Ernie Hudson

December 17, 1945(80 years old)
Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA|Acting

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 (135)

Toy Story 5

Toy Story 5

2026

John Candy: I Like Me
7.8

John Candy: I Like Me

2025

FEEL

FEEL

2025

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
6.5

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

2024

The Retirement Plan
5.9

The Retirement Plan

2023

Prisoner's Daughter
6.2

Prisoner's Daughter

2023

Darrin's Dance Grooves: The Untold Darrin Henson Story

Darrin's Dance Grooves: The Untold Darrin Henson Story

2023

Champions
6.7

Champions

2023

In Search of Tomorrow
6.6

In Search of Tomorrow

2022

Beebo Saves Christmas
6.4

Beebo Saves Christmas

2021

Ghostbusters: Afterlife
7.3

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

2021

Redemption Day
5.9

Redemption Day

2021

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
6.9

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters

2020

Adventure Force 5
6.1

Adventure Force 5

2019

Nappily Ever After
7.2

Nappily Ever After

2018

High & Outside: A Baseball Noir
1.0

High & Outside: A Baseball Noir

2018

Heaven Sent
6.4

Heaven Sent

2016

Infinity Train
8.3

Infinity Train

2016

Spaceman
5.8

Spaceman

2016

Ghostbusters
5.3

Ghostbusters

2016

Ghostheads
6.0

Ghostheads

2016

God's Not Dead 2
6.1

God's Not Dead 2

2016

Batman: Bad Blood
7.0

Batman: Bad Blood

2016

The Man in the Silo

The Man in the Silo

2016

Gallows Road
7.2

Gallows Road

2015

Horror Icon: Inside Michael's Mask with Tony Moran

Horror Icon: Inside Michael's Mask with Tony Moran

2015

Merry Ex-Mas
3.8

Merry Ex-Mas

2014

You're Not You
7.4

You're Not You

2014

Touched
6.2

Touched

2014

To Hell and Back

To Hell and Back

2014

The Grim Sleeper
4.9

The Grim Sleeper

2014

Showing Up
9.2

Showing Up

2014

The Last Song

The Last Song

2014

Dear Secret Santa
6.0

Dear Secret Santa

2013

Doonby
4.3

Doonby

2013

Turning Point
10.0

Turning Point

2013

Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
7.0

Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

2013

Battledogs
4.5

Battledogs

2013

Ambush at Dark Canyon
4.4

Ambush at Dark Canyon

2012

Deer Crossing
2.4

Deer Crossing

2012

Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta!
6.3

Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta!

2012

The Adventures of Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Conspiracy
5.2

The Adventures of Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Conspiracy

2012

Underground Entertainment: The Movie
7.2

Underground Entertainment: The Movie

2011

Deep Blue Breath

Deep Blue Breath

2011

Game of Death
5.0

Game of Death

2011

Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
5.9

Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2

2011

Nowhere to Land
5.8

Nowhere to Land

2010

Stasis
2.8

Stasis

2010

Machete Joe
1.3

Machete Joe

2010

Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball
5.4

Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball

2010

Pastor Brown
5.4

Pastor Brown

2009

Dragonball Evolution
2.9

Dragonball Evolution

2009

Fatal Secrets
3.8

Fatal Secrets

2009

Lonely Street
4.6

Lonely Street

2009

Final Approach
5.1

Final Approach

2008

All Hat
3.1

All Hat

2007

Nobel Son
6.1

Nobel Son

2007

The Ron Clark Story
7.6

The Ron Clark Story

2006

Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
4.8

Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror

2006

Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
5.9

Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

2006

Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story
8.0

Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story

2005

Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
5.7

Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous

2005

Lackawanna Blues
5.9

Lackawanna Blues

2005

Confessions of an Action Star
4.3

Confessions of an Action Star

2005

Clifford's Really Big Movie
6.1

Clifford's Really Big Movie

2004

Anne B. Real
3.9

Anne B. Real

2003

A Town Without Christmas
5.9

A Town Without Christmas

2001

Walking Shadow
4.7

Walking Shadow

2001

Miss Congeniality
6.5

Miss Congeniality

2000

Paper Bullets
4.5

Paper Bullets

2000

Everything's Jake
7.0

Everything's Jake

2000

The Watcher
5.1

The Watcher

2000

Red Letters
4.7

Red Letters

2000

A Stranger in the Kingdom
3.5

A Stranger in the Kingdom

1999

Shark Attack
5.1

Shark Attack

1999

Interceptors
4.9

Interceptors

1999

Hijack
4.7

Hijack

1999

Michael Jordan: An American Hero
6.1

Michael Jordan: An American Hero

1999

Stealth Fighter
4.3

Stealth Fighter

1999

October 22
6.6

October 22

1998

Butter
4.1

Butter

1998

Best of the Best 4: Without Warning
5.9

Best of the Best 4: Without Warning

1998

Mr. Magoo
4.5

Mr. Magoo

1997

Clover
5.6

Clover

1997

Fakin' Da Funk
6.0

Fakin' Da Funk

1997

Levitation
7.0

Levitation

1997

Operation Delta Force
3.8

Operation Delta Force

1997

The Cherokee Kid
5.4

The Cherokee Kid

1996

Just Your Luck
4.8

Just Your Luck

1996

For Which He Stands
6.5

For Which He Stands

1996

Tornado!
5.7

Tornado!

1996

The Substitute
6.9

The Substitute

1996

Congo
5.6

Congo

1995

The Basketball Diaries
7.4

The Basketball Diaries

1995

Speechless
5.9

Speechless

1994

Airheads
6.2

Airheads

1994

The Cowboy Way
5.7

The Cowboy Way

1994

The Crow
7.5

The Crow

1994

No Escape
6.2

No Escape

1994

Sugar Hill
5.7

Sugar Hill

1994

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
6.9

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

1992

Ghostbusters II
6.6

Ghostbusters II

1989

Collision Course
4.2

Collision Course

1989

Leviathan
6.0

Leviathan

1989

Trapper County War
4.7

Trapper County War

1989

The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
5.2

The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission

1988

The Wrong Guys
5.7

The Wrong Guys

1988

Weeds
5.4

Weeds

1987

The Last Precinct

The Last Precinct

1986

Love on the Run
5.0

Love on the Run

1985

California Girls
4.3

California Girls

1985

On the Scene with the Ghostbusters
9.5

On the Scene with the Ghostbusters

1984

Joy of Sex
4.1

Joy of Sex

1984

Ghostbusters
7.5

Ghostbusters

1984

Two of a Kind
5.9

Two of a Kind

1983

Women of San Quentin
5.0

Women of San Quentin

1983

Going Berserk
5.1

Going Berserk

1983

Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
5.3

Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone

1983

Penitentiary II
4.4

Penitentiary II

1982

Crazy Times

Crazy Times

1981

A Matter of Life and Death
8.0

A Matter of Life and Death

1981

Underground Aces
4.7

Underground Aces

1981

The Jazz Singer
5.9

The Jazz Singer

1980

The Octagon
5.1

The Octagon

1980

White Mama
8.0

White Mama

1980

The $5.20 an Hour Dream
9.0

The $5.20 an Hour Dream

1980

Skag

Skag

1980

The Main Event
5.3

The Main Event

1979

Joni
6.3

Joni

1979

Mad Bull
8.0

Mad Bull

1977

Man from Atlantis IV: The Disappearances
8.0

Man from Atlantis IV: The Disappearances

1977

The Human Tornado
6.1

The Human Tornado

1976

Leadbelly
6.4

Leadbelly

1976

Oswald: Down The Rabbit Hole

Oswald: Down The Rabbit Hole

Mr. Beebee

Mr. Beebee

TV Shows (99)

Boston Blue
6.8

Boston Blue

2025

Angry Birds Mystery Island
5.2

Angry Birds Mystery Island

2024

Quantum Leap
7.0

Quantum Leap

2022

Sherri
2.7

Sherri

2022

The Jennifer Hudson Show
5.6

The Jennifer Hudson Show

2022

Star Wars: The Bad Batch
8.2

Star Wars: The Bad Batch

2021

Home Movie: The Princess Bride
7.5

Home Movie: The Princess Bride

2020

Reunited Apart
5.5

Reunited Apart

2020

The Movies That Made Us
7.3

The Movies That Made Us

2019

The Kelly Clarkson Show
6.4

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019

Infinity Train
8.4

Infinity Train

2019

City on a Hill
7.3

City on a Hill

2019

L.A.'s Finest
6.9

L.A.'s Finest

2019

The Masked Singer
7.5

The Masked Singer

2019

Carl Weber's The Family Business
8.5

Carl Weber's The Family Business

2018

Steve
6.0

Steve

2017

APB
6.5

APB

2017

Graves
5.0

Graves

2016

MacGyver
7.3

MacGyver

2016

Lethal Weapon
7.3

Lethal Weapon

2016

Angie Tribeca
6.4

Angie Tribeca

2016

Ballers
6.8

Ballers

2015

Grace and Frankie
7.7

Grace and Frankie

2015

Scorpion
8.2

Scorpion

2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers
5.2

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
5.9

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

The Millers
5.9

The Millers

2013

Ironside
5.2

Ironside

2013

The Last Leg
5.7

The Last Leg

2013

Arrow
6.8

Arrow

2012

Guys with Kids
5.6

Guys with Kids

2012

Scandal
7.2

Scandal

2012

Comic Book Men
6.8

Comic Book Men

2012

Key & Peele
7.7

Key & Peele

2012

Once Upon a Time
7.4

Once Upon a Time

2011

Hart of Dixie
7.3

Hart of Dixie

2011

Franklin & Bash
7.3

Franklin & Bash

2011

Transformers: Prime
8.1

Transformers: Prime

2010

Blue Bloods
7.8

Blue Bloods

2010

Rizzoli & Isles
7.9

Rizzoli & Isles

2010

Hot in Cleveland
7.2

Hot in Cleveland

2010

White Collar
8.2

White Collar

2009

Celebrity Ghost Stories
7.3

Celebrity Ghost Stories

2009

Modern Family
7.9

Modern Family

2009

Meteor
6.2

Meteor

2009

Childrens Hospital
7.0

Childrens Hospital

2008

The Secret Life of the American Teenager
6.9

The Secret Life of the American Teenager

2008

Private Practice
7.5

Private Practice

2007

Torchwood
7.3

Torchwood

2006

Heroes
7.4

Heroes

2006

Psych
7.9

Psych

2006

Criminal Minds
8.3

Criminal Minds

2005

How I Met Your Mother
8.1

How I Met Your Mother

2005

Bones
8.2

Bones

2005

Grey's Anatomy
8.2

Grey's Anatomy

2005

Robot Chicken
7.7

Robot Chicken

2005

Desperate Housewives
7.9

Desperate Housewives

2004

Cold Case
7.8

Cold Case

2003

10-8: Officers on Duty
7.9

10-8: Officers on Duty

2003

Las Vegas
7.0

Las Vegas

2003

Without a Trace
7.3

Without a Trace

2002

Everwood
7.6

Everwood

2002

Crossing Jordan
7.2

Crossing Jordan

2001

The View
4.4

The View

1997

Stargate SG-1
8.3

Stargate SG-1

1997

Oz
8.1

Oz

1997

Superman: The Animated Series
7.7

Superman: The Animated Series

1996

Arli$$
6.8

Arli$$

1996

Touched by an Angel
7.2

Touched by an Angel

1994

ER
7.8

ER

1994

Wild Palms
6.2

Wild Palms

1993

The Ben Stiller Show
5.0

The Ben Stiller Show

1992

Angel Street
7.0

Angel Street

1992

Batman: The Animated Series
8.6

Batman: The Animated Series

1992

Broken Badges
7.0

Broken Badges

1990

Cop Rock
4.3

Cop Rock

1990

Law & Order
7.3

Law & Order

1990

Twin Peaks
8.4

Twin Peaks

1990

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
7.0

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!

1989

Tales from the Crypt
8.0

Tales from the Crypt

1989

Full House
7.5

Full House

1987

The Last Precinct
6.3

The Last Precinct

1986

The Insiders
6.0

The Insiders

1985

The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians
8.2

The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians

1985

Webster
5.9

Webster

1983

The A-Team
7.5

The A-Team

1983

The New Odd Couple
5.8

The New Odd Couple

1982

St. Elsewhere
5.7

St. Elsewhere

1982

Flamingo Road
6.3

Flamingo Road

1981

Bosom Buddies
6.4

Bosom Buddies

1980

Detective School
6.0

Detective School

1979

Roots: The Next Generations
7.5

Roots: The Next Generations

1979

The White Shadow
7.1

The White Shadow

1978

Diff'rent Strokes
7.1

Diff'rent Strokes

1978

Taxi
7.3

Taxi

1978

Fantasy Island
6.5

Fantasy Island

1978

The Incredible Hulk
7.2

The Incredible Hulk

1977

Little House on the Prairie
7.9

Little House on the Prairie

1974

Super Friends
7.7

Super Friends

1973