Ernie Hudson
Earnest Lee Hudson is an American actor and voice actor. He is most known for his roles as Winston Zeddemore in the Ghostbusters film series, Warden Leo Glynn on HBO's Oz, and Sergeant Albrecht in The Crow.
He's had recurring roles on several TV shows including St. Elsewhere, Twin Peaks, Law & Order, HBO's Oz, Desperate Housewives, Heroes, Franklin & Bash, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, Modern Family, Graves, Grace and Frankie, APB, LA's Finest, Carl Weber's The Family Business, City on a Hill, and Quantum Leap (2022).
He's been in numerous films - most notably are the Ghostbusters series, The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, The Crow and its sequel The Crow: Stairway to Heaven, Miss Congeniality and its sequel Miss Congeniality 2, and You're Not You. He has also appeared in a few Hallmark movies.
Acted in
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024
as Winston Zeddemore
The Retirement Plan
2023
as Joseph
Prisoner's Daughter
2023
as Hank
Champions
2023
as Coach Phil Peretti
Quantum Leap
2022
as Herbert 'Magic' Williams
In Search of Tomorrow
2022
as Self - Interviewee
Beebo Saves Christmas
2021
as Santa Claus (voice)
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021
as Winston Zeddemore
Star Wars: The Bad Batch
2021
as Grini Millegi (voice)
Redemption Day
2021
as Ed Paxton
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020
as Prince Humperdinck
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020
as Self
Adventure Force 5
2019
The Movies That Made Us
2019
as Winston Zeddemore (archive footage)
Infinity Train
2019
as Atticus (voice)
City on a Hill
2019
as Franklin Ward
L.A.'s Finest
2019
as Joseph Burnett
Carl Weber's The Family Business
2018
as L.C. Duncan
Nappily Ever After
2018
as Richard Jones
High & Outside: A Baseball Noir
2018
as Sanzone
APB
2017
as Ned Conrad
Heaven Sent
2016
as Donatello
Infinity Train
2016
as Atticus (voice)
Graves
2016
as Jacob Mann
MacGyver
2016
as Milton Bozer
Lethal Weapon
2016
as Hank Peterson
Spaceman
2016
as Joe
Ghostbusters
2016
as Uncle Bill
Ghostheads
2016
as Self
God's Not Dead 2
2016
as Judge Stennis
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
2016
as Santa Claus (voice)
Batman: Bad Blood
2016
as Lucius Fox (voice)
Angie Tribeca
2016
as Pete Tribeca
The Man in the Silo
2016
as Marcus Wells
Grace and Frankie
2015
as Jacob
Gallows Road
2015
as Bob Collins
Merry Ex-Mas
2014
as Pastor Ed
You're Not You
2014
as John
Touched
2014
as Dr. Beck
Scorpion
2014
as Brooks
To Hell and Back
2014
as Joe
The Grim Sleeper
2014
as Detective Gerry Claymar
Showing Up
2014
as Self
The Last Song
2014
as Guest
Dear Secret Santa
2013
as Pastor Avery
Doonby
2013
as Leroy Jackson
Ironside
2013
as Bludso
Turning Point
2013
as Joe Johnson
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
2013
as Percy
Battledogs
2013
as Max Stevens
Ambush at Dark Canyon
2012
as Cyrus Parker
Arrow
2012
as Roy Stewart
Deer Crossing
2012
as Captain Bailey
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta!
2012
as Pedro (voice)
The Adventures of Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Conspiracy
2012
as Ivan Stumpwater
Scandal
2012
as Commander Randolph Boles
Comic Book Men
2012
as Self
Once Upon a Time
2011
as King Poseidon
Hart of Dixie
2011
as Ernie Hayes
Underground Entertainment: The Movie
2011
as Ernie
Franklin & Bash
2011
as Judge Lawrence Perry
Deep Blue Breath
2011
as Lord Vater (voice)
Game of Death
2011
as Clarence
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
2011
as Pedro
Transformers: Prime
2010
as Agent William Fowler (voice)
Blue Bloods
2010
as Darryl Ward
Stasis
2010
as Stranger
Rizzoli & Isles
2010
as Admiral Frost
Hot in Cleveland
2010
as Ernie Hudson
Machete Joe
2010
as Sheriff Taylor
Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball
2010
as Anthony Vejar
White Collar
2009
as Mr. Jeffries
Modern Family
2009
as Miles
Meteor
2009
as Gen. Brasser
Pastor Brown
2009
as Deacon Harold Todd
Dragonball Evolution
2009
as Master Mutaito
Fatal Secrets
2009
as Detective Carter
Lonely Street
2009
as Captain Morgan
Childrens Hospital
2008
as Hubert McGraw
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
2008
Final Approach
2008
as Agent Lorenzo Dawson
Private Practice
2007
as Captain Frank
All Hat
2007
as Jackson Jones
Nobel Son
2007
as Sgt. Bill Canega
Torchwood
2006
as Stuart Owens
Heroes
2006
as Captain Lubbock
The Ron Clark Story
2006
as Principal Turner
Psych
2006
as William Guster
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
2006
as Roscoe
Halfway Decent
2005
as Tom
Criminal Minds
2005
as Lt. Al Garner
How I Met Your Mother
2005
as Ernie Hudson
Bones
2005
as David Barron
Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story
2005
as Perry Beasley
Grey's Anatomy
2005
as Brad McDougall
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
2005
as Harry McDonald
Robot Chicken
2005
as Detective Ernie/judge Hudson jr/Justin's dad
Lackawanna Blues
2005
as Dick Barrymore
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2005
as Blake Rische
Confessions of an Action Star
2005
as Self / Commander
Desperate Housewives
2004
as Detective Ridley
Clifford's Really Big Movie
2004
as P.T. (voice)
Cold Case
2003
as Moses Jones
10-8: Officers on Duty
2003
Las Vegas
2003
as Bob Casey
Anne B. Real
2003
as Principal
Without a Trace
2002
as Manny Aybar
Everwood
2002
as Bill Hoover
A Town Without Christmas
2001
as Ted
Crossing Jordan
2001
as Colonel Wirth
Walking Shadow
2001
as Hawk
Miss Congeniality
2000
as Harry McDonald
Paper Bullets
2000
as Detective Ron Mills
Everything's Jake
2000
as Jake
The Watcher
2000
as FBI Special Agent in Charge Mike Ibby
Red Letters
2000
as Detective Glen Teal
Nowhere to Land
2000
as Danny Gorlin
A Stranger in the Kingdom
1999
as Rev. Walter Andrews
Shark Attack
1999
as Lawrence Rhodes
Interceptors
1999
as Major
Hijack
1999
as Senator Douglas Wilson
Michael Jordan: An American Hero
1999
Stealth Fighter
1999
as President Westwood
October 22
1998
as Arthur
Butter
1998
as Curtis '8-Ball' Harris
Best of the Best 4: Without Warning
1998
as Detective Gresko
The Crow: Stairway to Heaven
1998
as Albrecht
Mr. Magoo
1997
as Agent CIA Gus Anders
Clover
1997
as Gaten Hill
Stargate SG-1
1997
as Pernaux
Fakin' Da Funk
1997
as Joe Lee
Oz
1997
as Leo Glynn
Levitation
1997
as Downbeat
Operation Delta Force
1997
as Major Tipton
The Cherokee Kid
1996
as Nat Love aka Deadwood Dick
Just Your Luck
1996
as Willie
Superman: The Animated Series
1996
as Professor Felix (voice)
For Which He Stands
1996
as DEA Agent Baxter
Tornado!
1996
as Dr. Joe Branson
The Substitute
1996
as Claude Rolle
Congo
1995
as Captain Munro Kelly
The Basketball Diaries
1995
as Reggie
Speechless
1994
as Ventura
ER
1994
as Colonel James Gallant
Airheads
1994
as Sergeant O'Malley
The Cowboy Way
1994
as Officer Sam 'Mad Dog' Shaw
The Crow
1994
as Sergeant Albrecht
No Escape
1994
as Hawkins
Sugar Hill
1994
as Lolly Jonas
Wild Palms
1993
as Tommy Lazlo
The Ben Stiller Show
1992
Angel Street
1992
as Thurman Nickens
Batman: The Animated Series
1992
as Security Guard (voice)
The Hand that Rocks the Cradle
1992
as Solomon
Broken Badges
1990
as Toby Baker
Law & Order
1990
as Frank Gibson
Twin Peaks
1990
as Colonel Davis
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
1989
Ghostbusters II
1989
as Winston Zeddemore
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Zambini
Collision Course
1989
as Shortcut
Leviathan
1989
as Justin Jones
Trapper County War
1989
as Jefferson Carter
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
1988
as Joe Hamilton
The Wrong Guys
1988
as Dawson
Weeds
1987
as Bagdad
Full House
1987
as Reggie "The Sandman" Martin
The Last Precinct
1986
as Sergeant Lane
The Last Precinct
1986
as Night Train
Love on the Run
1985
as Lamar
The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians
1985
Joy of Sex
1984
as Mr. Porter
Ghostbusters
1984
as Winston Zeddemore
Two of a Kind
1983
as Det. Skaggs
Women of San Quentin
1983
as Charles Wilson
Going Berserk
1983
as Muhammed Jerome Willy
Webster
1983
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
1983
as Washington
The A-Team
1983
as Cal Freeman
St. Elsewhere
1982
Penitentiary II
1982
as Half Dead
Crazy Times
1981
as Harold 'Jazzman' Malloy
A Matter of Life and Death
1981
as Mr. Harrison
Flamingo Road
1981
Underground Aces
1981
as African General
The Jazz Singer
1980
as Heckler
Bosom Buddies
1980
The Octagon
1980
as Quinine
White Mama
1980
as Counsellor
The $5.20 an Hour Dream
1980
as Homer Burden
Skag
1980
Detective School
1979
The Main Event
1979
as Killer
Joni
1979
as Earl
Highcliffe Manor
1979
as Smythe
The White Shadow
1978
as Johnson
Diff'rent Strokes
1978
Taxi
1978
as Terry Carver
Last of the Good Guys
1978
as El Coliph
Mad Bull
1977
as Black Bart
The Incredible Hulk
1977
as Lee
The Human Tornado
1976
as Bo
Leadbelly
1976
as Archie (as Earnest L. Hudson)
Little House on the Prairie
1974
Super Friends
1973
as Cyborg (voice)
Mr. Beebee
as Wayne Proctor
Oswald: Down The Rabbit Hole
as Oswald Jebediah Coleman
Beautiful People
as Jack