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