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Born | Earnest Lee Hudson [1] December 17, 1945 Benton Harbor, Michigan, U.S. |
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Years active | 1973–present |
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Children | 4, 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).
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). Since 2022, Hudson has appeared as Herbert "Magic" Williams on the NBC drama Quantum Leap.
He had a cameo as Patty Tolan's uncle in the remake of Ghostbusters (2016), and reprised his role as Winston in Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) and its sequel Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024).
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 ]
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]
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]
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]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1976 | Leadbelly | Archie | |
1976 | The Human Tornado | Bo | |
1979 | The Main Event | Killer | |
1980 | Joni | Earl | |
1980 | The Octagon | Quinine | |
1980 | The Jazz Singer | Heckler | |
1981 | Underground Aces | African General | |
1982 | Penitentiary II | 'Half Dead' | |
1983 | Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone | Washington | |
1983 | Going Berserk | Muhammed Jerome Willy | |
1983 | Two of a Kind | Detective Skaggs | |
1984 | Ghostbusters | Winston Zeddemore | |
1984 | National Lampoon's Joy of Sex | Mr. Porter | |
1987 | Weeds | Bagdad | |
1988 | The Wrong Guys | Dawson | |
1989 | Leviathan | Justin Jones | |
1989 | Collision Course | 'Shortcut' | |
1989 | Trapper County War | Jefferson Carter | |
1989 | Ghostbusters II | Winston Zeddemore | |
1992 | The Hand That Rocks the Cradle | Solomon | |
1993 | The Pitch | Vet | Short film |
1994 | Sugar Hill | Lolly Jonas | |
1994 | The Crow | Sergeant Daryl Albrecht | |
1994 | No Escape | Hawkins | |
1994 | The Cowboy Way | Officer Sam 'Mad Dog' Shaw | |
1994 | Airheads | Sergeant O'Malley | |
1994 | Speechless | Dan Ventura | |
1995 | The Basketball Diaries | Reggie | |
1995 | Congo | Captain Monroe Kelly | |
1996 | The Substitute | Principal Claude Rolle | |
1996 | For Which He Stands | DEA Agent Baxter | |
1996 | Just Your Luck | Willie | Direct-to-video |
1997 | Levitation | 'Downbeat' | |
1997 | Fakin' da Funk | Joe Lee | |
1997 | Mr. Magoo | CIA Agent Gus Anders | |
1997 | A Stranger in the Kingdom | Reverend Walter Andrews | |
1998 | Butter | Curtis '8 Ball' Harris | |
1998 | Best of the Best 4: Without Warning | Detective Gresko | Direct-to-video |
1998 | Hijack | Senator Douglas Wilson | |
1998 | October 22 | Arthur | |
1999 | Interceptor | Major McKenzie | |
1999 | Stealth Fighter | President Westwood | |
1999 | Paper Bullets | Detective Ron Mills | |
1999 | Lillie | Larry Miller | |
2000 | Everything's Jake | Jake | |
2000 | Red Letters | Detective Glen Teal | |
2000 | The Watcher | FBI Special Agent Mike Ibby | |
2000 | Miss Congeniality | FBI Assistant Director Harry McDonald | |
2003 | Anne B. Real | Principal Davis | |
2004 | Clifford's Really Big Movie | P.T. | Voice [21] |
2005 | Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School | Blake Rische | |
2005 | Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous | FBI Assistant Director Harry McDonald | |
2005 | Bathsheba | Nathan | Short film |
2005 | Halfway Decent | Tom | |
2006 | Hood of Horror | Roscoe | |
2007 | Certifiably Jonathan | Museum Guard | |
2007 | Nobel Son | Sergeant Bill Canega | |
2007 | All Hat | Jackson Jones | |
2008 | Pie'n Burger | Cedric | Short film |
2008 | Lonely Street | Captain Morgan | |
2009 | Balancing the Books | Detective Carter | |
2009 | Dragonball Evolution | Sifu Norris | |
2009 | Pastor Brown | Deacon Harold Todd | |
2010 | Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball | FBI Special Agent Anthony Vejar | Direct-to-video |
2010 | Machete Joe | Sheriff Taylor | |
2010 | Stasis | Stranger | Short film [22] |
2010 | Game of Death | Catholic Priest | |
2011 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 | Pedro | Voice, direct-to-video [21] |
2011 | Sugarwheels | Prof. Zaccharine Ragus PhD | Short film |
2011 | Deep Blue Breath | Lord Vater | Voice, short film |
2012 | Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Conspiracy | Ivan Stumpwater | |
2012 | Dinner Date | Man | Short film |
2012 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva La Fiesta! | Pedro | Voice, direct-to-video [21] |
2012 | Deer Crossing | Captain Bailey | |
2012 | Dark Canyon | Cyrus Parker | |
2012 | Turning Point | Joe Johnson | |
2013 | Doonby | Leroy | |
2013 | Adonis | Chick Magnet CEO | Short film |
2014 | The Grim Sleeper | Detective Claymar | |
2014 | You're Not You | John | |
2014 | Merry Ex-Mas | Pastor Ed | |
2014 | The Last Song | Guest | Short film |
2015 | Gallows Road | Bob Collins | |
2016 | The Man in the Silo | Marcus Wells | |
2016 | Batman: Bad Blood | Lucius Fox | Voice, direct-to-video [21] |
2016 | God's Not Dead 2 | Judge Robert Stennis | |
2016 | Ghostbusters | Uncle Bill Jenkins | |
2016 | Spaceman | Joe | |
2016 | Infinity Train | Atticus | Voice, short |
2017 | High & Outside: A Baseball Noir | Sanzone | |
2018 | Nappily Ever After | Richard Jones | |
2019 | Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters | Himself | Documentary |
2020 | I Love You... Forever | George Henry | Short film |
2021 | Redemption Day | Ed Paxton | |
2021 | Ghostbusters: Afterlife | Winston Zeddemore | |
2021 | Beebo Saves Christmas | Santa Claus | Voice [23] |
2022 | Prisoner's Daughter | Hank | |
2023 | Champions | Coach Phil Peretti | |
2023 | The Retirement Plan | Joseph | |
2024 | Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire | Winston Zeddemore | [24] [25] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1977 | Man from Atlantis | Minion | Episode: "The Disappearances" |
1977 | Mad Bull | Bart 'Black Bart' | Television film |
1978 | Last of the Good Guys | El Coliph | |
1978 | King | Jack Corbin | Main cast |
1978 | Fantasy Island | Jamu | Episode: "Family Reunion/VooDoo" |
1978 | Winners | Ted | Episode: "Journey Together" |
1978 | Baa Baa Black Sheep | George 'King George' | Episode: "A Little Bit of England" |
1979 | The Incredible Hulk | Lee | Episode: "Like a Brother" |
1979 | Roots: The Next Generations | Muslim at Door | Episode: "Part VII (1960-1967)" |
1979 | The White Shadow | Johnson | Episode: "Little Orphan Abner" |
1979 | Detective School | Bombacaa | Episode: "Nick Is Smitten" |
1979 | One Day at a Time | Desk Sergeant | Episode: "A Little Larceny" |
1979 | Highcliffe Manor | Smythe | Main cast |
1980 | Skag | Episode: "Pilot" | |
1980 | Too Close for Comfort | Sam Morton | Episode: "The Bag Lady" |
1980 | The $5.20 an Hour Dream | Homer Burden | Television film |
1980 | White Mama | Counsellor | |
1981 | A Matter of Life and Death | Mr. Harrison | |
1981 | Crazy Times | Harold 'Jazzman' Malloy | |
1981 | Diff'rent Strokes | Kwame | Episode: "Almost American" |
1981 | Little House on the Prairie | William Thomas | Episode: "Chicago" |
1981 | Bosom Buddies | Rochelle | Episode: "One for You, One for Me" |
1981 | Taxi | Terry Carver | Episode: "Of Mice and Tony" |
1982 | The Dukes of Hazzard | Avery | Episode: "Dear Diary" |
1982 | Flamingo Road | Chandler | Recurring cast (season 2) |
1982 | The New Odd Couple | Moses Brown | Episode: "That Was No Lady" |
1983 | Webster | Rudy | Episode: "Happy Un-Birthday" |
1983 | The A-Team | Cal Freeman | Episode: "The Taxicab Wars" |
1983 | Women of San Quentin | Charles Wilson | Television film |
1984 | St. Elsewhere | Jerry Close | Recurring role (season 3) |
1985 | The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians | Victor Stone / Cyborg | Voice, main role |
1985 | California Girls | Ernie | Television film |
1985 | Love on the Run | Lamar | Television film |
1986 | The Last Precinct | Sergeant 'Night Train' Lane | Main role |
1986 | It's a Living | Dougie | Episode: "The Bar" |
1986 | Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer | Digger Love | Episode: "Harlem Nocturne" |
1987 | Gimme a Break! | Prince | Episode: "Someday My Prince..." |
1987 | Full House | Reggie 'The Sandman' Martin | Episode: "Knock Yourself Out" |
1987 | Pound Puppies | Additional Voices | Recurring role (season 2) |
1988 | The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission | Joseph Hamilton | Television film |
1989 | The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! | Himself | Episode: "Slime Busters" |
1990 | An Evening at the Improv | Himself / Host | Episode: "Episode #5.4" |
1990 | Cop Rock | Commander Warren Osborne | Episode: "Pilot" |
1990–1991 | Broken Badges | Toby Baker | Main role |
1992 | Angel Street | Thurman Nickens | Episode: "Pilot - Part 1 & 2" |
1992 | The Ben Stiller Show | Tennis Captain | Episode: "With Bobcat Goldthwait" |
1992 | Batman: The Animated Series | Security Guard | Voice, episode: "Joker's Wild" [21] |
1993 | TriBeCa | Howard | Episode: "Heros Exoletus" |
1993 | Wild Palms | Tommy Lazlo | Main role |
1993 | Angel Street | Thurman Nickens | Television film |
1993 | Tales from the Crypt | Zambini | Episode: "Food for Thought" |
1994 | Lifestories: Families in Crisis | Coach Seldon | Episode: "A Body to Die For: The Aaron Henry Story" |
1996 | Tornado! | Dr. Joe Branson | Television film |
1996 | The Cherokee Kid | Nat Love / Deadwood Dick | Television film |
1997 | Operation Delta Force | Tipton | Television film |
1997 | Superman: The Animated Series | Professor Felix | Voice, episode: "Action Figures" [21] |
1997–2003 | Oz | Warden Leo Glynn | Main role |
1997 | Clover | Gaten Hill | Television film |
1998 | The Gregory Hines Show | Jack | Episode: "Carpe Diem" |
1998 | Arli$$ | Warden Leo Glynn | Episode: "Fans First" |
1999 | Michael Jordan: An American Hero | James R. Jordan Sr. | Television film |
1999 | Shark Attack | Lawrence Rhodes | |
1999 | Miracle on the 17th Green | Earl Fielder | |
2000 | Nowhere to Land | Danny Gorlin | |
2000 | Intimate Portrait | Himself | Episode: "Robin Givens" |
2001 | Touched by an Angel | Norm McCloud | Episode: "The Perfect Game" |
2001 | Walking Shadow | 'Hawk' | Television film |
2001 | A Town Without Christmas | Ted | |
2003 | Without a Trace | Manny Aybar | Episode: "Kam Li" |
2003–2004 | 10-8: Officers on Duty | Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes | Main role |
2004 | Everwood | Bill Hoover | Episode: "The Birds and the Batteries" |
2005 | Lackawanna Blues | Dick Barrymore | Television film |
2005 | Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story | Perry Beasley | Television film |
2006 | Celebrity Paranormal Project | Himself | Episode: "Wooden Lucy" |
2006 | Crossing Jordan | Colonel Wirth | Episode: "Code of Ethics" |
2006 | Stargate SG-1 | Commander Goran Pernaux | Episode: "Ethon" |
2006 | ER | Colonel James Gallant | Recurring role (season 12) |
2006–2007 | Desperate Housewives | Detective Ridley | Recurring role (season 3) |
2006 | The Ron Clark Story | Principal Turner | Television film |
2007 | Final Approach | Agent Lorenzo Dawson | |
2007 | Cold Case | Moses Jones | Episode: "8:03 AM" |
2007 | Las Vegas | Bob Casey | Episode: "My Uncle's a Gas" & "The High Price of Gas" |
2007 | Psych | Bill Guster | Episode: "Gus's Dad May Have Killed an Old Guy" |
2007-2008 | Bones | David Barron | Episode: "The Man in the Mansion" & "The Verdict in the Story" |
2008 | Private Practice | Captain Frank | Episode: "Nothing to Talk About" |
2008–2013 | The Secret Life of the American Teenager | Dr. Ken Fields | Recurring role |
2009 | Whatever Happened To? | Himself | Episode: "Masters of the Unknown" |
2009 | Celebrity Ghost Stories | Episode: "Anson Williams/Ali Landry/Gina Gershon/Kelly Carlson/Ernie Hudson" | |
2009 | Meteor | General Brasser | Main role |
2009 | Heroes | Captain Lubbock | Recurring role (season 4) |
2009–2010 | Law & Order | Frank Gibson | Recurring role (season 20) |
2010 | Childrens Hospital | Hubert McGraw | Episode: "Joke Overload" |
2010 | Criminal Minds | Lieutenant Al Garner | Episode: "Devil's Night" |
2010–2013 | Transformers: Prime | Special Agent Bill Fowler | Voice, recurring role [21] |
2011 | White Collar | Mr. Jeffries | Episode: "Dentist of Detroit" |
2011 | Torchwood | Stewart Owens | Episode: "Miracle Day: The Middle Men" |
2011 | Grey's Anatomy | Brad McDougall | Episode: "Put Me In, Coach" |
2011 | How I Met Your Mother | Himself | Episode: "The Rebound Girl" |
2011 | Rizzoli & Isles | Admiral Frost | Episode: "Sailor Man" |
2012 | Unsung | Himself | Episode: "Ray Parker Jr." |
2012 | Hart of Dixie | Ernie Hayes | Episode: "Snowflakes & Soulmates" |
2012 | Nosferajew | CDC Director | Episode: "Community Blech" |
2012–2014 | Franklin & Bash | Honorable Lawrence Perry | Recurring role (seasons 2 & 4) |
2012–2016 | Modern Family | Miles | Guest role (seasons 3-4 & 7–8) |
2013 | Guys with Kids | The Judge | Episode: "Marny's Dad" |
2013 | Last Resort | Conrad Buell | Recurring role |
2013 | Dan Vs. | Counselor | Episode: "Summer Camp" |
2013 | Let's Stay Together | Anthony | Episode: "Troy Story" |
2013 | Scandal | Commander Randolph Boles | Episode: "Mrs. Smith Goes to Washington" |
2013 | Ironside | Bludso | Episode: "Uptown Murders" |
2013 | Dads | Detective Swan | Episode: "Comic Book Issues" |
2013 | Mob City | Bunny | Recurring role |
2013 | Battledogs | Max Stevens | Television film |
2013 | Call Me Crazy: A Five Film | Percy | |
2013 | Dear Secret Santa | Pastor Avery | |
2013 | Reckless | Frank Wolfe | |
2014 | Comic Book Men | Himself | Episode: "Stashbusters" |
2014 | The Millers | Walter | Episode: "Dear Diary" |
2014 | Touched | Dr. Beck | Television film |
2014 | The Haunted Hathaways | Duke Preston | Episode: "Haunted Visitor" |
2014 | Rizzoli & Isles | Admiral Frost | Episode: "...Goodbye" |
2014 | The Lottery | TBA | Episode: "Sleep Deprived" |
2014 | Scorpion | Brooks | Episode: "Pilot" |
2014 | Key & Peele | Dad | Episode: "Terrorist Meeting" |
2014 | Hot in Cleveland | Himself | Episode: "Cold in Cleveland: The Christmas Episode" |
2015 | Once Upon a Time | King Poseidon | Episode: "Poor Unfortunate Soul" |
2015–2020 | Grace and Frankie | Jacob | Recurring role (seasons 1-4 & 6) |
2015 | To Hell and Back | Joe | Television film |
2015 | Delores & Jermaine | TBA | |
2016 | Heaven Sent | Donatello | |
2016 | Celebrity Family Feud | Himself | Episode: "Kellie Pickler vs. Lance Bass/Ernie Hudson vs. NeNe Leakes" |
2016 | Unsung Hollywood | Episode: "Rudy Ray Moore" | |
2016 | Robot Chicken | Detective Ernie / Judge Hudson Jr. / Dad | Voice, episode: "Blackout Window Heatstroke" |
2016 | Graves | Jacob Mann | Recurring role (season 1) |
2017 | APB | Sergeant Ned Conrad | Main role |
2017 | Angie Tribeca | Pete Tribeca | Episode: "Germs on Endearment" |
2017 | Twin Peaks | Colonel Davis | Episode: "Part 5 & 7" |
2017 | Survivor's Remorse | Ansell Jones | Episode: "Reparations" |
2017 | Spider-Man | Joe 'Robbie' Robertson | Voice, episode: "Screwball Live" [21] |
2018 | Lethal Weapon | Agent Peterson | Episode: "Funny Money" |
2018 | Blue Bloods | Principal Darryl Ward | Episode: "School of Hard Knocks" |
2018 | Ballers | Mr. Hagerty | Episode: "This Is Not Our World" |
2018–present | The Family Business | L.C. Duncan | Main role |
2019 | Hot Streets | John Wayne 'Jet Wayne' Junior | Voice, main role (season 2) |
2019 | Arrow | General Roy Stewart | Episode: "Spartan" [26] |
2019 | Infinity Train | Atticus | Voice, main role (season 1) [21] |
2019–2020 | Puppy Dog Pals | Buddy | Voice, recurring role (season 2) |
2019–2020 | L.A.'s Finest | Joseph Vaughn | Main role |
2020 | Reunited Apart | Himself | Episode: "Who You Gonna Call?" |
2020 | The Irate Gamer | Himself | Episode: "Ghostbusters" |
2020 | Home Movie: The Princess Bride | Prince Humperdinck | Episode: "Chapter Eight: Ultimate Suffering" |
2021 | MacGyver | Milton Bozer [27] [28] | Episode: "H2O + Orthophosphates + Mission City + Corrosion + Origins" |
2022 | City on a Hill | Franklin Ward | Recurring role (season 3) |
2022–2024 | Quantum Leap | Herbert "Magic" Williams | Main role |
2023 | Star Wars: The Bad Batch | Grini Millegi | Voice, episode: "Faster" [29] |
Year | Title | Voice role | Refs. |
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2009 | Ghostbusters: The Video Game | Winston Zeddemore | |
2015 | Lego Dimensions | ||
2016 | Ghostbusters | [21] | |
2019 | NBA 2K20 | Israel Bacon | |
Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered | Winston Zeddemore | ||
2022 | Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed | [30] [31] [32] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2020 | The Irate Gamer | Himself | Episode: GHOSTBUSTERS NES Nintendo Review |
2023 | The Adam Friedland Show | Episode: The Adam Friedland Show - Ernie Hudson |
Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
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2024 | Saturn Awards | Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series | Quantum Leap | Nominated | [33] |
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Ghostbusters is a 2016 American supernatural comedy film directed by Paul Feig, who co-wrote it with Katie Dippold. Starring Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Neil Casey, Andy García, Cecily Strong, Charles Dance, Michael K. Williams, Matt Walsh, and Chris Hemsworth, it is a reboot of the 1984 film of the same name and the third film in the Ghostbusters franchise. The story focuses on four eccentric women who start a ghost-catching business in New York City after a paranormal encounter.
Mckenna Grace is an American actress and singer. Born in Grapevine, Texas, she began acting professionally at age five and relocated to Los Angeles, California, as a child. Her earliest roles included Jasmine Bernstein in the Disney XD sitcom Crash & Bernstein (2012–2014) and Faith Newman in the soap opera The Young and the Restless (2013–2015). After several small roles, she starred as a child prodigy in Gifted (2017), a breakthrough for which she received a nomination for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer.
Ghost Corps, Inc. is an American co-production company formed in March 2015 to oversee the Ghostbusters media franchise and as a stock exchange for the Ghostbusters brand. It is a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment's Columbia Pictures and as of January 2021 currently no longer functions as a stock exchange C-Corporation business but is currently still active as a PR office on the Sony Pictures lot maintaining management of its online pages and productions related to the Ghostbusters brand.
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), and the fourth film 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.
Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed is a 2022 action game by IllFonic. An asymmetrical multiplayer game based on the Ghostbusters media franchise, it is set after the events of Ghostbusters: Afterlife and focuses on players tackling matches either as a ghostbuster trying to capture ghosts, or a ghost trying to haunt a location. It was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S in October 2022. A Nintendo Switch port was released on October 19, 2023.
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) and the fifth film 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 new recruits to save the world in New York City from a death-chilling god who seeks to build a spectral army.