| Ernie Hudson | |
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| Name: | Ernest Lee "Ernie" Hudson Sr |
| Birthplace: | Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA |
| Birthdate: | 17 December, 1945 |
| Active: | 1976–present |
| Films appeared in: | Leviathan Airheads Operation Delta Force Never 2 Big (A.K.A. Butter) Best of the Best 4: Without Warning Stealth Fighter The Last Siege: Never Surrender Nowhere to Land Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous Final Approach Game of Death Last Resort |
| Role: | Justin Jones (Leviathan) Sergeant O'Malley (Airheads) Major Tipton (Operation Delta Force) Curtis '8-Ball' Harris (Never 2 Big) Det. Gresko (Best of the Best 4) President Westwood (Stealth Fighter) Senator Douglas Wilson (Hijack) Danny Gorlin (Nowhere to Land) FBI Asst. Director Harry McDonald (Miss Congeniality 2) Agent Lorenzo Dawson (Final Approach) Clarence (Game of Death) Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Conrad Buell (Last Resort) |
Ernie Hudson (born December 17, 1945) is an American actor best known for his role as Winston in the Ghostbusters and Miss Congeniality comedy film franchises, his supporting role in the 1994 hit film The Crow (with Tony Todd, Al Leong, Henry Kingi and Thomas Rosales Jr.) and for his recurring supporting role on the hit HBO TV series "Oz".
Hudson's other film credits include: Penitentiary II, Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone, The Joy of Sex, Two of a Kind (with John Travolta), Sugar Hill (with Wesley Snipes and Steve Harris), No Escape (with Lance Henriksen and Ray Liotta), Speechless, The Basketball Diaries, Congo (with Joe Pantoliano), The Substitute (with Tom Berenger and William Forsythe), October 22 (with Colm Meaney and Michael Paré), Michael Jordan: An American Hero, Shark Attack (with Casper Van Dien), A Stranger in the Kingdom, The Watcher (with Keanu Reeves and Chris Ellis), Lackawanna Blues, Hood of Horror, Nobel Son (with Alan Rickman), Lonely Street (with Robert Patrick), Game of Death (again with Snipes and with Robert Davi), Dragonball: Evolution (with Chow Yun-Fat), Doonby (with Robert Davi and Joe Estevez) and The Grim Sleeper.
Hudson had recurring roles on the shows "St. Elsewhere", "The Last Precinct", "10-8: Officers on Duty", "ER", "Desperate Housewives", "Las Vegas", "Bones", "Heroes", "Law & Order", "Modern Family", "Last Resort", "The Secret Life of the American Teenager", "Rizzoli & Isles" and "Franklin & Bash".
He has guest-starred on "The Dukes of Hazzard", "The A-Team", "Full House", "The Ben Stiller Show", "Tales from the Crypt", "Touched by an Angel", "Everwood", "Crossing Jordan", "Stargate SG-1", "Children's Hospital", "White Collar", "Torchwood", "Scandal" and "Scorpion".
He has done voice-overs for the animated cartoon shows "The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians" and "Transformers Prime" and appeared in the mini-series "Roots: The Next Generation", "Wild Palms", "Meteor" (with Michael Rooker and Eddie J. Fernandez) and "Mob City" (with Yorgo Constantine).
Hudson appeared in the Die Hard scenario films Airheads, Stealth Fighter, The Last Siege: Never Surrender (A.K.A. Hijack) and Final Approach.
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