Ernie Hudson
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 ...
Known For
Filmography
Toy Story 5
2026
as Combat Carl (voice)
FEEL
2025
as Sitter 10
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Boston Blue
2025
as Rev. Edwin Peters
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024
as Winston Zeddemore
Angry Birds Mystery Island
2024
as Marlon (voice)
Prisoner's Daughter
2023
as Hank
The Retirement Plan
2023
as Joseph
Champions
2023
as Coach Phil Peretti
Darrin's Dance Grooves: The Untold Darrin Henson Story
2023
as Self (voiceover)
In Search of Tomorrow
2022
as Self - Interviewee
Quantum Leap
2022
as Herbert 'Magic' Williams
The Sherri Shepherd Show
2022
as Self - Guest
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
as Self
Beebo Saves Christmas
2021
as Santa Claus (voice)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021
as Winston Zeddemore
Redemption Day
2021
as Ed Paxton
Star Wars: The Bad Batch
2021
as Grini Millegi (voice)
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020
as Self
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020
as Prince Humperdinck
Reunited Apart
2020
as Self
Adventure Force 5
2019
as Dr. Lawrence Abel
Infinity Train
2019
as Atticus (voice)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
City on a Hill
2019
as Franklin Ward
The Movies That Made Us
2019
as Winston Zeddemore (archive footage)
L.A.'s Finest
2019
as Joseph Vaughn
The Masked Singer
2019
as Self - Special Guest
Nappily Ever After
2018
as Richard Jones
High & Outside: A Baseball Noir
2018
as Sanzone
Carl Weber's The Family Business
2018
as L.C. Duncan
APB
2017
as Ned Conrad
Steve
2017
as Self
The Man in the Silo
2016
as Marcus Wells
God's Not Dead 2
2016
as Judge Stennis
Batman: Bad Blood
2016
as Lucius Fox (voice)
Spaceman
2016
as Joe
Ghostbusters
2016
as Uncle Bill
Ghostheads
2016
as Self
Infinity Train
2016
as Atticus (voice)
Heaven Sent
2016
as Donatello
MacGyver
2016
as Milton Bozer
Graves
2016
as Jacob Mann
Lethal Weapon
2016
as Hank Peterson
Angie Tribeca
2016
as Pete Tribeca
Gallows Road
2015
as Bob Collins
Horror Icon: Inside Michael's Mask with Tony Moran
2015
as Self
Ballers
2015
as Mr. Hagerty
Grace and Frankie
2015
as Jacob
You're Not You
2014
as John
To Hell and Back
2014
as Joe
Showing Up
2014
as Self
The Grim Sleeper
2014
as Detective Gerry Claymar
Touched
2014
as Dr. Beck
Merry Ex-Mas
2014
as Pastor Ed
The Last Song
2014
as Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
Scorpion
2014
as Brooks
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self
Doonby
2013
as Leroy Jackson
Battledogs
2013
as Max Stevens
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
2013
as Percy
Dear Secret Santa
2013
as Pastor Avery
Turning Point
2013
as Joe Johnson
Ironside
2013
as Bludso
The Last Leg
2013
as Self
The Millers
2013
as Walter
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta!
2012
as Pedro (voice)
Deer Crossing
2012
as Captain Bailey
Ambush at Dark Canyon
2012
as Cyrus Parker
The Adventures of Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Conspiracy
2012
as Ivan Stumpwater
Comic Book Men
2012
as Self
Scandal
2012
as Commander Randolph Boles
Arrow
2012
as Roy Stewart
Guys with Kids
2012
as The Judge
Key & Peele
2012
as Dad
Deep Blue Breath
2011
as Lord Vater (voice)
Game of Death
2011
as Clarence
Underground Entertainment: The Movie
2011
as Ernie
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
2011
as Pedro
Once Upon a Time
2011
as King Poseidon
Franklin & Bash
2011
as Judge Lawrence Perry
Hart of Dixie
2011
as Ernie Hayes
Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball
2010
as Anthony Vejar
Stasis
2010
as Stranger
Machete Joe
2010
as Sheriff Taylor
Transformers: Prime
2010
as Agent William Fowler (voice)
Rizzoli & Isles
2010
as Admiral Frost
Blue Bloods
2010
as Darryl Ward
Hot in Cleveland
2010
as Ernie Hudson
Dragonball Evolution
2009
as Sifu Norris
Pastor Brown
2009
as Deacon Harold Todd
Fatal Secrets
2009
as Detective Carter
Lonely Street
2009
as Captain Morgan
Meteor
2009
as Gen. Brasser
White Collar
2009
as Mr. Jeffries
Modern Family
2009
as Miles
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
as Self
Final Approach
2008
as Agent Lorenzo Dawson
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
2008
as Dr. Ken Fields
Childrens Hospital
2008
as Hubert McGraw
All Hat
2007
as Jackson Jones
Nobel Son
2007
as Bill Canega
Private Practice
2007
as Captain Frank
The Ron Clark Story
2006
as Principal Turner
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
2006
as Roscoe
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2006
as Blake Rische
Psych
2006
as William Guster
Heroes
2006
as Captain Lubbock
Torchwood
2006
as Stuart Owens
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
2005
as Harry McDonald
Confessions of an Action Star
2005
as Self / Commander
Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story
2005
as Perry Beasley
Lackawanna Blues
2005
as Dick Barrymore
Halfway Decent
2005
as Tom
How I Met Your Mother
2005
as Ernie Hudson
Bones
2005
as David Barron
Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Brad McDougall
Robot Chicken
2005
as Detective Ernie / Judge Hudson Jr. / Justin's Dad (voice)
Criminal Minds
2005
as Lt. Al Garner
Clifford's Really Big Movie
2004
as P.T. (voice)
Desperate Housewives
2004
as Detective Ridley
Anne B. Real
2003
as Principal
Cold Case
2003
as Moses Jones
10-8: Officers on Duty
2003
as Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes
Las Vegas
2003
as Bob Casey
Everwood
2002
as Bill Hoover
Without a Trace
2002
as Manny Aybar
A Town Without Christmas
2001
as Ted
Walking Shadow
2001
as Hawk
Crossing Jordan
2001
as Colonel Wirth
Miss Congeniality
2000
as McDonald
The Watcher
2000
as FBI Special Agent in Charge Mike Ibby
Everything's Jake
2000
as Jake
Paper Bullets
2000
as Detective Ron Mills
Red Letters
2000
as Detective Glen Teal
Nowhere to Land
2000
as Danny Gorlin
Stealth Fighter
1999
as President Westwood
Shark Attack
1999
as Lawrence Rhodes
Michael Jordan: An American Hero
1999
Interceptors
1999
as Major
A Stranger in the Kingdom
1999
as Rev. Walter Andrews
Hijack
1999
as Senator Douglas Wilson
Miracle on the 17th Green
1999
October 22
1998
as Arthur
Best of the Best 4: Without Warning
1998
as Detective Gresko
Butter
1998
as Curtis '8-Ball' Harris
Fakin' Da Funk
1997
as Joe Lee
Clover
1997
as Gaten Hill
Levitation
1997
as Downbeat
Operation Delta Force
1997
as Major Tipton
Mr. Magoo
1997
as Agent CIA Gus Anders
The View
1997
as Self
Stargate SG-1
1997
as Pernaux
Oz
1997
as Leo Glynn
Tornado!
1996
as Dr. Joe Branson
For Which He Stands
1996
as DEA Agent Baxter
The Substitute
1996
as Claude Rolle
The Cherokee Kid
1996
as Nat Love aka Deadwood Dick
Just Your Luck
1996
as Willie
Superman: The Animated Series
1996
as Professor Felix (voice)
Arli$$
1996
as Warden Leo Glynn
Congo
1995
as Captain Monroe Kelly
The Basketball Diaries
1995
as Reggie
The Crow
1994
as Albrecht
Airheads
1994
as Sergeant O'Malley
Speechless
1994
as Ventura
Sugar Hill
1994
as Lolly Jonas
The Cowboy Way
1994
as Officer Sam 'Mad Dog' Shaw
No Escape
1994
as Hawkins
ER
1994
as James Gallant
Touched by an Angel
1994
as Norm McCloud
Wild Palms
1993
as Tommy Lazlo
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
1992
as Solomon
The Ben Stiller Show
1992
Batman: The Animated Series
1992
as Security Guard (voice)
Angel Street
1992
as Thurman Nickens
Law & Order
1990
as Frank Gibson
Broken Badges
1990
as Toby Baker
Twin Peaks
1990
as Colonel Davis
Cop Rock
1990
as Cmdr. Warren Osborne
Ghostbusters II
1989
as Winston Zeddemore
Leviathan
1989
as Justin Jones
Collision Course
1989
as Shortcut
Trapper County War
1989
as Jefferson Carter
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Zambini
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
1989
as Ernie Hudson
The Wrong Guys
1988
as Dawson
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
1988
as Joe Hamilton
Weeds
1987
as Bagdad
Full House
1987
as Reggie "The Sandman" Martin
The Last Precinct
1986
as Night Train
The Last Precinct
1986
as Sergeant Lane
Love on the Run
1985
as Lamar
California Girls
1985
as Ernie
The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians
1985
as Cyborg (voice)
The Insiders
1985
as Brewster
Ghostbusters
1984
as Winston Zeddemore
Joy of Sex
1984
as Mr. Porter
On the Scene with the Ghostbusters
1984
Going Berserk
1983
as Muhammed Jerome Willy
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
1983
as Washington
Two of a Kind
1983
as Det. Skaggs
Women of San Quentin
1983
as Charles Wilson
The A-Team
1983
as Cal Freeman
Webster
1983
Penitentiary II
1982
as Half Dead
St. Elsewhere
1982
as Jerry Close
The New Odd Couple
1982
as Moses Brown
Underground Aces
1981
as African General
Crazy Times
1981
as Harold 'Jazzman' Malloy
A Matter of Life and Death
1981
as Mr. Harrison
Flamingo Road
1981
The Octagon
1980
as Quinine
White Mama
1980
as Counsellor
The $5.20 an Hour Dream
1980
as Homer Burden
Skag
1980
The Jazz Singer
1980
as Heckler
Bosom Buddies
1980
Joni
1979
as Earl
The Main Event
1979
as Killer
Highcliffe Manor
1979
as Smythe
Detective School
1979
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
as Muslim at Door
Last of the Good Guys
1978
as El Coliph
Diff'rent Strokes
1978
The White Shadow
1978
as Johnson
Taxi
1978
as Terry Carver
Fantasy Island
1978
as Jamu
Mad Bull
1977
as Black Bart
Man from Atlantis IV: The Disappearances
1977
as Minion
The Incredible Hulk
1977
as Lee
The Human Tornado
1976
as Bo
Leadbelly
1976
as Archie
Little House on the Prairie
1974
as William Thomas
Super Friends
1973
as Cyborg (voice)