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Acting

Ernie Hudson

Career: Active from 1973 to 2025, busiest in 1997 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles: 44
top three billing

Average score: 51/100

Highest rated: Infinity Train
83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 162 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Ernie Hudson Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Historical
1.0, average 2.6
Melancholy
3.8, average 4.7
Psychological
4.9, average 5.5
Coming of Age
2.4, average 3.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Fast-Paced 8
Character-Driven 5
Social Commentary 5
High Stakes 5
Contemporary Setting 4
Moral Ambiguity 4
Psychological Drama 4
Redemption 4
Comfort Viewing 4
Gritty Realism 4
Action Thriller 4
Crime Thriller 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

215

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

3 titles

Beautiful People

TV show · as Jack

Oswald: Down The Rabbit Hole

as Oswald Jebediah Coleman

Mr. Beebee

as Wayne Proctor

2020s

15 titles · average score 61

Toy Story 5

80

as Combat Carl (voice)

Boston Blue

64

TV show · as Rev. Edwin Peters

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire

52

as Winston Zeddemore

Champions

61

as Coach Phil Peretti

The Retirement Plan

55

as Joseph

Prisoner's Daughter

53

as Hank

Quantum Leap

58

TV show · as Herbert 'Magic' Williams

Redemption Day

35

as Ed Paxton

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

63

as Winston Zeddemore

Star Wars: The Bad Batch

78

TV show · as Grini Millegi (voice)

Beebo Saves Christmas

57

as Santa Claus (voice)

Home Movie: The Princess Bride

77

TV show · as Prince Humperdinck

2010s

58 titles · average score 60

L.A.'s Finest

49

TV show · as Joseph Vaughn

Carl Weber's The Family Business

78

TV show · as L.C. Duncan

Nappily Ever After

64

as Richard Jones

APB

54

TV show · as Ned Conrad

Spaceman

30

as Joe

God's Not Dead 2

30

as Judge Stennis

The Grim Sleeper

49

as Detective Gerry Claymar

Doonby

54

as Leroy Jackson

Deer Crossing

29

as Captain Bailey

Ambush at Dark Canyon

39

as Cyrus Parker

Transformers: Prime

81

TV show · as Agent William Fowler (voice)

Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball

43

as Anthony Vejar

2000s

45 titles · average score 57

Meteor

29

TV show · as Gen. Brasser

Modern Family

85

TV show · as Miles

Final Approach

50

as Agent Lorenzo Dawson

The Ron Clark Story

77

as Principal Turner

Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous

38

as Harry McDonald

How I Met Your Mother

75

TV show · as Ernie Hudson

Criminal Minds

63

TV show · as Lt. Al Garner

Grey's Anatomy

75

TV show · as Brad McDougall

10-8: Officers on Duty

42

TV show · as Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes

A Town Without Christmas

57

as Ted

Miss Congeniality

54

as McDonald

The Watcher

32

as FBI Special Agent in Charge Mike Ibby

1990s

41 titles · average score 54

Shark Attack

18

as Lawrence Rhodes

Interceptors

37

as Major

Butter

52

as Curtis '8-Ball' Harris

Best of the Best 4: Without Warning

47

as Detective Gresko

78

TV show · as Leo Glynn

Operation Delta Force

35

as Major Tipton

The Substitute

49

as Claude Rolle

Tornado!

43

as Dr. Joe Branson

Congo

36

as Captain Monroe Kelly

The Basketball Diaries

60

as Reggie

The Crow

79

as Albrecht

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

66

as Solomon

1980s

36 titles · average score 55

Ghostbusters II

61

as Winston Zeddemore

Leviathan

44

as Justin Jones

Collision Course

44

as Shortcut

Tales from the Crypt

75

TV show · as Zambini

Weeds

64

as Bagdad

Full House

52

TV show · as Reggie "The Sandman" Martin

The Last Precinct

TV show · as Sergeant Lane

Ghostbusters

81

as Winston Zeddemore

Joy of Sex

42

as Mr. Porter

Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone

38

as Washington

The A-Team

74

TV show · as Cal Freeman

Penitentiary II

42

as Half Dead

1970s

17 titles · average score 65

Joni

66

as Earl

Roots: The Next Generations

51

TV show · as Muslim at Door

The Main Event

41

as Killer

Taxi

77

TV show · as Terry Carver

Fantasy Island

43

TV show · as Jamu

The White Shadow

75

TV show · as Johnson

Diff'rent Strokes

74

TV show

The Incredible Hulk

73

TV show · as Lee

Leadbelly

64

as Archie

The Human Tornado

63

as Bo

Little House on the Prairie

82

TV show · as William Thomas

Super Friends

74

TV show · as Cyborg (voice)