Place of Birth: Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA
Ernie Hudson
Earnest Lee Hudson is an American actor and voice actor. He is most known for his roles as Winston Zeddemore in the Ghostbusters film series, Warden Leo Glynn on HBO's Oz, and Sergeant Albrecht in The Crow. He's had recurring roles on several TV shows including St. Elsewhere, Twin Peaks, Law & Order, HBO's Oz, Desperate Housewives, Heroes, Franklin & Bash, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, Modern Family, Graves, Grace and Frankie, APB, LA's Finest, Carl Weber's The Family Business, City on a Hill, and Quantum Leap (2022). He's been in numerous films - most notably are the Ghostbusters series, The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, The Crow and its sequel The Crow: Stairway to Heaven, Miss Congeniality and its sequel Miss Congeniality 2, and You're Not You. He has also appeared in a few Hallmark movies.
Movie | Cast | Year |
---|---|---|
Ghostbusters | Winston Zeddemore | 1984 |
Miss Congeniality | Harry McDonald | 2000 |
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous | Harry McDonald | 2005 |
Joni | Earl | 1979 |
Congo | Captain Munro Kelly | 1995 |
The Watcher | FBI Special Agent in Charge Mike Ibby | 2000 |
The Basketball Diaries | Reggie | 1995 |
Ghostbusters II | Winston Zeddemore | 1989 |
All Hat | Jackson Jones | 2007 |
The Hand that Rocks the Cradle | Solomon | 1992 |
The Wrong Guys | Dawson | 1988 |
Stealth Fighter | President Westwood | 1999 |
October 22 | Arthur | 1998 |
Going Berserk | Muhammed Jerome Willy | 1983 |
The Octagon | Quinine | 1980 |
Everything's Jake | Jake | 2000 |
The Human Tornado | Bo | 1976 |
The Ron Clark Story | Principal Turner | 2006 |
You're Not You | John | 2014 |
The Crow | Albrecht | 1994 |
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone | Washington | 1983 |
Airheads | Sergeant O'Malley | 1994 |
A Town Without Christmas | Ted | 2001 |
Dragonball Evolution | Master Mutaito | 2009 |
Shark Attack | Lawrence Rhodes | 1999 |
Best of the Best 4: Without Warning | Detective Gresko | 1998 |
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission | Joe Hamilton | 1988 |
Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball | Anthony Vejar | 2010 |
Leviathan | Justin Jones | 1989 |
Beebo Saves Christmas | Santa Claus (voice) | 2021 |
Tornado! | Dr. Joe Branson | 1996 |
Michael Jordan: An American Hero | 1999 | |
Speechless | Ventura | 1994 |
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror | Roscoe | 2006 |
Nobel Son | Sgt. Bill Canega | 2007 |
Stasis | Stranger | 2010 |
Pastor Brown | Deacon Harold Todd | 2009 |
Confessions of an Action Star | Self / Commander | 2005 |
Fakin' Da Funk | Joe Lee | 1997 |
Interceptors | Major | 1999 |
Final Approach | Agent Lorenzo Dawson | 2008 |
Penitentiary II | Half Dead | 1982 |
Fatal Secrets | Detective Carter | 2009 |
Sugar Hill | Lolly Jonas | 1994 |
Clifford's Really Big Movie | P.T. (voice) | 2004 |
The Cowboy Way | Officer Sam 'Mad Dog' Shaw | 1994 |
Prisoner's Daughter | Hank | 2023 |
Joy of Sex | Mr. Porter | 1984 |
The Retirement Plan | Joseph | 2023 |
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire | Winston Zeddemore | 2024 |
Weeds | Bagdad | 1987 |
Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story | Perry Beasley | 2005 |
Collision Course | Shortcut | 1989 |
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3 | Pedro (voice) | 2012 |
Doonby | Leroy Jackson | 2013 |
Underground Aces | African General | 1981 |
Anne B. Real | Principal | 2003 |
For Which He Stands | DEA Agent Baxter | 1996 |
Butter | Curtis '8-Ball' Harris | 1998 |
Lackawanna Blues | Dick Barrymore | 2005 |
Deer Crossing | Captain Bailey | 2012 |
Clover | Gaten Hill | 1997 |
Paper Bullets | Detective Ron Mills | 2000 |
Battledogs | Max Stevens | 2013 |
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film | Percy | 2013 |
Mad Bull | Black Bart | 1977 |
Walking Shadow | Hawk | 2001 |
Ambush at Dark Canyon | Cyrus Parker | 2012 |
White Mama | Counsellor | 1980 |
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters | Self | 2020 |
Levitation | Downbeat | 1997 |
Showing Up | Self | 2014 |
To Hell and Back | Joe | 2014 |
The Grim Sleeper | Detective Gerry Claymar | 2014 |
A Stranger in the Kingdom | Rev. Walter Andrews | 1999 |
Deep Blue Breath | Lord Vater (voice) | 2011 |
Red Letters | Detective Glen Teal | 2000 |
The $5.20 an Hour Dream | Homer Burden | 1980 |
The Substitute | Claude Rolle | 1996 |
Dear Secret Santa | Pastor Avery | 2013 |
Love on the Run | Lamar | 1985 |
The Last Precinct | Night Train | 1986 |
Operation Delta Force | Major Tipton | 1997 |
The Man in the Silo | Marcus Wells | 2016 |
Nowhere to Land | Danny Gorlin | 2000 |
Hijack | Senator Douglas Wilson | 1999 |
Leadbelly | Archie (as Earnest L. Hudson) | 1976 |
Machete Joe | Sheriff Taylor | 2010 |
Game of Death | Clarence | 2011 |
Skag | 1980 | |
No Escape | Hawkins | 1994 |
Champions | Coach Phil Peretti | 2023 |
Gallows Road | Bob Collins | 2015 |
Crazy Times | Harold 'Jazzman' Malloy | 1981 |
The Main Event | Killer | 1979 |
Touched | Dr. Beck | 2014 |
A Matter of Life and Death | Mr. Harrison | 1981 |
Oswald: Down The Rabbit Hole | Oswald Jebediah Coleman | 1970 |
God's Not Dead 2 | Judge Stennis | 2016 |
Batman: Bad Blood | Lucius Fox (voice) | 2016 |
Merry Ex-Mas | Pastor Ed | 2014 |
Spaceman | Joe | 2016 |
The Cherokee Kid | Nat Love aka Deadwood Dick | 1996 |
Ghostbusters | Uncle Bill | 2016 |
Two of a Kind | Det. Skaggs | 1983 |
California Girls | Ernie | 1985 |
Ghostheads | Self | 2016 |
Meteor | Gen. Brasser | 1970 |
Infinity Train | Atticus (voice) | 2016 |
Heaven Sent | Donatello | 2016 |
Trapper County War | Jefferson Carter | 1989 |
The Jazz Singer | Heckler | 1980 |
Mr. Beebee | Wayne Proctor | 1970 |
Nappily Ever After | Richard Jones | 2018 |
Just Your Luck | Willie | 1996 |
The Adventures of Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Conspiracy | Ivan Stumpwater | 2012 |
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School | Blake Rische | 2006 |
Turning Point | Joe Johnson | 2013 |
Last of the Good Guys | El Coliph | 1978 |
Ghostbusters: Afterlife | Winston Zeddemore | 2021 |
Underground Entertainment: The Movie | Ernie | 2011 |
Adventure Force 5 | 2019 | |
Lonely Street | Captain Morgan | 2009 |
In Search of Tomorrow | Self - Interviewee | 2022 |
The Last Song | Guest | 2014 |
Mr. Magoo | Agent CIA Gus Anders | 1997 |
High & Outside: A Baseball Noir | Sanzone | 2018 |
Redemption Day | Ed Paxton | 2021 |
Women of San Quentin | Charles Wilson | 1983 |
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 | Pedro | 2011 |
Halfway Decent | Tom | 2005 |
Deepest, Darkest | 1970 | |
Famous | 1970 | |
Series | Cast | Year |
St. Elsewhere | 1982 | |
The Ben Stiller Show | 1992 | |
How I Met Your Mother | Ernie Hudson | 2005 |
Law & Order | Frank Gibson | 1990 |
Psych | William Guster | 2006 |
Desperate Housewives | Detective Ridley | 2004 |
The A-Team | Cal Freeman | 1983 |
Little House on the Prairie | 1974 | |
Heroes | Captain Lubbock | 2006 |
Bones | David Barron | 2005 |
Cold Case | Moses Jones | 2003 |
Tales from the Crypt | Zambini | 1989 |
Everwood | Bill Hoover | 2002 |
Crossing Jordan | Colonel Wirth | 2001 |
Diff'rent Strokes | 1978 | |
Flamingo Road | 1981 | |
The View | Self | 1997 |
Comic Book Men | Self | 2012 |
Wild Palms | Tommy Lazlo | 1993 |
Webster | 1983 | |
Bosom Buddies | 1980 | |
Without a Trace | Manny Aybar | 2002 |
Private Practice | Captain Frank | 2007 |
Superman: The Animated Series | Professor Felix (voice) | 1996 |
Full House | Reggie "The Sandman" Martin | 1987 |
Stargate SG-1 | Pernaux | 1997 |
The Secret Life of the American Teenager | 2008 | |
Infinity Train | Atticus (voice) | 2019 |
MacGyver | Milton Bozer | 2016 |
ER | Colonel James Gallant | 1994 |
The White Shadow | Johnson | 1978 |
The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians | 1985 | |
10-8: Officers on Duty | Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes | 2003 |
The Last Precinct | Sergeant Lane | 1986 |
Highcliffe Manor | Smythe | 1979 |
Super Friends | Cyborg (voice) | 1973 |
Batman: The Animated Series | Security Guard (voice) | 1992 |
Meteor | Gen. Brasser | 2009 |
Detective School | 1979 | |
Transformers: Prime | Agent William Fowler (voice) | 2010 |
Broken Badges | Toby Baker | 1990 |
Oz | Leo Glynn | 1997 |
Beautiful People | Jack | 1970 |
White Collar | Mr. Jeffries | 2009 |
Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014 |
Modern Family | Miles | 2009 |
DC's Legends of Tomorrow | Santa Claus (voice) | 2016 |
Rizzoli & Isles | Admiral Frost | 2010 |
APB | Ned Conrad | 2017 |
Graves | Jacob Mann | 2016 |
Taxi | Terry Carver | 1978 |
Childrens Hospital | Hubert McGraw | 2008 |
Scorpion | Brooks | 2014 |
Home Movie: The Princess Bride | Prince Humperdinck | 2020 |
Blue Bloods | Darryl Ward | 2010 |
Once Upon a Time | King Poseidon | 2011 |
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! | 1989 | |
The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self | 2019 |
Scandal | Commander Randolph Boles | 2012 |
Lethal Weapon | Hank Peterson | 2016 |
Carl Weber's The Family Business | L.C. Duncan | 2018 |
Franklin & Bash | Judge Lawrence Perry | 2011 |
Angie Tribeca | Pete Tribeca | 2016 |
Quantum Leap | Herbert 'Magic' Williams | 2022 |
City on a Hill | Franklin Ward | 2019 |
Celebrity Ghost Stories | Self | 2009 |
Twin Peaks | Colonel Davis | 1990 |
Sherri | Self - Guest | 2022 |
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | 2014 |
Las Vegas | Bob Casey | 2003 |
The Crow: Stairway to Heaven | Albrecht | 1998 |
Grey's Anatomy | Brad McDougall | 2005 |
The Movies That Made Us | Winston Zeddemore (archive footage) | 2019 |
Robot Chicken | Detective Ernie/judge Hudson jr/Justin's dad | 2005 |
L.A.'s Finest | Joseph Vaughn | 2019 |
Torchwood | Stuart Owens | 2006 |
The Incredible Hulk | Lee | 1977 |
The Jennifer Hudson Show | Self | 2022 |
Ballers | Mr. Hagerty | 2015 |
Arrow | Roy Stewart | 2012 |
Star Wars: The Bad Batch | Grini Millegi (voice) | 2021 |
Ironside | Bludso | 2013 |
Hart of Dixie | Ernie Hayes | 2011 |
Hot in Cleveland | Ernie Hudson | 2010 |
Reunited Apart | Self | 2020 |
Grace and Frankie | Jacob | 2015 |
The Insiders | Brewster | 1985 |
Touched by an Angel | Norm McCloud | 1994 |
Criminal Minds | Lt. Al Garner | 2005 |
Guys with Kids | The Judge | 2012 |
Angry Birds Mystery Island | Marlon (voice) | 2024 |
The New Odd Couple | Moses Brown | 1982 |
Fantasy Island | Jamu | 1978 |
The Last Leg | Self | 2013 |
Oz (TV Series 1997-2003) | Warden Leo Glynn | 1997 |
Key & Peele | Dad | 2012 |