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Ernie Hudson

American actor (born 1945)

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name	Ernie Hudson
image	Ernie Hudson Photo Op GalaxyCon Raleigh 2024.jpg
caption	Hudson at the 2024 Raleigh GalaxyCon
birth_name	Earnest Lee Hudson
birth_date
birth_place	Benton Harbor, Michigan, U.S.
education
occupation	{{flatlist
years_active	1973–present
spouse	{{ubl
{{marriage	Jeannie Moore	1963	1976	end	div}}
children	4, including Ernie Hudson Jr.

Actor
playwright
producer | |

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).

On television, his most prominent role 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.

Early life

Hudson was born on December 17, 1945, in Benton Harbor, Michigan. He 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.

Hudson joined the U.S. Marine Corps immediately after high school but was discharged after only three months on medical grounds due to asthma. Having moved to Detroit, he became the resident playwright at Concept East, the oldest black theater company in the United States. Hudson enrolled at Wayne State University to develop his writing and acting skills further, graduating in 1973. He established the Actors' Ensemble Theatre where he and other talented young black writers directed and appeared in their own works. Hudson began a doctoral program at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities before leaving to appear in a stage production of The Great White Hope. Later, he studied toward a Master of Fine Arts in acting at Yale School of Drama but left after a year to appear in Leadbelly.

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 film roles is in Penitentiary II (1982) starring Leon Isaac Kennedy. He had various guest roles on television series such as The Dukes of Hazzard and The A-Team. He was on the television series Fantasy Island in a first-season episode as a voodoo man named Jamu. Hudson gained fame playing Winston Zeddemore in the 1984 feature film Ghostbusters and its 1989 sequel, Ghostbusters II. He auditioned to reprise the role for the animated series, The Real Ghostbusters, but it was given to Arsenio Hall. He had a major supporting role as the developmentally disabled handyman Solomon in The Hand that Rocks the Cradle (1992).

Hudson was cast as Warden Leo Glynn on HBO's series Oz, and his son Ernie Hudson Jr. co-starred with him as Muslim inmate Hamid Khan. Hudson also appears as the character Munro in Congo (1995) and as Police Sergeant Albrecht in The Crow (1994). He switched gears when he played a preacher opening the eyes of a small town's prejudice in the 1950s in A Stranger in the Kingdom. He played Harry McDonald, the FBI superior of Sandra Bullock's character in the feature film Miss Congeniality (2000). He is in the Stargate SG-1 episode "Ethon" as Pernaux. He appeared as Reggie in the 1995 film The Basketball Diaries. In 2006, he appeared in the television film The Ron Clark Story as Principal Turner. In 2008, he began a recurring role as Dr. Fields on The Secret Life of the American Teenager. He had a recurring role on the final season of Law & Order as Lt. Anita Van Buren's boyfriend and then fiancé.

In 2011, he played Stuart Owens in Torchwood: Miracle Day.

Beginning in 2015, Hudson was cast in a recurring role as Jacob, an organic farmer who is the romantic interest for Frankie Bergstein (Lily Tomlin) in the series Grace and Frankie.

Hudson appeared in the 2016 Ghostbusters reboot, playing Bill Jenkins, the uncle of Leslie Jones's lead character Pattie Tolan.

In 2019, Hudson began starring in L.A.'s Finest, playing the estranged father of Gabrielle Union's character. Hudson called it "a very different show", citing the duality of having to protect people as a member of law enforcement while having unresolved relationships that need to be reconciled. Spectrum canceled the series after two seasons the following year.

In August 2019, he confirmed his involvement in Ghostbusters: Afterlife directed by Jason Reitman, joining original cast members Sigourney Weaver, Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray and Annie Potts. Hudson described himself as being welled by emotions after he put on his jumpsuit and proton pack, as he had previously "accepted that [a film] was never going to happen".

Hudson appeared in the 2022 drama film Prisoner's Daughter, alongside Kate Beckinsale and Brian Cox.

On March 8, 2022, Hudson was announced as the co-lead in NBC's Quantum Leap reboot.

In January 2023, Hudson guest voiced a character, Grini Millegi, a Dowutin gangster who was an associate of Cid and oversees Riot Racing on the planet Safa Toma, on Star Wars: The Bad Batch.

Personal life

Hudson married his first wife, Jeannie Moore, in 1963, when she was sixteen and he was eighteen. They had two sons, Ernie Hudson Jr. and Rahaman Hudson. When Hudson and Jeannie divorced in 1976, their sons moved to live with Hudson in California. In 1985, Hudson married former flight attendant Linda Kingsberg, and they had two sons, Andrew and Ross.

On June 8, 2024 (40 years after the original Ghostbusters was released), a portion of South Fair Avenue (M-139) near Hudson's childhood home in Benton Harbor was given the honorary name "Ernie Hudson Way".

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Reference(s)
1976	Leadbelly	Archie
The Human Tornado	Bo
1977	Mad Bull	Bart 'Black Bart'	Television film
1978	Last of the Good Guys	El Coliph
1979	The Main Event	Killer
1980	Joni	Earl
The $5.20 an Hour Dream	Homer Burden	Television film
White Mama	Counsellor
The Octagon	Quinine
The Jazz Singer	Heckler
1981	A Matter of Life and Death	Mr. Harrison	Television film
Underground Aces	African General
Crazy Times	Harold 'Jazzman' Malloy	Television film
1982	Penitentiary II	'Half Dead'
1983	Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone	Washington
Going Berserk	Muhammed Jerome Willy
Women of San Quentin	Charles Wilson	Television film
Two of a Kind	Detective Skaggs
1984	Ghostbusters	Winston Zeddemore
National Lampoon's Joy of Sex	Mr. Porter
1985	California Girls	Ernie	Television film
Love on the Run	Lamar
1987	Weeds	Bagdad
1988	The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission	Joseph Hamilton	Television film
The Wrong Guys	Dawson
1989	Leviathan	Justin Jones
Collision Course	'Shortcut'
Trapper County War	Jefferson Carter
Ghostbusters II	Winston Zeddemore
1992	The Hand That Rocks the Cradle	Solomon
1993	Angel Street	Thurman Nickens	Television film
The Pitch	Vet	Short
1994	Sugar Hill	Lolly Jonas
The Crow	Sergeant Daryl Albrecht
No Escape	Hawkins
The Cowboy Way	Officer Sam 'Mad Dog' Shaw
Airheads	Sergeant O'Malley
Speechless	Dan Ventura
1995	The Basketball Diaries	Reggie
Congo	Captain Monroe Kelly
1996	The Substitute	Principal Claude Rolle
Tornado!	Dr. Joe Branson	Television film
For Which He Stands	DEA Agent Baxter
Just Your Luck	Willie	Video
The Cherokee Kid	Nat Love/Deadwood Dick	Television film
1997	Operation Delta Force	Tipton
Levitation	'Downbeat'
Clover	Gaten Hill	Television film
Fakin' da Funk	Joe Lee
Mr. Magoo	CIA Agent Gus Anders
A Stranger in the Kingdom	Reverend Walter Andrews
1998	Butter	Curtis "8 Ball" Harris
Best of the Best 4: Without Warning	Detective Gresko	Video
Hijack	Senator Douglas Wilson
October 22	Arthur
1999	Michael Jordan: An American Hero	James R. Jordan Sr.	Television film
Shark Attack	Lawrence Rhodes
Interceptor Force	Major McKenzie
Stealth Fighter	President Westwood
Paper Bullets	Detective Ron Mills
Miracle on the 17th Green	Earl Fielder	Television film
Lillie	Larry Miller
2000	Nowhere to Land	Danny Gorlin	Television film
Everything's Jake	Jake
Red Letters	Detective Glen Teal
The Watcher	FBI Special Agent Mike Ibby
Miss Congeniality	FBI Assistant Director Harry McDonald
2001	Walking Shadow	'Hawk'	Television film
A Town Without Christmas	Ted
2003	Anne B. Real	Principal Davis
2004	Clifford's Really Big Movie	P.T.	Voice	url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Ernie-Hudson/	title=Ernie Hudson (visual voices guide)	website=Behind The Voice Actors	access-date=December 8, 2025	archive-date=December 8, 2025	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251208180906/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Ernie-Hudson/	type=A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information}}
2005	Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School	Blake Rische
Lackawanna Blues	Dick Barrymore	Television film
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous	FBI Assistant Director Harry McDonald
Bathsheba	Nathan	Short
Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story	Perry Beasley	Television film
Halfway Decent	Tom
2006	The Ron Clark Story	Principal Turner	Television film
Hood of Horror	Roscoe
2007	Certifiably Jonathan	Museum Guard
Nobel Son	Sergeant Bill Canega
All Hat	Jackson Jones
Final Approach	Agent Lorenzo Dawson	Television film
2008	Pie'n Burger	Cedric	Short
Lonely Street	Captain Morgan
2009	Balancing the Books	Detective Carter
Dragonball Evolution	Sifu Norris
Pastor Brown	Deacon Harold Todd
2010	Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball	FBI Special Agent Anthony Vejar	Video
Machete Joe	Sheriff Taylor
Stasis	Stranger	Short
Game of Death	Catholic Priest
2011	Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2	Pedro	Video; voice
Sugarwheels	Prof. Zaccharine Ragus PhD	Short
Deep Blue Breath	Lord Vater	Short; voice
2012	Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Conspiracy	Ivan Stumpwater
Dinner Date	Man	Short
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva La Fiesta!	Pedro	Video; voice
Deer Crossing	Captain Bailey
Dark Canyon	Cyrus Parker
Turning Point	Joe Johnson
2013	Battledogs	Max Stevens	Television film
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film	Percy
Doonby	Leroy
Dear Secret Santa	Pastor Avery	Television film
Reckless	Frank Wolfe
Adonis	Chick Magnet CEO	Short
2014	Touched	Dr. Beck	Television film
The Grim Sleeper	Detective Claymar
You're Not You	John
Merry Ex-Mas	Pastor Ed
The Last Song	Guest	Short
2015	To Hell and Back	Joe	Television film
Gallows Road	Bob Collins
Delores & Jermaine	Rick	Television film; voice
2016	The Man in the Silo	Marcus Wells
Batman: Bad Blood	Lucius Fox	Video; voice
God's Not Dead 2	Judge Stennis
Ghostbusters	Uncle Bill Jenkins
Spaceman	Joe		last=Billington	first=Alex	date=2016-06-08	title=First Teaser for Baseball Drama Spaceman Featuring Josh Duhamel	url=https://www.firstshowing.net/2016/first-trailer-for-baseball-drama-spaceman-featuring-josh-duhamel/	access-date=2024-09-16	website=www.firstshowing.net	language=en-US}}
Infinity Train	Atticus	Short; voice
Heaven Sent	Donatello	Television film
2017	High & Outside: A Baseball Noir	Sanzone
2018	Nappily Ever After	Richard Jones		last=N'Duka	first=Amanda	date=2017-08-15	title=Sanaa Lathan, Ernie Hudson Cast In Netflix Film Nappily Ever After	url=https://deadline.com/2017/08/sanaa-lathan-ernie-hudson-lynn-whitfield-netflix-film-nappily-ever-after-1202148472/	access-date=2024-09-16	website=Deadline	language=en-US}}
2020	I Love You... Forever	George Henry	Short
2021	Redemption Day	Ed Paxton		last=Leydon	first=Joe	date=2021-01-08	title=Redemption Day Review: Unremarkable Action-Adventure is a Surprise-Free Zone	url=https://variety.com/2021/film/reviews/redemption-day-review-1234881100/	access-date=2024-09-16	website=Variety	language=en-US}}
Ghostbusters: Afterlife	Winston Zeddemore		last=Bankhurst	first=Adam	date=2021-07-27	title=Ghostbusters: Afterlife - The Entire Cast (So Far)	url=https://www.ign.com/articles/ghostbusters-afterlife-cast-so-far	access-date=2024-09-16	website=IGN	language=en}}
Beebo Saves Christmas	Santa Claus	Voice	last1=Whitbrook	first1=James	title=Screw Jesus, Beebo Will Be the Savior of Christmas This Year	url=https://gizmodo.com/screw-jesus-beebo-will-be-the-savior-of-christmas-this-1846966297	website=Gizmodo	access-date=October 27, 2021	date=May 25, 2021}}
2022	Prisoner's Daughter	Hank		last=Lang	first=Brent	date=2023-04-18	title=Vertical Buys Catherine Hardwicke, Brian Cox, Kate Beckinsale Thriller Prisoner's Daughter (EXCLUSIVE)	url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/vertical-buys-catherine-hardwicke-brian-cox-kate-beckinsale-movie-prisoners-daughter-1235586649/	access-date=2024-09-16	website=Variety	language=en-US}}
2023	Champions	Coach Phil Peretti		last=Sosland	first=Zachary	date=2022-12-30	title=Champions: Release Date, Trailer, Cast, and Everything You Need to Know	url=https://collider.com/champions-release-date-trailer-cast-plot-woody-harrelson/#who-39-s-in-the-champions-cast	access-date=2024-09-16	website=Collider	language=en}}
The Retirement Plan	Joseph		last=Wiseman	first=Andreas	date=2023-07-12	title=The Retirement Plan: First Trailer & Release Date Revealed For Nicolas Cage, Ashley Greene & Ron Perlman Action-Comedy	url=https://deadline.com/video/nicolas-cage-retirement-plan-trailer-release-date-ashley-green/	access-date=2024-09-16	website=Deadline	language=en-US}}
2024	Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire	Winston Zeddemore		url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3755931/ghostbusters-afterlife-sequel-casts-patton-oswalt-and-kumail-nanjiani/	title='Ghostbusters: Afterlife' Sequel Casts Patton Oswalt and Kumail Nanjiani	website=Bloody Disgusting	first=John	last=Squires	date=March 24, 2023	access-date=May 10, 2023}}
2026	Toy Story 5	Combat Carl	Voice (Replacing Carl Weathers)	url=https://deadline.com/2025/04/toy-story-5-ernie-hudson-carl-weathers-role-combat-carl-1236373034/	title=Ernie Hudson Taking Over Carl Weathers’ Voice Role Of Combat Carl In ‘Toy Story 5’	website=Deadline Hollywood	first=Matt	last=Grobar	date=April 21, 2025	access-date=April 21, 2025	archive-date=April 21, 2025	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250421184002/https://deadline.com/2025/04/toy-story-5-ernie-hudson-carl-weathers-role-combat-carl-1236373034/	url-status=live}}
	Oswald: Down the Rabbit Hole	Oswald the Lucky Rabbit

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Reference(s)
1977	Man from Atlantis	Minion	Episode: "The Disappearances"
1978	King	Jack Corbin	Main Cast
Fantasy Island	Jamu	Episode: "Family Reunion/VooDoo"
Winners	Ted	Episode: "Journey Together"
Baa Baa Black Sheep	George 'King George'	Episode: "A Little Bit of England"
1979	The Incredible Hulk	Lee	Episode: "Like a Brother"
Roots: The Next Generations	Muslim at Door	Episode: "Part VII (1960-1967)"
The White Shadow	Johnson	Episode: "Little Orphan Abner"
Detective School	Bombacaa	Episode: "Nick Is Smitten"
One Day at a Time	Desk Sergeant	Episode: "A Little Larceny"
Highcliffe Manor	Smythe	Main Cast
1980	Skag		Episode: "Pilot"
Too Close for Comfort	Sam Morton	Episode: "The Bag Lady"
1981	Diff'rent Strokes	Kwame	Episode: "Almost American"
Little House on the Prairie	William Thomas	Episode: "Chicago"
Bosom Buddies	Rochelle	Episode: "One for You, One for Me"
Taxi	Terry Carver	Episode: "Of Mice and Tony"
1982	The Dukes of Hazzard	Avery	Episode: "Dear Diary"
Flamingo Road	Chandler	Recurring cast (Season 2); 4 episodes
The New Odd Couple	Moses Brown	Episode: "That Was No Lady"
1983	Webster	Rudy	Episode: "Happy Un-Birthday"
The A-Team	Cal Freeman	Episode: "The Taxicab Wars"
1984	St. Elsewhere	Jerry Close	Recurring cast (Season 3); 6 episodes
1985	The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians	Victor Stone/Cyborg	Main cast (Season 9); 8 episodes; voice
1986	The Last Precinct	Sergeant "Night Train" Lane	Main cast; 8 episodes
It's a Living	Dougie	Episode: "The Bar"
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer	Digger Love	Episode: "Harlem Nocturne"
1987	Gimme a Break!	Prince	Episode: "Someday My Prince..."
Full House	Reggie 'The Sandman' Martin	Episode: "Knock Yourself Out"
Pound Puppies	Additional Voices	Recurring cast (Season 2); 3 episodes
1989	The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!	Himself	Episode: "Slime Busters"
1990	An Evening at the Improv	Himself/Host	Episode: "Episode #5.4"
Cop Rock	Commander Warren Osborne	Episode: "Pilot"
1990–1991	Broken Badges	Toby Baker	Main Cast; 7 episodes
1992	Angel Street	Thurman Nickens	Episode: "Pilot - Part 1 & 2"
The Ben Stiller Show	Tennis Captain	Episode: "With Bobcat Goldthwait"
Batman: The Animated Series	Security Guard	Episode: "Joker's Wild"; voice
1993	TriBeCa	Howard	Episode: "Heros Exoletus"
Wild Palms	Tommy Lazlo	Main Cast; 5 episodes
Tales from the Crypt	Zambini	Episode: "Food for Thought"
1994	Lifestories: Families in Crisis	Coach Seldon	Episode: "A Body to Die For: The Aaron Henry Story"
1997	Superman: The Animated Series	Professor Felix	Episode: "Action Figures"; voice
1997–2003	Oz	Warden Leo Glynn	Main Cast; 55 episodes
1998	The Gregory Hines Show	Jack	Episode: "Carpe Diem"
Arli$$	Warden Leo Glynn	Episode: "Fans First"
2000	Intimate Portrait	Himself	Episode: "Robin Givens"
2001	Touched by an Angel	Norm McCloud	Episode: "The Perfect Game"
2003	Without a Trace	Manny Aybar	Episode: "Kam Li"
2003–2004	10-8: Officers on Duty	Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes	Main Cast; 15 episodes
2004	Everwood	Bill Hoover	Episode: "The Birds and the Batteries"
2006	Celebrity Paranormal Project	Himself	Episode: "Wooden Lucy"
Crossing Jordan	Colonel Wirth	Episode: "Code of Ethics"
Stargate SG-1	Commander Goran Pernaux	Episode: "Ethon"
ER	Colonel James Gallant	Recurring cast (Season 12); 2 episodes
2006–2007	Desperate Housewives	Detective Ridley	Recurring cast (Season 3); 7 episodes
2007	Cold Case	Moses Jones	Episode: "8:03 AM"
Las Vegas	Bob Casey	2 episodes
Psych	William Guster	Episode: "Gus's Dad May Have Killed an Old Guy"
2007–2008	Bones	David Barron	Guest Cast (Season 2–3); 2 episodes
2008	Private Practice	Captain Frank	Episode: "Nothing to Talk About"
2008–2013	The Secret Life of the American Teenager	Dr. Ken Fields	Recurring cast; 18 episodes
2009	Whatever Happened To?	Himself	Episode: "Masters of the Unknown"
Celebrity Ghost Stories	Himself	Episode: "Anson Williams/Ali Landry/Gina Gershon/Kelly Carlson/Ernie Hudson"
Meteor	General Brasser	Main Cast; 2 episodes
Heroes	Captain Lubbock	Recurring cast (Season 4); 2 episodes
2009–2010	Law & Order	Frank Gibson	Recurring cast (Season 20); 7 episodes
2010	Childrens Hospital	Hubert McGraw	Episode: "Joke Overload"
Criminal Minds	Lieutenant Al Garner	Episode: "Devil's Night"
2010–2013	Transformers: Prime	Special Agent Bill Fowler	Recurring cast; 37 episodes; voice
2011	White Collar	Mr. Jeffries	Episode: "Dentist of Detroit"
Torchwood	Stewart Owens	Episode: "Miracle Day: The Middle Men"
Grey's Anatomy	Brad McDougall	Episode: "Put Me In, Coach"
How I Met Your Mother	Himself	Episode: "The Rebound Girl"
2011–2014	Rizzoli & Isles	Admiral Frost	Guest Cast (Season 2 & 5); 2 episodes
2012	Unsung	Himself	Episode: "Ray Parker Jr."
Hart of Dixie	Ernie Hayes	Episode: "Snowflakes & Soulmates"
Nosferajew	CDC Director	Episode: "Community Blech"
2012–2014	Franklin & Bash	Honorable Lawrence Perry	Recurring cast (Season 2 & 4); 4 episodes
2012–2016	Modern Family	Miles	Guest Cast (Season 3–4 & 7–8); 4 episodes
2013	Guys with Kids	The Judge	Episode: "Marny's Dad"
Last Resort	Conrad Buell	Recurring cast; 2 episodes
Dan Vs.	Counselor	Episode: "Summer Camp"
Let's Stay Together	Anthony	Episode: "Troy Story"
Scandal	Commander Randolph Boles	Episode: "Mrs. Smith Goes to Washington"
Ironside	Bludso	Episode: "Uptown Murders"
Dads	Detective Swan	Episode: "Comic Book Issues"
Mob City	Bunny	Recurring cast; 2 episodes
2014	Comic Book Men	Himself	Episode: "Stashbusters"
The Millers	Walter	Episode: "Dear Diary"
The Haunted Hathaways	Duke Preston	Episode: "Haunted Visitor"
The Lottery	-	Episode: "Sleep Deprived"
Scorpion	Brooks	Episode: "Pilot"
Key & Peele	Dad	Episode: "Terrorist Meeting"
Hot in Cleveland	Himself	Episode: "Cold in Cleveland: The Christmas Episode"
2015	Once Upon a Time	King Poseidon	Episode: "Poor Unfortunate Soul"
2015–2020	Grace and Frankie	Jacob	Recurring cast (Season 1-4 & 6); 17 episodes
2016	Celebrity Family Feud	Himself	Episode: "Kellie Pickler vs. Lance Bass/Ernie Hudson vs. NeNe Leakes"
Unsung Hollywood	Himself	Episode: "Rudy Ray Moore"
Robot Chicken	Various Roles	Episode: "Blackout Window Heatstroke"; voice
Graves	Jacob Mann	Recurring cast (Season 1); 9 episodes
2017	APB	Sergeant Ned Conrad	Main Cast; 12 episodes
Angie Tribeca	Pete Tribeca	Episode: "Germs on Endearment"
Twin Peaks	Colonel Davis	2 episodes
Survivor's Remorse	Ansell Jones	Episode: "Reparations"
Spider-Man	Robbie Robertson	Episode: "Screwball Live"; voice
2018	Lethal Weapon	Agent Peterson	Episode: "Funny Money"
Blue Bloods	Principal Darryl Ward	Episode: "School of Hard Knocks"
Ballers	Mr. Hagerty	Episode: "This Is Not Our World"
2018–present	The Family Business	L.C. Duncan	Main Cast; 62 episodes
2019	Hot Streets	John Wayne 'Jet Wayne' Junior	Main Cast (Season 2); 8 episodes; voice
Arrow	General Roy Stewart	Episode: "Spartan"	url=https://deadline.com/2019/03/arrow-ernie-hudson-guest-star-cw-series-1202570230/	title='Arrow': Ernie Hudson To Guest Star On CW Series	website=Deadline	first=Denise	last=Petski	date=March 6, 2019	access-date=May 7, 2019}}
Infinity Train	Atticus	Main cast (season 1); 7 episodes; voice
2019–2020	Puppy Dog Pals	Buddy	Guest: Season 2, recurring cast: Season 2; 3 episodes; voice
L.A.'s Finest	Joseph Vaughn	Main cast; 22 episodes
2020	Reunited Apart	Himself	Episode: "Who You Gonna Call?"
The Irate Gamer	Himself	Episode: "Ghostbusters"
Home Movie: The Princess Bride	Prince Humperdinck	Episode: "Chapter Eight: Ultimate Suffering"
2021	MacGyver	Milton Bozer	Episode: "H2O + Orthophosphates + Mission City + Corrosion + Origins"	url=https://www.tvline.com/2021/02/19/macgyver-bozer-parents-cast-ernie-hudson-wendy-raquel-robinson/	title=MacGyver Casts Bozer's Parents for a Hometown Murder Mystery	last=Mitovich	first=Mark Webb	date=February 19, 2021	publisher=TVLine	website=www.tvline.com	access-date=March 16, 2021}}
2022	City on a Hill	Franklin Ward	Recurring cast (Season 3); 2 episodes	last=Petski	first=Denise	date=2021-11-12	title=City On A Hill: Corbin Bernsen, Joanne Kelly, Ernie Hudson Join Showtime Drama Series As Recurring	url=https://deadline.com/2021/11/city-on-a-hill-corbin-bernsen-joanne-kelly-ernie-hudson-showtime-drama-series-recurring-1234872892/	access-date=2024-09-16	website=Deadline	language=en-US}}
2022–2024	Quantum Leap	Herbert "Magic" Williams	Main cast; 29 episodes	last=Andreeva	first=Nellie	date=2022-03-08	title=Quantum Leap: Ernie Hudson Joins NBC Reboot Pilot	url=https://deadline.com/2022/03/quantum-leap-ernie-hudson-nbc-reboot-pilot-1234973289/	access-date=2024-09-16	website=Deadline	language=en-US}}
2023	Star Wars: The Bad Batch	Grini Millegi	Episode: "Faster"; voice	url=https://www.slashfilm.com/1170610/star-wars-the-bad-batch-spends-a-day-at-the-races/	title=Star Wars: The Bad Batch Season 2 Spends A Day At The Races	date=January 18, 2023}}
2024	Firebuds	Chase Thundershock	Episode: "Full-Time Flash/Bubba Trouble"; voice
Angry Birds Mystery Island	Marlon	Voice
2025	The Masked Singer	Himself	Episode: "Ghostbusters Night"	url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/tv/3858164/ernie-hudson-joins-the-masked-singer-to-celebrate-ghostbusters-tonight-on-fox/	title=Ernie Hudson Joins "The Masked Singer" to Celebrate 'Ghostbusters' Tonight on Fox	website=Bloody Disgusting	first=Alex	last=DiVincenzo	date=March 12, 2025	access-date=March 12, 2025	archive-date=March 12, 2025	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250312165332/https://bloody-disgusting.com/tv/3858164/ernie-hudson-joins-the-masked-singer-to-celebrate-ghostbusters-tonight-on-fox/	url-status=live}}
Boston Blue	Reverend Edwin Peters	7 episodes	url=https://deadline.com/2025/05/ernie-hudson-boston-blue-cbs-series-1236400901/	title=Ernie Hudson Joins New CBS Series ‘Boston Blue’	website=Deadline Hollywood	first=Nellie	last=Andreeva	date=May 16, 2025	access-date=May 16, 2025	archive-date=May 16, 2025	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250516181635/https://deadline.com/2025/05/ernie-hudson-boston-blue-cbs-series-1236400901/	url-status=live}}

Documentary

Year	Title	Reference(s)
2019	Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role	Notes	Reference(s)
2009	Ghostbusters: The Video Game	Winston Zeddemore
2015	Lego Dimensions
2016	Ghostbusters Pinball
2019	NBA 2K20	Israel Bacon
Ghostbusters: The Video Game Remastered	Winston Zeddemore
2022	Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed		url=https://www.comingsoon.net/games/news/1215190-ghostbusters-spirits-unleashed-release-window	title=Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed Announced With Release Window	website=ComingSoon	first=Michael	last=Leri	date=March 22, 2022	access-date=March 22, 2022}}

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work
2024	Saturn Awards	Best Supporting Actor in a Television Series	Quantum Leap
4th Astra TV Awards	Best Supporting Actor in a Broadcast Network or Cable Drama Series
2025	Children's and Family Emmy Awards	Outstanding Single Voice Role Performer	Angry Birds Mystery Island

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