
Birthday
1945/12/17 (79 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA
Also know as
어니 허드슨, Ерні Хадсон, ارنی هادسون, Earnest L. 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 ...Read more

(1984) Ghostbusters
as Winston Zeddemore

(2000) Miss Congeniality
as Harry McDonald

(2005) Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
as Harry McDonald

(1979) Joni
as Earl

(1995) Congo
as Captain Monroe Kelly

(2000) The Watcher
as FBI Special Agent in Charge Mike Ibby

(1995) The Basketball Diaries
as Reggie

(1989) Ghostbusters II
as Winston Zeddemore

(2007) All Hat
as Jackson Jones

(1992) The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
as Solomon

(1988) The Wrong Guys
as Dawson

(1999) Stealth Fighter
as President Westwood

(1998) October 22
as Arthur

(1983) Going Berserk
as Muhammed Jerome Willy

(1980) The Octagon
as Quinine

(2000) Everything's Jake
as Jake

(1976) The Human Tornado
as Bo

(2006) The Ron Clark Story
as Principal Turner

(2014) You're Not You
as John

(1994) The Crow
as Albrecht

(1983) Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
as Washington

(1994) Airheads
as Sergeant O'Malley

(2001) A Town Without Christmas
as Ted

(2009) Dragonball Evolution
as Master Mutaito

(1999) Shark Attack
as Lawrence Rhodes

(1998) Best of the Best 4: Without Warning
as Detective Gresko

(1988) The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
as Joe Hamilton

(2010) Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball
as Anthony Vejar

(1989) Leviathan
as Justin Jones

(2021) Beebo Saves Christmas
as Santa Claus (voice)

(1996) Tornado!
as Dr. Joe Branson

(1999) Michael Jordan: An American Hero
as ---

(1994) Speechless
as Ventura

(2006) Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
as Roscoe

(2007) Nobel Son
as Bill Canega

(2010) Stasis
as Stranger

(2009) Pastor Brown
as Deacon Harold Todd

(2005) Confessions of an Action Star
as Self / Commander

(1997) Fakin' Da Funk
as Joe Lee

(1999) Interceptors
as Major

(2008) Final Approach
as Agent Lorenzo Dawson

(1982) Penitentiary II
as Half Dead

(2009) Fatal Secrets
as Detective Carter

(1994) Sugar Hill
as Lolly Jonas

(2004) Clifford's Really Big Movie
as P.T. (voice)

(1994) The Cowboy Way
as Officer Sam 'Mad Dog' Shaw

(2023) Prisoner's Daughter
as Hank

(1984) Joy of Sex
as Mr. Porter

(2023) The Retirement Plan
as Joseph

(2024) Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
as Winston Zeddemore

(1987) Weeds
as Bagdad

(2005) Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story
as Perry Beasley

(1989) Collision Course
as Shortcut

(2012) Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta!
as Pedro (voice)

(2013) Doonby
as Leroy Jackson

(1981) Underground Aces
as African General

(2003) Anne B. Real
as Principal

(1996) For Which He Stands
as DEA Agent Baxter

(1998) Butter
as Curtis '8-Ball' Harris

(2005) Lackawanna Blues
as Dick Barrymore

(2012) Deer Crossing
as Captain Bailey

(1997) Clover
as Gaten Hill

(2000) Paper Bullets
as Detective Ron Mills

(2013) Battledogs
as Max Stevens

(2013) Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
as Percy

(1977) Mad Bull
as Black Bart

(2001) Walking Shadow
as Hawk

(2012) Ambush at Dark Canyon
as Cyrus Parker

(1980) White Mama
as Counsellor

(2020) Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
as Self

(1997) Levitation
as Downbeat

(2014) Showing Up
as Self

(2014) To Hell and Back
as Joe

(2014) The Grim Sleeper
as Detective Gerry Claymar

(1999) A Stranger in the Kingdom
as Rev. Walter Andrews

(2011) Deep Blue Breath
as Lord Vater (voice)

(2000) Red Letters
as Detective Glen Teal

(1980) The $5.20 an Hour Dream
as Homer Burden

(1996) The Substitute
as Claude Rolle

(2013) Dear Secret Santa
as Pastor Avery

(1985) Love on the Run
as Lamar

(1986) The Last Precinct
as Night Train

(1997) Operation Delta Force
as Major Tipton

(2016) The Man in the Silo
as Marcus Wells

(2010) Nowhere to Land
as Danny Gorlin

(1999) Hijack
as Senator Douglas Wilson

(1976) Leadbelly
as Archie

(2010) Machete Joe
as Sheriff Taylor

(2011) Game of Death
as Clarence

(1980) Skag
as ---

(1994) No Escape
as Hawkins

(2023) Champions
as Coach Phil Peretti

(2015) Gallows Road
as Bob Collins

(1981) Crazy Times
as Harold 'Jazzman' Malloy

(1979) The Main Event
as Killer

(2014) Touched
as Dr. Beck

(1981) A Matter of Life and Death
as Mr. Harrison

Oswald: Down The Rabbit Hole
as Oswald Jebediah Coleman

(2016) God's Not Dead 2
as Judge Stennis

(2016) Batman: Bad Blood
as Lucius Fox (voice)

(2014) Merry Ex-Mas
as Pastor Ed

(2016) Spaceman
as Joe

(1996) The Cherokee Kid
as Nat Love aka Deadwood Dick

(2016) Ghostbusters
as Uncle Bill

(1983) Two of a Kind
as Det. Skaggs

(1985) California Girls
as Ernie

(2016) Ghostheads
as Self

(2016) Infinity Train
as Atticus (voice)

(2016) Heaven Sent
as Donatello

(1989) Trapper County War
as Jefferson Carter

(1980) The Jazz Singer
as Heckler

Mr. Beebee
as Wayne Proctor

(2018) Nappily Ever After
as Richard Jones

(1996) Just Your Luck
as Willie

(2012) The Adventures of Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Conspiracy
as Ivan Stumpwater

(2006) Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
as Blake Rische

(2013) Turning Point
as Joe Johnson
(1978) Last of the Good Guys
as El Coliph

(2021) Ghostbusters: Afterlife
as Winston Zeddemore

(2011) Underground Entertainment: The Movie
as Ernie

(2019) Adventure Force 5
as Dr. Lawrence Abel

(2009) Lonely Street
as Captain Morgan

(2022) In Search of Tomorrow
as Self - Interviewee

(2014) The Last Song
as Guest

(1997) Mr. Magoo
as Agent CIA Gus Anders

(2018) High & Outside: A Baseball Noir
as Sanzone

(2021) Redemption Day
as Ed Paxton

(1983) Women of San Quentin
as Charles Wilson

(2011) Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
as Pedro
(2005) Halfway Decent
as Tom
Deepest, Darkest
as ---
Famous
as ---

(2012) Beautiful People
as Jack
Sisters in Italy
as ---

(2026) Toy Story 5
as Combat Carl (voice)

(2025) FEEL
as Sitter 10

(1977) Man from Atlantis IV: The Disappearances
as Minion

(2015) Horror Icon: Inside Michael's Mask with Tony Moran
as Self

(1982) St. Elsewhere
as Jerry Close

(1992) The Ben Stiller Show
as ---

(2005) How I Met Your Mother
as Ernie Hudson

(1990) Law & Order
as Frank Gibson

(2006) Psych
as William Guster

(2004) Desperate Housewives
as Detective Ridley

(1983) The A-Team
as Cal Freeman

(1974) Little House on the Prairie
as William Thomas

(2006) Heroes
as Captain Lubbock

(2005) Bones
as David Barron

(2003) Cold Case
as Moses Jones

(1989) Tales from the Crypt
as Zambini

(2002) Everwood
as Bill Hoover

(2001) Crossing Jordan
as Colonel Wirth

(1978) Diff'rent Strokes
as ---

(1981) Flamingo Road
as ---

(1997) The View
as Self

(2012) Comic Book Men
as Self

(1993) Wild Palms
as Tommy Lazlo

(1983) Webster
as ---

(1980) Bosom Buddies
as ---

(2002) Without a Trace
as Manny Aybar

(2007) Private Practice
as Captain Frank

(1996) Superman: The Animated Series
as Professor Felix (voice)

(1987) Full House
as Reggie "The Sandman" Martin

(1997) Stargate SG-1
as Pernaux

(2008) The Secret Life of the American Teenager
as Dr. Ken Fields

(2019) Infinity Train
as Atticus (voice)

(2016) MacGyver
as Milton Bozer

(1994) ER
as Colonel James Gallant

(1978) The White Shadow
as Johnson

(1985) The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians
as Cyborg (voice)

(2003) 10-8: Officers on Duty
as Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes

(1986) The Last Precinct
as Sergeant Lane
(1979) Highcliffe Manor
as Smythe

(1973) Super Friends
as Cyborg (voice)

(1992) Batman: The Animated Series
as Security Guard (voice)

(2009) Meteor
as Gen. Brasser

(1979) Detective School
as ---

(2010) Transformers: Prime
as Agent William Fowler (voice)

(1990) Broken Badges
as Toby Baker

(1997) Oz
as Leo Glynn
Beautiful People
as Jack

(2009) White Collar
as Mr. Jeffries

(2014) Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self

(2009) Modern Family
as Miles

(2010) Rizzoli & Isles
as Admiral Frost

(2017) APB
as Ned Conrad

(2016) Graves
as Jacob Mann

(2008) Childrens Hospital
as Hubert McGraw

(1978) Taxi
as Terry Carver

(2014) Scorpion
as Brooks

(2020) Home Movie: The Princess Bride
as Prince Humperdinck

(2010) Blue Bloods
as Darryl Ward

(2011) Once Upon a Time
as King Poseidon

(1989) The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
as ---

(2019) The Kelly Clarkson Show
as Self

(2012) Scandal
as Commander Randolph Boles

(2016) Lethal Weapon
as Hank Peterson

(2018) Carl Weber's The Family Business
as L.C. Duncan

(2011) Franklin & Bash
as Judge Lawrence Perry

(2016) Angie Tribeca
as Pete Tribeca

(2022) Quantum Leap
as Herbert 'Magic' Williams

(2019) City on a Hill
as Franklin Ward

(2009) Celebrity Ghost Stories
as Self

(1990) Twin Peaks
as Colonel Davis

(2022) Sherri
as Self - Guest

(2014) The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self

(2003) Las Vegas
as Bob Casey

(2005) Grey's Anatomy
as Brad McDougall

(2019) The Movies That Made Us
as Winston Zeddemore (archive footage)

(2005) Robot Chicken
as Detective Ernie / Judge Hudson Jr. / Justin's Dad (voice)

(2019) L.A.'s Finest
as Joseph Vaughn

(2006) Torchwood
as Stuart Owens

(1977) The Incredible Hulk
as Lee

(2022) The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self

(2015) Ballers
as Mr. Hagerty

(2012) Arrow
as Roy Stewart

(2021) Star Wars: The Bad Batch
as Grini Millegi (voice)

(2013) Ironside
as Bludso

(2011) Hart of Dixie
as Ernie Hayes

(2010) Hot in Cleveland
as Ernie Hudson

(2020) Reunited Apart
as Self

(2015) Grace and Frankie
as Jacob

(1985) The Insiders
as Brewster

(1994) Touched by an Angel
as Norm McCloud

(2005) Criminal Minds
as Lt. Al Garner

(2012) Guys with Kids
as The Judge

(2024) Angry Birds Mystery Island
as Marlon (voice)

(1982) The New Odd Couple
as Moses Brown

(1978) Fantasy Island
as Jamu

(2013) The Last Leg
as Self

(2012) Key & Peele
as Dad

(2019) The Masked Singer
as Self - Special Guest

(2025) Boston Blue
as Rev. Edwin Peters

(2013) The Millers
as Walter

(1992) Angel Street
as Thurman Nickens

(1979) Roots: The Next Generations
as Muslim at Door