Ernie Hudson was born on December 17, 1945 in Benton Harbor, Michigan. He is an American actor.

Hudson played Winston Zeddemore, a firefighter who enlists with the Ghostbusters in the 1984 film Ghostbusters and its 1989 sequel.

He starred in the 1994 film The Crow as Sergeant Albrecht. He is also known as Harry McDonald, the FBI superior of Sandra Bullock in Miss Congeniality.

Other his credits include Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005), Nobel Son (2007) and All Hat (2007).

Filmography

• Never Submit (2009)
• Ghostbusters: The Video Game (2008)
• Lonely Street (2007)
• The Man in the Silo (2007)
• "Las Vegas" (2 episodes, 2007)
• All Hat (2007)
• Nobel Son (2007)
• Final Approach (2007)
• Certifiably Jonathan (2007)
• "Desperate Housewives" (7 episodes, 2006-2007)
• "Bones" (1 episode, 2007)
• "Cold Case" (1 episode, 2007)
• Hood of Horror (2006)
• "ER" (2 episodes, 2006)
• "Stargate SG-1" (1 episode, 2006)
• "Crossing Jordan" (1 episode, 2006)
• The Ron Clark Story (2006)
• Halfway Decent (2005)
• Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story (2005)
• Bathsheba (2005)
• Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005)
• Lackawanna Blues (2005)
• Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing & Charm School (2005)
• Sledge: The Untold Story (2005)
• "Everwood" (1 episode, 2004)
• Clifford's Really Big Movie (2004)
• "10-8: Officers on Duty" (3 episodes, 2003)
• Anne B. Real (2003)
• "Without a Trace" (1 episode, 2003)
• "Oz" (44 episodes, 1997-2003)
• A Town Without Christmas (2001)
• "Touched by an Angel" (1 episode, 2001)
• Walking Shadow (2001)
• HRT (2001)
• Miss Congeniality (2000)
• Paper Bullets (2000)
• The Watcher (2000)
• Red Letters (2000)
• Nowhere to Land (2000)
• Everything's Jake (2000)
• Miracle on the 17th Green (1999)
• Stealth Fighter (1999)
• Shark Attack (1999)
• Michael Jordan: An American Hero (1999)
• Hijack (1999)
• Lillie (1999)
• Interceptors (1999)
• October 22 (1998)
• Best of the Best: Without Warning (1998)
• "Arli$$" (1 episode, 1998)
• "The Gregory Hines Show" (1 episode, 1998)
• Stranger in the Kingdom (1998)
• Butter (1998)
• Mr. Magoo (1997)
• "Superman" (1 episode, 1997)
• Operation Delta Force (1997)
• Clover (1997)
• Levitation (1997)
• Fakin' Da Funk (1997)
• The Cherokee Kid (1996)
• Just Your Luck (1996)
• For Which He Stands (1996)
• Tornado! (1996)
• The Substitute (1996)
• "Grace Under Fire" (1 episode, 1996)
• Congo (1995)
• The Basketball Diaries (1995)
• Speechless (1994)
• Airheads (1994)
• The Cowboy Way (1994)
• The Crow (1994)
• No Escape (1994)
• "Lifestories: Families in Crisis" (1 episode, 1994)
• Sugar Hill (1994)
• "Tales from the Crypt" (1 episode, 1993)
• "Wild Palms" (1993)
• "Tribeca" (1 episode, 1993)
• The Pitch (1993)
• "Batman" (1 episode, 1992)
• "The Ben Stiller Show" (1 episode, 1992)
• The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992)
• Angel Street (1992)
• "Broken Badges" (1990)
• "Cop Rock" (1 episode, 1990)
• Ghostbusters II (1989)
• Collision Course (1989)
• Leviathan (1989)
• Trapper County War (1989)
• The Wrong Guys (1988)
• The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission (1988)
• "Full House" (1 episode, 1987)
• Weeds (1987)
• "Mike Hammer" (1 episode, 1986)
• "Gimme a Break!" (1 episode, 1986)
• "The Last Precinct" (1986)
• The Last Precinct (1986)
• "The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians" (10 episodes, 1985)
• Love on the Run (1985)
• California Girls (1985)
• "St. Elsewhere" (6 episodes, 1984)
• Joy of Sex (1984)
• Ghost Busters (1984)
• Two of a Kind (1983)
• "The A-Team" (1 episode, 1983)
• Women of San Quentin (1983)
• Going Berserk (1983)
• "Webster" (1 episode, 1983)
• Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone (1983)
• "Bosom Buddies" (2 episodes, 1981-1982)
• "Flamingo Road" (3 episodes, 1982)
• Penitentiary II (1982)
• "The Dukes of Hazzard" (1 episode, 1982)
• "Taxi" (1 episode, 1981)
• "Little House on the Prairie" (1 episode, 1981)
• Crazy Times (1981)
• "Diff'rent Strokes" (1 episode, 1981)
• A Matter of Life and Death (1981)
• Underground Aces (1981)
• The Jazz Singer (1980)
• "Too Close for Comfort" (1 episode, 1980)
• The Octagon (1980)
• Joni (1980)
• White Mama (1980)
• The $5.20 an Hour Dream (1980)
• Skag (1980)
• "One Day at a Time" (1 episode, 1979)
• The Main Event (1979)
• "Highcliffe Manor" (1979)
• "The White Shadow" (1 episode, 1979)
• "Roots: The Next Generations" (1979)
• "The Incredible Hulk" (1 episode, 1979)
• "Baa Baa Black Sheep" (1 episode, 1978)
• Last of the Good Guys (1978)
• "Fantasy Island" (1 episode, 1978)
• "King" (1978)
• Mad Bull (1977)
• "The Man from Atlantis" (1 episode, 1977)
• The Human Tornado (1976)
• Leadbelly (1976)