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Ernie Hudson

Earnest Lee Hudson is an American actor. His roles include Winston Zeddemore in the Ghostbusters film series, Sergeant Darryl Albrecht in The Crow (1994), and Warden Leo Glynn on HBO's Oz (1997–2003). Hudson has also acted in the films Leviathan (1989), The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992), Airheads (1994), The Basketball Diaries (1995), Congo (1995), Miss Congeniality (2000) and as Principal Turner in The Ron Clark Story (2006).


Aliases
  • Earnest Lee Hudson
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A Stranger in the Kingdom

1999
as Rev. Walter Andrews

APB

2017
as Ned Conrad

Airheads

1994
as Sergeant O'Malley

All Hat

2007
as Jackson Jones

Ambush at Dark Canyon

2012
as Cyrus Parker

Balancing the Books

2009
as Detective Carter

Batman: Bad Blood

2016
as Lucius Fox (voice)

Battledogs

2013
as Max Stevens

Beebo Saves Christmas

2021
as Santa Claus (voice)

Butter

1998
as Curtis '8-Ball' Harris

Champions

2023
as Coach Phil Perretti

Clover

1997
as Gaten Hill

Collision Course

1988
as Shortcut

Congo

1995
as Captain Munro Kelly

Crazy Times

1981
as Harold 'Jazzman' Malloy

Dear Secret Santa

2013
as Pastor Avery

Deer Crossing

2012
as Captain Bailey

Doonby

2013
as Leroy Jackson

Dragonball Evolution

2009
as Master Mutaito

Fakin' Da Funk

1997
as Joe Lee

Final Approach

2008
as Agent Lorenzo Dawson

For Which He Stands

1996
as DEA Agent Baxter

Gallows Road

2015
as Bob Collins

Game of Death

2010
as Clarence

Ghostbusters

2016
as Uncle Bill

Ghostbusters

1984
as Winston Zeddmore

Ghostbusters II

1989
as Winston Zeddemore

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

2021
as Dr. Winston Zeddmore

Ghostheads

2016
as Himself

God's Not Dead 2

2016
as Judge Stennis

Going Berserk

1983
as Jerome Willy Muhammed

Graves

2016
as Jacob Mann

Heaven Sent

2016
as Donatello

Hijack

1999
as Senator Douglas Wilson

Home Movie: The Princess Bride

2020
as Prince Humperdinck

Hood of Horror

2006
as Roscoe

Infinity Train

2019
as Atticus

Infinity Train

2016
as Atticus (voice)

Interceptors

1999
as Major

Joy of Sex

1984
as Mr. Porter

Just Your Luck

1996
as Willie

L.A.'s Finest

2019
as Joseph Burnett

Lackawanna Blues

2005
as Dick Barrymore

Leadbelly

1976
as Archie (as Earnest L. Hudson)

Leviathan

1989
as Justin Jones

Levitation

1997
as Downbeat

Machete Joe

2010
as Sheriff Taylor

Merry Ex-Mas

2014
as Pastor Ed

Meteor: Path to Destruction

2009
as General Brasser

Miss Congeniality

2000
as Harry McDonald

Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous

2005
as FBI Asst. Director Harry McDonald

Mr. Beebee

as Wayne Proctor

Nappily Ever After

2018
as Richard Jones

No Escape

1994
as Hawkins

Nobel Son

2007
as Sgt. Bill Canega

Nowhere to Land

2000
as Danny Gorlin

October 22

1998
as Arthur

Operation Delta Force

1997
as Major Tipton

Oz

1997
as Warden Leo Glynn

Paper Bullets

1999
as Detective Ron Mills

Pastor Brown

2009
as Deacon Harold Todd

Penitentiary II

1982
as Half Dead

Reckless

2013
as Frank Wolfe

Red Letters

2000
as Detective Glen Teal

Redemption Day

2021
as Ed Paxton

Shark Attack

1999
as Lawrence Rhodes

Showing Up

2014
as Himself

Spaceman

2016
as Joe

Speechless

1994
as Ventura

Stasis

2010
as Stranger

Stealth Fighter

1999
as President Westwood

Sugar Hill

1994
as Lolly Jonas

The Cherokee Kid

1996
as Nat Love aka Deadwood Dick

The Cowboy Way

1994
as Officer Sam 'Mad Dog' Shaw

The Crow

1994
as Sergeant Albrecht

The Family Business

2018
as L.C. Duncan

The Grim Sleeper

2014
as Detective Gerry Claymar

The Jazz Singer

1980
as Heckler

The Main Event

1979
as Killer

The Octagon

1980
as Quinine

The Ron Clark Story

2006
as Principal Turner

The Substitute

1996
as Claude Rolle

The Watcher

2000
as FBI Special Agent in Charge Mike Ibby

The Wrong Guys

1988
as Dawson

Tornado!

1996
as Dr. Joe Branson

Touched

2014
as Dr. Beck

Transformers: Prime

2010
as Agent Fowler

Trapper County War

1989
as Jefferson Carter

Two of a Kind

1983
as Det. Skaggs

Weeds

1987
as Bagdad

Wild Palms

1993
as Tommy Lazlo

Producer

Movie Everything's Jake 2000

Guest Star

Episode ER
21 Guns
2006
Episode Cold Case
8:03 AM
2007
Episode Lifestories: Families in Crisis
A Body to Die For: The Aaron Henry Story
1994
Episode The War
A Deadly Calling
2007
Episode Black Sheep Squadron
A Little Bit of England
1978
Episode One Day at a Time
A Little Larceny
1979
Episode The War
A Necessary War
2007
Episode Modern Family
A Stereotypical Day
2016
Episode The War
A World Without War
2007
Episode Superman: The Animated Series
Action Figures
1997
Episode Diff'rent Strokes
Almost American
1981
Episode The Insiders
Another Fine Mess
1985
Episode DC's Legends of Tomorrow
Beebo Saves Christmas
2021
Episode The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd & Ernie Hudson, Finneas
2021
Episode St. Elsewhere
Breathless
1984
Episode The Gregory Hines Show
Carpe Diem
1998
Episode Little House on the Prairie
Chicago
1981
Episode Crossing Jordan
Code of Ethics
2006
Episode The Millers
Dear Diary
2014
Episode The Dukes of Hazzard
Dear Diary
1982
Episode The Anthony Cumia Show
Episode 358 - With Ernie Hudson and Ian Halperin
2016
Episode Stargate SG-1
Ethon
2006
Episode The War
FUBAR
2007
Episode St. Elsewhere
Fade to White
1984
Episode Fantasy Island
Family Reunion / Voodoo
1978
Episode Tales from the Crypt
Food for Thought
1993
Episode Lethal Weapon
Funny Money
2018
Episode Reunited Apart
Ghostbusters Reunited Apart
2020
Episode Rizzoli & Isles
Goodbye
2014
Episode Psych
Gus' Dad May Have Killed An Old Guy!
2007
Episode MacGyver (2016)
H2O + Orthophosphates + Mission City + Corrosion + Origins
2021
Episode Webster
Happy Un-Birthday
1983
Episode The Haunted Hathaways
Haunted Visitor
2014
Episode Heroes
Hysterical Blindness
2009
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Jay Leno (guest host), Mariette Hartley, Ernie Hudson, Al Jarreau
1989
Episode The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Jay Leno (guest host), Sid Caesar, Franklin Ajaye, Ernie Hudson, Billy Vera & The Beaters
1989
Episode Childrens Hospital
Joke Overload
2010
Episode Batman: The Animated Series
Joker's Wild
1992
Episode Without a Trace
Kam Li
2003
Episode Full House
Knock Yourself Out
1987
Episode The Incredible Hulk
Like a Brother
1979
Episode Grace Under Fire
Love Thy Neighbor
1996
Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts, Post Malone
2016
Episode St. Elsewhere
My Aim is True
1984
Episode Las Vegas
My Uncle's a Gas
2007
Episode Desperate Housewives
No Fits, No Fights, No Feuds
2007
Episode Private Practice
Nothing to Talk About
2008
Episode Inside Of You
OG Ghostbuster Ernie Hudson
2021
Episode Taxi
Of Mice and Tony
1981
Episode Bosom Buddies
One for You, One for Me
1981
Episode St. Elsewhere
Playing God (1)
1984
Episode Once Upon a Time (2011)
Poor Unfortunate Soul
2015
Episode Grace Under Fire
Pregnant Pause
1996
Episode The War
Pride of our Nation
2007
Episode RiffTrax
Quiptracks: Dragonball Evolution
2010
Episode Rizzoli & Isles
Sailor Man
2011
Episode Blue Bloods
School of Hard Knocks
2018
Episode Hart of Dixie
Snowflakes & Soulmates
2012
Episode Arrow
Spartan
2019
Episode ER
Strange Bedfellows
2006
Episode St. Elsewhere
Strikeout
1984
Episode Heroes
Tabula Rasa
2009
Episode Too Close for Comfort
The Bag Lady
1980
Episode It's a Living
The Bar
1986
Episode Everwood
The Birds & the Batteries
2004
Episode The War
The Ghost Front
2007
Episode Las Vegas
The High Price of Gas
2007
Episode Bones
The Man in the Mansion
2007
Episode Torchwood
The Middle Men
2011
Episode Last Resort
The Pointy End of the Spear
2013
Episode The A-Team
The Taxicab Wars
1983
Episode Bones
The Verdict in the Story
2008
Episode Ken Burns Films
The War: A Deadly Calling
2007
Episode Ken Burns Films
The War: A Necessary War
2007
Episode Ken Burns Films
The War: A World Without War
2007
Episode Ken Burns Films
The War: FUBAR
2007
Episode Ken Burns Films
The War: Pride Of Our Nation
2007
Episode Ken Burns Films
The War: The Ghost Front
2007
Episode Ken Burns Films
The War: When Things Get Tough
2007
Episode Ballers
This Is Not Our World
2018
Episode Modern Family
Thunk in the Trunk
2016
Episode St. Elsewhere
Two Balls and a Strike
1984
Episode The War
When Things Get Tough
2007
Episode The Ben Stiller Show
With Bobcat Goldthwait
1992