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Ernie Hudson


As a child growing up in Benton Harbor, Michigan, Ernie Hudson wrote short stories, poems and songs, always thinking that his words might one day come to life on stage. After a short stint in the Marine Corps, he moved to Detroit where he became the resident playwright at Concept East, the oldest black theatre in the country... See full bio »

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Filmography

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2012 Standby (pre-production)
Ted
 
2012 A State of Hate (pre-production)
Nate Wallace (rumored)
 
2012 Turning Point (filming)
Joe Johnson (rumored)
 
2012 To Kill a Memory (post-production)
Cyrus Parker
 
2011 Doonby (completed)
Leroy
 
2012 Franklin & Bash (TV series)
Judge Perry
Strange Brew (2012) … Judge Perry
 
2012 Deer Crossing
Captain Bailey
 
2011 Grey's Anatomy (TV series)
Dr. Brad McDougall
 
2010-2011 Transformers Prime (TV series)
Agent William Fowler
One Shall Fall (2011) … Agent William Fowler (voice)
Crisscross (2011) … Agent William Fowler (voice)
 
2008-2011 The Secret Life of the American Teenager (TV series)
Dr. Fields / Kenny / Lauren's dad / …
Pomp (2011) … Kenny
Flip Flop (2011) … Kenny
When One Door Closes (2011) … Kenny
Another Proposal (2011) … Kenny / Lauren's dad
Sweet and Sour (2010) … Dr. Fields
 
2011 Torchwood (TV series)
Stuart Owens
Miracle Day: The Middle Men (2011) … Stuart Owens
 
2011 Sugarwheels (short)
Prof. Zaccharine Ragus PhD
 
2011 Rizzoli & Isles (TV series)
Admiral Frost
Sailor Man (2011) … Admiral Frost
 
2011 White Collar (TV series)
Dentist of Detroit (2011)
 
2011 Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 (video)
Pedro (voice)
 
2011 Deep Blue Breath (short)
Lord Vater (voice)
 
2010 Game of Death
Clarence
 
2010 Criminal Minds (TV series)
Lt. Al Garner
Devil's Night (2010) … Lt. Al Garner
 
2010 Childrens Hospital (TV series)
Hubert McGraw
Joke Overload (2010) … Hubert McGraw
 
2010/II Stasis (short)
Stranger
 
2009-2010 Law & Order (TV series)
Frank Gibson
Rubber Room (2010) … Frank Gibson
Love Eternal (2010) … Frank Gibson
Crashers (2010) … Frank Gibson
Innocence (2010) … Frank Gibson
Fed (2009) … Frank Gibson
 
2010 Machete Joe
Sheriff Taylor
 
2009 Heroes (TV series)
Captain Lubbock
 
2009 Pastor Brown
Deacon Harold Todd
 
2009 Ghost Busters (Video Game)
Winston Zeddemore (voice)
 
2009 Meteor (TV mini-series)
Gen. Brasser
Episode #1.2 (2009) … Gen. Brasser
Episode #1.1 (2009) … Gen. Brasser
 
2009 Fatal Secrets
Detective Carter
 
2009 Lonely Street
Captain Morgan
 
2008 Private Practice (TV series)
Captain Frank
 
2007-2008 Bones (TV series)
David Barron
 
2008 Pie'n Burger (short)
Cedric
 
2007 Psych (TV series)
William Guster
 
2007 Las Vegas (TV series)
Bob Casey
The High Price of Gas (2007) … Bob Casey
My Uncle's a Gas (2007) … Bob Casey
 
2007 Certifiably Jonathan
Museum Guard
 
2007 Cold Case (TV series)
Moses Jones
8:03 AM (2007) … Moses Jones
 
2006 Hood of Horror
Roscoe
 
2006 ER (TV series)
Colonel James Gallant
21 Guns (2006) … Colonel James Gallant
Strange Bedfellows (2006) … Colonel James Gallant
 
2006 Stargate SG-1 (TV series)
Pernaux
Ethon (2006) … Pernaux
 
2006 Crossing Jordan (TV series)
Colonel Wirth
Code of Ethics (2006) … Colonel Wirth
 
2006 The Ron Clark Story (TV movie)
Principal Turner
 
2005 Halfway Decent
Tom
 
2005 Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story (TV movie)
Perry Beasley
 
2005 Bathsheba (short)
Nathan
 
2005 Lackawanna Blues (TV movie)
Dick Barrymore
 
2004 Everwood (TV series)
Bill Hoover
The Birds and the Batteries (2004) … Bill Hoover
 
2004 Clifford's Really Big Movie
P.T. (voice)
 
2003-2004 10-8: Officers on Duty (TV series)
Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes
Wild and the Innocent (2004) … Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes
Love Don't Love Nobody (2004) … Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes
Gypsy Road (2004) … Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes
Flirtin' with Disaster (2004) … Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes
Lucy in the Sky (2003) … Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes
 
2003 Anne B. Real
Principal Davis
 
2003 Without a Trace (TV series)
Manny Aybar
Kam Li (2003) … Manny Aybar
 
1997-2003 Oz (TV series)
Warden Leo Glynn
Exeunt Omnes (2003) … Warden Leo Glynn (credit only)
4giveness (2003) … Warden Leo Glynn
 
2001 A Town Without Christmas (TV movie)
Ted
 
2001 Touched by an Angel (TV series)
Norm McCloud
The Perfect Game (2001) … Norm McCloud
 
2001 Walking Shadow (TV movie)
Hawk
 
2001 Hostage Rescue Team (TV movie)
 
2000 Miss Congeniality
Harry McDonald
 
2000 Paper Bullets
Detective Ron Mills
 
2000/I The Watcher
Ibby
 
2000 Red Letters
Detective Glen Teal
 
2000 Nowhere to Land (TV movie)
Danny Gorlin
 
2000 Everything's Jake
Jake
 
1999 Miracle on the 17th Green (TV movie)
Earl Fielder
 
1999 A Stranger in the Kingdom
Rev. Walter Andrews
 
1999 Stealth Fighter
President Westwood
 
1999 Interceptor Force
Major
 
1999 Hijack
Senator Douglas Wilson (as Ernie Hudson Sr.)
 
1999 Shark Attack (TV movie)
Lawrence Rhodes
 
1999 Lillie
Larry Miller
 
1998 October 22
Arthur
 
1998 Best of the Best: Without Warning
Detective Gresko
 
1998 Butter
Curtis '8-Ball' Harris
 
1998 Arli$$ (TV series)
Warden Leo Glynn
Fans First (1998) … Warden Leo Glynn
 
1998 The Gregory Hines Show (TV series)
Jack
Carpe Diem (1998) … Jack
 
1997 Mr. Magoo
Agent Gus Anders
 
1997 Fakin' Da Funk
Joe Lee
 
1997 Superman (TV series)
Professor Felix
Action Figures (1997) … Professor Felix (voice)
 
1997 Clover (TV movie)
Gaten Hill
 
1997 Levitation
Downbeat
 
1997 Operation Delta Force (TV movie)
Tipton
 
1996 The Cherokee Kid (TV movie)
Nat Love aka Deadwood Dick
 
1996 Just Your Luck (video)
Willie
 
1996 For Which He Stands
DEA Agent Baxter
 
1996 Tornado! (TV movie)
Dr. Joe Branson
 
1996 Grace Under Fire (TV series)
Thad Alford
Love Thy Neighbor (1996) … Thad Alford
 
1995 The Basketball Diaries
Reggie
 
1994 Speechless
Ventura
 
1994 The Cowboy Way
Officer Sam 'Mad Dog' Shaw
 
1994 No Escape
Hawkins
 
1994 Lifestories: Families in Crisis (TV series)
Coach Seldon
A Body to Die For: The Aaron Henry Story (1994) … Coach Seldon
 
1993 Sugar Hill
Lolly Jonas
 
1993 Tales from the Crypt (TV series)
Zambini
Food for Thought (1993) … Zambini
 
1993 Wild Palms (TV mini-series)
Tommy Lazlo
Hello, I Must Be Going (1993) … Tommy Lazlo
Hungry Ghosts (1993) … Tommy Lazlo
Rising Sons (1993) … Tommy Lazlo
The Floating World (1993) … Tommy Lazlo
Everything Must Go (1993) … Tommy Lazlo
 
1993 Tribeca (TV series)
Howard
Heros Exoletus (1993) … Howard
 
1993 The Pitch (short)
Vet
 
1992 Batman (TV series)
Security Guard
Joker's Wild (1992) … Security Guard (voice)
 
1992 The Ben Stiller Show (TV series)
The Tennis Captain
With Bobcat Goldthwait (1992) … The Tennis Captain
 
1992 Angel Street (TV movie)
Thurman Nickens
 
1991 Miss Jones (TV movie)
Evinrude Johnson
 
1990-1991 Broken Badges (TV series)
Toby Baker
Chucky (1990) … Toby Baker
Westside Stories (1990) … Toby Baker
Pilot (1990) … Toby Baker
 
1990 Cop Rock (TV series)
Cop Rock (1990)
 
1989 Collision Course
Shortcut
 
1989 Trapper County War
Jefferson Carter
 
1988 The Wrong Guys
Dawson
 
1988 The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission (TV movie)
Joe Hamilton
 
1987 Full House (TV series)
Reggie 'The Sandman' Martin
 
1987 Weeds
Bagdad
 
1987 Gimme a Break! (TV series)
 
1986 The New Mike Hammer (TV series)
Digger Love
Harlem Nocturne (1986) … Digger Love
 
1986 It's a Living (TV series)
Dougie
The Bar (1986) … Dougie
 
1986 The Last Precinct (TV series)
Sergeant Lane / Sgt. 'Night Train' Lane
Three Ring Circus (1986) … Sergeant Lane
Toehold (1986) … Sergeant Lane
Ghost of a Chance (1986) … Sergeant Lane
Never Cross a Vampire (1986) … Sergeant Lane
I Want My Mummy (1986) … Sergeant Lane
 
1985 The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians (TV series)
Cyborg (Victor Stone) / Cyborg / Victor Stone
The Wild Cards (1985) … Cyborg (Victor Stone) (voice)
The Fear (1985) … Cyborg (Victor Stone) (voice)
 
1985 Love on the Run (TV movie)
Lamar
 
1985 California Girls (TV movie)
Ernie
 
1984 St. Elsewhere (TV series)
Jerry Close
Fade to White (1984) … Jerry Close
My Aim Is True (1984) … Jerry Close
Breathless (1984) … Jerry Close
Strikeout (1984) … Jerry Close
 
1984 Joy of Sex
Mr. Porter
 
1983 Two of a Kind
Det. Skaggs
 
1983 The A-Team (TV series)
Cal Freeman
The Taxicab Wars (1983) … Cal Freeman
 
1983 Women of San Quentin (TV movie)
Charles Wilson
 
1983 Going Berserk
Jerome Willy Muhammed
 
1983 Webster (TV series)
Rudy
Happy Un-Birthday (1983) … Rudy
 
1982 The New Odd Couple (TV series)
Moses Brown
That Was No Lady (1982) … Moses Brown
 
1982 Flamingo Road (TV series)
Chandler
Murder, They Said (1982) … Chandler
The Harder They Fall (1982) … Chandler
The Bad and the Beautiful (1982) … Chandler
The High and the Mighty (1982) … Chandler
 
1982 Penitentiary II
Half Dead
 
1982 The Dukes of Hazzard (TV series)
Avery
Dear Diary (1982) … Avery
 
1981 Taxi (TV series)
Terry Carver
Of Mice and Tony (1981) … Terry Carver
 
1981 Bosom Buddies (TV series)
Rochelle
One for You, One for Me (1981) … Rochelle
 
1981 Little House on the Prairie (TV series)
William Thomas
Chicago (1981) … William Thomas
 
1981 Crazy Times (TV movie)
Harold 'Jazzman' Malloy
 
1981 Diff'rent Strokes (TV series)
Kwane
Almost American (1981) … Kwane
 
1981 A Matter of Life and Death (TV movie)
Mr. Harrison
 
1981 Underground Aces
African General
 
1980 The Jazz Singer
Heckler
 
1980 Too Close for Comfort (TV series)
Sam Morton
The Bag Lady (1980) … Sam Morton
 
1980 The Octagon
Quinine
 
1980 White Mama (TV movie)
Counsellor
 
1980 The $5.20 an Hour Dream (TV movie)
Homer Burden
 
1980 Skag (TV series)
Pilot (1980)
 
1979 One Day at a Time (TV series)
Desk Sergeant
A Little Larceny (1979) … Desk Sergeant
 
1979 Detective School (TV series)
Bombacaa
Nick Is Smitten (1979) … Bombacaa
 
1979 The Main Event
Killer
 
1979 Joni
Earl
 
1979 Highcliffe Manor (TV series)
Smythe
Love Blooms (1979) … Smythe
The Evil from Within (1979) … Smythe
The Blacke Death (1979) … Smythe
Sex & Violence (1979) … Smythe
Stark Terror (1979) … Smythe
 
1979 The White Shadow (TV series)
Johnson
Little Orphan Abner (1979) … Johnson
 
1979 Roots: The Next Generations (TV mini-series)
Muslim at Door
 
1979 The Incredible Hulk (TV series)
Lee
Like a Brother (1979) … Lee
 
1978 Black Sheep Squadron (TV series)
King George
A Little Bit of England (1978) … King George
 
1978 Last of the Good Guys (TV movie)
El Coliph
 
1978 Fantasy Island (TV series)
Jamu
Family Reunion/Voodoo (1978) … Jamu
 
1978 King (TV mini-series)
Jack Corbin
Episode #1.3 (1978) … Jack Corbin
 
1977 Mad Bull (TV movie)
Black Bart
 
1977 Man from Atlantis (TV series)
Minion
The Disappearances (1977) … Minion
 
1976 The Human Tornado
Bo (as Louis Hudson)
 
1976 Leadbelly
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
2007 Psych (TV series)
Gus's Dad May Have Killed an Old Guy (2007) (performer: "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowProducer (1 title)
2000 Everything's Jake (co-producer)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
2010 Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball - Confessions of an Assassin (video documentary short) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (27 titles)
2011 Showing Up (documentary) (completed)
Himself
 
2011 How I Met Your Mother (TV series)
Himself
The Rebound Girl (2011) … Himself
 
2010 Hub Exclusive: G.I. Joe Renegades & Transformers Prime (TV documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
 
2010 Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters (video documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball - Confessions of an Assassin (video documentary short)
Himself - Anthony Vejar
 
2008-2009 Celebrity Ghost Stories (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.8 (2009) … Himself
Episode #1.0 (2008) … Himself
 
2009 Slimer Mode (video documentary)
 
2008 The 2008 World Magic Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Presenter
 
2007 The View (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 7 December 2007 (2007) … Himself
 
2007 Sidewalks Entertainment (TV series)
Himself (Guest)
Hudson and Cohn (2007) … Himself (Guest)
 
2006 Celebrity Paranormal Project (TV series)
Himself
Wooden Lucy (2006) … Himself
 
2006 The Tyra Banks Show (TV series)
Himself
Halloween Show (2006) … Himself
 
2006 Greatest Ever Comedy Movies (TV movie)
Himself
 
2006 Return of the Jackalope
Himself
 
2005 Confessions of an Action Star
Himself/Commander
 
2004 Dinner for Five (TV series)
Himself
Episode #3.6 (2004) … Himself
 
2003 The Wayne Brady Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 25 November 2003 (2003) … Himself
Episode dated 26 September 2003 (2003) … Himself
 
2000 Intimate Portrait (TV series documentary)
Himself
Robin Givens (2000) … Himself
 
1999 Happy Hour (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.7 (1999) … Himself
 
1999 The 42nd Annual New York Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
1997-1999 The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 12 April 1999 (1999) … Himself
Episode dated 2 December 1997 (1997) … Himself
 
1999 The Directors (TV series documentary)
Himself
The Films of Ivan Reitman … Himself
 
1989 The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (TV series)
Himself
 
1989 The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 12 June 1989 (1989) … Himself
 
1989 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 27 March 1989 (1989) … Himself
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1984) Music video: Appeared in the Ray Parker Jr. video "Ghost Busters" See more »

Publicity Listings:

4 Interviews  | 2 Articles  | See more »

Official Sites:

Official Site | See more »

Alternate Names:

Ernie Hudson Sr. | Louis Hudson

Height:

6' (1.83 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

Acting is what I do. I consider it my calling and ministry. It's as important as anything I do in life. It's a journey that has taken me to places beyond my wildest imagination and continues to excite me with its endless possibilities. See more »

Trivia:

Trained for the stage at the Yale University School of Drama. See more »

Trademark:

Rich, serious voice See more »

Star Sign:

Sagittarius