Dennis Haysbert

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1954-06-02 (71 years old)

Place of Birth

San Mateo, California, USA

Dennis Haysbert

Biography

Dennis Dexter Haysbert (born June 2, 1954) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as baseball player Pedro Cerrano in the Major League film trilogy, Secret Service agent Tim Collin in the political thriller film Absolute Power, Sergeant Major Jonas Blane on the CBS military action drama series The Unit, God on the Netflix show Lucifer, and President David Palmer on the first five seasons of 24. He has also appeared in the films Love Field, Navy SEALS, Heat, Waiting to Exhale,  Far from Heaven, and the science fiction series Incorporated. He is the narrator for the  A&E Network's American Justice television series. Description above ...

Acting

1997

Absolute Power

as Tim Collin

1995

Heat

as Donald Breedan

1999

The Thirteenth Floor

as Det. Larry McBain

2007

Goodbye Bafana

as Nelson Mandela

2002

Far from Heaven

as Raymond Deagan

1994

Major League II

as Pedro Cerrano

1995

1999

The Minus Man

as Graves

1999

Random Hearts

as Detective George Beaufort

1989

Major League

as Pedro Cerrano

2000

Love & Basketball

as Zeke McCall

2024

Summer Camp

as Tommy

1992

Love Field

as Paul Cater

1992

Mr. Baseball

as Max 'Hammer' Dubois

2011

Kung Fu Panda 2

as Master Storming Ox (voice)

1979

Scoring

as Lt. Harrigan

2012

Wreck-It Ralph

as General Hologram (voice)

2013

LUV

as Mr. Fish

1985

A Summer to Remember

as Sheriff Pierce

2022

1993

Suture

as Clay Arlington

1990

K-9000

as Nick Sanrio

2016

2014

Dear White People

as Dean Fairbanks

2013

2013

Battledogs

as Lt. General Christopher Monning

2013

1998

Standoff

as Agent Ty 'Bama' Jones

2014

Men, Women & Children

as Secretluvur

1993

Hallelujah

as Rev. Oliver Crawford

1998

2022

Sniper: Rogue Mission

as Gabriel Stone

2013

Out of the Blue

as Control

2014

Sniper: Legacy

as The Colonel

1996

Widow's Kiss

as Eddie Costello

2024

Lost & Found in Cleveland

as Marty Anderson

2015

Experimenter

as Ossie Davis

2007

Breach

as Dean Plesac

2015

Dead Rising: Watchtower

as General Lyons

2000

What's Cooking?

as Ronald Williams

2015

Ted 2

as Fertility Doctor

2014

Mr. Peabody & Sherman

as Judge (voice)

2023

Flamin' Hot

as Clarence C. Baker

2017

Fist Fight

as Superintendent Johnson

2015

Baby, Baby, Baby

as Doctor Hankin

2014

How Murray Saved Christmas

as Narrator (voice)

2002

Ticker

as FBI Agent

1996

Amanda

as Seven / Sir Jordan

2016

Dead Rising: Endgame

as General Lyons

2013

Heartburn

as Matthew Boa

2017

Kodachrome

as Larry

2005

Jarhead

as Major Lincoln

2014

Think Like a Man Too

as Uncle Eddie

1990

Navy Seals

as Billy Graham

2017

The Dark Tower

as Steven Deschain

2017

Naked

as Reginald Swope

1981

Grambling's White Tiger

as James 'Shack' Harris

2018

Christmas Everlasting

as Uncle Barney

2019

Breakthrough

as Dr. Garrett

2019

Secret Obsession

as Detective Frank Page

-

Silent Retreat

as Josh Alpert

2019

Playing with Fire

as Commander Richards

2016

Jarhead 3: The Siege

as Major Lincoln

2012

The Details

as Lincoln

2022

No Exit

as Ed

2024

In Fidelity

as Hoyt Johnston

2013

2004

Production

-

American Smuggler

as Executive Producer

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