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Hudson at GalaxyCon Raleigh in 2024
Born
Earnest Lee Hudson [1]

(1945-12-17) December 17, 1945 (age 78)
Education
Occupations
  • Actor
  • playwright
  • producer
Years active1973–present
Spouses
  • Jeannie Moore
    (m. 1963;div. 1976)
  • Linda Kingsberg
    (m. 1985)
Children4, including Ernie Hudson Jr.

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).

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On television, his most prominent role 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.

Early life

Hudson was born in Benton Harbor, Michigan. He never knew his father. His mother, Maggie Donald, [2] died of tuberculosis when he was two months old. He was subsequently raised by his maternal grandmother, Arrana Donald.

Hudson joined the U.S. Marine Corps immediately after high school but was discharged after only three months on medical grounds due to asthma. [3] Having moved to Detroit, he became the resident playwright at Concept East, the oldest black theater company in the United States. He enrolled at Wayne State University to further develop his writing and acting skills, graduating in 1973. He established the Actors' Ensemble Theatre where he and other talented young black writers directed and appeared in their own works. He began a doctoral program at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities before leaving to appear in a stage production of The Great White Hope . [4] Later, he studied toward a Master of Fine Arts in acting at Yale School of Drama, but left after a year to appear in Leadbelly . [5]

In an interview with Belief.net, Hudson stated that he is a practicing Christian, but does not believe that "one church is the right one".[ citation needed ]

Career

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Hudson at the 2014 Florida Super Con

One of Hudson's early film roles is in Penitentiary II (1982) starring Leon Isaac Kennedy. He had various guest roles on television series such as The Dukes of Hazzard and The A-Team . He was on the television series Fantasy Island in a first-season episode as a voodoo man named Jamu. Hudson gained fame playing Winston Zeddemore in the 1984 feature film Ghostbusters and its 1989 sequel, Ghostbusters II . He auditioned to reprise the role for the animated series, The Real Ghostbusters , but it was given to Arsenio Hall. [6] He had a major supporting role as the mentally challenged handyman Solomon in The Hand that Rocks the Cradle (1992).

Hudson was cast as Warden Leo Glynn on HBO's series Oz , and his son Ernie Hudson Jr. co-starred with him as Muslim inmate Hamid Khan. Hudson also appears as the character Munro in Congo (1995) and as Police Sergeant Albrecht in The Crow (1994). He switched gears when he played a preacher opening the eyes of a small town's prejudice in the 1950s in A Stranger in the Kingdom . He played Harry McDonald, the FBI superior of Sandra Bullock's character in the feature film Miss Congeniality (2000). He is in the Stargate SG-1 episode "Ethon" as Pernaux. He appeared as Reggie in the 1995 film The Basketball Diaries . In 2006, he appeared in the television film The Ron Clark Story as Principal Turner. In 2008, he began a recurring role as Dr. Fields on The Secret Life of the American Teenager . He had a recurring role on the final season of Law & Order as Lt. Anita Van Buren's boyfriend and then fiancé.

In 2011, he played Stuart Owens in Torchwood: Miracle Day . [7]

The handprints of Hudson are in front of the Great Movie Ride at Walt Disney World's Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park. Ernie Hudson handprints at Disney Hollywood Studios.jpg
The handprints of Hudson are in front of the Great Movie Ride at Walt Disney World's Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park.

Beginning in 2015, Hudson was cast in a recurring role as Jacob, an organic farmer who is the romantic interest for Frankie Bergstein (Lily Tomlin) in the series Grace and Frankie . [8]

Hudson appeared in the 2016 Ghostbusters reboot, playing Bill Jenkins, the uncle of Leslie Jones's lead character Pattie Tolan. [9]

In 2019, Hudson began starring in L.A.'s Finest , playing the estranged father of Gabrielle Union's character. Hudson called it "a very different show", citing the duality of having to protect people as a member of law enforcement while having unresolved relationships that need to be reconciled. [10] Spectrum canceled the series after two seasons the following year. [11]

In August 2019, he confirmed his involvement in Ghostbusters: Afterlife directed by Jason Reitman, joining original cast members Sigourney Weaver, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray and Annie Potts. [12] [13] Hudson described himself as being welled by emotions after he put on his jumpsuit and proton pack, as he had previously "accepted that [a film] was never going to happen". [14]

Hudson appeared in the 2022 drama film Prisoner's Daughter , alongside Kate Beckinsale and Brian Cox. [15]

On March 8, 2022, Hudson was announced as the co-lead in NBC's Quantum Leap reboot. [16]

In January 2023, Hudson guest voiced a character, Grini Millegi, a Dowutin gangster who was an associate of Cid and oversees Riot Racing on the planet Safa Toma, on Star Wars: The Bad Batch . [17]

Personal life

Hudson married his first wife, Jeannie Moore, in 1963, when she was sixteen and he was eighteen. [18] They had two sons, Ernie Hudson Jr. and Rahaman Hudson. When Hudson and Jeannie divorced in 1976, their sons moved to live with Hudson in California. [19] [20] In 1985, Hudson married former flight attendant Linda Kingsberg, and they had two sons, Andrew and Ross. [18]

On June 8, 2024, a portion of South Fair Avenue (M-139) near Hudson's childhood home in Benton Harbor was given the honorary name "Ernie Hudson Way". [21] [22]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1976 Leadbelly Archie
The Human Tornado Bo
1977Mad BullBart 'Black Bart'Television film
1978Last of the Good GuysEl ColiphTelevision film
1979 The Main Event Killer
1980 Joni Earl
The $5.20 an Hour DreamHomer BurdenTelevision film
White Mama CounsellorTelevision film
The Octagon Quinine
The Jazz Singer Heckler
1981A Matter of Life and DeathMr. HarrisonTelevision film
Underground Aces African General
Crazy TimesHarold 'Jazzman' MalloyTelevision film
1982 Penitentiary II 'Half Dead'
1983 Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone Washington
Going Berserk Muhammed Jerome Willy
Women of San Quentin Charles WilsonTelevision film
Two of a Kind Detective Skaggs
1984 Ghostbusters Winston Zeddemore
National Lampoon's Joy of Sex Mr. Porter
1985 California Girls ErnieTelevision film
Love on the Run LamarTelevision film
1987 Weeds Bagdad
1988 The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission Joseph HamiltonTelevision film
The Wrong Guys Dawson
1989 Leviathan Justin Jones
Collision Course 'Shortcut'
Trapper County WarJefferson Carter
Ghostbusters II Winston Zeddemore
1992 The Hand That Rocks the Cradle Solomon
1993Angel StreetThurman NickensTelevision film
The PitchVetShort
1994 Sugar Hill Lolly Jonas
The Crow Sergeant Daryl Albrecht
No Escape Hawkins
The Cowboy Way Officer Sam 'Mad Dog' Shaw
Airheads Sergeant O'Malley
Speechless Dan Ventura
1995 The Basketball Diaries Reggie
Congo Captain Monroe Kelly
1996 The Substitute Principal Claude Rolle
Tornado! Dr. Joe BransonTelevision film
For Which He StandsDEA Agent Baxter
Just Your LuckWillieVideo
The Cherokee Kid Nat Love/Deadwood DickTelevision film
1997 Operation Delta Force TiptonTelevision film
Levitation 'Downbeat'
Clover Gaten HillTelevision film
Fakin' da Funk Joe Lee
Mr. Magoo CIA Agent Gus Anders
A Stranger in the Kingdom Reverend Walter Andrews
1998 Butter Curtis '8 Ball' Harris
Best of the Best 4: Without Warning Detective GreskoVideo
HijackSenator Douglas Wilson
October 22 Arthur
1999 Michael Jordan: An American Hero James R. Jordan Sr. Television film
Shark Attack Lawrence RhodesTelevision film
InterceptorMajor McKenzie
Stealth FighterPresident Westwood
Paper BulletsDetective Ron Mills
Miracle on the 17th GreenEarl FielderTelevision film
LillieLarry Miller
2000Nowhere to LandDanny GorlinTelevision film
Everything's Jake Jake
Red LettersDetective Glen Teal
The Watcher FBI Special Agent Mike Ibby
Miss Congeniality FBI Assistant Director Harry McDonald
2001 Walking Shadow 'Hawk'Television film
A Town Without Christmas TedTelevision film
2003 Anne B. Real Principal Davis
2004 Clifford's Really Big Movie P.T. (voice) [23]
2005 Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School Blake Rische
Lackawanna Blues Dick BarrymoreTelevision film
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous FBI Assistant Director Harry McDonald
BathshebaNathanShort
Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story Perry BeasleyTelevision film
Halfway DecentTom
2006 The Ron Clark Story Principal TurnerTelevision film
Hood of Horror Roscoe
2007 Certifiably Jonathan Museum Guard
Nobel Son Sergeant Bill Canega
All Hat Jackson Jones
Final Approach Agent Lorenzo DawsonTelevision film
2008Pie'n BurgerCedricShort
Lonely Street Captain Morgan
2009Balancing the BooksDetective Carter
Dragonball Evolution Sifu Norris
Pastor Brown Deacon Harold Todd
2010 Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball FBI Special Agent Anthony VejarVideo
Machete JoeSheriff Taylor
StasisStrangerShort [24]
Game of Death Catholic Priest
2011 Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 Pedro (voice)Video [23]
SugarwheelsProf. Zaccharine Ragus PhDShort
Deep Blue BreathLord Vater (voice)Short
2012 Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Conspiracy Ivan Stumpwater
Dinner DateManShort
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva La Fiesta! Pedro (voice)Video [23]
Deer CrossingCaptain Bailey
Dark CanyonCyrus Parker
Turning Point Joe Johnson
2013 Battledogs Max StevensTelevision film
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film PercyTelevision film
Doonby Leroy
Dear Secret SantaPastor AveryTelevision film
RecklessFrank WolfeTelevision film
AdonisChick Magnet CEOShort
2014TouchedDr. BeckTelevision film
The Grim SleeperDetective Claymar
You're Not You John
Merry Ex-MasPastor Ed
The Last SongGuestShort
2015To Hell and BackJoeTelevision film
Gallows RoadBob Collins
Delores & Jermaine-Television film
2016The Man in the SiloMarcus Wells
Batman: Bad Blood Lucius Fox (voice)Video [23]
God's Not Dead 2 Judge Stennis
Ghostbusters Uncle Bill Jenkins
Spaceman Joe [25]
Infinity TrainAtticus (voice)Short
Heaven SentDonatelloTelevision film
2017High & Outside: A Baseball NoirSanzone
2018 Nappily Ever After Richard Jones [26]
2020I Love You... ForeverGeorge HenryShort
2021 Redemption Day Ed Paxton [27]
Ghostbusters: Afterlife Winston Zeddemore [28] [29]
Beebo Saves Christmas Santa Claus (voice) [30] [23]
2022 Prisoner's Daughter Hank [31]
2023 Champions Coach Phil Peretti [32]
The Retirement Plan Joseph [33]
2024 Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire Winston Zeddemore [34] [35]
TBA Oswald: Down the Rabbit Hole Oswald the Lucky Rabbit [36]

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1977 Man from Atlantis MinionEpisode: "The Disappearances"
1978 King Jack CorbinMain Cast
Fantasy Island JamuEpisode: "Family Reunion/VooDoo"
WinnersTedEpisode: "Journey Together"
Baa Baa Black Sheep George 'King George'Episode: "A Little Bit of England"
1979 The Incredible Hulk LeeEpisode: "Like a Brother"
Roots: The Next Generations Muslim at DoorEpisode: "Part VII (1960-1967)"
The White Shadow JohnsonEpisode: "Little Orphan Abner"
Detective School BombacaaEpisode: "Nick Is Smitten"
One Day at a Time Desk SergeantEpisode: "A Little Larceny"
Highcliffe Manor SmytheMain Cast
1980 Skag -Episode: "Pilot"
Too Close for Comfort Sam MortonEpisode: "The Bag Lady"
1981 Diff'rent Strokes KwameEpisode: "Almost American"
Little House on the Prairie William ThomasEpisode: "Chicago"
Bosom Buddies RochelleEpisode: "One for You, One for Me"
Taxi Terry CarverEpisode: "Of Mice and Tony"
1982 The Dukes of Hazzard AveryEpisode: "Dear Diary"
Flamingo Road ChandlerRecurring cast: Season 2
The New Odd Couple Moses BrownEpisode: "That Was No Lady"
1983 Webster RudyEpisode: "Happy Un-Birthday"
The A-Team Cal FreemanEpisode: "The Taxicab Wars"
1984 St. Elsewhere Jerry CloseRecurring cast: Season 3
1985 The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians Victor Stone/Cyborg (voice)Main Cast: Season 9
1986 The Last Precinct Sergeant 'Night Train' LaneMain Cast
It's a Living DougieEpisode: "The Bar"
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Digger LoveEpisode: "Harlem Nocturne"
1987 Gimme a Break! PrinceEpisode: "Someday My Prince..."
Full House Reggie 'The Sandman' MartinEpisode: "Knock Yourself Out"
Pound Puppies Additional VoicesRecurring cast: Season 2
1989 The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! HimselfEpisode: "Slime Busters"
1990 An Evening at the Improv Himself/HostEpisode: "Episode #5.4"
Cop Rock Commander Warren OsborneEpisode: "Pilot"
1990–91 Broken Badges Toby BakerMain Cast
1992 Angel Street Thurman NickensEpisode: "Pilot - Part 1 & 2"
The Ben Stiller Show Tennis CaptainEpisode: "With Bobcat Goldthwait"
Batman: The Animated Series Security Guard (voice)Episode: "Joker's Wild" [23]
1993 TriBeCa HowardEpisode: "Heros Exoletus"
Wild Palms Tommy LazloMain Cast
Tales from the Crypt ZambiniEpisode: "Food for Thought"
1994 Lifestories: Families in Crisis Coach SeldonEpisode: "A Body to Die For: The Aaron Henry Story"
1997 Superman: The Animated Series Professor Felix (voice)Episode: "Action Figures" [23]
1997–2003 Oz Warden Leo Glynn Main Cast
1998 The Gregory Hines Show JackEpisode: "Carpe Diem"
Arli$$ Warden Leo GlynnEpisode: "Fans First"
2000 Intimate Portrait HimselfEpisode: "Robin Givens"
2001 Touched by an Angel Norm McCloudEpisode: "The Perfect Game"
2003 Without a Trace Manny AybarEpisode: "Kam Li"
2003–04 10-8: Officers on Duty Senior Deputy John Henry BarnesMain Cast
2004 Everwood Bill HooverEpisode: "The Birds and the Batteries"
2006 Celebrity Paranormal Project HimselfEpisode: "Wooden Lucy"
Crossing Jordan Colonel WirthEpisode: "Code of Ethics"
Stargate SG-1 Commander Goran PernauxEpisode: "Ethon"
ER Colonel James GallantRecurring cast: Season 12
2006–07 Desperate Housewives Detective Ridley Recurring cast: Season 3
2007 Cold Case Moses JonesEpisode: "8:03 AM"
Las Vegas Bob Casey2 episodes
Psych William Guster Episode: "Gus's Dad May Have Killed an Old Guy"
2007-08 Bones David BarronGuest Cast: Season 2-3
2008 Private Practice Captain FrankEpisode: "Nothing to Talk About"
2008–13 The Secret Life of the American Teenager Dr. Ken FieldsRecurring cast
2009Whatever Happened To?HimselfEpisode: "Masters of the Unknown"
Celebrity Ghost Stories HimselfEpisode: "Anson Williams/Ali Landry/Gina Gershon/Kelly Carlson/Ernie Hudson"
Meteor General BrasserMain Cast
Heroes Captain LubbockRecurring cast: Season 4
2009–10 Law & Order Frank GibsonRecurring cast: Season 20
2010 Childrens Hospital Hubert McGrawEpisode: "Joke Overload"
Criminal Minds Lieutenant Al GarnerEpisode: "Devil's Night"
2010–13 Transformers: Prime Special Agent Bill Fowler (voice)Recurring cast [23]
2011 White Collar Mr. JeffriesEpisode: "Dentist of Detroit"
Torchwood Stewart OwensEpisode: "Miracle Day: The Middle Men"
Grey's Anatomy Brad McDougallEpisode: "Put Me In, Coach"
How I Met Your Mother HimselfEpisode: "The Rebound Girl"
2011–14 Rizzoli & Isles Admiral FrostGuest Cast: Season 2 & 5
2012 Unsung HimselfEpisode: "Ray Parker Jr."
Hart of Dixie Ernie HayesEpisode: "Snowflakes & Soulmates"
NosferajewCDC DirectorEpisode: "Community Blech"
2012–14 Franklin & Bash Honorable Lawrence PerryRecurring cast: Season 2 & 4
2012–16 Modern Family MilesGuest Cast: Season 3-4 & 7-8
2013 Guys with Kids The JudgeEpisode: "Marny's Dad"
Last Resort Conrad BuellRecurring cast
Dan Vs. CounselorEpisode: "Summer Camp"
Let's Stay Together AnthonyEpisode: "Troy Story"
Scandal Commander Randolph BolesEpisode: "Mrs. Smith Goes to Washington"
Ironside BludsoEpisode: "Uptown Murders"
Dads Detective SwanEpisode: "Comic Book Issues"
Mob City BunnyRecurring cast
2014 Comic Book Men HimselfEpisode: "Stashbusters"
The Millers WalterEpisode: "Dear Diary"
The Haunted Hathaways Duke PrestonEpisode: "Haunted Visitor"
The Lottery -Episode: "Sleep Deprived"
Scorpion BrooksEpisode: "Pilot"
Key & Peele DadEpisode: "Terrorist Meeting"
Hot in Cleveland HimselfEpisode: "Cold in Cleveland: The Christmas Episode"
2015 Once Upon a Time King Poseidon Episode: "Poor Unfortunate Soul"
2015–20 Grace and Frankie JacobRecurring cast: Season 1-4 & 6
2016 Celebrity Family Feud HimselfEpisode: "Kellie Pickler vs. Lance Bass/Ernie Hudson vs. NeNe Leakes"
Unsung Hollywood HimselfEpisode: "Rudy Ray Moore"
Robot Chicken Various Roles (voice)Episode: "Blackout Window Heatstroke"
Graves Jacob MannRecurring cast: Season 1
2017 APB Sergeant Ned ConradMain Cast
Angie Tribeca Pete TribecaEpisode: "Germs on Endearment"
Twin Peaks Colonel DavisEpisode: "Part 5 & 7"
Survivor's Remorse Ansell JonesEpisode: "Reparations"
Spider-Man Robbie Robertson (voice)Episode: "Screwball Live" [23]
2018 Lethal Weapon Agent PetersonEpisode: "Funny Money"
Blue Bloods Principal Darryl WardEpisode: "School of Hard Knocks"
Ballers Mr. HagertyEpisode: "This Is Not Our World"
2018–24 The Family Business L.C. DuncanMain Cast
2019 Hot Streets John Wayne 'Jet Wayne' Junior (voice)Main Cast: Season 2
Arrow General Roy Stewart Episode: "Spartan" [37]
Infinity Train Atticus (voice)Main cast (season 1) [23]
2019–20 Puppy Dog Pals Buddy (voice)Guest: Season 2, recurring cast: Season 2
L.A.'s Finest Joseph VaughnMain cast
2020 Reunited Apart HimselfEpisode: "Who You Gonna Call?"
The Irate GamerHimselfEpisode: "Ghostbusters"
Home Movie: The Princess Bride Prince HumperdinckEpisode: "Chapter Eight: Ultimate Suffering"
2021 MacGyver Milton BozerEpisode: "H2O + Orthophosphates + Mission City + Corrosion + Origins" [38] [39]
2022 City on a Hill Franklin WardRecurring cast: Season 3 [40]
2022–24 Quantum Leap Herbert "Magic" WilliamsMain cast [41]
2023 Star Wars: The Bad Batch Grini Millegi (voice)Episode: "Faster" [42] [23]
2024 Firebuds Chase Thundershock (voice)Episode: "Full-Time Flash/Bubba Trouble"

Documentary

YearTitle
2019Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters

Video games

YearTitleVoice roleNotes
2009 Ghostbusters: The Video Game Winston Zeddemore
2015 Lego Dimensions Winston Zeddemore
2016 Ghostbusters Pinball Winston Zeddemore [23]
2019 NBA 2K20 Israel Bacon
Ghostbusters: The Video Game RemasteredWinston Zeddemore
2022 Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed Winston Zeddemore [43] [44] [45] [23]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2024 Saturn Awards Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series Quantum Leap Nominated [46]
4th Astra TV Awards Best Supporting Actor in a Broadcast Network or Cable Drama SeriesPending [47]

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Ghostbusters: Afterlife is a 2021 American supernatural comedy film directed by Jason Reitman from a screenplay he co-wrote with Gil Kenan. It is the sequel to Ghostbusters (1984) and Ghostbusters II (1989), the third mainline installment, and the fourth film overall in the Ghostbusters franchise. The film stars Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, and Paul Rudd, alongside Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts, and Sigourney Weaver reprising their characters from the earlier films. Set 32 years after the events of Ghostbusters II, it follows a single mother and her children who move to an Oklahoma farm they inherited from her estranged father Egon Spengler, a member of the original Ghostbusters.

<i>Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire</i> 2024 film by Gil Kenan

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is a 2024 American supernatural comedy film directed by Gil Kenan from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jason Reitman. It is the sequel to Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021), the fourth mainline installment, and the fifth film overall in the Ghostbusters franchise. The film stars Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, Celeste O'Connor, and Logan Kim reprising their roles from Afterlife, alongside Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts, and William Atherton reprising their characters from the earlier films. Kumail Nanjiani, Patton Oswalt, Emily Alyn Lind, and James Acaster also join the cast. Set three years after the events of Afterlife, the veteran Ghostbusters must join forces with their successors to save the world from a death-chilling god in New York City who seeks to build a spectral army.

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