Terrence Howard: movies and TV shows
Terrence Howard has 134 credits in the archive: 94 films and 40 TV series, from 1952 to 2025. Highest rated: Sparks (9.2/10).
Career timeline
1952 – 2025 · busiest year: 2005 (8 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | BFFs | Film | 10.0 | 56 | |
| 2024 | Crescent City | Brian Sutter | Film | 6.2 | 55 |
| 2024 | Shirley | Arthur Hardwick Jr. | Film | 6.6 | 55 |
| 2024 | A Look Through His Lens | Self | Film | — | 55 |
| 2024 | Skeletons in the Closet | Mark | Film | 4.4 | 55 |
| 2024 | Skeletons in the Closet | Film | 4.4 | 55 | |
| 2023 | Showdown at the Grand | George Fuller | Film | 5.3 | 54 |
| 2022 | The Jennifer Hudson Show | Self | TV | 5.6 | 53 |
| 2022 | The Best Man: The Final Chapters | Quentin | TV | 7.5 | 53 |
| 2022 | The System | Bones | Film | 7.1 | 53 |
| 2022 | The Walk | Lamont Robbins | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 2021 | Triumph | Coach Cutting | Film | 6.7 | 52 |
| 2021 | Triumph | Film | 6.7 | 52 | |
| 2021 | Gully | Mr. Christmas | Film | 4.9 | 52 |
| 2021 | Flowstate: The FPV Drone Documentary | Film | — | 52 | |
| 2020 | Cut Throat City | The Saint | Film | 6.4 | 51 |
| 2020 | Las increíbles aventuras de un Hada Madrina | Genio | TV | — | 51 |
| 2018 | Terrence Howard's Fright Club | Film | 9.0 | 49 | |
| 2017 | Beat Shazam | Self | TV | 5.1 | 48 |
| 2017 | Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams | George | TV | 7.0 | 48 |
| 2017 | Miracle on 42nd Street | Self | Film | — | 48 |
| 2016 | Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party | TV | 8.5 | 47 | |
| 2016 | Cardboard Boxer | Pope | Film | 6.4 | 47 |
| 2016 | Term Life | Sheriff Braydon | Film | 6.0 | 47 |
| 2016 | Fairy Godmother | Genio | Film | — | 47 |
| 2015 | Empire | Lucious Lyon | TV | 7.1 | 46 |
| 2015 | Celebrity Family Feud | Self | TV | 7.6 | 46 |
| 2015 | Lip Sync Battle | Self | TV | 6.4 | 46 |
| 2015 | Wayward Pines | Sheriff Pope | TV | 6.9 | 46 |
| 2015 | Taraji's White Hot Holidays | Himself - Host | TV | 10.0 | 46 |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | TV | 5.8 | 45 |
| 2014 | St. Vincent | Zucko | Film | 7.1 | 45 |
| 2014 | Sabotage | Julius "Sugar" Edmonds | Film | 5.6 | 45 |
| 2014 | Take Me to the River | Himself - Host | Film | 6.0 | 45 |
| 2014 | Lullaby | Dr. Crier | Film | 6.1 | 45 |
| 2013 | Prisoners | Franklin Birch | Film | 8.1 | 44 |
| 2013 | Movie 43 | Coach Jackson (segment "Victory's Glory") | Film | 4.7 | 44 |
| 2013 | The Butler | Howard | Film | 7.3 | 44 |
| 2013 | Dead Man Down | Alphonse | Film | 6.2 | 44 |
| 2013 | The Best Man Holiday | Quentin | Film | 6.5 | 44 |
| 2013 | House of Bodies | Starks | Film | 4.9 | 44 |
| 2012 | Red Tails | Col. A.J. Bullard | Film | 6.6 | 43 |
| 2012 | On the Road | Walter | Film | 5.6 | 43 |
| 2012 | The Company You Keep | FBI Agent Cornelius | Film | 6.2 | 43 |
| 2012 | Croom | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 43 |
| 2011 | The Ledge | Hollis Lucetti | Film | 6.2 | 42 |
| 2011 | Winnie Mandela | Nelson Mandela | Film | 5.8 | 42 |
| 2011 | Little Murder | Drag Hammerman | Film | 5.1 | 42 |
| 2011 | Bob Ross: The Happy Painter | Self | Film | 7.2 | 42 |
| 2010 | Hawaii Five-0 | Billy | TV | 7.7 | 41 |
| 2010 | Law & Order: LA | Jonah Dekker | TV | 6.8 | 41 |
| 2010 | Magic in the Bayou: The Making of a Princess | Self | Film | 10.0 | 41 |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | TV | 5.0 | 40 |
| 2009 | The Princess and the Frog | James (voice) | Film | 7.2 | 40 |
| 2009 | The Jay Leno Show | Self | TV | 3.3 | 40 |
| 2009 | Fighting | Harvey Boarden | Film | 6.0 | 40 |
| 2009 | B.B. King | Live | Self | Film | 7.2 | 40 |
| 2009 | Dreams Come True: A Celebration of Disney Animation | Film | — | 40 | |
| 2008 | Iron Man | Rhodey | Film | 7.7 | 39 |
| 2008 | I Am 'Iron Man' | Self | Film | — | 39 |
| 2008 | 2008 Philadelphia Phillies: The Official World Series Film | narrator | Film | — | 39 |
| 2007 | Awake | Dr. Jack Harper | Film | 6.6 | 38 |
| 2007 | August Rush | Richard Jeffries | Film | 7.4 | 38 |
| 2007 | The Brave One | Detective Mercer | Film | 6.6 | 38 |
| 2007 | The Hunting Party | Duck | Film | 6.5 | 38 |
| 2007 | Pride | Jim Ellis | Film | 6.7 | 38 |
| 2007 | The Perfect Holiday | Bah Humbug | Film | 5.3 | 38 |
| 2007 | Motherland Afghanistan | Narrator | Film | — | 38 |
| 2007 | Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita | Self | Film | — | 38 |
| 2006 | Idlewild | Trumpy | Film | 5.6 | 37 |
| 2005 | Crash | Cameron Thayer | Film | 7.2 | 36 |
| 2005 | Four Brothers | Lt. Green | Film | 6.8 | 36 |
| 2005 | Get Rich or Die Tryin' | Bama | Film | 6.8 | 36 |
| 2005 | Hustle & Flow | Djay | Film | 7.1 | 36 |
| 2005 | Animal | Darius Allen | Film | 5.7 | 36 |
| 2005 | Lackawanna Blues | Bill Crosby | Film | 5.9 | 36 |
| 2005 | Their Eyes Were Watching God | Amos Hicks | Film | 5.7 | 36 |
| 2005 | The Salon | Patrick | Film | 4.1 | 36 |
| 2004 | Ray | Gossie McGee | Film | 7.5 | 35 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self | TV | 5.3 | 34 |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | TV | 5.5 | 34 |
| 2003 | Soundstage | Self | TV | — | 34 |
| 2003 | Biker Boyz | Chu Chu (as Terrence Dashon Howard) | Film | 6.3 | 34 |
| 2003 | Love Chronicles | T-Roy | Film | 6.7 | 34 |
| 2002 | Street Time | Lucius Mosley | TV | 2.5 | 33 |
| 2002 | Live from E! | Self | TV | 3.7 | 33 |
| 2002 | Fastlane | Alton White | TV | 6.5 | 33 |
| 2002 | Hart's War | Lt. Lincoln A. Scott | Film | 6.4 | 33 |
| 2002 | Intimate Affairs | Lorenz | Film | 4.7 | 33 |
| 2001 | Angel Eyes | Robby | Film | 6.1 | 32 |
| 2001 | Glitter | Timothy Walker | Film | 4.3 | 32 |
| 2001 | Boycott | Ralph Abernathy | Film | 6.7 | 32 |
| 2000 | Big Momma's House | Lester Vesco | Film | 5.8 | 31 |
| 2000 | Soul Food | Benny Jones | TV | 7.2 | 31 |
| 2000 | Muhammad Ali: King of the World | Cassius Clay | Film | 4.6 | 31 |
| 2000 | Love Beat the Hell Outta Me | Chris | Film | 4.5 | 31 |
| 2000 | Love Beat the Hell Outta Me | Film | 4.5 | 31 | |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Jonah Dekker | TV | 8.0 | 30 |
| 1999 | Valerie Flake | Hitchhiker | Film | 4.0 | 30 |
| 1999 | The Best Man | Quentin | Film | 6.6 | 30 |
| 1999 | Best Laid Plans | Jimmy | Film | 5.7 | 30 |
| 1998 | Mama Flora's Family | Lincoln | TV | 7.6 | 29 |
| 1998 | Butter | Dexter Banks | Film | 4.5 | 29 |
| 1998 | The Players Club | K.C. | Film | 6.3 | 29 |
| 1998 | Spark | Byron | Film | 6.6 | 29 |
| 1997 | Double Tap | Ulysses | Film | 5.4 | 28 |
| 1996 | Sparks | Greg Sparks | TV | 9.2 | 27 |
| 1996 | Sunset Park | Spaceman | Film | 6.5 | 27 |
| 1996 | Johns | Jimmy the Warlock | Film | 5.4 | 27 |
| 1995 | Mr. Holland's Opus | Louis Russ | Film | 7.0 | 26 |
| 1995 | Dead Presidents | Cowboy | Film | 6.7 | 26 |
| 1995 | Lotto Land | Warren | Film | 5.0 | 26 |
| 1995 | The O.J. Simpson Story | Young A.C. | Film | 3.4 | 26 |
| 1994 | New York Undercover | TV | 7.3 | 25 | |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | TV | 7.3 | 24 |
| 1993 | Living Single | Brendan | TV | 8.1 | 24 |
| 1993 | Who's the Man? | Customer | Film | 5.4 | 24 |
| 1993 | Tall Hopes | Chester Harris | TV | 7.0 | 24 |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Self | TV | 5.4 | 23 |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Self - Guest | TV | 5.4 | 23 |
| 1992 | The Jacksons: An American Dream | Jackie Jackson (adult) | TV | 6.8 | 23 |
| 1989 | Coach | Johnny Williams | TV | 6.6 | 20 |
| 1989 | Family Matters | John | TV | 6.7 | 20 |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self | TV | 5.6 | 19 |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest | TV | 5.6 | 19 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 15 |
| 1952 | Today | Self | TV | 5.6 | 16 |
| Turnbuckle | Film | — | — | ||
| Turnbuckle | Film | — | — | ||
| Unsung Hollywood | TV | — | — | ||
| Miami Nights | David Wolfe | Film | — | — | |
| Selfie | Film | — | — | ||
| The Movers | Robert Hartley | Film | — | — | |
| Broken Ones | Benjamin Drake | Film | — | — |