
Ernie Hudson
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 17, 1945 (age 80)
- Birthplace
- Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA
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 American Teenager (2008–2013), Law & Order (2009–2010), the voice of Agent Bill Fowler in Transformers: Prime (2010–2013), Franklin & Bash (2012–2014), Grace and Frankie (2015–2020), and L.A.'s Finest (2019–2020). From 2022 to 2024, Hudson appeared as Herbert "Magic" Williams on the NBC drama Quantum Leap.
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Filmography

Oswald: Down The Rabbit Hole
Movie · as Oswald Jebediah Coleman

Mr. Beebee
Movie · as Wayne Proctor
Deepest, Darkest
Movie

Famous
Movie
Sisters in Italy
Movie
Hal
Movie
Beautiful People
TV · as Jack · 1 ep

Toy Story 5
Movie · as Combat Carl (voice)

FEEL
Movie · as Sitter 10

John Candy: I Like Me
Movie · as Self - Actor (archive footage)

Boston Blue
TV · as Rev. Edwin Peters · 27 eps

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Movie · as Winston Zeddemore

Angry Birds Mystery Island
TV · as Marlon (voice) · 1 ep

Prisoner's Daughter
Movie · as Hank

The Retirement Plan
Movie · as Joseph

Champions
Movie · as Coach Phil Peretti

Darrin's Dance Grooves: The Untold Darrin Henson Story
Movie · as Self (voiceover)

In Search of Tomorrow
Movie · as Self - Interviewee

Quantum Leap
TV · as Herbert 'Magic' Williams · 31 eps

Sherri
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps

Beebo Saves Christmas
Movie · as Santa Claus (voice)

Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Movie · as Winston Zeddemore

Redemption Day
Movie · as Ed Paxton

Star Wars: The Bad Batch
TV · as Grini Millegi (voice) · 1 ep

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
Movie · as Self

Home Movie: The Princess Bride
TV · as Prince Humperdinck · 1 ep

Reunited Apart
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Adventure Force 5
Movie · as Dr. Lawrence Abel

Infinity Train
TV · as Atticus (voice) · 7 eps

The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV · as Self · 3 eps

City on a Hill
TV · as Franklin Ward · 2 eps

The Movies That Made Us
TV · as Winston Zeddemore (archive footage) · 1 ep

L.A.'s Finest
TV · as Joseph Vaughn · 26 eps

The Masked Singer
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Nappily Ever After
Movie · as Richard Jones

High & Outside: A Baseball Noir
Movie · as Sanzone

Carl Weber's The Family Business
TV · as L.C. Duncan · 62 eps

APB
TV · as Ned Conrad · 12 eps

Steve
TV · as Self · 1 ep

The Man in the Silo
Movie · as Marcus Wells

God's Not Dead 2
Movie · as Judge Stennis

Batman: Bad Blood
Movie · as Lucius Fox (voice)

Spaceman
Movie · as Joe

Ghostbusters
Movie · as Uncle Bill

Ghostheads
Movie · as Self

Infinity Train
Movie · as Atticus (voice)

Heaven Sent
Movie · as Donatello

MacGyver
TV · as Milton Bozer · 1 ep

Graves
TV · as Jacob Mann · 9 eps

Lethal Weapon
TV · as Hank Peterson · 1 ep

Angie Tribeca
TV · as Pete Tribeca · 1 ep

Gallows Road
Movie · as Bob Collins

Horror Icon: Inside Michael's Mask with Tony Moran
Movie · as Self

Ballers
TV · as Mr. Hagerty · 1 ep

Grace and Frankie
TV · as Jacob · 17 eps

You're Not You
Movie · as John

Showing Up
Movie · as Self

To Hell and Back
Movie · as Joe

The Grim Sleeper
Movie · as Detective Gerry Claymar

Touched
Movie · as Dr. Beck

Merry Ex-Mas
Movie · as Pastor Ed

The Last Song
Movie · as Guest

Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

Scorpion
TV · as Brooks · 1 ep

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Doonby
Movie · as Leroy Jackson

Battledogs
Movie · as Max Stevens

Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
Movie · as Percy

Dear Secret Santa
Movie · as Pastor Avery

Turning Point
Movie · as Joe Johnson

Ironside
TV · as Bludso · 1 ep

The Last Leg
TV · as Self · 1 ep

The Millers
TV · as Walter · 1 ep

Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta!
Movie · as Pedro (voice)

Deer Crossing
Movie · as Captain Bailey

Ambush at Dark Canyon
Movie · as Cyrus Parker

The Adventures of Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Conspiracy
Movie · as Ivan Stumpwater

Comic Book Men
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Scandal
TV · as Commander Randolph Boles · 1 ep

Arrow
TV · as Roy Stewart · 1 ep

Guys with Kids
TV · as The Judge · 1 ep

Key & Peele
TV · as Dad · 1 ep

Deep Blue Breath
Movie · as Lord Vater (voice)

Underground Entertainment: The Movie
Movie · as Ernie

Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
Movie · as Pedro

Once Upon a Time
TV · as King Poseidon · 1 ep

Franklin & Bash
TV · as Judge Lawrence Perry · 4 eps

Hart of Dixie
TV · as Ernie Hayes · 1 ep

Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball
Movie · as Anthony Vejar

Stasis
Movie · as Stranger

Machete Joe
Movie · as Sheriff Taylor

Game of Death
Movie · as Clarence

Transformers: Prime
TV · as Agent William Fowler (voice) · 65 eps

Rizzoli & Isles
TV · as Admiral Frost · 2 eps

Blue Bloods
TV · as Darryl Ward · 1 ep

Hot in Cleveland
TV · as Ernie Hudson · 1 ep

Dragonball Evolution
Movie · as Sifu Norris

Pastor Brown
Movie · as Deacon Harold Todd

Fatal Secrets
Movie · as Detective Carter

Lonely Street
Movie · as Captain Morgan

Meteor
TV · as Gen. Brasser · 2 eps

White Collar
TV · as Mr. Jeffries · 1 ep

Modern Family
TV · as Miles · 4 eps

Celebrity Ghost Stories
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Final Approach
Movie · as Agent Lorenzo Dawson

The Secret Life of the American Teenager
TV · as Dr. Ken Fields · 18 eps

Childrens Hospital
TV · as Hubert McGraw · 1 ep

All Hat
Movie · as Jackson Jones

Nobel Son
Movie · as Bill Canega

Private Practice
TV · as Captain Frank · 1 ep

The Ron Clark Story
Movie · as Principal Turner

Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
Movie · as Roscoe

Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
Movie · as Blake Rische

Psych
TV · as William Guster · 1 ep

Heroes
TV · as Captain Lubbock · 2 eps

Torchwood
TV · as Stuart Owens · 1 ep

Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Movie · as Harry McDonald

Confessions of an Action Star
Movie · as Self / Commander

Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story
Movie · as Perry Beasley

Lackawanna Blues
Movie · as Dick Barrymore
Halfway Decent
Movie · as Tom

How I Met Your Mother
TV · as Ernie Hudson · 1 ep

Bones
TV · as David Barron · 2 eps

Grey's Anatomy
TV · as Brad McDougall · 1 ep

Robot Chicken
TV · as Detective Ernie / Judge Hudson Jr. / Justin's Dad (voice) · 1 ep

Criminal Minds
TV · as Lt. Al Garner · 1 ep

Clifford's Really Big Movie
Movie · as P.T. (voice)

Desperate Housewives
TV · as Detective Ridley · 7 eps

Anne B. Real
Movie · as Principal

Cold Case
TV · as Moses Jones · 1 ep

10-8: Officers on Duty
TV · as Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes · 15 eps

Las Vegas
TV · as Bob Casey · 2 eps

Everwood
TV · as Bill Hoover · 1 ep

Without a Trace
TV · as Manny Aybar · 1 ep

A Town Without Christmas
Movie · as Ted

Walking Shadow
Movie · as Hawk

Crossing Jordan
TV · as Colonel Wirth · 1 ep

Miss Congeniality
Movie · as McDonald

The Watcher
Movie · as FBI Special Agent in Charge Mike Ibby

Everything's Jake
Movie · as Jake

Paper Bullets
Movie · as Detective Ron Mills

Red Letters
Movie · as Detective Glen Teal

Nowhere to Land
Movie · as Danny Gorlin

Stealth Fighter
Movie · as President Westwood

Shark Attack
Movie · as Lawrence Rhodes

Michael Jordan: An American Hero
Movie

Interceptors
Movie · as Major

A Stranger in the Kingdom
Movie · as Rev. Walter Andrews

Hijack
Movie · as Senator Douglas Wilson

Miracle on the 17th Green
Movie

October 22
Movie · as Arthur

Best of the Best 4: Without Warning
Movie · as Detective Gresko

Butter
Movie · as Curtis '8-Ball' Harris

Fakin' Da Funk
Movie · as Joe Lee

Clover
Movie · as Gaten Hill

Levitation
Movie · as Downbeat

Operation Delta Force
Movie · as Major Tipton

Mr. Magoo
Movie · as Agent CIA Gus Anders

The View
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Stargate SG-1
TV · as Pernaux · 1 ep

Oz
TV · as Leo Glynn · 56 eps

Tornado!
Movie · as Dr. Joe Branson

For Which He Stands
Movie · as DEA Agent Baxter

The Substitute
Movie · as Claude Rolle

The Cherokee Kid
Movie · as Nat Love aka Deadwood Dick

Just Your Luck
Movie · as Willie

Superman: The Animated Series
TV · as Professor Felix (voice) · 1 ep

Arli$$
TV · as Warden Leo Glynn · 1 ep

Congo
Movie · as Captain Monroe Kelly

The Basketball Diaries
Movie · as Reggie

The Crow
Movie · as Albrecht

Airheads
Movie · as Sergeant O'Malley

Speechless
Movie · as Ventura

Sugar Hill
Movie · as Lolly Jonas

The Cowboy Way
Movie · as Officer Sam 'Mad Dog' Shaw

No Escape
Movie · as Hawkins

ER
TV · as James Gallant · 2 eps

Touched by an Angel
TV · as Norm McCloud · 1 ep

Wild Palms
TV · as Tommy Lazlo · 5 eps

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Movie · as Solomon

The Ben Stiller Show
TV · 1 ep

Batman: The Animated Series
TV · as Security Guard (voice) · 1 ep

Angel Street
TV · as Thurman Nickens · 2 eps

Law & Order
TV · as Frank Gibson · 7 eps

Broken Badges
TV · as Toby Baker · 8 eps

Twin Peaks
TV · as Colonel Davis · 2 eps

Cop Rock
TV · as Cmdr. Warren Osborne · 1 ep

Ghostbusters II
Movie · as Winston Zeddemore

Leviathan
Movie · as Justin Jones

Collision Course
Movie · as Shortcut

Trapper County War
Movie · as Jefferson Carter

Tales from the Crypt
TV · as Zambini · 1 ep

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
TV · as Ernie Hudson · 1 ep

The Wrong Guys
Movie · as Dawson

The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
Movie · as Joe Hamilton

Weeds
Movie · as Bagdad

Full House
TV · as Reggie "The Sandman" Martin · 1 ep

The Last Precinct
Movie · as Night Train

The Last Precinct
TV · as Sergeant Lane · 8 eps

Love on the Run
Movie · as Lamar

California Girls
Movie · as Ernie

The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians
TV · as Cyborg (voice) · 10 eps

The Insiders
TV · as Brewster · 1 ep

Ghostbusters
Movie · as Winston Zeddemore

Joy of Sex
Movie · as Mr. Porter

On the Scene with the Ghostbusters
Movie

Going Berserk
Movie · as Muhammed Jerome Willy

Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
Movie · as Washington

Two of a Kind
Movie · as Det. Skaggs

Women of San Quentin
Movie · as Charles Wilson

The A-Team
TV · as Cal Freeman · 1 ep

Webster
TV · 1 ep

Penitentiary II
Movie · as Half Dead

St. Elsewhere
TV · as Jerry Close · 6 eps

The New Odd Couple
TV · as Moses Brown · 1 ep

Underground Aces
Movie · as African General

Crazy Times
Movie · as Harold 'Jazzman' Malloy

A Matter of Life and Death
Movie · as Mr. Harrison

Flamingo Road
TV · 2 eps

The Octagon
Movie · as Quinine

White Mama
Movie · as Counsellor

The $5.20 an Hour Dream
Movie · as Homer Burden

Skag
Movie

The Jazz Singer
Movie · as Heckler

Bosom Buddies
TV · 1 ep

Joni
Movie · as Earl

The Main Event
Movie · as Killer
Highcliffe Manor
TV · as Smythe · 6 eps

Detective School
TV · 1 ep

Roots: The Next Generations
TV · as Muslim at Door · 1 ep
Last of the Good Guys
Movie · as El Coliph

Diff'rent Strokes
TV · 1 ep

The White Shadow
TV · as Johnson · 1 ep

Taxi
TV · as Terry Carver · 1 ep

Fantasy Island
TV · as Jamu · 1 ep

Mad Bull
Movie · as Black Bart

Man from Atlantis IV: The Disappearances
Movie · as Minion

The Incredible Hulk
TV · as Lee · 1 ep

The Human Tornado
Movie · as Bo

Leadbelly
Movie · as Archie

Little House on the Prairie
TV · as William Thomas · 1 ep

Super Friends
TV · as Cyborg (voice) · 8 eps




