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.
135 movies · 100 shows
Toy Story 5
2026·7.4
John Candy: I Like Me
2025·7.9
FEEL
2025·0.0
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire
2024·6.5
The Retirement Plan
2023·5.9
Prisoner's Daughter
2023·6.2
Darrin's Dance Grooves: The Untold Darrin Henson Story
2023·0.0
Champions
2023·6.7
In Search of Tomorrow
2022·6.6
Beebo Saves Christmas
2021·5.5
Ghostbusters: Afterlife
2021·7.3
Redemption Day
2021·5.9
Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
2020·6.9
Adventure Force 5
2019·6.1
Nappily Ever After
2018·7.2
High & Outside: A Baseball Noir
2018·1.0
Heaven Sent
2016·6.5
Infinity Train
2016·8.3
Spaceman
2016·5.8
Ghostbusters
2016·5.3
Ghostheads
2016·6.0
God's Not Dead 2
2016·6.2
Batman: Bad Blood
2016·7.0
The Man in the Silo
2016·0.0
Gallows Road
2015·7.2
Horror Icon: Inside Michael's Mask with Tony Moran
2015·0.0
Merry Ex-Mas
2014·3.8
You're Not You
2014·7.4
Touched
2014·6.2
To Hell and Back
2014·0.0
The Grim Sleeper
2014·4.9
Showing Up
2014·9.2
The Last Song
2014·0.0
Dear Secret Santa
2013·6.0
Doonby
2013·4.3
Turning Point
2013·10.0
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
2013·7.0
Battledogs
2013·4.5
Ambush at Dark Canyon
2012·4.4
Deer Crossing
2012·2.4
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta!
2012·6.3
The Adventures of Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Conspiracy
2012·5.2
Underground Entertainment: The Movie
2011·7.2
Deep Blue Breath
2011·0.0
Game of Death
2011·4.9
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2
2011·5.9
Stasis
2010·2.8
Machete Joe
2010·1.3
Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball
2010·5.3
Pastor Brown
2009·5.6
Dragonball Evolution
2009·2.9
Fatal Secrets
2009·3.8
Lonely Street
2009·4.6
Final Approach
2008·5.1
All Hat
2007·3.1
Nobel Son
2007·6.0
The Ron Clark Story
2006·7.6
Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror
2006·4.8
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
2006·5.9
Halfway Decent
2005·5.7
Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story
2005·8.0
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
2005·5.7
Lackawanna Blues
2005·5.9
Confessions of an Action Star
2005·4.3
Clifford's Really Big Movie
2004·6.3
Anne B. Real
2003·3.9
A Town Without Christmas
2001·5.9
Walking Shadow
2001·4.7
Miss Congeniality
2000·6.5
Paper Bullets
2000·4.5
Everything's Jake
2000·7.0
The Watcher
2000·5.1
Red Letters
2000·4.7
Nowhere to Land
2000·5.8
A Stranger in the Kingdom
1999·3.5
Shark Attack
1999·5.1
Interceptors
1999·4.7
Hijack
1999·4.7
Michael Jordan: An American Hero
1999·6.1
Stealth Fighter
1999·4.3
October 22
1998·6.6
Butter
1998·4.5
Best of the Best 4: Without Warning
1998·5.9
Mr. Magoo
1997·4.5
Clover
1997·5.6
Fakin' Da Funk
1997·6.0
Levitation
1997·7.0
Operation Delta Force
1997·3.8
The Cherokee Kid
1996·5.5
Just Your Luck
1996·4.8
For Which He Stands
1996·6.5
Tornado!
1996·5.7
The Substitute
1996·7.0
Congo
1995·5.6
The Basketball Diaries
1995·7.4
Speechless
1994·5.9
Airheads
1994·6.2
The Cowboy Way
1994·5.7
The Crow
1994·7.5
No Escape
1994·6.2
Sugar Hill
1994·5.6
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
1992·6.9
Ghostbusters II
1989·6.6
Collision Course
1989·4.2
Leviathan
1989·6.0
Trapper County War
1989·4.7
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
1988·5.2
The Wrong Guys
1988·5.7
Weeds
1987·5.4
The Last Precinct
1986·0.0
Love on the Run
1985·5.0
California Girls
1985·4.6
On the Scene with the Ghostbusters
1984·9.5
Joy of Sex
1984·4.1
Ghostbusters
1984·7.5
Two of a Kind
1983·5.9
Women of San Quentin
1983·5.0
Going Berserk
1983·5.1
Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
1983·5.4
Penitentiary II
1982·4.4
Crazy Times
1981·0.0
A Matter of Life and Death
1981·8.0
Underground Aces
1981·4.7
The Jazz Singer
1980·5.9
The Octagon
1980·5.1
White Mama
1980·8.0
The $5.20 an Hour Dream
1980·9.0
Skag
1980·0.0
The Main Event
1979·5.3
Joni
1979·6.3
Last of the Good Guys
1978·9.0
Mad Bull
1977·8.0
Man from Atlantis IV: The Disappearances
1977·8.0
The Human Tornado
1976·6.1
Leadbelly
1976·6.4