Ernie Hudson

Acting · Born 1945-12-17 in 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),…

Filmography

• Ghostbusters as Winston Zeddemore
• The Basketball Diaries as Reggie
• You're Not You as John
• The Crow as Albrecht
• The Substitute as Claude Rolle
• Batman: Bad Blood as Lucius Fox (voice)
• Nappily Ever After as Richard Jones
• Ghostbusters: Afterlife as Winston Zeddemore
• Miss Congeniality as Harry McDonald
• Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous as Harry McDonald

TV

• How I Met Your Mother as Ernie Hudson
• Psych as William Guster
• Desperate Housewives as Detective Ridley
• Little House on the Prairie as William Thomas
• Bones as David Barron
• Cold Case as Moses Jones
• Tales from the Crypt as Zambini
• Superman: The Animated Series as Professor Felix (voice)
• Stargate SG-1 as Pernaux
• Infinity Train as Atticus (voice)