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.
Born: 17 December 1945
Played In
Toy Story 5
Combat Carl (voice)
Boston Blue
Rev. Edwin Peters
John Candy: I Like Me
Self - Actor (archive footage)
FEEL
Sitter 10
Angry Birds Mystery Island
Marlon (voice)
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
Winston Zeddemore
The Retirement Plan
Joseph
Prisoner's Daughter
Hank
Darrin's Dance Grooves: The Untold Darrin Henson Story
Self (voiceover)
Champions
Coach Phil Peretti
Quantum Leap
Herbert 'Magic' Williams
Sherri
Self - Guest
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self
In Search of Tomorrow
Self - Interviewee
Beebo Saves Christmas
Santa Claus (voice)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Winston Zeddemore
Star Wars: The Bad Batch
Grini Millegi (voice)
Redemption Day
Ed Paxton
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Prince Humperdinck
Reunited Apart
Self
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
Self
Adventure Force 5
Dr. Lawrence Abel
The Movies That Made Us
Winston Zeddemore (archive footage)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
Infinity Train
Atticus (voice)
City on a Hill
Franklin Ward
L.A.'s Finest
Joseph Vaughn
The Masked Singer
Self - Special Guest
Carl Weber's The Family Business
L.C. Duncan
Nappily Ever After
Richard Jones
High & Outside: A Baseball Noir
Sanzone
Steve
Self
APB
Ned Conrad
Heaven Sent
Donatello
Infinity Train
Atticus (voice)
Graves
Jacob Mann
MacGyver
Milton Bozer
Lethal Weapon
Hank Peterson
Spaceman
Joe
Ghostbusters
Uncle Bill
Ghostheads
Self
God's Not Dead 2
Judge Stennis
Batman: Bad Blood
Lucius Fox (voice)
Angie Tribeca
Pete Tribeca
The Man in the Silo
Marcus Wells
Ballers
Mr. Hagerty
Grace and Frankie
Jacob
Gallows Road
Bob Collins
Horror Icon: Inside Michael's Mask with Tony Moran
Self
Merry Ex-Mas
Pastor Ed
You're Not You
John
Touched
Dr. Beck
Scorpion
Brooks
To Hell and Back
Joe
The Grim Sleeper
Detective Gerry Claymar
Showing Up
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
The Last Song
Guest
Dear Secret Santa
Pastor Avery
Doonby
Leroy Jackson
The Millers
Walter
Ironside
Bludso
Turning Point
Joe Johnson
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
Percy
Battledogs
Max Stevens
The Last Leg
Self
Ambush at Dark Canyon
Cyrus Parker
Arrow
Roy Stewart
Deer Crossing
Captain Bailey
Guys with Kids
The Judge
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta!
Pedro (voice)
The Adventures of Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Conspiracy
Ivan Stumpwater
Scandal
Commander Randolph Boles
Comic Book Men
Self
Key & Peele
Dad
Once Upon a Time
King Poseidon
Hart of Dixie
Ernie Hayes
Underground Entertainment: The Movie
Ernie
Franklin & Bash
Judge Lawrence Perry
Deep Blue Breath
Lord Vater (voice)
Game of Death
Clarence
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
Pedro
Transformers: Prime
Agent William Fowler (voice)
Nowhere to Land
Danny Gorlin
Blue Bloods
Darryl Ward
Stasis
Stranger
Rizzoli & Isles
Admiral Frost
Hot in Cleveland
Ernie Hudson
Machete Joe
Sheriff Taylor
Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball
Anthony Vejar
White Collar
Mr. Jeffries
Celebrity Ghost Stories
Self
Modern Family
Miles
Meteor
Gen. Brasser
Pastor Brown
Deacon Harold Todd
Dragonball Evolution
Master Mutaito
Fatal Secrets
Detective Carter
Lonely Street
Captain Morgan
Childrens Hospital
Hubert McGraw
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
Dr. Ken Fields
Final Approach
Agent Lorenzo Dawson
Private Practice
Captain Frank
All Hat
Jackson Jones
Nobel Son
Bill Canega
Torchwood
Stuart Owens
Heroes
Captain Lubbock
The Ron Clark Story
Principal Turner
Psych
William Guster
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
Roscoe
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
Blake Rische
Halfway Decent
Tom
Criminal Minds
Lt. Al Garner
How I Met Your Mother
Ernie Hudson
Bones
David Barron
Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story
Perry Beasley
Grey's Anatomy
Brad McDougall
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Harry McDonald
Robot Chicken
Detective Ernie / Judge Hudson Jr. / Justin's Dad (voice)
Lackawanna Blues
Dick Barrymore
Confessions of an Action Star
Self / Commander
Desperate Housewives
Detective Ridley
Clifford's Really Big Movie
P.T. (voice)
Cold Case
Moses Jones
10-8: Officers on Duty
Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes
Las Vegas
Bob Casey
Anne B. Real
Principal
Without a Trace
Manny Aybar
Everwood
Bill Hoover
A Town Without Christmas
Ted
Crossing Jordan
Colonel Wirth
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
The View
Self
Stargate SG-1
Pernaux
Fakin' Da Funk
Joe Lee
Oz
Leo Glynn
Levitation
Downbeat
Operation Delta Force
Major Tipton
The Cherokee Kid
Nat Love aka Deadwood Dick
Just Your Luck
Willie
Superman: The Animated Series
Professor Felix (voice)
Arli$$
Warden Leo Glynn
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
Touched by an Angel
Norm McCloud
ER
James Gallant
Airheads
Sergeant O'Malley
The Cowboy Way
Officer Sam 'Mad Dog' Shaw
The Crow
Albrecht
No Escape
Hawkins
Sugar Hill
Lolly Jonas
Wild Palms
Tommy Lazlo
The Ben Stiller Show
Angel Street
Thurman Nickens
Batman: The Animated Series
Security Guard (voice)
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Solomon
Broken Badges
Toby Baker
Cop Rock
Cmdr. Warren Osborne
Law & Order
Frank Gibson
Twin Peaks
Colonel Davis
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
Ernie Hudson
Ghostbusters II
Winston Zeddemore
Tales from the Crypt
Zambini
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
Full House
Reggie "The Sandman" Martin
The Last Precinct
Sergeant Lane
The Last Precinct
Night Train
Love on the Run
Lamar
The Insiders
Brewster
The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians
Cyborg (voice)
California Girls
Ernie
On the Scene with the Ghostbusters
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
Webster
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
Washington
The A-Team
Cal Freeman
The New Odd Couple
Moses Brown
St. Elsewhere
Jerry Close
Penitentiary II
Half Dead
Crazy Times
Harold 'Jazzman' Malloy
A Matter of Life and Death
Mr. Harrison
Flamingo Road
Underground Aces
African General
The Jazz Singer
Heckler
Bosom Buddies
The Octagon
Quinine
White Mama
Counsellor
The $5.20 an Hour Dream
Homer Burden
Skag
Detective School
The Main Event
Killer
Joni
Earl
Highcliffe Manor
Smythe
Roots: The Next Generations
Muslim at Door
The White Shadow
Johnson
Diff'rent Strokes
Taxi
Terry Carver
Last of the Good Guys
El Coliph
Fantasy Island
Jamu
Mad Bull
Black Bart
The Incredible Hulk
Lee
Man from Atlantis IV: The Disappearances
Minion
The Human Tornado
Bo
Leadbelly
Archie
Little House on the Prairie
William Thomas
Super Friends
Cyborg (voice)
Oswald: Down The Rabbit Hole
Oswald Jebediah Coleman
Mr. Beebee
Wayne Proctor
Deepest, Darkest
Famous
Sisters in Italy
Hal
Beautiful People
Jack