Ernie Hudson

Ernie Hudson
Hudson in October 2009
Born	Ernest Lee Hudson (1945-12-17) December 17, 1945 Benton Harbor, Michigan, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, playwright, producer
Years active	1976—present
Spouse(s)	Jeannie Moore (1963–76) Linda Kingsberg (1985— )

Ernest Lee "Ernie" Hudson Sr. (born December 17, 1945) is an American actor known for his roles as Winston Zeddemore in the Ghostbusters film series, Sergeant Albrecht in The Crow, and Warden Leo Glynn on HBO's Oz. Recently, Hudson has had a small recurring role as Jay's friend Miles on the American comedy TV series Modern Family.

Early life

Hudson was born in Benton Harbor, Michigan. Hudson never knew his father. His mother, Maggie Donald, died of tuberculosis when he was two months old. He was subsequently raised by his maternal grandmother, Arrana Donald. He has a half-brother, Lewis Hudson.

After a short time in the U.S. Marine Corps, he moved to Detroit, Michigan. He became the resident playwright at Concept East, the oldest black theatre company in the US. He enrolled at Wayne State University to further develop his writing and acting skills. He established the Actors' Ensemble Theatre where he and other talented young black writers directed and appeared in their own works. Later, he enrolled and subsequently graduated from Yale School of Drama.

In an interview with Belief.net, Hudson stated that he is a practicing Christian, but does not believe that "one church is the right one."

Career

One of Hudson's early films was in Penitentiary II in 1982 starring Leon Isaac Kennedy. He landed various guest roles on TV shows such as The Dukes of Hazzard and The A-Team. He was on the TV series Fantasy Island in a first season episode as a voodoo man named Jamu. Hudson gained fame playing Winston Zeddemore, who enlists with the Ghostbusters in the 1984 feature film Ghostbusters and its 1989 sequel. He auditioned to reprise the role for the animated series, The Real Ghostbusters, but he lost to Arsenio Hall). He had a major supporting role as the mentally challenged Solomon in The Hand that Rocks the Cradle.

Hudson was cast as Warden Leo Glynn on HBO's series Oz. On Oz, his son Ernie Hudson Jr. co-starred with him as Muslim inmate Hamid Khan. Hudson also appears as the character Munro in Congo and in the 1994 film The Crow as Police Sergeant Albrecht. He switched gears when he played a preacher opening the eyes of a small town prejudice in the 1950s in Stranger in the Kingdom. He is also known for his role as Harry McDonald, the FBI superior of Sandra Bullock's character in the feature film Miss Congeniality. He appears in the Stargate SG-1 TV episode "Ethon" as Pernaux. Hudson also appeared as Reggie in the film The Basketball Diaries. In 2008, he began a recurring role as Dr. Fields in The Secret Life of the American Teenager. Hudson also had a recurring role on the final season of Law & Order as Lt. Anita Van Buren's boyfriend and then fiancé.

He played Stuart Owens in Torchwood: Miracle Day.

Filmography

The handprints of Hudson in front of The Great Movie Ride at Walt Disney World's Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1976	Leadbelly	Unknown role
	The Human Tornado	Bo	credited as Louis Hudson
1977	Mad Bull	Black Bart	TV film
1978	King	Jack Corbin	TV mini-series
	Last of the Good Guys	El Coliph	TV film
1979	The Main Event	Killer
1980	Skag	unknown role	TV
	The $5.20 an Hour Dream	Homer Burden	TV film
	White Mama	Counsellor	TV film
	Joni	Earl
	The Octagon	Quinine
	The Jazz Singer	Heckler
1981	Underground Aces	African General
	A Matter of Life and Death	Mr. Harrison	TV film
	Crazy Times	Harold 'Jazzman' Malloy	TV film
1982	The Dukes of Hazzard	Avery	TV series "Dear Diary"
	Penitentiary II	Half Dead
1983	Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone	Washington
	The A-Team	Cal Freeman	TV series "The Taxicab Wars"
	Going Berserk	Jerome Willy Muhammed
	Two of a Kind	Det. Skaggs
1984	Ghostbusters	Winston Zeddemore
	National Lampoon's Joy of Sex	Mr. Porter
	St. Elsewhere	Jerry Close	TV
1985	California Girls	Ernie	TV film
	Love on the Run	Lamar	TV film
	The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians	Cyborg (Victor Stone)	TV voice
1986	The Last Precinct	Sergeant Night Train Lane	TV
1987	Weeds	Bagdad
1988	The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission	Joe Hamilton	TV film
	The Wrong Guys	Dawson
1989	Trapper County War	Jefferson Carter
	Leviathan	Justin Jones
	Collision Course	Shortcut
	Ghostbusters II	Winston Zeddemore
	The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!	Himself	TV series "Slime Busters"
1992	Angel Street	Thurman Nickens	TV
	The Hand That Rocks the Cradle	Solomon
	The Ben Stiller Show	The Tennis Captain	TV
1993	Wild Palms	Tommy Lazlo	TV mini-series
	Tales from the Crypt	Zambini	TV
1994	Sugar Hill	Lolly Jonas
	No Escape	Hawkins
	The Crow	Sergeant Albrecht
	The Cowboy Way	Officer Sam 'Mad Dog' Shaw
	Airheads	Sergeant O'Malley
	Speechless	Ventura
1995	The Basketball Diaries	Reggie
	Congo	Captain Munro Kelly
1996	The Substitute	Principal Claude Rolle
	Tornado!	Dr. Joe Branson	TV film
	For Which He Stands	DEA Agent Baxter
	Just Your Luck	Willie
	The Cherokee Kid	Nat Love aka Deadwood Dick	TV film
1997	Fakin' Da Funk	Joe Lee
	Clover	Gaten Hill	TV film
	Operation Delta Force	Tipton	TV film
	Mr. Magoo	Agent Gus Anders, CIA
	Levitation	Downbeat
1998	Butter	Curtis "8 Ball" Harris
	Stranger in the Kingdom	Rev. Walter Andrews
	Best of the Best: Without Warning	Detective Gresko
	October 22	Arthur
1999	Lillie	Larry Miller
	Michael Jordan: An American Hero	James R. Jordan, Sr.	TV film
	Shark Attack	Lawrence Rhodes
	The Last Siege	Senator Douglas Wilson
	Interceptors	Major McKenzie
	Stealth Fighter	President Westwood
	Miracle on the 17th Green	Earl Fielder	TV film
2000	Red Letters	Detective Glen Teal
	The Watcher	Ibby
	Paper Bullets	Detective Ron Mills
	Miss Congeniality	FBI Asst. Director Harry McDonald
	Everything's Jake	Jake
2001	Walking Shadow	Hawk	TV film
	A Town Without Christmas	Ted	TV film
2003	Oz (1997–2003)	Warden Leo Glynn	TV
	Anne B. Real	Principal Davis
	10-8: Officers on Duty	Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes
2004	Clifford's Really Big Movie	P.T.	voice
2005	Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing & Charm School	Blake Rische
	Lackawanna Blues	Dick Barrymore	TV film
	Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous	FBI Asst. Director Harry McDonald
	Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story	Perry Beasley	TV film
	Everwood	Bill Hoover
	Halfway Decent	Tom
2006	Hood of Horror	Roscoe
	The Ron Clark Story	Principal Turner	TV film
	Stargate: SG-1	Commander Goran Pernaux	TV, 1 episode "Ethon"
2007	Desperate Housewives (2006–2007)	Detective Ridley	TV
	Certifiably Jonathan	Museum Guard
	Nobel Son	Sgt. Bill Canega
	All Hat	Jackson Jones
	Final Approach	Agent Lorenzo Dawson	TV
2008	The Man in the Silo	Marcus Wells
	Pie'n Burger	Cedric
	Psych	Gus' Father
	Las Vegas	Bob Casey	TV
	The Secret Life of the American Teenager	Dr. Ken Fields	TV
	Private Practice	Captain Frank	TV
	Balancing the Books	Detective Carter
2009	Dragonball Evolution	Sifu Norris
	Meteor	Gen. Brasser	TV mini-series
	Ghostbusters: The Video Game	Winston Zeddemore	voice
	Lonely Street	Capt. Morgan
	Heroes	Captain Lubbock	TV
	Machete Joe	Sheriff Taylor
	Pastor Brown	Deacon Harold Todd
2010	Law & Order (2009–2010)	Frank Gibson	TV
	Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball	Anthony Vejar
	Childrens Hospital
	Criminal Minds	Lt. Al Garner	TV Series
	STASIS		short film
	Game of Death	Catholic Priest
	Bossom Friend (2010-2011)	Robert Knight	TV series
2011	Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2	Pedro	(voice)
	Bossom Friend	Robert Kight	TV series
	Torchwood: Miracle Day	Stewart Owens	TV series
	Transformers: Prime	Agent William "Bill" Fowler	animated TV series, recurring role
	Rizzoli & Isles	Admiral Frost	TV series
	How I Met Your Mother	Himself	TV series
2012	Modern Family	Miles	TV series
	Turning Point	Joe Johnson	film
	Hart of Dixie	Ernie Hayes	TV series
	Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Conspiracy	Ivan Stumpwater	Film
	Franklin & Bash	Hon. Lawrence Perry	TV series
	Last Resort	Speaker of the House Conrad Buell	TV series
2013	Call Me Crazy: A Five Film	Percy	A Lifetime Original Movie

External links

• Ernie Hudson at the Internet Movie Database
• Ernie Hudson Interview in Dangerous Ink Magazine - 2009
• Interview (March 2008) with Ernie Hudson, by Matthew Waldram
• Ernie Hudson interviewed by Julian De Backer