Terrence Howard

Terrence Howard

Known for
Acting
Born
March 11, 1969 (age 57)
Birthplace
Chicago, Illinois, USA

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 starred as the lead character Lucious Lyon in the television series Empire. His debut album, Shine Through It, was released in September 2008. Description above is from the Wikipedia article Terrence Howard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

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Filmography

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The Movers poster

The Movers

Movie · as Robert Hartley

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Selfie

Selfie

Movie

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Miami Nights poster

Miami Nights

Movie · as David Wolfe

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Turnbuckle

Turnbuckle

Movie

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Broken Ones

Broken Ones

Movie · as Benjamin Drake

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Unsung Hollywood poster

Unsung Hollywood

TV · 1 ep

2026
A Good Hand Wasted poster

A Good Hand Wasted

Movie · as Marcus

2025
BFFs poster

BFFs

Movie

2024
Shirley poster

Shirley

Movie · as Arthur Hardwick Jr.

2024
A Look Through His Lens

A Look Through His Lens

Movie · as Self

2024
Skeletons in the Closet poster

Skeletons in the Closet

Movie · as Mark

2024
Crescent City poster

Crescent City

Movie · as Brian Sutter

2023
Showdown at the Grand poster

Showdown at the Grand

Movie · as George Fuller

2022
The Walk poster

The Walk

Movie · as Lamont Robbins

2022
The System poster

The System

Movie · as Bones

2022
The Best Man: The Final Chapters poster

The Best Man: The Final Chapters

TV · as Quentin · 8 eps

2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show poster

The Jennifer Hudson Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2021
Flowstate: The FPV Drone Documentary poster

Flowstate: The FPV Drone Documentary

Movie

2021
Gully poster

Gully

Movie · as Mr. Christmas

2021
Triumph poster

Triumph

Movie · as Coach Cutting

2020
Cut Throat City poster

Cut Throat City

Movie · as The Saint

2020
Las increíbles aventuras de un Hada Madrina poster

Las increíbles aventuras de un Hada Madrina

TV · as Genio · 12 eps

2018
Terrence Howard's Fright Club poster

Terrence Howard's Fright Club

Movie

2017
Miracle on 42nd Street poster

Miracle on 42nd Street

Movie · as Self

2017
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams poster

Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams

TV · as George · 1 ep

2017
Beat Shazam poster

Beat Shazam

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2016
Term Life poster

Term Life

Movie · as Sheriff Braydon

2016
Cardboard Boxer poster

Cardboard Boxer

Movie · as Pope

2016
Fairy Godmother poster

Fairy Godmother

Movie · as Genio

2016
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party poster

Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party

TV · 1 ep

2015
Celebrity Family Feud poster

Celebrity Family Feud

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
Empire poster

Empire

TV · as Lucious Lyon · 102 eps

2015
Lip Sync Battle poster

Lip Sync Battle

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2015
Taraji's White Hot Holidays poster

Taraji's White Hot Holidays

TV · as Himself - Host · 1 ep

2015
Wayward Pines poster

Wayward Pines

TV · as Sheriff Pope · 5 eps

2014
Sabotage poster

Sabotage

Movie · as Julius "Sugar" Edmonds

2014
St. Vincent poster

St. Vincent

Movie · as Zucko

2014
Lullaby poster

Lullaby

Movie · as Dr. Crier

2014
Take Me to the River poster

Take Me to the River

Movie · as Himself - Host

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
Movie 43 poster

Movie 43

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

2013
Dead Man Down poster

Dead Man Down

Movie · as Alphonse

2013
Prisoners poster

Prisoners

Movie · as Franklin Birch

2013
The Best Man Holiday poster

The Best Man Holiday

Movie · as Quentin

2013
The Butler poster

The Butler

Movie · as Howard

2013
House of Bodies poster

House of Bodies

Movie · as Starks

2012
Red Tails poster

Red Tails

Movie · as Col. A.J. Bullard

2012
On the Road poster

On the Road

Movie · as Walter

2012
The Company You Keep poster

The Company You Keep

Movie · as FBI Agent Cornelius

2012
Croom poster

Croom

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2011
The Ledge poster

The Ledge

Movie · as Hollis Lucetti

2011
Winnie Mandela poster

Winnie Mandela

Movie · as Nelson Mandela

2011
Little Murder poster

Little Murder

Movie · as Drag Hammerman

2011
Bob Ross: The Happy Painter poster

Bob Ross: The Happy Painter

Movie · as Self

2010
Magic in the Bayou: The Making of a Princess poster

Magic in the Bayou: The Making of a Princess

Movie · as Self

2010
Law & Order: LA poster

Law & Order: LA

TV · as Jonah Dekker · 16 eps

2010
Hawaii Five-0 poster

Hawaii Five-0

TV · as Billy · 1 ep

2009
The Princess and the Frog poster

The Princess and the Frog

Movie · as James (voice)

2009
Fighting poster

Fighting

Movie · as Harvey Boarden

2009
B.B. King | Live poster

B.B. King | Live

Movie · as Self

2009
The Jay Leno Show poster

The Jay Leno Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

2008
Iron Man poster

Iron Man

Movie · as Rhodey

2008
2008 Philadelphia Phillies: The Official World Series Film

2008 Philadelphia Phillies: The Official World Series Film

Movie · as narrator

2007
The Brave One poster

The Brave One

Movie · as Detective Mercer

2007
The Hunting Party poster

The Hunting Party

Movie · as Duck

2007
August Rush poster

August Rush

Movie · as Richard Jeffries

2007
Awake poster

Awake

Movie · as Dr. Jack Harper

2007
Pride poster

Pride

Movie · as Jim Ellis

2007
Motherland Afghanistan poster

Motherland Afghanistan

Movie · as Narrator

2007
The Perfect Holiday poster

The Perfect Holiday

Movie · as Bah Humbug

2007
Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita poster

Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita

Movie · as Self

2006
Idlewild poster

Idlewild

Movie · as Trumpy

2005
Crash poster

Crash

Movie · as Cameron Thayer

2005
Animal poster

Animal

Movie · as Darius Allen

2005
Get Rich or Die Tryin' poster

Get Rich or Die Tryin'

Movie · as Bama

2005
Hustle & Flow poster

Hustle & Flow

Movie · as Djay

2005
Four Brothers poster

Four Brothers

Movie · as Lt. Green

2005
Their Eyes Were Watching God poster

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Movie · as Amos Hicks

2005
The Salon poster

The Salon

Movie · as Patrick

2005
Lackawanna Blues poster

Lackawanna Blues

Movie · as Bill Crosby

2004
Ray poster

Ray

Movie · as Gossie McGee

2003
Love Chronicles poster

Love Chronicles

Movie · as T-Roy

2003
Biker Boyz poster

Biker Boyz

Movie · as Chu Chu (as Terrence Dashon Howard)

2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self · 4 eps

2003
Soundstage poster

Soundstage

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
Hart's War poster

Hart's War

Movie · as Lt. Lincoln A. Scott

2002
Intimate Affairs poster

Intimate Affairs

Movie · as Lorenz

2002
Fastlane poster

Fastlane

TV · as Alton White · 1 ep

2002
Live from E! poster

Live from E!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
Street Time poster

Street Time

TV · as Lucius Mosley · 13 eps

2001
Glitter poster

Glitter

Movie · as Timothy Walker

2001
Angel Eyes poster

Angel Eyes

Movie · as Robby

2001
Boycott poster

Boycott

Movie · as Ralph Abernathy

2000
Big Momma's House poster

Big Momma's House

Movie · as Lester Vesco

2000
Muhammad Ali: King of the World poster

Muhammad Ali: King of the World

Movie · as Cassius Clay

2000
Love Beat the Hell Outta Me poster

Love Beat the Hell Outta Me

Movie · as Chris

2000
Soul Food poster

Soul Food

TV · as Benny Jones · 2 eps

1999
The Best Man poster

The Best Man

Movie · as Quentin

1999
Best Laid Plans poster

Best Laid Plans

Movie · as Jimmy

1999
Valerie Flake poster

Valerie Flake

Movie · as Hitchhiker

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Jonah Dekker · 1 ep

1998
The Players Club poster

The Players Club

Movie · as K.C.

1998
Butter poster

Butter

Movie · as Dexter Banks

1998
Spark poster

Spark

Movie · as Byron

1998
Mama Flora's Family poster

Mama Flora's Family

TV · as Lincoln · 2 eps

1997
Double Tap poster

Double Tap

Movie · as Ulysses

1996
Sunset Park poster

Sunset Park

Movie · as Spaceman

1996
Johns poster

Johns

Movie · as Jimmy the Warlock

1996
Sparks poster

Sparks

TV · as Greg Sparks · 40 eps

1995
Mr. Holland's Opus poster

Mr. Holland's Opus

Movie · as Louis Russ

1995
The O.J. Simpson Story poster

The O.J. Simpson Story

Movie · as Young A.C.

1995
Dead Presidents poster

Dead Presidents

Movie · as Cowboy

1995
Lotto Land poster

Lotto Land

Movie · as Warren

1994
New York Undercover poster

New York Undercover

TV · 1 ep

1993
Who's the Man? poster

Who's the Man?

Movie · as Customer

1993
Living Single poster

Living Single

TV · as Brendan · 1 ep

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

1993
Tall Hopes poster

Tall Hopes

TV · as Chester Harris · 6 eps

1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 4 eps

1992
The Jacksons: An American Dream poster

The Jacksons: An American Dream

TV · as Jackie Jackson (adult) · 2 eps

1989
Family Matters poster

Family Matters

TV · as John · 1 ep

1989
Coach poster

Coach

TV · as Johnny Williams · 1 ep

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 4 eps

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1952
Today poster

Today

TV · as Self · 1 ep