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