Ernie Hudson: movies and TV shows
Ernie Hudson has 244 credits in the archive: 142 films and 102 TV series, from 1973 to 2026. Highest rated: Batman: The Animated Series (8.6/10).
Career timeline
1973 – 2026 · busiest year: 2016 (12 credits)
Advertisement
Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Toy Story 5 | Combat Carl (voice) | Film | 7.4 | 80 |
| 2025 | Boston Blue | Rev. Edwin Peters | TV | 6.9 | 79 |
| 2025 | John Candy: I Like Me | Self - Actor (archive footage) | Film | 7.8 | 79 |
| 2025 | FEEL | Sitter 10 | Film | — | 79 |
| 2024 | Angry Birds Mystery Island | Marlon (voice) | TV | 5.2 | 78 |
| 2024 | Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire | Winston Zeddemore | Film | 6.5 | 78 |
| 2023 | The Retirement Plan | Joseph | Film | 5.9 | 77 |
| 2023 | Champions | Coach Phil Peretti | Film | 6.7 | 77 |
| 2023 | Prisoner's Daughter | Hank | Film | 6.2 | 77 |
| 2023 | Darrin's Dance Grooves: The Untold Darrin Henson Story | Self (voiceover) | Film | — | 77 |
| 2023 | Ghost in the House | Film | — | 77 | |
| 2022 | The Jennifer Hudson Show | Self | TV | 5.6 | 76 |
| 2022 | Sherri | Self - Guest | TV | 2.6 | 76 |
| 2022 | Quantum Leap | Herbert 'Magic' Williams | TV | 6.9 | 76 |
| 2022 | In Search of Tomorrow | Self - Interviewee | Film | 6.6 | 76 |
| 2021 | Star Wars: The Bad Batch | Grini Millegi (voice) | TV | 8.2 | 75 |
| 2021 | Ghostbusters: Afterlife | Winston Zeddemore | Film | 7.3 | 75 |
| 2021 | Redemption Day | Ed Paxton | Film | 5.9 | 75 |
| 2021 | Beebo Saves Christmas | Santa Claus (voice) | Film | 5.5 | 75 |
| 2020 | Home Movie: The Princess Bride | Prince Humperdinck | TV | 7.7 | 74 |
| 2020 | Reunited Apart | Self | TV | 5.5 | 74 |
| 2020 | Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters | Self | Film | 6.9 | 74 |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self | TV | 6.3 | 73 |
| 2019 | The Masked Singer | Self - Special Guest | TV | 7.5 | 73 |
| 2019 | Infinity Train | Atticus (voice) | TV | 8.4 | 73 |
| 2019 | L.A.'s Finest | Joseph Vaughn | TV | 6.9 | 73 |
| 2019 | City on a Hill | Franklin Ward | TV | 7.3 | 73 |
| 2019 | The Movies That Made Us | Winston Zeddemore (archive footage) | TV | 7.3 | 73 |
| 2019 | Adventure Force 5 | Dr. Lawrence Abel | Film | 6.1 | 73 |
| 2018 | Carl Weber's The Family Business | L.C. Duncan | TV | 8.5 | 72 |
| 2018 | Carl Weber's The Family Business | TV | 8.5 | 72 | |
| 2018 | Nappily Ever After | Richard Jones | Film | 7.2 | 72 |
| 2018 | High & Outside: A Baseball Noir | Sanzone | Film | 1.0 | 72 |
| 2017 | Steve | Self | TV | 6.0 | 71 |
| 2017 | APB | Ned Conrad | TV | 6.5 | 71 |
| 2016 | Lethal Weapon | Hank Peterson | TV | 7.3 | 70 |
| 2016 | MacGyver | Milton Bozer | TV | 7.3 | 70 |
| 2016 | Angie Tribeca | Pete Tribeca | TV | 6.4 | 70 |
| 2016 | Ghostbusters | Uncle Bill | Film | 5.3 | 70 |
| 2016 | Graves | Jacob Mann | TV | 5.0 | 70 |
| 2016 | Batman: Bad Blood | Lucius Fox (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 70 |
| 2016 | God's Not Dead 2 | Judge Stennis | Film | 6.2 | 70 |
| 2016 | Ghostheads | Self | Film | 6.0 | 70 |
| 2016 | Spaceman | Joe | Film | 5.8 | 70 |
| 2016 | Heaven Sent | Donatello | Film | 6.5 | 70 |
| 2016 | Infinity Train | Atticus (voice) | Film | 8.3 | 70 |
| 2016 | The Man in the Silo | Marcus Wells | Film | — | 70 |
| 2015 | Grace and Frankie | Jacob | TV | 7.7 | 69 |
| 2015 | Ballers | Mr. Hagerty | TV | 6.8 | 69 |
| 2015 | Gallows Road | Bob Collins | Film | 7.2 | 69 |
| 2015 | Horror Icon: Inside Michael's Mask with Tony Moran | Self | Film | — | 69 |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | TV | 5.8 | 68 |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self - Guest | TV | 5.1 | 68 |
| 2014 | Scorpion | Brooks | TV | 8.2 | 68 |
| 2014 | You're Not You | John | Film | 7.4 | 68 |
| 2014 | Showing Up | Self | Film | 9.2 | 68 |
| 2014 | The Last Song | Guest | Film | — | 68 |
| 2014 | Touched | Dr. Beck | Film | 6.2 | 68 |
| 2014 | Merry Ex-Mas | Pastor Ed | Film | 3.8 | 68 |
| 2014 | The Grim Sleeper | Detective Gerry Claymar | Film | 4.9 | 68 |
| 2014 | To Hell and Back | Joe | Film | — | 68 |
| 2013 | The Last Leg | Self | TV | 5.7 | 67 |
| 2013 | The Millers | Walter | TV | 5.7 | 67 |
| 2013 | Ironside | Bludso | TV | 5.1 | 67 |
| 2013 | Turning Point | Joe Johnson | Film | 10.0 | 67 |
| 2013 | Call Me Crazy: A Five Film | Percy | Film | 7.0 | 67 |
| 2013 | Dear Secret Santa | Pastor Avery | Film | 6.0 | 67 |
| 2013 | Doonby | Leroy Jackson | Film | 4.3 | 67 |
| 2013 | Battledogs | Max Stevens | Film | 4.5 | 67 |
| 2012 | Arrow | Roy Stewart | TV | 6.8 | 66 |
| 2012 | Scandal | Commander Randolph Boles | TV | 7.2 | 66 |
| 2012 | Key & Peele | Dad | TV | 7.7 | 66 |
| 2012 | Comic Book Men | Self | TV | 6.9 | 66 |
| 2012 | Guys with Kids | The Judge | TV | 5.6 | 66 |
| 2012 | Deer Crossing | Captain Bailey | Film | 2.4 | 66 |
| 2012 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta! | Pedro (voice) | Film | 6.3 | 66 |
| 2012 | Ambush at Dark Canyon | Cyrus Parker | Film | 4.4 | 66 |
| 2012 | The Adventures of Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Conspiracy | Ivan Stumpwater | Film | 5.2 | 66 |
| 2011 | Once Upon a Time | King Poseidon | TV | 7.4 | 65 |
| 2011 | Hart of Dixie | Ernie Hayes | TV | 7.3 | 65 |
| 2011 | Franklin & Bash | Judge Lawrence Perry | TV | 7.3 | 65 |
| 2011 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 | Pedro | Film | 5.9 | 65 |
| 2011 | Game of Death | Clarence | Film | 4.9 | 65 |
| 2011 | Deep Blue Breath | Lord Vater (voice) | Film | — | 65 |
| 2011 | Underground Entertainment: The Movie | Ernie | Film | 7.2 | 65 |
| 2010 | Blue Bloods | Darryl Ward | TV | 7.8 | 64 |
| 2010 | Rizzoli & Isles | Admiral Frost | TV | 7.9 | 64 |
| 2010 | Hot in Cleveland | Ernie Hudson | TV | 7.2 | 64 |
| 2010 | Transformers: Prime | Agent William Fowler (voice) | TV | 8.1 | 64 |
| 2010 | Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball | Anthony Vejar | Film | 5.4 | 64 |
| 2010 | Machete Joe | Sheriff Taylor | Film | 1.3 | 64 |
| 2010 | Stasis | Stranger | Film | 2.8 | 64 |
| 2009 | Modern Family | Miles | TV | 7.9 | 63 |
| 2009 | White Collar | Mr. Jeffries | TV | 8.2 | 63 |
| 2009 | Celebrity Ghost Stories | Self | TV | 7.3 | 63 |
| 2009 | Dragonball Evolution | Master Mutaito | Film | 2.9 | 63 |
| 2009 | Meteor | Gen. Brasser | TV | 6.1 | 63 |
| 2009 | Fatal Secrets | Detective Carter | Film | 3.8 | 63 |
| 2009 | Pastor Brown | Deacon Harold Todd | Film | 5.6 | 63 |
| 2009 | Lonely Street | Captain Morgan | Film | 4.6 | 63 |
| 2008 | The Secret Life of the American Teenager | Dr. Ken Fields | TV | 6.8 | 62 |
| 2008 | Childrens Hospital | Hubert McGraw | TV | 6.9 | 62 |
| 2008 | Final Approach | Agent Lorenzo Dawson | Film | 5.1 | 62 |
| 2007 | Private Practice | Captain Frank | TV | 7.5 | 61 |
| 2007 | Nobel Son | Bill Canega | Film | 6.1 | 61 |
| 2007 | All Hat | Jackson Jones | Film | 3.1 | 61 |
| 2006 | Psych | William Guster | TV | 7.9 | 60 |
| 2006 | Heroes | Captain Lubbock | TV | 7.4 | 60 |
| 2006 | Torchwood | Stuart Owens | TV | 7.3 | 60 |
| 2006 | The Ron Clark Story | Principal Turner | Film | 7.6 | 60 |
| 2006 | Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror | Roscoe | Film | 4.8 | 60 |
| 2006 | Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School | Blake Rische | Film | 5.9 | 60 |
| 2005 | Grey's Anatomy | Brad McDougall | TV | 8.2 | 59 |
| 2005 | Criminal Minds | Lt. Al Garner | TV | 8.3 | 59 |
| 2005 | Bones | David Barron | TV | 8.2 | 59 |
| 2005 | How I Met Your Mother | Ernie Hudson | TV | 8.1 | 59 |
| 2005 | Robot Chicken | Detective Ernie / Judge Hudson Jr. / Justin's Dad (voice) | TV | 7.6 | 59 |
| 2005 | Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous | Harry McDonald | Film | 5.7 | 59 |
| 2005 | Confessions of an Action Star | Self / Commander | Film | 4.3 | 59 |
| 2005 | Lackawanna Blues | Dick Barrymore | Film | 5.9 | 59 |
| 2005 | Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story | Perry Beasley | Film | 8.0 | 59 |
| 2005 | Halfway Decent | Tom | Film | 5.7 | 59 |
| 2004 | Desperate Housewives | Detective Ridley | TV | 7.9 | 58 |
| 2004 | Clifford's Really Big Movie | P.T. (voice) | Film | 6.3 | 58 |
| 2003 | Cold Case | Moses Jones | TV | 7.8 | 57 |
| 2003 | Las Vegas | Bob Casey | TV | 7.0 | 57 |
| 2003 | 10-8: Officers on Duty | Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes | TV | 7.9 | 57 |
| 2003 | Anne B. Real | Principal | Film | 3.9 | 57 |
| 2002 | Everwood | Bill Hoover | TV | 7.6 | 56 |
| 2002 | Without a Trace | Manny Aybar | TV | 7.2 | 56 |
| 2001 | Crossing Jordan | Colonel Wirth | TV | 7.2 | 55 |
| 2001 | A Town Without Christmas | Ted | Film | 5.9 | 55 |
| 2001 | Walking Shadow | Hawk | Film | 4.7 | 55 |
| 2000 | Miss Congeniality | Harry McDonald | Film | 6.5 | 54 |
| 2000 | The Watcher | FBI Special Agent in Charge Mike Ibby | Film | 5.1 | 54 |
| 2000 | Nowhere to Land | Danny Gorlin | Film | 5.8 | 54 |
| 2000 | Everything's Jake | Jake | Film | 7.0 | 54 |
| 2000 | Red Letters | Detective Glen Teal | Film | 4.7 | 54 |
| 2000 | Paper Bullets | Detective Ron Mills | Film | 4.5 | 54 |
| 1999 | Michael Jordan: An American Hero | Film | 6.1 | 53 | |
| 1999 | Interceptors | Major | Film | 4.9 | 53 |
| 1999 | Shark Attack | Lawrence Rhodes | Film | 5.1 | 53 |
| 1999 | Stealth Fighter | President Westwood | Film | 4.3 | 53 |
| 1999 | Hijack | Senator Douglas Wilson | Film | 4.7 | 53 |
| 1999 | A Stranger in the Kingdom | Rev. Walter Andrews | Film | 3.5 | 53 |
| 1998 | Butter | Curtis '8-Ball' Harris | Film | 4.5 | 52 |
| 1998 | Best of the Best 4: Without Warning | Detective Gresko | Film | 5.9 | 52 |
| 1998 | October 22 | Arthur | Film | 6.6 | 52 |
| 1997 | Stargate SG-1 | Pernaux | TV | 8.3 | 51 |
| 1997 | The View | Self | TV | 4.3 | 51 |
| 1997 | Oz | Leo Glynn | TV | 8.0 | 51 |
| 1997 | Fakin' Da Funk | Joe Lee | Film | 6.0 | 51 |
| 1997 | Mr. Magoo | Agent CIA Gus Anders | Film | 4.5 | 51 |
| 1997 | Operation Delta Force | Major Tipton | Film | 3.8 | 51 |
| 1997 | Levitation | Downbeat | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1997 | Clover | Gaten Hill | Film | 5.6 | 51 |
| 1996 | Superman: The Animated Series | Professor Felix (voice) | TV | 7.7 | 50 |
| 1996 | Arli$$ | Warden Leo Glynn | TV | 6.8 | 50 |
| 1996 | The Substitute | Claude Rolle | Film | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1996 | Just Your Luck | Willie | Film | 4.8 | 50 |
| 1996 | The Cherokee Kid | Nat Love aka Deadwood Dick | Film | 5.5 | 50 |
| 1996 | For Which He Stands | DEA Agent Baxter | Film | 6.5 | 50 |
| 1996 | Tornado! | Dr. Joe Branson | Film | 5.7 | 50 |
| 1995 | The Basketball Diaries | Reggie | Film | 7.4 | 49 |
| 1995 | Congo | Captain Monroe Kelly | Film | 5.6 | 49 |
| 1994 | ER | James Gallant | TV | 7.8 | 48 |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel | Norm McCloud | TV | 7.2 | 48 |
| 1994 | The Crow | Albrecht | Film | 7.5 | 48 |
| 1994 | No Escape | Hawkins | Film | 6.2 | 48 |
| 1994 | The Cowboy Way | Officer Sam 'Mad Dog' Shaw | Film | 5.7 | 48 |
| 1994 | Speechless | Ventura | Film | 5.9 | 48 |
| 1994 | Airheads | Sergeant O'Malley | Film | 6.2 | 48 |
| 1994 | Sugar Hill | Lolly Jonas | Film | 5.6 | 48 |
| 1993 | Wild Palms | Tommy Lazlo | TV | 6.2 | 47 |
| 1992 | Batman: The Animated Series | Security Guard (voice) | TV | 8.6 | 46 |
| 1992 | The Ben Stiller Show | TV | 5.0 | 46 | |
| 1992 | The Hand That Rocks the Cradle | Solomon | Film | 6.9 | 46 |
| 1992 | Angel Street | Thurman Nickens | TV | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Frank Gibson | TV | 7.3 | 44 |
| 1990 | Twin Peaks | Colonel Davis | TV | 8.3 | 44 |
| 1990 | Cop Rock | Cmdr. Warren Osborne | TV | 4.3 | 44 |
| 1990 | Broken Badges | Toby Baker | TV | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt | Zambini | TV | 8.0 | 43 |
| 1989 | The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! | Ernie Hudson | TV | 7.1 | 43 |
| 1989 | Ghostbusters II | Winston Zeddemore | Film | 6.6 | 43 |
| 1989 | Collision Course | Shortcut | Film | 4.2 | 43 |
| 1989 | Leviathan | Justin Jones | Film | 6.0 | 43 |
| 1989 | Trapper County War | Jefferson Carter | Film | 4.7 | 43 |
| 1988 | The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission | Joe Hamilton | Film | 5.2 | 42 |
| 1988 | The Wrong Guys | Dawson | Film | 5.7 | 42 |
| 1987 | Full House | Reggie "The Sandman" Martin | TV | 7.5 | 41 |
| 1987 | Weeds | Bagdad | Film | 5.4 | 41 |
| 1986 | The Last Precinct | Sergeant Lane | TV | 6.3 | 40 |
| 1986 | The Last Precinct | Night Train | Film | — | 40 |
| 1985 | The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians | Cyborg (voice) | TV | 8.2 | 39 |
| 1985 | The Insiders | Brewster | TV | 6.0 | 39 |
| 1985 | California Girls | Ernie | Film | 4.6 | 39 |
| 1985 | Love on the Run | Lamar | Film | 5.0 | 39 |
| 1984 | Ghostbusters | Winston Zeddemore | Film | 7.5 | 38 |
| 1984 | Joy of Sex | Mr. Porter | Film | 4.1 | 38 |
| 1984 | On the Scene with the Ghostbusters | Film | 9.5 | 38 | |
| 1983 | The A-Team | Cal Freeman | TV | 7.5 | 37 |
| 1983 | Webster | TV | 5.9 | 37 | |
| 1983 | Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone | Washington | Film | 5.4 | 37 |
| 1983 | Two of a Kind | Det. Skaggs | Film | 5.9 | 37 |
| 1983 | Women of San Quentin | Charles Wilson | Film | 5.0 | 37 |
| 1983 | Going Berserk | Muhammed Jerome Willy | Film | 5.1 | 37 |
| 1982 | St. Elsewhere | Jerry Close | TV | 5.7 | 36 |
| 1982 | The New Odd Couple | Moses Brown | TV | 5.8 | 36 |
| 1982 | Penitentiary II | Half Dead | Film | 4.4 | 36 |
| 1981 | Flamingo Road | TV | 6.3 | 35 | |
| 1981 | Crazy Times | Harold 'Jazzman' Malloy | Film | — | 35 |
| 1981 | Underground Aces | African General | Film | 4.7 | 35 |
| 1981 | A Matter of Life and Death | Mr. Harrison | Film | 8.0 | 35 |
| 1980 | Bosom Buddies | TV | 6.3 | 34 | |
| 1980 | Skag | Film | — | 34 | |
| 1980 | The Jazz Singer | Heckler | Film | 5.9 | 34 |
| 1980 | The Octagon | Quinine | Film | 5.1 | 34 |
| 1980 | The $5.20 an Hour Dream | Homer Burden | Film | 9.0 | 34 |
| 1980 | White Mama | Counsellor | Film | 8.0 | 34 |
| 1979 | Roots: The Next Generations | Muslim at Door | TV | 7.5 | 33 |
| 1979 | Detective School | TV | 6.0 | 33 | |
| 1979 | The Main Event | Killer | Film | 5.3 | 33 |
| 1979 | Highcliffe Manor | Smythe | TV | 7.5 | 33 |
| 1979 | Joni | Earl | Film | 6.3 | 33 |
| 1978 | Taxi | Terry Carver | TV | 7.3 | 32 |
| 1978 | Fantasy Island | Jamu | TV | 6.5 | 32 |
| 1978 | The White Shadow | Johnson | TV | 7.1 | 32 |
| 1978 | Diff'rent Strokes | TV | 7.1 | 32 | |
| 1978 | Last of the Good Guys | El Coliph | Film | 9.0 | 32 |
| 1977 | The Incredible Hulk | Lee | TV | 7.2 | 31 |
| 1977 | Man from Atlantis IV: The Disappearances | Minion | Film | 8.0 | 31 |
| 1977 | Mad Bull | Black Bart | Film | 8.0 | 31 |
| 1976 | Leadbelly | Archie | Film | 6.4 | 30 |
| 1976 | The Human Tornado | Bo | Film | 6.1 | 30 |
| 1974 | Little House on the Prairie | William Thomas | TV | 7.9 | 28 |
| 1973 | Super Friends | Cyborg (voice) | TV | 7.7 | 27 |
| Beautiful People | Jack | TV | — | — | |
| Hal | Film | — | — | ||
| Famous | Film | — | — | ||
| Mr. Beebee | Wayne Proctor | Film | — | — | |
| Sisters in Italy | Film | — | — | ||
| Deepest, Darkest | Film | — | — | ||
| Oswald: Down The Rabbit Hole | Oswald Jebediah Coleman | Film | — | — |