Ernie Hudson
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.
242 acting credits
Acting · 242
Law & Order
1990
Grey's Anatomy
2005
Criminal Minds
2005
Bones
2005
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Modern Family
2009
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Stargate SG-1
1997
Desperate Housewives
2004
Arrow
2012
Blue Bloods
2010
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
How I Met Your Mother
2005
Private Practice
2007
ER
1994
Psych
2006
Without a Trace
2002
Once Upon a Time
2011
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Crossing Jordan
2001
Batman: The Animated Series
1992
The A-Team
1983
Twin Peaks
1990
Scandal
2012
Cold Case
2003
The View
1997
Rizzoli & Isles
2010
Heroes
2006
White Collar
2009
Scorpion
2014
Little House on the Prairie
1974
Franklin & Bash
2011
Robot Chicken
2005
Las Vegas
2003
St. Elsewhere
1982
MacGyver
2016
Everwood
2002
Full House
1987
Oz
1997
Sherri
2022
Touched by an Angel
1994
Toy Story 5
2026
The Incredible Hulk
1977
Grace and Frankie
2015
Taxi
1978
Superman: The Animated Series
1996
Fantasy Island
1978
Hot in Cleveland
2010
Tales from the Crypt
1989
Childrens Hospital
2008
The Masked Singer
2019
Hart of Dixie
2011
The Last Leg
2013
Lethal Weapon
2016
Ballers
2015
Key & Peele
2012
Torchwood
2006
The Secret Life of the American Teenager
2008
Transformers: Prime
2010
Star Wars: The Bad Batch
2021
Boston Blue
2025
Arli$$
1996
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2009
Angie Tribeca
2016
Quantum Leap
2022
L.A.'s Finest
2019
Super Friends
1973
Comic Book Men
2012
Infinity Train
2019
Carl Weber's The Family Business
2018
City on a Hill
2019
The Movies That Made Us
2019
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020
The White Shadow
1978
The Basketball Diaries
1995
Reunited Apart
2020
Ghostbusters
1984
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
1989
The Millers
2013
Webster
1983
Bosom Buddies
1980
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024
The Crow
1994
Steve
2017
10-8: Officers on Duty
2003
Graves
2016
Roots: The Next Generations
1979
The Substitute
1996
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021
Ironside
2013
Flamingo Road
1981
Angry Birds Mystery Island
2024
Ghostbusters
2016
Miss Congeniality
2000
Cop Rock
1990
Ghostbusters II
1989
The Ben Stiller Show
1992
Dragonball Evolution
2009
Guys with Kids
2012
APB
2017
Meteor
2009
Congo
1995
Wild Palms
1993
The New Odd Couple
1982
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
1992
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
2005
The Insiders
1985
Airheads
1994
Leviathan
1989
Broken Badges
1990
No Escape
1994
The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians
1985
Angel Street
1992
You're Not You
2014
Batman: Bad Blood
2016
The Ron Clark Story
2006
Detective School
1979
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
God's Not Dead 2
2016
Champions
2023
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
2011
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2006
Diff'rent Strokes
1978
The Last Precinct
1986
The Watcher
2000
Beautiful People
—
The Retirement Plan
2023
Redemption Day
2021
Mr. Magoo
1997
Sugar Hill
1994
Confessions of an Action Star
2005
The Cowboy Way
1994
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta!
2012
Highcliffe Manor
1979
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020
Nappily Ever After
2018
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
1988
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
1983
The Octagon
1980
Two of a Kind
1983
Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball
2010
The Wrong Guys
1988
The Main Event
1979
Prisoner's Daughter
2023
All Hat
2007
In Search of Tomorrow
2022
Sisters in Italy
—
Speechless
1994
Game of Death
2011
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
2006
The Jazz Singer
1980
FEEL
2025
Best of the Best 4: Without Warning
1998
Nobel Son
2007
Weeds
1987
The Grim Sleeper
2014
Heaven Sent
2016
Famous
—
Butter
1998
Pastor Brown
2009
The Cherokee Kid
1996
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
2013
Final Approach
2008
Lackawanna Blues
2005
October 22
1998
Tornado!
1996
Leadbelly
1976
Joy of Sex
1984
Clifford's Really Big Movie
2004
Infinity Train
2016
Skag
1980
Ghostheads
2016
Merry Ex-Mas
2014
Going Berserk
1983
Interceptors
1999
Showing Up
2014
A Town Without Christmas
2001
Operation Delta Force
1997
Dear Secret Santa
2013
The Adventures of Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Conspiracy
2012
Lonely Street
2009
Hijack
1999
Stealth Fighter
1999
Shark Attack
1999
Walking Shadow
2001
Collision Course
1989
Joni
1979
Fatal Secrets
2009
The Human Tornado
1976
Fakin' Da Funk
1997
Levitation
1997
Penitentiary II
1982
Touched
2014
Red Letters
2000
Spaceman
2016
Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story
2005
Ambush at Dark Canyon
2012
A Matter of Life and Death
1981
Underground Entertainment: The Movie
2011
Trapper County War
1989
Machete Joe
2010
Last of the Good Guys
1978
White Mama
1980
Clover
1997
Just Your Luck
1996
Women of San Quentin
1983
Doonby
2013
The Last Precinct
1986
Man from Atlantis IV: The Disappearances
1977
Crazy Times
1981
To Hell and Back
2014
Hal
—
Underground Aces
1981
Michael Jordan: An American Hero
1999
Beebo Saves Christmas
2021
A Stranger in the Kingdom
1999
Mad Bull
1977
Love on the Run
1985
The Man in the Silo
2016
California Girls
1985
Nowhere to Land
2010
Darrin's Dance Grooves: The Untold Darrin Henson Story
2023
Everything's Jake
2000
The $5.20 an Hour Dream
1980
Deep Blue Breath
2011
Gallows Road
2015
High & Outside: A Baseball Noir
2018
Turning Point
2013
Anne B. Real
2003
Stasis
2010
Paper Bullets
2000
The Last Song
2014
For Which He Stands
1996
Adventure Force 5
2019
Deer Crossing
2012
Deepest, Darkest
—
Halfway Decent
2005
Mr. Beebee
—
Horror Icon: Inside Michael's Mask with Tony Moran
2015
Oswald: Down The Rabbit Hole
—
On the Scene with the Ghostbusters
1984
Battledogs
2013