Dennis Haysbert

Dennis Haysbert

Known for
Acting
Born
June 2, 1954 (age 72)
Birthplace
San Mateo, California, USA

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 from the Wikipedia article Dennis Haysbert, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

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Filmography

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Silent Retreat poster

Silent Retreat

Movie · as Josh Alpert

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American Smuggler

American Smuggler

Movie

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Suburban Psycho

Suburban Psycho

Movie

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Don't Ever Wonder

Don't Ever Wonder

Movie

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Home poster

Home

Movie

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Deify

Deify

Movie

2026
Send Help poster

Send Help

Movie · as Franklin

2026
Higher Love poster

Higher Love

Movie · as Carver Sams

2026
Relationship Goals poster

Relationship Goals

Movie · as Papa Jim

2026
Radio Sky poster

Radio Sky

Movie · as Joseph Finley

2026
Time of Death poster

Time of Death

Movie · as Officer Aarons

2026
Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord poster

Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord

TV · as Master Eeko-Dio Daki (voice) · 10 eps

2025
Lost & Found in Cleveland poster

Lost & Found in Cleveland

Movie · as Marty Anderson

2025
Hole in the Head: A Life Revealed poster

Hole in the Head: A Life Revealed

Movie · as Narrator

2025
Hope of the Season: Christmas with The Tabernacle Choir poster

Hope of the Season: Christmas with The Tabernacle Choir

Movie · as Featuring

2024
Summer Camp poster

Summer Camp

Movie · as Tommy

2024
In Fidelity poster

In Fidelity

Movie · as Hoyt Johnston

2024
Holidazed poster

Holidazed

TV · as Robert Lewin · 8 eps

2023
Sniper: G.R.I.T. - Global Response & Intelligence Team poster

Sniper: G.R.I.T. - Global Response & Intelligence Team

Movie · as Gabriel Stone

2023
Flamin' Hot poster

Flamin' Hot

Movie · as Clarence C. Baker

2023
Paul T. Goldman poster

Paul T. Goldman

TV · as Agent Portman · 1 ep

2023
Digman! poster

Digman!

TV · as Vernon (voice) · 1 ep

2022
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers poster

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers

Movie · as Zipper (voice)

2022
Sniper: Rogue Mission poster

Sniper: Rogue Mission

Movie · as Gabriel Stone

2022
No Exit poster

No Exit

Movie · as Ed

2021
Masters of the Universe: Revelation poster

Masters of the Universe: Revelation

TV · as Grayskull (voice) · 1 ep

2020
Home Movie: The Princess Bride poster

Home Movie: The Princess Bride

TV · as Prince Humperdinck · 1 ep

2019
Breakthrough poster

Breakthrough

Movie · as Dr. Garrett

2019
Secret Obsession poster

Secret Obsession

Movie · as Detective Frank Page

2019
Playing with Fire poster

Playing with Fire

Movie · as Commander Richards

2018
Christmas Everlasting poster

Christmas Everlasting

Movie · as Uncle Barney

2018
Reverie poster

Reverie

TV · as Charlie Ventana · 10 eps

2017
Fist Fight poster

Fist Fight

Movie · as Superintendent Johnson

2017
Kodachrome poster

Kodachrome

Movie · as Larry

2017
The Dark Tower poster

The Dark Tower

Movie · as Steven Deschain

2017
Naked poster

Naked

Movie · as Reginald Swope

2016
Sniper: Ghost Shooter poster

Sniper: Ghost Shooter

Movie · as Colonel

2016
Dead Rising: Endgame poster

Dead Rising: Endgame

Movie · as General Alan Lyons

2016
Jarhead 3: The Siege poster

Jarhead 3: The Siege

Movie · as Major Lincoln

2016
Undercover poster

Undercover

TV · as Rudy Jones, Rudy Jones (archive footage) (uncredited) · 6 eps

2016
Incorporated poster

Incorporated

TV · as Julian Morse · 1 ep

2016
Lucifer poster

Lucifer

TV · as God · 5 eps

2015
Experimenter poster

Experimenter

Movie · as Ossie Davis

2015
Dead Rising: Watchtower poster

Dead Rising: Watchtower

Movie · as General Alan Lyons

2015
Ted 2 poster

Ted 2

Movie · as Fertility Doctor

2015
Baby, Baby, Baby poster

Baby, Baby, Baby

Movie · as Doctor Hankin

2015
Backstrom poster

Backstrom

TV · as Det. Sgt. Almond · 13 eps

2015
The Grinder poster

The Grinder

TV · as Special Agent · 1 ep

2014
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For poster

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

Movie · as Manute

2014
Dear White People poster

Dear White People

Movie · as Dean Fairbanks

2014
Men, Women & Children poster

Men, Women & Children

Movie · as Secretluvur

2014
Sniper: Legacy poster

Sniper: Legacy

Movie · as The Colonel

2014
Mr. Peabody & Sherman poster

Mr. Peabody & Sherman

Movie · as Judge (voice)

2014
How Murray Saved Christmas poster

How Murray Saved Christmas

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2014
Think Like a Man Too poster

Think Like a Man Too

Movie · as Uncle Eddie

2014
The Real Daytime poster

The Real Daytime

TV · 1 ep

2013
LUV poster

LUV

Movie · as Mr. Fish

2013
Life of a King poster

Life of a King

Movie · as Searcy

2013
Battledogs poster

Battledogs

Movie · as Lt. General Christopher Monning

2013
Welcome to the Jungle poster

Welcome to the Jungle

Movie · as Mr. Palmer

2013
Out of the Blue poster

Out of the Blue

Movie · as Control

2013
Heartburn

Heartburn

Movie · as Matthew Boa

2013
Kung Fu Panda:  The Awesome Secrets Collection poster

Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection

Movie · as Ox (voice)

2013
The World According to Dick Cheney poster

The World According to Dick Cheney

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2013
Brooklyn Nine-Nine poster

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

TV · as Bob Annderson · 2 eps

2013
Civil War 360 poster

Civil War 360

TV · as Self - Host · 3 eps

2012
Wreck-It Ralph poster

Wreck-It Ralph

Movie · as General Hologram (voice)

2012
The Details poster

The Details

Movie · as Lincoln

2011
Kung Fu Panda 2 poster

Kung Fu Panda 2

Movie · as Master Ox (voice)

2011
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters poster

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters

Movie · as Ox (voice)

2011
Field of Dreams 2: Lockout poster

Field of Dreams 2: Lockout

Movie · as Mann

2010
When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun

When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun

Movie · as Self

2008
James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston poster

James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston

Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

2007
Goodbye Bafana poster

Goodbye Bafana

Movie · as Nelson Mandela

2007
Breach poster

Breach

Movie · as Dean Plesac

2006
The Unit poster

The Unit

TV · as Jonas Blane · 69 eps

2005
The Making of Heat poster

The Making of Heat

Movie · as Self

2005
Jarhead poster

Jarhead

Movie · as Major Lincoln

2005
Empire poster

Empire

TV · 1 ep

2005
The Boondocks poster

The Boondocks

TV · as Sturdy Harris (voice) · 1 ep

2004
Secrets of Pearl Harbor poster

Secrets of Pearl Harbor

Movie · as Self - Host

2003
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas poster

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

Movie · as Kale (voice)

2003
Sinbad and the Cyclops Island poster

Sinbad and the Cyclops Island

Movie · as Kale

2003
Far from Heaven: "Making of"

Far from Heaven: "Making of"

Movie

2002
Far from Heaven poster

Far from Heaven

Movie · as Raymond Deagan

2002
Ticker poster

Ticker

Movie · as FBI Agent

2001
Justice League poster

Justice League

TV · as Kilowog (voice) · 3 eps

2001
The Hire poster

The Hire

TV · as FBI Agent · 1 ep

2001
24 poster

24

TV · as David Palmer · 81 eps

2000
Love & Basketball poster

Love & Basketball

Movie · as Zeke McCall

2000
What's Cooking? poster

What's Cooking?

Movie · as Ronald Williams

2000
Static Shock poster

Static Shock

TV · as Chief Barnsdale (voice) · 4 eps

2000
Soul Food poster

Soul Food

TV · as Rick Grant · 2 eps

1999
The Thirteenth Floor poster

The Thirteenth Floor

Movie · as Det. Larry McBain

1999
The Minus Man poster

The Minus Man

Movie · as Graves

1999
Random Hearts poster

Random Hearts

Movie · as Detective George Beaufort

1999
Now and Again poster

Now and Again

TV · as Dr. Theodore Morris · 22 eps

1999
The Early Show poster

The Early Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1998
Major League: Back to the Minors poster

Major League: Back to the Minors

Movie · as Pedro Cerrano

1998
Standoff poster

Standoff

Movie · as Agent Ty 'Bama' Jones

1998
How to Make the Cruelest Month poster

How to Make the Cruelest Month

Movie · as Manhattan Parks

1998
Godzilla: The Series poster

Godzilla: The Series

TV · as General Ekwensi (voice) · 1 ep

1997
Absolute Power poster

Absolute Power

Movie · as Tim Collin

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 2 eps

1997
The New Batman Adventures poster

The New Batman Adventures

TV · as Barkley James (voice) · 1 ep

1996
The Writing on the Wall poster

The Writing on the Wall

Movie · as Sullivan

1996
Widow's Kiss poster

Widow's Kiss

Movie · as Eddie Costello

1996
Amanda poster

Amanda

Movie · as Seven / Sir Jordan

1996
Superman: The Animated Series poster

Superman: The Animated Series

TV · as Agent #1 (voice), Doctor #1 (voice) · 1 ep

1995
Heat poster

Heat

Movie · as Donald Breedan

1995
Waiting to Exhale poster

Waiting to Exhale

Movie · as Kenneth

1995
The Outer Limits poster

The Outer Limits

TV · as Joshua Finch · 1 ep

1994
Major League II poster

Major League II

Movie · as Pedro Cerrano

1994
Duckman poster

Duckman

TV · as Tribal Leader / Cornfed's Singing Voice (voice) · 1 ep

1993
Suture poster

Suture

Movie · as Clay Arlington

1993
Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Movie · as Rev. Oliver Crawford

1993
Return to Lonesome Dove poster

Return to Lonesome Dove

TV · as Cherokee Jack Jackson · 4 eps

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

1993
Alex Haley's Queen poster

Alex Haley's Queen

TV · as Davis · 3 eps

1992
Love Field poster

Love Field

Movie · as Paul Cater

1992
Mr. Baseball poster

Mr. Baseball

Movie · as Max 'Hammer' Dubois

1990
K-9000 poster

K-9000

Movie · as Nick Sanrio

1990
Navy Seals poster

Navy Seals

Movie · as Billy Graham

1989
Major League poster

Major League

Movie · as Pedro Cerrano

1988
Just the Ten of Us poster

Just the Ten of Us

TV · 3 eps

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1985
A Summer to Remember poster

A Summer to Remember

Movie · as Sheriff Pierce

1985
Growing Pains poster

Growing Pains

TV · as Police Officer, Officer Wright, Frank · 1 ep

1985
227 poster

227

TV · 1 ep

1985
Off the Rack poster

Off the Rack

TV · as Cletus Maxwell · 6 eps

1984
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D. poster

The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.

Movie · as Dr. Beaumont

1984
Night Court poster

Night Court

TV · as James Morgan · 1 ep

1983
The A-Team poster

The A-Team

TV · as Psych Ward Staff · 1 ep

1983
Scarecrow and Mrs. King poster

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

TV · 1 ep

1982
American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse

TV · as Reverend Oliver Crawford · 1 ep

1981
Grambling's White Tiger

Grambling's White Tiger

Movie · as James 'Shack' Harris

1981
The Fall Guy poster

The Fall Guy

TV · as Jeremy Wolf · 1 ep

1981
Code Red poster

Code Red

TV · as Stuff Wade · 2 eps

1980
Magnum, P.I. poster

Magnum, P.I.

TV · 1 ep

1980
Galactica 1980 poster

Galactica 1980

TV · as Imperious Leader (voice) · 1 ep

1979
Scoring poster

Scoring

Movie · as Lt. Harrigan

1979
The Facts of Life poster

The Facts of Life

TV · 1 ep

1979
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century poster

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

TV · as Security Guard, Lieutenant Parsons, Helmsman · 4 eps

1979
Knots Landing poster

Knots Landing

TV · as Police Officer · 1 ep

1978
The White Shadow poster

The White Shadow

TV · as Basketball Player · 1 ep

1977
The Incredible Hulk poster

The Incredible Hulk

TV · 1 ep

1976
Quincy, M.E. poster

Quincy, M.E.

TV · as Driver · 1 ep

1976
Laverne & Shirley poster

Laverne & Shirley

TV · 1 ep

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self (uncredited) · 2 eps

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee, Self - Audience Member · 1 ep