · Hal as
- 2025 · FEEL as Sitter 10
- 2009 · Fatal Secrets as Detective Carter
- 2009 · Lonely Street as Captain Morgan
- 2008 · Final Approach as Agent Lorenzo Dawson
- 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 · 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 · Everything's Jake as Jake
- 1999 · Shark Attack as Lawrence Rhodes
- 1999 · Stealth Fighter as President Westwood
- 1998 · October 22 as Arthur
- 1998 · Best of the Best 4: Without Warning as Detective Gresko
- 1997 · Fakin' Da Funk as Joe Lee
- 1996 · The Cherokee Kid as Nat Love aka Deadwood Dick
- 1996 · Just Your Luck as Willie
- 1994 · Airheads as Sergeant O'Malley
- 1994 · Sugar Hill as Lolly Jonas
- 1990 · Broken Badges as Toby Baker
- 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
- 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
- 1980 · The Jazz Singer as Heckler
- 1980 · The Octagon as Quinine
- 1980 · Skag as
- 1979 · The Main Event as Killer
- 1979 · Highcliffe Manor as Smythe
- 1978 · Diff'rent Strokes as
- 1976 · Leadbelly as Archie
- Future · Famous as
- 1976 · The Human Tornado as Bo
- Future · Beautiful People as Jack
- 2023 · Darrin's Dance Grooves: The Untold Darrin Henson Story as Self (voiceover)
- 2022 · In Search of Tomorrow as Self - Interviewee
- 2021 · Beebo Saves Christmas as Santa Claus (voice)
- 2020 · Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters as Self
- 2019 · Adventure Force 5 as Dr. Lawrence Abel
- 2018 · High & Outside: A Baseball Noir as Sanzone
- 2016 · Infinity Train as Atticus (voice)
- 2016 · Ghostheads as Self
- 2016 · The Man in the Silo as Marcus Wells
- 2015 · Gallows Road as Bob Collins
- 2015 · Horror Icon: Inside Michael's Mask with Tony Moran as Self
- 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 · Battledogs as Max Stevens
- 2012 · Ambush at Dark Canyon as Cyrus Parker
- 2012 · The Adventures of Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Conspiracy as Ivan Stumpwater
- 2011 · Deep Blue Breath as Lord Vater (voice)
- 2010 · Stasis as Stranger
- 2007 · All Hat as Jackson Jones
- 2005 · Halfway Decent as Tom
- 2005 · Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story as Perry Beasley
- 2005 · Lackawanna Blues as Dick Barrymore
- 2001 · A Town Without Christmas as Ted
- 2001 · Walking Shadow as Hawk
- 2000 · Paper Bullets as Detective Ron Mills
- 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 · Hijack as Senator Douglas Wilson
- 1999 · Michael Jordan: An American Hero as
- 1997 · Clover as Gaten Hill
- 1997 · Levitation as Downbeat
- 1997 · Operation Delta Force as Major Tipton
- 1989 · Trapper County War as Jefferson Carter
- 1982 · Penitentiary II as Half Dead
- 1980 · White Mama as Counsellor
- Future · Sisters in Italy as
- 1996 · For Which He Stands as DEA Agent Baxter
- 1996 · Tornado! as Dr. Joe Branson
- 1986 · The Last Precinct as Night Train
- 1985 · Love on the Run as Lamar
- 1985 · California Girls as Ernie
- 1984 · On the Scene with the Ghostbusters as
- 1983 · Women of San Quentin as Charles Wilson
- 1981 · Crazy Times as Harold 'Jazzman' Malloy
- 1981 · A Matter of Life and Death as Mr. Harrison
- 1981 · Underground Aces as African General
- 1980 · The $5.20 an Hour Dream as Homer Burden
- 1979 · Joni as Earl
- 1978 · Last of the Good Guys as El Coliph
- Future · Mr. Beebee as Wayne Proctor
- 1977 · Mad Bull as Black Bart
- 1977 · Man from Atlantis IV: The Disappearances as Minion
- Future · Deepest, Darkest as
- Future · Oswald: Down The Rabbit Hole as Oswald Jebediah Coleman




