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