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Ernie Hudson

Ernie Hudson

Born: 1945-12-17 • Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA

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.

Filmography
Toy Story 5 poster
Toy Story 5
2026 • Combat Carl (voice)
John Candy: I Like Me poster
John Candy: I Like Me
2025 • Self - Actor (archive footage)
FEEL poster
FEEL
2025 • Sitter 10
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire poster
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024 • Winston Zeddemore
The Retirement Plan poster
The Retirement Plan
2023 • Joseph
Prisoner's Daughter poster
Prisoner's Daughter
2023 • Hank
Darrin's Dance Grooves: The Untold Darrin Henson Story poster
Darrin's Dance Grooves: The Untold Darrin Henson Story
2023 • Self (voiceover)
Champions poster
Champions
2023 • Coach Phil Peretti
In Search of Tomorrow poster
In Search of Tomorrow
2022 • Self - Interviewee
Beebo Saves Christmas poster
Beebo Saves Christmas
2021 • Santa Claus (voice)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife poster
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021 • Winston Zeddemore
Redemption Day poster
Redemption Day
2021 • Ed Paxton
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters poster
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020 • Self
Adventure Force 5 poster
Adventure Force 5
2019 • Dr. Lawrence Abel
Nappily Ever After poster
Nappily Ever After
2018 • Richard Jones
High & Outside: A Baseball Noir poster
High & Outside: A Baseball Noir
2018 • Sanzone
Heaven Sent poster
Heaven Sent
2016 • Donatello
Infinity Train poster
Infinity Train
2016 • Atticus (voice)
Spaceman poster
Spaceman
2016 • Joe
Ghostbusters poster
Ghostbusters
2016 • Uncle Bill
Ghostheads poster
Ghostheads
2016 • Self
God's Not Dead 2 poster
God's Not Dead 2
2016 • Judge Stennis
Batman: Bad Blood poster
Batman: Bad Blood
2016 • Lucius Fox (voice)
The Man in the Silo poster
The Man in the Silo
2016 • Marcus Wells
Gallows Road poster
Gallows Road
2015 • Bob Collins
Horror Icon: Inside Michael's Mask with Tony Moran poster
Horror Icon: Inside Michael's Mask with Tony Moran
2015 • Self
Merry Ex-Mas poster
Merry Ex-Mas
2014 • Pastor Ed
You're Not You poster
You're Not You
2014 • John
Touched poster
Touched
2014 • Dr. Beck
To Hell and Back poster
To Hell and Back
2014 • Joe
The Grim Sleeper poster
The Grim Sleeper
2014 • Detective Gerry Claymar
Showing Up poster
Showing Up
2014 • Self
The Last Song poster
The Last Song
2014 • Guest
Dear Secret Santa poster
Dear Secret Santa
2013 • Pastor Avery
Doonby poster
Doonby
2013 • Leroy Jackson
Turning Point poster
Turning Point
2013 • Joe Johnson
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film poster
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
2013 • Percy
Battledogs poster
Battledogs
2013 • Max Stevens
Ambush at Dark Canyon poster
Ambush at Dark Canyon
2012 • Cyrus Parker
Deer Crossing poster
Deer Crossing
2012 • Captain Bailey
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta! poster
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta!
2012 • Pedro (voice)
The Adventures of Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Conspiracy poster
The Adventures of Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Conspiracy
2012 • Ivan Stumpwater
Beautiful People poster
Beautiful People
2012 • Jack
Underground Entertainment: The Movie poster
Underground Entertainment: The Movie
2011 • Ernie
Deep Blue Breath poster
Deep Blue Breath
2011 • Lord Vater (voice)
Game of Death poster
Game of Death
2011 • Clarence
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 poster
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
2011 • Pedro
Nowhere to Land poster
Nowhere to Land
2010 • Danny Gorlin
Stasis poster
Stasis
2010 • Stranger
Machete Joe poster
Machete Joe
2010 • Sheriff Taylor
Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball poster
Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball
2010 • Anthony Vejar
Pastor Brown poster
Pastor Brown
2009 • Deacon Harold Todd
Dragonball Evolution poster
Dragonball Evolution
2009 • Master Mutaito
Fatal Secrets poster
Fatal Secrets
2009 • Detective Carter
Lonely Street poster
Lonely Street
2009 • Captain Morgan
Final Approach poster
Final Approach
2008 • Agent Lorenzo Dawson
All Hat poster
All Hat
2007 • Jackson Jones
Nobel Son poster
Nobel Son
2007 • Bill Canega
The Ron Clark Story poster
The Ron Clark Story
2006 • Principal Turner
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror poster
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
2006 • Roscoe
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School poster
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2006 • Blake Rische
No Image
Halfway Decent
2005 • Tom
Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story poster
Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story
2005 • Perry Beasley
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous poster
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
2005 • Harry McDonald
Lackawanna Blues poster
Lackawanna Blues
2005 • Dick Barrymore
Confessions of an Action Star poster
Confessions of an Action Star
2005 • Self / Commander
Clifford's Really Big Movie poster
Clifford's Really Big Movie
2004 • P.T. (voice)
Anne B. Real poster
Anne B. Real
2003 • Principal
A Town Without Christmas poster
A Town Without Christmas
2001 • Ted
Walking Shadow poster
Walking Shadow
2001 • Hawk
Miss Congeniality poster
Miss Congeniality
2000 • Harry McDonald
Paper Bullets poster
Paper Bullets
2000 • Detective Ron Mills
Everything's Jake poster
Everything's Jake
2000 • Jake
The Watcher poster
The Watcher
2000 • FBI Special Agent in Charge Mike Ibby
Red Letters poster
Red Letters
2000 • Detective Glen Teal
A Stranger in the Kingdom poster
A Stranger in the Kingdom
1999 • Rev. Walter Andrews
Shark Attack poster
Shark Attack
1999 • Lawrence Rhodes
Interceptors poster
Interceptors
1999 • Major
Hijack poster
Hijack
1999 • Senator Douglas Wilson
Michael Jordan: An American Hero poster
Michael Jordan: An American Hero
1999
Stealth Fighter poster
Stealth Fighter
1999 • President Westwood
October 22 poster
October 22
1998 • Arthur
Butter poster
Butter
1998 • Curtis '8-Ball' Harris
Best of the Best 4: Without Warning poster
Best of the Best 4: Without Warning
1998 • Detective Gresko
Mr. Magoo poster
Mr. Magoo
1997 • Agent CIA Gus Anders
Clover poster
Clover
1997 • Gaten Hill
Fakin' Da Funk poster
Fakin' Da Funk
1997 • Joe Lee
Levitation poster
Levitation
1997 • Downbeat
Operation Delta Force poster
Operation Delta Force
1997 • Major Tipton
The Cherokee Kid poster
The Cherokee Kid
1996 • Nat Love aka Deadwood Dick
Just Your Luck poster
Just Your Luck
1996 • Willie
For Which He Stands poster
For Which He Stands
1996 • DEA Agent Baxter
Tornado! poster
Tornado!
1996 • Dr. Joe Branson
The Substitute poster
The Substitute
1996 • Claude Rolle
Congo poster
Congo
1995 • Captain Monroe Kelly
The Basketball Diaries poster
The Basketball Diaries
1995 • Reggie
Speechless poster
Speechless
1994 • Ventura
Airheads poster
Airheads
1994 • Sergeant O'Malley
The Cowboy Way poster
The Cowboy Way
1994 • Officer Sam 'Mad Dog' Shaw
The Crow poster
The Crow
1994 • Albrecht