Ernie Hudson

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1945-12-17 (80 years old)

Place of Birth

Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA

Ernie 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 Ame...

Acting

1984

Ghostbusters

as Winston Zeddemore

2000

Miss Congeniality

as Harry McDonald

1979

Joni

as Earl

1995

Congo

as Captain Munro Kelly

2000

The Watcher

as FBI Special Agent in Charge Mike Ibby

1989

Ghostbusters II

as Winston Zeddemore

2007

All Hat

as Jackson Jones

1988

1999

Stealth Fighter

as President Westwood

1998

October 22

as Arthur

1983

Going Berserk

as Muhammed Jerome Willy

1980

The Octagon

as Quinine

2006

The Ron Clark Story

as Principal Turner

2014

1994

The Crow

as Albrecht

1994

Airheads

as Sergeant O'Malley

2009

Dragonball Evolution

as Master Mutaito

1999

Shark Attack

as Lawrence Rhodes

1989

Leviathan

as Justin Jones

2021

Beebo Saves Christmas

as Santa Claus (voice)

1996

Tornado!

as Dr. Joe Branson

1994

Speechless

as Ventura

2007

Nobel Son

as Sgt. Bill Canega

2010

Stasis

as Stranger

2009

Pastor Brown

as Deacon Harold Todd

2005

1997

Fakin' Da Funk

as Joe Lee

1999

Interceptors

as Major

2008

Final Approach

as Agent Lorenzo Dawson

1982

Penitentiary II

as Half Dead

2009

Fatal Secrets

as Detective Carter

1994

Sugar Hill

as Lolly Jonas

2004

1994

The Cowboy Way

as Officer Sam 'Mad Dog' Shaw

1984

Joy of Sex

as Mr. Porter

2023

2024

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

as Winston Zeddemore

1987

Weeds

as Bagdad

1989

Collision Course

as Shortcut

2013

Doonby

as Leroy Jackson

1981

Underground Aces

as African General

2003

Anne B. Real

as Principal

1996

For Which He Stands

as DEA Agent Baxter

1998

Butter

as Curtis '8-Ball' Harris

2005

Lackawanna Blues

as Dick Barrymore

2012

Deer Crossing

as Captain Bailey

1997

Clover

as Gaten Hill

2000

Paper Bullets

as Detective Ron Mills

2013

Battledogs

as Max Stevens

1977

Mad Bull

as Black Bart

2001

2012

Ambush at Dark Canyon

as Cyrus Parker

1980

White Mama

as Counsellor

1997

Levitation

as Downbeat

2014

Showing Up

as Self

2014

The Grim Sleeper

as Detective Gerry Claymar

1999

A Stranger in the Kingdom

as Rev. Walter Andrews

2011

Deep Blue Breath

as Lord Vater (voice)

2000

Red Letters

as Detective Glen Teal

1980

1996

The Substitute

as Claude Rolle

2013

Dear Secret Santa

as Pastor Avery

1985

1986

The Last Precinct

as Night Train

1997

Operation Delta Force

as Major Tipton

2016

The Man in the Silo

as Marcus Wells

2000

Nowhere to Land

as Danny Gorlin

1999

Hijack

as Senator Douglas Wilson

1976

Leadbelly

as Archie (as Earnest L. Hudson)

2010

Machete Joe

as Sheriff Taylor

2011

Game of Death

as Clarence

1980

1994

No Escape

as Hawkins

2023

Champions

as Coach Phil Peretti

2015

Gallows Road

as Bob Collins

1981

Crazy Times

as Harold 'Jazzman' Malloy

1979

2014

Touched

as Dr. Beck

1981

-

Oswald: Down The Rabbit Hole

as Oswald Jebediah Coleman

2016

God's Not Dead 2

as Judge Stennis

2016

Batman: Bad Blood

as Lucius Fox (voice)

2014

Merry Ex-Mas

as Pastor Ed

2016

Spaceman

as Joe

1996

The Cherokee Kid

as Nat Love aka Deadwood Dick

2016

Ghostbusters

as Uncle Bill

1983

Two of a Kind

as Det. Skaggs

1985

2016

Ghostheads

as Self

2009

Meteor

as Gen. Brasser

2016

Infinity Train

as Atticus (voice)

2016

Heaven Sent

as Donatello

1989

Trapper County War

as Jefferson Carter

1980

The Jazz Singer

as Heckler

-

Mr. Beebee

as Wayne Proctor

2018

Nappily Ever After

as Richard Jones

1996

2013

Turning Point

as Joe Johnson

1978

2021

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

as Winston Zeddemore

2019

Adventure Force 5

as Dr. Lawrence Abel

2009

Lonely Street

as Captain Morgan

2022

In Search of Tomorrow

as Self - Interviewee

2014

1997

Mr. Magoo

as Agent CIA Gus Anders

2021

Redemption Day

as Ed Paxton

1983

Women of San Quentin

as Charles Wilson

2005

2012

2026

Toy Story 5

as Combat Carl (voice)

2025

FEEL

as Sitter 10

Production

2023

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