
Acting
Born December 17, 1945 · Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA
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 shows St. Elsewhere (1984), The Last Precinct (1986), 10-8: Officers on Duty (2003–2004), Desperate Housewives (2006–2007), The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008–2013), Law & Order (2009–2010), the voice of Agent Bill Fowler in Transformers: Prime (2010–2013), Franklin & Bash (2012–2014), Grace and Frankie (2015–2020), and L.A.'s Finest (2019–2020). From 2022 to 2024, Hudson appeared as Herbert "Magic" Williams on the NBC drama Quantum Leap.

Toy Story 5
2026

John Candy: I Like Me
2025

FEEL
2025

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024

The Retirement Plan
2023

Prisoner's Daughter
2023

Darrin's Dance Grooves: The Untold Darrin Henson Story
2023

Champions
2023

In Search of Tomorrow
2022

Beebo Saves Christmas
2021

Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021

Redemption Day
2021

Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020

Adventure Force 5
2019

Nappily Ever After
2018

High & Outside: A Baseball Noir
2018

Heaven Sent
2016

Infinity Train
2016

Spaceman
2016

Ghostbusters
2016

Ghostheads
2016

God's Not Dead 2
2016

Batman: Bad Blood
2016

The Man in the Silo
2016

Gallows Road
2015

Horror Icon: Inside Michael's Mask with Tony Moran
2015

Merry Ex-Mas
2014

You're Not You
2014

Touched
2014

To Hell and Back
2014

The Grim Sleeper
2014

Showing Up
2014

The Last Song
2014

Dear Secret Santa
2013

Doonby
2013

Turning Point
2013

Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
2013

Battledogs
2013

Ambush at Dark Canyon
2012

Deer Crossing
2012

Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta!
2012

The Adventures of Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Conspiracy
2012

Beautiful People
2012

Underground Entertainment: The Movie
2011

Deep Blue Breath
2011

Game of Death
2011

Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
2011

Nowhere to Land
2010

Stasis
2010

Machete Joe
2010

Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball
2010

Pastor Brown
2009

Dragonball Evolution
2009

Fatal Secrets
2009

Lonely Street
2009

Final Approach
2008

All Hat
2007

Nobel Son
2007

The Ron Clark Story
2006

Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
2006

Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2006
Halfway Decent
2005

Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story
2005

Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
2005

Lackawanna Blues
2005

Confessions of an Action Star
2005

Clifford's Really Big Movie
2004

Anne B. Real
2003

A Town Without Christmas
2001

Walking Shadow
2001

Miss Congeniality
2000

Paper Bullets
2000

Everything's Jake
2000

The Watcher
2000

Red Letters
2000

A Stranger in the Kingdom
1999

Shark Attack
1999

Interceptors
1999

Hijack
1999

Michael Jordan: An American Hero
1999

Stealth Fighter
1999

October 22
1998

Butter
1998

Best of the Best 4: Without Warning
1998

Mr. Magoo
1997

Clover
1997

Fakin' Da Funk
1997

Levitation
1997

Operation Delta Force
1997

The Cherokee Kid
1996

Just Your Luck
1996

For Which He Stands
1996

Tornado!
1996

The Substitute
1996

Congo
1995

The Basketball Diaries
1995

Speechless
1994

Airheads
1994

The Cowboy Way
1994

The Crow
1994

No Escape
1994

Sugar Hill
1994

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
1992

Ghostbusters II
1989

Collision Course
1989

Leviathan
1989

Trapper County War
1989

The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
1988

The Wrong Guys
1988

Weeds
1987

The Last Precinct
1986

Love on the Run
1985

California Girls
1985

On the Scene with the Ghostbusters
1984

Joy of Sex
1984

Ghostbusters
1984

Two of a Kind
1983

Women of San Quentin
1983

Going Berserk
1983

Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
1983

Penitentiary II
1982

Crazy Times
1981

A Matter of Life and Death
1981

Underground Aces
1981

The Jazz Singer
1980

The Octagon
1980

White Mama
1980

The $5.20 an Hour Dream
1980

Skag
1980

The Main Event
1979

Joni
1979
Last of the Good Guys
1978

Mad Bull
1977

Man from Atlantis IV: The Disappearances
1977

The Human Tornado
1976

Leadbelly
1976