Ernie Hudson
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| Ernie Hudson | |
| Born | December 17, 1945 Benton Harbor, Michigan |
| Notable roles | Winston Zeddemore (Ghostbusters 1 and 2), Warden Leo Glynn(Oz) |
Ernie Hudson (born December 17, 1945) is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Winston Zeddemore in the Ghostbusters film series.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Hudson was born in Benton Harbor, Michigan to Maggie Donald, who died of tuberculosis when Hudson was four months old; Hudson never knew his father. He was subsequently raised by his maternal grandmother, Arrana Donald. He has a half-brother, Lewis Hudson. After a short time in the Marine Corps, he moved to Detroit where he became the resident playwright at Concept East, the oldest Black Theatre company in the country. In addition, he enrolled at Wayne State University to further develop his writing and acting skills, and found time to establish the Actors' Emsemble Theatre where he and other talented young black writers directed and appeared in their own works, before enrolling and subsequently graduating from Yale School of Drama.
[edit] Career
Hudson played Winston Zeddemore, a firefighter who enlists with the Ghostbusters in the 1984 film Ghostbusters, as well as Warden Leo Glynn on HBO's Oz. On Oz, his son Ernie Hudson Jr. co-starred with him as Muslim inmate Hamid Khan. He appeared as the character, Munro, in Congo and 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. One of Mr. Hudson's early films was in 'Penitentiary' in the late '70s starring Leon Issac Kennedy. He was also in the Stargate episode Ethon as "Pernaux". As the mentally challenged "Solomon" in The Hand that Rocks the Cradle, he enlightens us on the life one can lead, given the chance.
