Ernie Hudson

Infobox actor
name = Ernie Hudson


caption = Ernie signing autographs at AdventureCon 2008.
birthdate = birth date and age|1945|12|17
location = Benton Harbor, Michigan
occupation = Actor, playwright, producer
yearsactive =
spouse = Jeannie Moore (1963-1976) Linda Kingsberg (1985-present)
domesticpartner =
children =

Ernest Lee Hudson (born December 17 1945) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Winston Zeddemore in the "Ghostbusters" film series, Warden Leo Glynn on HBO's "Oz", Sergeant Albrecht in the cult movie "The Crow", and the mentally challenged handyman Solomon in "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle".

Biography

Early life

Hudson was born in Benton Harbor, Michigan, the son of Maggie Donald, [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/74/Ernie-Hudson.html "Ernie Hudson Biography (1945-)"] . Film Reference.com.] who died of tuberculosis when Hudson was four months old; Hudson never knew his father. He was subsequently raised by his maternal grandmother, Arrana Donald. [http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800023537/bio "Ernie Hudson Biography"] . Yahoo! Movies.] He has a half-brother, Lewis Hudson. After a short time in the Marine Corps, he moved to Detroit where he became the resident playwright at Concept East, the oldest Black Theatre company in the country. In addition, he enrolled at Wayne State University to further develop his writing and acting skills, and found time to establish the Actors' Ensemble Theatre where he and other talented young black writers directed and appeared in their own works, before enrolling and subsequently graduating from Yale School of Drama.

Career

Hudson played Winston Zeddemore, a firefighter who enlists with the Ghostbusters in the 1984 film "Ghostbusters" and its 1989 sequel (he auditioned to reprise the role for the animated series but lost to Arsenio Hall), as well as Warden Leo Glynn on HBO's "Oz". On "Oz", his son Ernie Hudson Jr. co-starred with him as Muslim inmate Hamid Khan. He appeared as the character, Munro, in "Congo" and he starred in the 1994 film "The Crow" as Sergeant Albrecht. He switched gears when he played a preacher opening the eyes of a small town prejudice in the 50s in "Stranger in the Kingdom". He is also known as Harry McDonald, the FBI superior of Sandra Bullock in "Miss Congeniality". One of Mr. Hudson's early films was in "Penitentiary" in the late 1970s starring Leon Isaac Kennedy. He was also in the "Stargate SG-1" episode "Ethon" as Pernaux. He had a major supporting role as the mentally challenged Solomon in "The Hand that Rocks the Cradle". He was on the TV series "Fantasy Island" as a voodoo man named Jamu in season 1. Hudson also appeared as Reggie in the film "Basketball Diaries" alongside Leonardo DiCaprio. He is to play the role of Master Mutaito in the 2009 movie Dragonball.

Filmography

*Body Farm (2009) (pre-production) (attached)
*Never Submit (2009) (pre-production) .... Roy
*Dragonball (2009) (post-production) .... Master Mutaito
* (2008) (VG) (in production) (voice) .... Winston Zeddemore
*The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008) .... Dr. Ken Fields
*Lonely Street (2008) (post-production) .... Capt. Morgan
*The Man in the Silo (2007) .... Marcus Wells
*Desperate Housewives (TV) (2006-2007).... Detective Ridley
*The Ron Clark Story (2006) .... Principal Turner
*Hood of Horror (2006) .... Roscoe
*Clifford's Really Big Movie (2004) (voice) .... P.T.
* (2003) (TV) .... Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes
*Oz .... (1997-2003) (TV) .... Warden Leo Glynn
*Everything's Jake (2000) .... Jake
*Miss Congeniality (2000) .... FBI Asst. Director Harry McDonald
*Stealth Fighter (1999) .... President Westwood
*The Last Siege (1999) .... Senator Douglas Wilson
*Levitation (1997) ....Downbeat
*Mr. Magoo (1997) .... Agent Gus Anders, CIA
*Fakin' Da Funk (1997) .... Joe Lee
*Tornado! (TV) (1996) .... Dr. Joe Branson
*The Substitute (1996) .... Principal Claude Rolle
*Congo (1995) .... Captain Munro Kelly
*The Basketball Diaries (1995) .... Reggie
*Speechless (1994) .... Ventura
*Airheads (1994) .... Sergeant O'Malley
*The Cowboy Way (1994) .... Officer Sam 'Mad Dog' Shaw
*The Crow (1994) .... Sergeant Albrecht
*No Escape (1994) .... Hawkins
*Sugar Hill (1994) .... Lolly Jonas
*Tales from the Crypt (1993) (TV) .... Zambini
*Wild Palms (mini-series) (1993) .... Tommy Lazlo
*The Ben Stiller Show (1992) (TV) .... The Tennis Captain
*The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992) .... Solomon
*Angel Street (1992) (TV) .... Thurman Nickens
*Ghostbusters II (1989) .... Winston Zeddemore
*Collision Course (1989) .... Shortcut
*Leviathan (1989) .... Justin Jones
* (1985) (TV) .... Cyborg (Victor Stone)
*St. Elsewhere (1984) (TV) .... Jerry Close
*Joy of Sex (1984) .... Mr. Porter
*Ghostbusters (1984) .... Winston Zeddemore
*Two of a Kind (1983) .... Det. Skaggs
* (1983) .... Washington
*A Matter of Life and Death (TV) (1981) .... Mr. Harrison
*The Jazz Singer (1980) .... Heckler
*The Octagon (1980) .... Quinine
*The Main Event (1979) .... Killer
*Fantasy Island (1978) (TV) (Family Reunion/Voodoo episode) .... Jamu
*King (TV mini-series) (1978) .... Jack Corbin
*The Human Tornado (1976) .... Bo (as Louis Hudson)
*Leadbelly (1976)

ee also

References

External links

*imdb name|id=0001368|name=Ernie Hudson
* [http://socketdesign.co.uk/andcream/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=180&Itemid=41 Interview (March 2008) with Ernie Hudson, by Matthew Waldram]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZbjkvVlLTE Ernie Hudson interviewed by Julian De Backer]