Biography
Immortalized in popular culture as the African-American Ghostbuster in the 1984 mega-hit and its 1989 sequel, Ernie Hudson enjoyed a longer and more diverse career than many of the movie stars he once supported. The Yale graduate's impressive physique won him a scattering of bruiser roles early on, including bits in Gordon Parks' "Leadbelly" (1976) and the Barbra Streisand vehicle "The Main Event" (1979), until his ability to underscore menace …
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Career Milestones
2007 | Cast with Snoop Dogg in the animated feature, "Hood of Horror" | |
2006 | Had a recurring role as a detective on the third season of the ABC series, "Desperate Housewives" | |
2005 | Reprised role as FBI Asst. Director in "Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous" | |
2005 | Starred in the HBO movie "Lackawanna Blues," based on an autobiographical one man show by Ruben Santiago-Hudson | |
2001 | Assumed role of Hawk in the A&E original "Walking Shadow", based on a Robert Parker Spenser mystery novel | |
2000 | Appeared as a FBI Asst. Director in "Miss Congeniality" | |
2000 | Had featured role in the thriller "The Watcher" | |
1997 | Co-starred in "Mr. Magoo" | |
1997 | Cast as the warden in the HBO series "Oz" | |
1992 | Played Solomon in "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" | |
1990 | Co-starred with Miguel Ferrer on CBS police/action TV series, "Broken Badges" | |
1989 | Reprised role of Winston Zeddemore in "Ghostbusters II" | |
1986 | Appeared as a TV series regular in a major supporting role as Sgt. 'Night Train' Lane on NBC's "The Last Precinct", a cop show spoof | |
1984 | Played Winston Zeddemore in "Ghostbusters" | |
1979 | First role as a TV series regular as Smythe on "Highcliffe Manor" (NBC), a spoof of Gothic horror movies | |
1978 | Appeared in "King", Abby Mann's TV miniseries | |
| Produced and starred in "The Great White Hope" at the Los Angeles Inner City Cultural Center | ||
| Starred as Jack Jefferson in the Minneapolis Theatre-in-the-Round production of "The Great White Hope" | ||
1976 | Feature film debut (listed as 'Earnest L. Hudson' in credits) as Archie in Gordon Park's feature, "Leadbelly" | |
| Left Yale to appear in the L.A. Production of Lonnie Elder's musical, "Daddy Goodness" | ||
| Awarded a full scholarship to the Yale School of Drama | ||
| While attending Wayne State University, established the Actors' Ensemble Theatre where he and other black writers directed and appeared in their own works | ||
| Began stage work as resident playwright with Concept East, a Detroit-based African American theater company | ||