Ernie Hudson
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1945-12-17
Place of Birth
Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA
Ernie Hudson
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ernie Hudson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, is a full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also Known For
Ghostbusters
Jun 08, 1984
Miss Congeniality
Dec 22, 2000
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Mar 11, 2005
Joni
Jun 01, 1979
Congo
Jun 09, 1995
The Watcher
Sep 08, 2000
The Basketball Diaries
Apr 21, 1995
Ghostbusters II
Jun 16, 1989
All Hat
Sep 11, 2007
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Jan 10, 1992
The Wrong Guys
May 13, 1988
Stealth Fighter
Jan 01, 1999
October 22
Nov 04, 1998
Going Berserk
Sep 30, 1983
The Octagon
Aug 14, 1980
Everything's Jake
Sep 25, 2000
The Human Tornado
Oct 02, 1976
The Ron Clark Story
Aug 13, 2006
You're Not You
Oct 10, 2014
The Crow
May 11, 1994
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
May 20, 1983
Airheads
Aug 05, 1994
A Town Without Christmas
Dec 16, 2001
Dragonball Evolution
Mar 12, 2009
Shark Attack
Nov 09, 1999
Best of the Best 4: Without Warning
Oct 10, 1998
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
Nov 10, 1988
Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball
Jan 19, 2010
Leviathan
Mar 17, 1989
Beebo Saves Christmas
Dec 01, 2021
Tornado!
May 06, 1996
Michael Jordan: An American Hero
Apr 18, 1999
Speechless
Dec 16, 1994
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
Jun 27, 2006
Nobel Son
Apr 28, 2007
Stasis
Sep 08, 2010
Pastor Brown
Jun 26, 2009
Confessions of an Action Star
Jan 23, 2005
Fakin' Da Funk
Jul 20, 1997
Interceptors
Sep 11, 1999
Final Approach
May 24, 2008
Penitentiary II
Apr 02, 1982
Fatal Secrets
Jan 03, 2009
Sugar Hill
Feb 25, 1994
Clifford's Really Big Movie
Feb 20, 2004
The Cowboy Way
Jun 03, 1994
Prisoner's Daughter
Jun 30, 2023
Joy of Sex
Aug 03, 1984
The Retirement Plan
Aug 24, 2023
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Mar 20, 2024
Weeds
Oct 16, 1987
Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story
Aug 22, 2005
Collision Course
Apr 27, 1989
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta!
Sep 03, 2012
Doonby
Nov 01, 2013
Underground Aces
Jan 02, 1981
Anne B. Real
Jan 01, 2003
For Which He Stands
May 17, 1996
Butter
Oct 13, 1998
Lackawanna Blues
Feb 12, 2005
Deer Crossing
Sep 25, 2012
Clover
Sep 10, 1997
Paper Bullets
Oct 23, 2000
Battledogs
Apr 05, 2013
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
Apr 20, 2013
Mad Bull
Dec 21, 1977
Walking Shadow
Aug 26, 2001
Ambush at Dark Canyon
Oct 24, 2012
White Mama
Mar 05, 1980
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
Jan 07, 2020
Levitation
Apr 01, 1997
To Hell and Back
Apr 04, 2014
Showing Up
Feb 25, 2014
The Grim Sleeper
Mar 15, 2014
A Stranger in the Kingdom
Nov 23, 1999
Deep Blue Breath
Apr 30, 2011
Red Letters
Jun 09, 2000
The $5.20 an Hour Dream
Jan 26, 1980
The Substitute
Apr 19, 1996
Dear Secret Santa
Nov 30, 2013
Love on the Run
Oct 21, 1985
The Last Precinct
Jan 26, 1986
Operation Delta Force
Jan 01, 1997
The Man in the Silo
Jan 09, 2016
Nowhere to Land
Mar 12, 2000
Hijack
Aug 31, 1999
Leadbelly
May 28, 1976
Machete Joe
Jan 29, 2010
Game of Death
Mar 31, 2011
Skag
Jan 06, 1980
No Escape
Apr 29, 1994
Champions
Mar 09, 2023
Gallows Road
Apr 22, 2015
Crazy Times
Apr 10, 1981
The Main Event
Jun 22, 1979
Touched
Oct 04, 2014
A Matter of Life and Death
Jan 13, 1981
Oswald: Down The Rabbit Hole
God's Not Dead 2
Apr 01, 2016
Batman: Bad Blood
Jan 19, 2016
Merry Ex-Mas
Dec 05, 2014
Spaceman
Aug 19, 2016
The Cherokee Kid
Dec 14, 1996
Ghostbusters
Jul 14, 2016
Two of a Kind
Dec 13, 1983
California Girls
Mar 24, 1985
Ghostheads
Apr 23, 2016
Meteor
Jul 11, 2009
Infinity Train
Nov 02, 2016
Heaven Sent
Dec 03, 2016
Trapper County War
Jan 01, 1989
The Jazz Singer
Dec 17, 1980
Mr. Beebee
Nappily Ever After
Sep 21, 2018
Just Your Luck
Nov 29, 1996
The Adventures of Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Conspiracy
May 10, 2012
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
Jan 12, 2006
Turning Point
May 24, 2013
Last of the Good Guys
Mar 07, 1978
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Nov 18, 2021
Underground Entertainment: The Movie
Jun 06, 2011
Adventure Force 5
Dec 19, 2019
Lonely Street
Jan 01, 2009
In Search of Tomorrow
Feb 19, 2022
The Last Song
Jan 01, 2014
Mr. Magoo
Dec 25, 1997
High & Outside: A Baseball Noir
Feb 28, 2018
Redemption Day
Jan 08, 2021
Women of San Quentin
Oct 23, 1983
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
Feb 01, 2011
Halfway Decent
Oct 20, 2005
Deepest, Darkest
Famous
Beautiful People
May 01, 2012
Sisters in Italy
Toy Story 5
Jun 17, 2026
FEEL
May 16, 2025
St. Elsewhere
Oct 26, 1982
The Ben Stiller Show
Sep 27, 1992
How I Met Your Mother
Sep 19, 2005
Law & Order
Sep 13, 1990
Psych
Jul 07, 2006
Desperate Housewives
Oct 03, 2004
The A-Team
Jan 23, 1983
Little House on the Prairie
Sep 11, 1974
Heroes
Sep 25, 2006
Bones
Sep 13, 2005
Cold Case
Sep 28, 2003
Tales from the Crypt
Jun 10, 1989
Everwood
Sep 16, 2002
Crossing Jordan
Sep 24, 2001
Diff'rent Strokes
Nov 03, 1978
Flamingo Road
Jan 06, 1981
The View
Aug 11, 1997
Comic Book Men
Feb 12, 2012
Wild Palms
May 16, 1993
Webster
Sep 16, 1983
Bosom Buddies
Nov 27, 1980
Without a Trace
Sep 26, 2002
Private Practice
Sep 26, 2007
Superman: The Animated Series
Sep 06, 1996
Full House
Sep 22, 1987
Stargate SG-1
Jul 27, 1997
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
Jul 01, 2008
Infinity Train
Aug 05, 2019
MacGyver
Sep 23, 2016
ER
Sep 19, 1994
The White Shadow
Nov 27, 1978
The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians
Sep 11, 1985
10-8: Officers on Duty
Sep 28, 2003
The Last Precinct
Apr 11, 1986
Highcliffe Manor
Apr 12, 1979
Super Friends
Sep 08, 1973
Batman: The Animated Series
Sep 05, 1992
Meteor
Jul 12, 2009
Detective School
Jul 31, 1979
Transformers: Prime
Nov 26, 2010
Broken Badges
Nov 24, 1990
Oz
Jul 12, 1997
Beautiful People
White Collar
Oct 23, 2009
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Feb 25, 2014
Modern Family
Sep 23, 2009
Rizzoli & Isles
Jul 12, 2010
APB
Feb 06, 2017
Graves
Oct 16, 2016
Taxi
Sep 12, 1978
Childrens Hospital
Dec 08, 2008
Scorpion
Sep 22, 2014
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Jun 29, 2020
Blue Bloods
Sep 24, 2010
Once Upon a Time
Oct 23, 2011
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
Sep 04, 1989
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Sep 09, 2019
Scandal
Apr 05, 2012
Lethal Weapon
Sep 21, 2016
Carl Weber's The Family Business
Nov 13, 2018
Franklin & Bash
Jun 01, 2011
Angie Tribeca
Jan 17, 2016
Quantum Leap
Sep 19, 2022
City on a Hill
Jun 16, 2019
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Oct 03, 2009
Twin Peaks
Apr 08, 1990
Sherri
Sep 12, 2022
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Feb 17, 2014
Las Vegas
Sep 22, 2003
Grey's Anatomy
Mar 27, 2005
The Movies That Made Us
Nov 29, 2019
Robot Chicken
Feb 20, 2005
L.A.'s Finest
May 13, 2019
Torchwood
Oct 22, 2006
The Incredible Hulk
Nov 04, 1977
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Sep 12, 2022
Ballers
Jun 21, 2015
Arrow
Oct 10, 2012
Star Wars: The Bad Batch
May 04, 2021
Ironside
Oct 02, 2013
Hart of Dixie
Sep 26, 2011
Hot in Cleveland
Jun 16, 2010
Reunited Apart
Apr 27, 2020
Grace and Frankie
May 08, 2015
The Insiders
Sep 25, 1985
Touched by an Angel
Sep 21, 1994
Criminal Minds
Sep 22, 2005
Guys with Kids
Sep 12, 2012
Angry Birds Mystery Island
May 21, 2024
The New Odd Couple
Oct 29, 1982
Fantasy Island
Jan 28, 1978
The Last Leg
Jan 25, 2013
Key & Peele
Jan 31, 2012
The Masked Singer
Jan 02, 2019
Boston Blue
