
Ernie Hudson
Born: 1945-12-17
Place of Birth: Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA
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.
Known For

Ghostbusters II

Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

Toy Story 5

Ghostbusters

The Crow

Champions

Miss Congeniality

Mr. Magoo

Going Berserk

The Basketball Diaries

Redemption Day

Collision Course

Airheads

The Ron Clark Story

Tornado!

The Octagon

Congo

Speechless

Shark Attack

Red Letters

Leadbelly

Interceptors

Penitentiary II

Gallows Road

White Mama

Heaven Sent

Pastor Brown

Clover

Sugar Hill

Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

Skag

Machete Joe

Dragonball Evolution

FEEL

The Substitute

Weeds

Game of Death

Touched

John Candy: I Like Me

Stasis

The Watcher

No Escape

Spaceman

Butter

Leviathan

Ghostheads

Batman: Bad Blood

Joni

Showing Up

Doonby

Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2

Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta!

Joy of Sex

The Retirement Plan

You're Not You

God's Not Dead 2

Beautiful People

Just Your Luck

Nappily Ever After

Deer Crossing

Clifford's Really Big Movie

Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball

Turning Point

The Cowboy Way

Anne B. Real

The Jazz Singer

Prisoner's Daughter

Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone

Two of a Kind

Deep Blue Breath

The Human Tornado

Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

Merry Ex-Mas

The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission

Fakin' Da Funk

Stealth Fighter

Beebo Saves Christmas

Operation Delta Force

Best of the Best 4: Without Warning

Nobel Son

Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror

A Town Without Christmas

The Wrong Guys

The Main Event

Adventure Force 5

Dear Secret Santa

Call Me Crazy: A Five Film

Final Approach

In Search of Tomorrow

The Grim Sleeper

Fatal Secrets

California Girls

Confessions of an Action Star

Hijack

Mr. Beebee

Nowhere to Land

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters

Love on the Run

All Hat

October 22

Infinity Train

The Last Song

Lackawanna Blues

Underground Entertainment: The Movie

Crazy Times

The Cherokee Kid

Lonely Street

The Adventures of Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Conspiracy

Women of San Quentin

Walking Shadow

For Which He Stands

Ambush at Dark Canyon

Mad Bull

Underground Aces

Paper Bullets

Everything's Jake

Michael Jordan: An American Hero

Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story

The Man in the Silo

Levitation

Man from Atlantis IV: The Disappearances

To Hell and Back

Trapper County War

Oswald: Down The Rabbit Hole

A Stranger in the Kingdom

Battledogs

The Last Precinct

The $5.20 an Hour Dream

Horror Icon: Inside Michael's Mask with Tony Moran

A Matter of Life and Death

On the Scene with the Ghostbusters
