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.
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Movies (143)
Toy Story 5
2026 · Combat Carl (voice)
John Candy: me agrado
2025 · Self - Actor (archive footage)
FEEL
2025 · Sitter 10
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024 · Winston Zeddemore
Plan de Retiro
2023 · Joseph
La hija del prisionero
2023 · Hank
Darrin's Dance Grooves: The Untold Darrin Henson Story
2023 · Self (voiceover)
Los campeones
2023 · Coach Phil Peretti
Ghost in the House
2023 · Writer
In Search of Tomorrow
2022 · Self - Interviewee
Beebo Saves Christmas
2021 · Santa Claus (voice)
Ghostbusters: El Legado
2021 · Winston Zeddemore
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2021 · Ed Paxton
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020 · Self
Adventure Force 5
2019 · Dr. Lawrence Abel
El rizado camino a la felicidad
2018 · Richard Jones
High & Outside: A Baseball Noir
2018 · Sanzone
Heaven Sent
2016 · Donatello
Infinity Train
2016 · Atticus (voice)
Spaceman
2016 · Joe
Ghostbusters
2016 · Uncle Bill
Los Cazafantasmas 3
2016 · Self
Dios no está muerto 2
2016 · Judge Stennis
Batman: Mala Sangre
2016 · Lucius Fox (voice)
The Man in the Silo
2016 · Marcus Wells
Gallows Road
2015 · Bob Collins
Horror Icon: Inside Michael's Mask with Tony Moran
2015 · Self
Merry Ex-Mas
2014 · Pastor Ed
You're Not You
2014 · John
Touched
2014 · Dr. Beck
To Hell and Back
2014 · Joe
The Grim Sleeper
2014 · Detective Gerry Claymar
Showing Up
2014 · Self
The Last Song
2014 · Guest
Dear Secret Santa
2013 · Pastor Avery
Doonby
2013 · Leroy Jackson
Turning Point
2013 · Joe Johnson
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
2013 · Percy
Battledogs
2013 · Max Stevens
Ambush at Dark Canyon
2012 · Cyrus Parker
Deer Crossing
2012 · Captain Bailey
Una Chihuahua de Beverly Hills 3: ¡Viva la Fiesta!
2012 · Pedro (voice)
The Adventures of Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Conspiracy
2012 · Ivan Stumpwater
Underground Entertainment: The Movie
2011 · Ernie
Deep Blue Breath
2011 · Lord Vater (voice)
Una chihuahua de Beverly Hills 2
2011 · Pedro
Juego mortal
2010 · Clarence
Stasis
2010 · Stranger
Machete Joe
2010 · Sheriff Taylor
Aces calientes 2 Bola de Asesinos
2010 · Anthony Vejar
Pastor Brown
2009 · Deacon Harold Todd
DragonBall Evolución
2009 · Sifu Norris
Fatal Secrets
2009 · Detective Carter
Lonely Street
2009 · Captain Morgan
Final Approach
2008 · Agent Lorenzo Dawson
All Hat
2007 · Jackson Jones
Nobel Son
2007 · Bill Canega
Unidos para triunfar
2006 · Principal Turner
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
2006 · Roscoe
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2006 · Blake Rische
Halfway Decent
2005 · Tom
Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story
2005 · Perry Beasley
Miss Simpatía 2: Armada y Fabulosa
2005 · Harry McDonald
Lackawanna Blues
2005 · Dick Barrymore
Confessions of an Action Star
2005 · Self / Commander
Clifford's Really Big Movie
2004 · P.T. (voice)
Anne B. Real
2003 · Principal
A Town Without Christmas
2001 · Ted
Walking Shadow
2001 · Hawk
Miss Simpatía
2000 · McDonald
Paper Bullets
2000 · Detective Ron Mills
Everything's Jake
2000 · Jake
El observador
2000 · FBI Special Agent in Charge Mike Ibby
Red Letters
2000 · Detective Glen Teal
Nowhere to Land
2000 · Danny Gorlin
Miracle on the 17th Green
1999
A Stranger in the Kingdom
1999 · Rev. Walter Andrews
Shark Attack
1999 · Lawrence Rhodes
Interceptors
1999 · Major
Hijack
1999 · Senator Douglas Wilson
Michael Jordan: An American Hero
1999
Stealth Fighter
1999 · President Westwood
October 22
1998 · Arthur
Butter
1998 · Curtis '8-Ball' Harris
Best of the Best 4: Without Warning
1998 · Detective Gresko
Mr. Magoo
1997 · Agent CIA Gus Anders
Clover
1997 · Gaten Hill
Fakin' Da Funk
1997 · Joe Lee
Levitation
1997 · Downbeat
Operation Delta Force
1997 · Major Tipton
The Cherokee Kid
1996 · Nat Love aka Deadwood Dick
Just Your Luck
1996 · Willie
For Which He Stands
1996 · DEA Agent Baxter
Tornado!
1996 · Dr. Joe Branson
The Substitute
1996 · Claude Rolle
Congo
1995 · Captain Monroe Kelly
The Basketball Diaries
1995 · Reggie
Speechless
1994 · Ventura
Airheads
1994 · Sergeant O'Malley
The Cowboy Way
1994 · Officer Sam 'Mad Dog' Shaw
The Crow
1994 · Albrecht
No Escape
1994 · Hawkins
Sugar Hill
1994 · Lolly Jonas
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
1992 · Solomon
Ghostbusters II
1989 · Winston Zeddemore
Collision Course
1989 · Shortcut
Leviathan
1989 · Justin Jones
Trapper County War
1989 · Jefferson Carter
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
1988 · Joe Hamilton
The Wrong Guys
1988 · Dawson
Weeds
1987 · Bagdad
The Last Precinct
1986 · Night Train
Love on the Run
1985 · Lamar
California Girls
1985 · Ernie
On the Scene with the Ghostbusters
1984
Joy of Sex
1984 · Mr. Porter
Ghostbusters
1984 · Winston Zeddemore
Two of a Kind
1983 · Det. Skaggs
Women of San Quentin
1983 · Charles Wilson
Going Berserk
1983 · Muhammed Jerome Willy
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
1983 · Washington
Penitentiary II
1982 · Half Dead
Crazy Times
1981 · Harold 'Jazzman' Malloy
A Matter of Life and Death
1981 · Mr. Harrison
Underground Aces
1981 · African General
The Jazz Singer
1980 · Heckler
The Octagon
1980 · Quinine
White Mama
1980 · Counsellor
The $5.20 an Hour Dream
1980 · Homer Burden
Skag
1980
The Main Event
1979 · Killer
Joni
1979 · Earl
Last of the Good Guys
1978 · El Coliph
Mad Bull
1977 · Black Bart
Man from Atlantis IV: The Disappearances
1977 · Minion
The Human Tornado
1976 · Bo
Leadbelly
1976 · Archie
Oswald: Down The Rabbit Hole
· Oswald Jebediah Coleman
Mr. Beebee
· Wayne Proctor
Deepest, Darkest
Famous
Sisters in Italy
Hal
TV shows (101)
Boston Blue
2025 · Rev. Edwin Peters
Angry Birds - La Isla Misteriosa: Una Aventura De Polluelos
2024 · Marlon (voice)
Quantum Leap
2022 · Herbert 'Magic' Williams
Sherri
2022 · Self - Guest
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · Self
Star Wars: The Bad Batch
2021 · Grini Millegi (voice)
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020 · Prince Humperdinck
Reunited Apart
2020 · Self
Las películas que nos formaron
2019 · Winston Zeddemore (archive footage)
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self
El Tren Infinito
2019 · Atticus (voice)
City on a Hill
2019 · Franklin Ward
L.A.'s Finest: Policías de Los Ángeles
2019 · Joseph Vaughn
The Masked Singer
2019 · Self
Carl Weber's The Family Business
2018 · L.C. Duncan, Executive Producer
Steve
2017 · Self
APB: Distrito 13
2017 · Ned Conrad
Graves
2016 · Jacob Mann
MacGyver
2016 · Milton Bozer
Arma Mortal
2016 · Hank Peterson
Angie Tribeca
2016 · Pete Tribeca
Ballers
2015 · Mr. Hagerty
Grace and Frankie
2015 · Jacob
Scorpion
2014 · Brooks
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self
The Millers
2013 · Walter
Ironside
2013 · Bludso
The Last Leg
2013 · Self
Arrow
2012 · Roy Stewart
Guys with Kids
2012 · The Judge
Escándalo
2012 · Commander Randolph Boles
Comic Book Men
2012 · Self
Key & Peele
2012 · Dad
Érase una vez
2011 · King Poseidon
En el corazón del sur
2011 · Ernie Hayes
Franklin y Bash
2011 · Judge Lawrence Perry
Transformers
2010 · Agent William Fowler (voice)
Sangre Azul
2010 · Darryl Ward
Rizzoli & Isles
2010 · Admiral Frost
Hot in Cleveland
2010 · Ernie Hudson
Cuello Blanco
2009 · Mr. Jeffries
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009 · Self
Una Familia Moderna
2009 · Miles
Meteor
2009 · Gen. Brasser
Hospital Infantil
2008 · Hubert McGraw
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
2008 · Dr. Ken Fields
Private Practice
2007 · Captain Frank
Torchwood: El día del milagro
2006 · Stuart Owens
Héroes
2006 · Captain Lubbock
Psych
2006 · William Guster
Mentes Criminales
2005 · Lt. Al Garner
Cómo conocí a tu madre
2005 · Ernie Hudson
Bones
2005 · David Barron
Grey's Anatomy
2005 · Brad McDougall
Pollo Robot
2005 · Detective Ernie / Judge Hudson Jr. / Justin's Dad (voice)
Esposas Desesperadas
2004 · Detective Ridley
Caso Cerrado
2003 · Moses Jones
10-8: Officers on Duty
2003 · Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes
Las Vegas
2003 · Bob Casey
Sin rastro
2002 · Manny Aybar
Everwood
2002 · Bill Hoover
Crossing Jordan
2001 · Colonel Wirth
The View
1997 · Self
Stargate SG-1
1997 · Pernaux
Oz
1997 · Leo Glynn
Superman: The Animated Series
1996 · Professor Felix (voice)
Arli$$
1996 · Warden Leo Glynn
Touched by an Angel
1994 · Norm McCloud
ER
1994 · James Gallant
Wild Palms
1993 · Tommy Lazlo
The Ben Stiller Show
1992
Angel Street
1992 · Thurman Nickens
Batman: The Animated Series
1992 · Security Guard (voice)
Broken Badges
1990 · Toby Baker
Cop Rock
1990 · Cmdr. Warren Osborne
Law & Order
1990 · Frank Gibson
Twin Peaks
1990 · Colonel Davis
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
1989 · Ernie Hudson
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · Zambini
Full House
1987 · Reggie "The Sandman" Martin
The Last Precinct
1986 · Sergeant Lane
The Insiders
1985 · Brewster
The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians
1985 · Cyborg (voice)
Webster
1983
The A-Team
1983 · Cal Freeman
The New Odd Couple
1982 · Moses Brown
St. Elsewhere
1982 · Jerry Close
Flamingo Road
1981
Bosom Buddies
1980
Detective School
1979
Highcliffe Manor
1979 · Smythe
Roots: The Next Generations
1979 · Muslim at Door
The White Shadow
1978 · Johnson
Diff'rent Strokes
1978
Taxi
1978 · Terry Carver
Fantasy Island
1978 · Jamu
The Incredible Hulk
1977 · Lee
Little House on the Prairie
1974 · William Thomas
Super Friends
1973 · Cyborg (voice)
Beautiful People
· Jack