Earnest Lee "Ernie" Hudson Sr. (born December 17, 1945 in Benton Harbor, Michigan) is an American actor.
He's perhaps best known for his role as Winston Zeddemore in the Ghostbusters franchise.
He's appeared in:
- Ten Eight Officers On Duty as Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes
- Airheads as O'Malley
- The A-Team as Cal Freeman
- Bones as David Barron
- Champions as Coach Phil Perretti
- Childrens Hospital as Hubert McGraw
- Congo as Captain Monroe Kelly
- Criminal Minds as Lt. Al Garner
- The Crow as Albrecht
- Desperate Housewives as Detective Ridley
- Dragon Ball Evolution as Sifu Norris
- The Dukes of Hazzard as Avery
- Franklin & Bash as Judge Lawrence Perry
- Grey's Anatomy as Dr Brad McDougall
- Ghostbusters as Winston Zeddemore
- Ghostbusters (2016) as Uncle Bill
- Grace and Frankie as Jacob
- Hart of Dixie
- Heroes as Captain Lobbock
- How I Met Your Mother as himself
- Infinity Train as Atticus
- Las Vegas as Bob Casey
- Law & Order as Frank Gibson
- Leviathan (1989) as Justin Jones
- Miss Congeniality
- Mob City
- Modern Family as Miles
- No Escape (1994) as Hawkins
- Operation Delta Force
- Oz as Warden Leo Glynn
- Home Movie: The Princess Bride as Prince Humperdinck
- Private Practice
- Psych as William Guster
- Quantum Leap (2022) as Herbert 'Magic' Williams
- Rizzoli & Isles as Admiral Frost
- Scorpion
- The Secret Life of the American Teenager
- Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone
- Stargate SG-1 as Pernaux
- St. Elsewhere
- Superfriends
- The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! as himself
- Tales from the Crypt as Zambini
- Torchwood: Miracle Day
- Transformers: Prime
- The Watcher as Ibby
Tropes
- Older Than They Look: He doesn't look like he's in his 70s. To quote the Tfwiki:Hudson is the only living original Ghostbuster who isn't currently a doughboy. In fact, he's friggin' ripped.
- Only Sane Man: Much of his roles depict him in this trope, but in a world where supernatural is the norm. Ghostbusters (1984) shows that if there's a steady paycheck in the job, he'll believe anything thrown at him.
- Star-Making Role: As Winston Zeddemore.