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 
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Personal Info

Id

8874

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

3

Gender

Male

Birthday

1945-12-17

Place of Birth

Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA

Also Known As

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  • Ерні Хадсон
  • ارنی هادسون
  • Earnest L. Hudson
  • Content Score

    100

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    Known For

    Ghostbusters

    Ghostbusters

    Miss Congeniality

    Miss Congeni

    Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous

    Miss Congeni

    Joni

    Joni

    Congo

    Congo

    The Watcher

    The Watcher

    The Basketball Diaries

    The Basketba

    Ghostbusters II

    Ghostbusters

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    All Hat

    The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

    The Hand Tha

    The Wrong Guys

    The Wrong Gu

    Stealth Fighter

    Stealth Figh

    October 22

    October 22

    Going Berserk

    Going Berser

    The Octagon

    The Octagon

    Placeholder

    Everything's

    The Human Tornado

    The Human To

    The Ron Clark Story

    The Ron Clar

    You're Not You

    You're Not Y

    The Crow

    The Crow

    Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone

    Spacehunter:

    Airheads

    Airheads

    A Town Without Christmas

    A Town Witho

    Dragonball Evolution

    Dragonball E

    Shark Attack

    Shark Attack

    Best of the Best 4: Without Warning

    Best of the

    The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission

    The Dirty Do

    Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball

    Smokin' Aces

    Leviathan

    Leviathan

    Beebo Saves Christmas

    Beebo Saves

    Tornado!

    Tornado!

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    Michael Jord

    Speechless

    Speechless

    Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror

    Snoop Dogg's

    Nobel Son

    Nobel Son

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    Stasis

    Placeholder

    Pastor Brown

    Confessions of an Action Star

    Confessions

    Fakin' Da Funk

    Fakin' Da Fu

    Interceptors

    Interceptors

    Final Approach

    Final Approa

    Penitentiary II

    Penitentiary

    Fatal Secrets

    Fatal Secret

    Sugar Hill

    Sugar Hill

    Clifford's Really Big Movie

    Clifford's R

    The Cowboy Way

    The Cowboy W

    Prisoner's Daughter

    Prisoner's D

    Joy of Sex

    Joy of Sex

    The Retirement Plan

    The Retireme

    Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

    Ghostbusters

    Weeds

    Weeds

    Placeholder

    Fighting the

    Collision Course

    Collision Co

    Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta!

    Beverly Hill

    Placeholder

    Doonby

    Underground Aces

    Underground

    Placeholder

    Anne B. Real

    For Which He Stands

    For Which He

    Butter

    Butter

    Lackawanna Blues

    Lackawanna B

    Deer Crossing

    Deer Crossin

    Clover

    Clover

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    Paper Bullet

    Battledogs

    Battledogs

    Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

    Call Me Craz

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    Mad Bull

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    Walking Shad

    Placeholder

    Ambush at Da

    White Mama

    White Mama

    Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters

    Cleanin' Up

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    Levitation

    Showing Up

    Showing Up

    Placeholder

    To Hell and

    The Grim Sleeper

    The Grim Sle

    A Stranger in the Kingdom

    A Stranger i

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    Deep Blue Br

    Red Letters

    Red Letters

    Placeholder

    The $5.20 an

    The Substitute

    The Substitu

    Dear Secret Santa

    Dear Secret

    Placeholder

    Love on the

    Placeholder

    The Last Pre

    Operation Delta Force

    Operation De

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    The Man in t

    Nowhere to Land

    Nowhere to L

    Hijack

    Hijack

    Leadbelly

    Leadbelly

    Machete Joe

    Machete Joe

    Game of Death

    Game of Deat

    Placeholder

    Skag

    No Escape

    No Escape

    Champions

    Champions

    Gallows Road

    Gallows Road

    Crazy Times

    Crazy Times

    The Main Event

    The Main Eve

    Touched

    Touched

    Placeholder

    A Matter of

    Oswald: Down The Rabbit Hole

    Oswald: Down

    God's Not Dead 2

    God's Not De

    Batman: Bad Blood

    Batman: Bad

    Placeholder

    Merry Ex-Mas

    Spaceman

    Spaceman

    The Cherokee Kid

    The Cherokee

    Ghostbusters

    Ghostbusters

    Two of a Kind

    Two of a Kin

    California Girls

    California G

    Ghostheads

    Ghostheads

    Infinity Train

    Infinity Tra

    Heaven Sent

    Heaven Sent

    Trapper County War

    Trapper Coun

    The Jazz Singer

    The Jazz Sin

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    Mr. Beebee

    Nappily Ever After

    Nappily Ever

    Just Your Luck

    Just Your Lu

    The Adventures of Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Conspiracy

    The Adventur

    Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

    Marilyn Hotc

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    Turning Poin

    Placeholder

    Last of the

    Ghostbusters: Afterlife

    Ghostbusters

    Underground Entertainment: The Movie

    Underground

    Adventure Force 5

    Adventure Fo

    Lonely Street

    Lonely Stree

    In Search of Tomorrow

    In Search of

    The Last Song

    The Last Son

    Mr. Magoo

    Mr. Magoo

    High & Outside: A Baseball Noir

    High & Outsi

    Redemption Day

    Redemption D

    Women of San Quentin

    Women of San

    Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2

    Beverly Hill

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    Beautiful Pe

    Toy Story 5

    Toy Story 5

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    FEEL

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    Man from Atl

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    Horror Icon:

    John Candy: I Like Me

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    2024

    Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

    asWinston Zeddemore

    2023

    The Retirement Plan

    asJoseph

    2023

    Prisoner's Daughter

    asHank

    2023

    Champions

    asCoach Phil Peretti

    2021

    Beebo Saves Christmas

    asSanta Claus (voice)

    2021

    Ghostbusters: Afterlife

    asWinston Zeddemore

    2020

    Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters

    asSelf

    2018

    Nappily Ever After

    asRichard Jones

    2016

    Heaven Sent

    asDonatello

    2016

    Infinity Train

    asAtticus (voice)

    2016

    Spaceman

    asJoe

    2016

    Ghostbusters

    asUncle Bill

    2016

    Ghostheads

    asSelf

    2016

    God's Not Dead 2

    asJudge Stennis

    2016

    Batman: Bad Blood

    asLucius Fox (voice)

    2016

    The Man in the Silo

    asMarcus Wells

    2015

    Gallows Road

    asBob Collins

    2014

    Merry Ex-Mas

    asPastor Ed

    2014

    You're Not You

    asJohn

    2014

    Touched

    asDr. Beck

    2014

    To Hell and Back

    asJoe

    2014

    The Grim Sleeper

    asDetective Gerry Claymar

    2014

    Showing Up

    asSelf

    2013

    Dear Secret Santa

    asPastor Avery

    2013

    Doonby

    asLeroy Jackson

    2013

    Turning Point

    asJoe Johnson

    2013

    Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

    asPercy

    2013

    Battledogs

    asMax Stevens

    2012

    Ambush at Dark Canyon

    asCyrus Parker

    2012

    Deer Crossing

    asCaptain Bailey

    2012

    Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta!

    asPedro (voice)

    2012

    The Adventures of Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Conspiracy

    asIvan Stumpwater

    2011

    Underground Entertainment: The Movie

    asErnie

    2011

    Deep Blue Breath

    asLord Vater (voice)

    2011

    Game of Death

    asClarence

    2010

    Nowhere to Land

    asDanny Gorlin

    2010

    Stasis

    asStranger

    2010

    Machete Joe

    asSheriff Taylor

    2010

    Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball

    asAnthony Vejar

    2009

    Pastor Brown

    asDeacon Harold Todd

    2009

    Dragonball Evolution

    asMaster Mutaito

    2009

    Fatal Secrets

    asDetective Carter

    2008

    Final Approach

    asAgent Lorenzo Dawson

    2007

    All Hat

    asJackson Jones

    2007

    Nobel Son

    asBill Canega

    2006

    The Ron Clark Story

    asPrincipal Turner

    2006

    Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror

    asRoscoe

    2006

    Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

    asBlake Rische

    2005

    Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story

    asPerry Beasley

    2005

    Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous

    asHarry McDonald

    2005

    Lackawanna Blues

    asDick Barrymore

    2005

    Confessions of an Action Star

    asSelf / Commander

    2004

    Clifford's Really Big Movie

    asP.T. (voice)

    2003

    Anne B. Real

    asPrincipal

    2001

    A Town Without Christmas

    asTed

    2001

    Walking Shadow

    asHawk

    2000

    Miss Congeniality

    asHarry McDonald

    2000

    Paper Bullets

    asDetective Ron Mills

    2000

    Everything's Jake

    asJake

    2000

    The Watcher

    asFBI Special Agent in Charge Mike Ibby

    2000

    Red Letters

    asDetective Glen Teal

    1999

    A Stranger in the Kingdom

    asRev. Walter Andrews

    1999

    Shark Attack

    asLawrence Rhodes

    1999

    Interceptors

    asMajor

    1999

    Hijack

    asSenator Douglas Wilson

    1999

    Michael Jordan: An American Hero

    as

    1999

    Stealth Fighter

    asPresident Westwood

    1998

    October 22

    asArthur

    1998

    Butter

    asCurtis '8-Ball' Harris

    1998

    Best of the Best 4: Without Warning

    asDetective Gresko

    1997

    Clover

    asGaten Hill

    1997

    Fakin' Da Funk

    asJoe Lee

    1997

    Levitation

    asDownbeat

    1997

    Operation Delta Force

    asMajor Tipton

    1996

    The Cherokee Kid

    asNat Love aka Deadwood Dick

    1996

    Just Your Luck

    asWillie

    1996

    For Which He Stands

    asDEA Agent Baxter

    1996

    Tornado!

    asDr. Joe Branson

    1996

    The Substitute

    asClaude Rolle

    1995

    Congo

    asCaptain Monroe Kelly

    1995

    The Basketball Diaries

    asReggie

    1994

    Speechless

    asVentura

    1994

    Airheads

    asSergeant O'Malley

    1994

    The Cowboy Way

    asOfficer Sam 'Mad Dog' Shaw

    1994

    The Crow

    asAlbrecht

    1994

    No Escape

    asHawkins

    1994

    Sugar Hill

    asLolly Jonas

    1992

    The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

    asSolomon

    1989

    Ghostbusters II

    asWinston Zeddemore

    1989

    Collision Course

    asShortcut

    1989

    Leviathan

    asJustin Jones

    1989

    Trapper County War

    asJefferson Carter

    1988

    The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission

    asJoe Hamilton

    1988

    The Wrong Guys

    asDawson

    1987

    Weeds

    asBagdad

    1986

    The Last Precinct

    asNight Train

    1985

    Love on the Run

    asLamar

    1985

    California Girls

    asErnie

    1984

    Joy of Sex

    asMr. Porter

    1984

    Ghostbusters

    asWinston Zeddemore

    1983

    Two of a Kind

    asDet. Skaggs

    1983

    Going Berserk

    asMuhammed Jerome Willy

    1983

    Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone

    asWashington

    1982

    Penitentiary II

    asHalf Dead

    1981

    Crazy Times

    asHarold 'Jazzman' Malloy

    1981

    A Matter of Life and Death

    asMr. Harrison

    1981

    Underground Aces

    asAfrican General

    1980

    The Jazz Singer

    asHeckler

    1980

    The Octagon

    asQuinine

    1980

    White Mama

    asCounsellor

    1980

    The $5.20 an Hour Dream

    asHomer Burden

    1980

    Skag

    as

    1979

    The Main Event

    asKiller

    1979

    Joni

    asEarl

    1978

    Last of the Good Guys

    asEl Coliph

    1977

    Mad Bull

    asBlack Bart

    1976

    The Human Tornado

    asBo

    1976

    Leadbelly

    asArchie

    Oswald: Down The Rabbit Hole

    asOswald Jebediah Coleman

    Mr. Beebee

    asWayne Proctor

    2026

    Toy Story 5

    asCombat Carl (voice)

    2025

    John Candy: I Like Me

    asSelf - Actor (archive footage)

    2025

    FEEL

    asSitter 10

    2022

    In Search of Tomorrow

    asSelf - Interviewee

    2021

    Redemption Day

    asEd Paxton

    2019

    Adventure Force 5

    asDr. Lawrence Abel

    2018

    High & Outside: A Baseball Noir

    asSanzone

    2015

    Horror Icon: Inside Michael's Mask with Tony Moran

    asSelf

    2014

    The Last Song

    asGuest

    2012

    Beautiful People

    asJack

    2011

    Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2

    asPedro

    2009

    Lonely Street

    asCaptain Morgan

    2005

    Halfway Decent

    asTom

    1997

    Mr. Magoo

    asAgent CIA Gus Anders

    1983

    Women of San Quentin

    asCharles Wilson

    Deepest, Darkest

    as

    Famous

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    Sisters in Italy

    as

    1977

    Man from Atlantis IV: The Disappearances

    asMinion

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