Ernie Hudson

Known for ActingBorn 1945-12-17 (age 80)Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Turning Point

Showing Up

On the Scene with the Ghostbusters

The $5.20 an Hour Dream

Last of the Good Guys

Carl Weber's The Family Business

Infinity Train

Batman: The Animated Series

Infinity Train

Star Wars: The Bad Batch

Criminal Minds

Scorpion

White Collar

Twin Peaks

Bones

Grey's Anatomy

Stargate SG-1

Transformers: Prime

How I Met Your Mother

Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story

John Candy: I Like Me

The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians

Oz

Rizzoli & Isles

Modern Family

10-8: Officers on Duty

Psych

Desperate Housewives

Blue Bloods

Grace and Frankie

Tales from the Crypt

A Matter of Life and Death

White Mama

Cold Case

Key & Peele

ER

Mad Bull

Man from Atlantis IV: The Disappearances

The Masked Singer

Robot Chicken

Home Movie: The Princess Bride

Little House on the Prairie

The Ron Clark Story

Private Practice

Everwood

Superman: The Animated Series

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

You're Not You