Terrence Howard

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1969-03-11 (56 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Terrence Howard

Biography

Terrence Dashon Howard (born March 11, 1969) is an American actor. Having his first major roles in the 1995 films Dead Presidents and Mr. Holland's Opus, Howard broke into the mainstream with a succession of television and cinema roles between 2004 and 2006. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Hustle & Flow. Howard has had prominent roles in many other movies, including Winnie Mandela, Ray, Lackawanna Blues, Crash, Four Brothers, Big Momma's House, Get Rich or Die Tryin', Idlewild, Biker Boyz, August Rush, The Brave One, and Prisoners. Howard played James "Rhodey" Rhodes in the first Iron Man film. He starre...

Acting

1995

Mr. Holland's Opus

as Louis Russ

2005

Crash

as Cameron Thayer

2009

2004

Ray

as Gossie McGee

2008

Iron Man

as Rhodey

2005

Animal

as Darius Allen

2002

Hart's War

as Lt. Lincoln A. Scott

2001

Glitter

as Timothy Walker

2005

2007

The Brave One

as Detective Mercer

2007

August Rush

as Richard Jeffries

2001

Angel Eyes

as Robby

2005

Four Brothers

as Lt. Green

2000

Big Momma's House

as Lester Vesco

2007

Awake

as Dr. Jack Harper

2006

Idlewild

as Trumpy

1996

Sunset Park

as Spaceman

2011

The Ledge

as Hollis Lucetti

1999

The Best Man

as Quentin

2024

Shirley

as Arthur Hardwick Jr.

2007

Pride

as Jim Ellis

2002

2023

Showdown at the Grand

as George Fuller

2009

Fighting

as Harvey Boarden

2005

The Salon

as Patrick

1998

2012

Red Tails

as Col. A.J. Bullard

2012

On the Road

as Walter

2011

Winnie Mandela

as Nelson Mandela

2003

2011

Little Murder

as Drag Hammerman

2012

The Company You Keep

as FBI Agent Cornelius

2013

Movie 43

as Coach Jackson (segment "Victory's Glory")

2013

Dead Man Down

as Alphonse

1998

Butter

as Dexter Banks (as Terrence Dashon Howard)

2014

Sabotage

as Julius 'Sugar' Edmonds

2013

Prisoners

as Franklin Birch

2013

2013

The Butler

as Howard

2005

Lackawanna Blues

as Bill Crosby

1998

Spark

as Byron

2013

2001

Boycott

as Ralph Abernathy

2007

1997

Double Tap

as Ulysses

2014

St. Vincent

as Zucko

2022

The Walk

as Lamont Robbins

2014

Lullaby

as Dr. Crier

2022

The System

as Bones

2024

Crescent City

as Brian Sutter

2016

Term Life

as Sheriff Braydon

1993

Who's the Man?

as Customer

1999

2014

Take Me to the River

as Himself - Host

1999

Valerie Flake

as Hitchhiker

1995

2007

The Perfect Holiday

as Bah Humbug

2016

1995

2008

2020

Cut Throat City

as The Saint

1996

Johns

as Jimmy the Warlock

2003

Biker Boyz

as Chu Chu (as Terrence Dashon Howard)

2009

2021

Gully

as Mr. Christmas

2012

2021

Triumph

as Coach Cutting

2016

Production

2000

Love Beat the Hell Outta Me

as Executive Producer

2021

Triumph

as Executive Producer

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