Earnest Lee Hudson is an American actor and voice actor. He is most known for his roles as Winston Zeddemore in the Ghostbusters film series, Warden Leo Glynn on HBO's Oz, and Sergeant Albrecht in The Crow. He's had recurring roles on several TV shows including St. Elsewhere, Twin Peaks, Law & Order, HBO's Oz, Desperate Housewives, Heroes, Franklin & Bash, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, Modern Family, Graves, Grace and Frankie, APB, LA's Finest, Carl Weber's The Family Business, City on a Hill, and Quantum Leap (2022). He's been in numerous films - most notably are the Ghostbusters series, The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, The Crow and its sequel The Crow: Stairway to Heaven, Miss Congeniality and its sequel Miss Congeniality 2, and You're Not You. He has also appeared in a few Hallmark movies.
Known For
| Birth Location | Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1945-12-17 |
Movies
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
as Winston Zeddemore
2024
The Retirement Plan
as Joseph
2023
Prisoner's Daughter
as Hank
2023
Champions
as Coach Phil Peretti
2023
In Search of Tomorrow
as Self - Interviewee
2022
Beebo Saves Christmas
as Santa Claus (voice)
2021
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
as Winston Zeddemore
2021
Redemption Day
as Ed Paxton
2021
2020
2019
Nappily Ever After
as Richard Jones
2018
High & Outside: A Baseball Noir
as Sanzone
2018
Heaven Sent
as Donatello
2016
Infinity Train
as Atticus (voice)
2016
Spaceman
as Joe
2016
Ghostbusters
as Uncle Bill
2016
Ghostheads
as Self
2016
God's Not Dead 2
as Judge Stennis
2016
Batman: Bad Blood
as Lucius Fox (voice)
2016
The Man in the Silo
as Marcus Wells
2016
Gallows Road
as Bob Collins
2015
Merry Ex-Mas
as Pastor Ed
2014
You're Not You
as John
2014
Touched
as Dr. Beck
2014
To Hell and Back
as Joe
2014
The Grim Sleeper
as Detective Gerry Claymar
2014
Showing Up
as Self
2014
The Last Song
as Guest
2014
Dear Secret Santa
as Pastor Avery
2013
Doonby
as Leroy Jackson
2013
Turning Point
as Joe Johnson
2013
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
as Percy
2013
Battledogs
as Max Stevens
2013
Ambush at Dark Canyon
as Cyrus Parker
2012
Deer Crossing
as Captain Bailey
2012
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta!
as Pedro (voice)
2012
The Adventures of Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Conspiracy
as Ivan Stumpwater
2012
Underground Entertainment: The Movie
as Ernie
2011
Deep Blue Breath
as Lord Vater (voice)
2011
Game of Death
as Clarence
2011
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
as Pedro
2011
Stasis
as Stranger
2010
Machete Joe
as Sheriff Taylor
2010
Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball
as Anthony Vejar
2010
Pastor Brown
as Deacon Harold Todd
2009
Dragonball Evolution
as Master Mutaito
2009
Fatal Secrets
as Detective Carter
2009
Lonely Street
as Captain Morgan
2009
Final Approach
as Agent Lorenzo Dawson
2008
All Hat
as Jackson Jones
2007
Nobel Son
as Sgt. Bill Canega
2007
The Ron Clark Story
as Principal Turner
2006
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
as Roscoe
2006
Halfway Decent
as Tom
2005
Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story
as Perry Beasley
2005
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
as Harry McDonald
2005
Lackawanna Blues
as Dick Barrymore
2005
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
as Blake Rische
2005
Confessions of an Action Star
as Self / Commander
2005
Clifford's Really Big Movie
as P.T. (voice)
2004
Anne B. Real
as Principal
2003
A Town Without Christmas
as Ted
2001
Walking Shadow
as Hawk
2001
Miss Congeniality
as Harry McDonald
2000
Paper Bullets
as Detective Ron Mills
2000
Everything's Jake
as Jake
2000
The Watcher
as FBI Special Agent in Charge Mike Ibby
2000
Red Letters
as Detective Glen Teal
2000
Nowhere to Land
as Danny Gorlin
2000
A Stranger in the Kingdom
as Rev. Walter Andrews
1999
Shark Attack
as Lawrence Rhodes
1999
Interceptors
as Major
1999
Hijack
as Senator Douglas Wilson
1999
Stealth Fighter
as President Westwood
1999
October 22
as Arthur
1998
Butter
as Curtis '8-Ball' Harris
1998
Best of the Best 4: Without Warning
as Detective Gresko
1998
Mr. Magoo
as Agent CIA Gus Anders
1997
Clover
as Gaten Hill
1997
Fakin' Da Funk
as Joe Lee
1997
Levitation
as Downbeat
1997
Operation Delta Force
as Major Tipton
1997
The Cherokee Kid
as Nat Love aka Deadwood Dick
1996
Just Your Luck
as Willie
1996
For Which He Stands
as DEA Agent Baxter
1996
Tornado!
as Dr. Joe Branson
1996
The Substitute
as Claude Rolle
1996
Congo
as Captain Munro Kelly
1995
The Basketball Diaries
as Reggie
1995
Speechless
as Ventura
1994
Airheads
as Sergeant O'Malley
1994
The Cowboy Way
as Officer Sam 'Mad Dog' Shaw
1994
The Crow
as Sergeant Albrecht
1994
No Escape
as Hawkins
1994
Sugar Hill
as Lolly Jonas
1994
Angel Street
as Thurman Nickens
1992
The Hand that Rocks the Cradle
as Solomon
1992
Ghostbusters II
as Winston Zeddemore
1989
Collision Course
as Shortcut
1989
Leviathan
as Justin Jones
1989
Trapper County War
as Jefferson Carter
1989
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
as Joe Hamilton
1988
The Wrong Guys
as Dawson
1988
Weeds
as Bagdad
1987
The Last Precinct
as Night Train
1986
Love on the Run
as Lamar
1985
Joy of Sex
as Mr. Porter
1984
Ghostbusters
as Winston Zeddemore
1984
Two of a Kind
as Det. Skaggs
1983
Women of San Quentin
as Charles Wilson
1983
Going Berserk
as Muhammed Jerome Willy
1983
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
as Washington
1983
Penitentiary II
as Half Dead
1982
Crazy Times
as Harold 'Jazzman' Malloy
1981
A Matter of Life and Death
as Mr. Harrison
1981
Underground Aces
as African General
1981
The Jazz Singer
as Heckler
1980
The Octagon
as Quinine
1980
White Mama
as Counsellor
1980
The $5.20 an Hour Dream
as Homer Burden
1980
1980
The Main Event
as Killer
1979
Joni
as Earl
1979
Last of the Good Guys
as El Coliph
1978
Mad Bull
as Black Bart
1977
The Human Tornado
as Bo
1976
Leadbelly
as Archie (as Earnest L. Hudson)
1976
Oswald: Down The Rabbit Hole
as Oswald Jebediah Coleman
-
Mr. Beebee
as Wayne Proctor
-
Movies
Ghost in the House
Writer
2023
