Earnest Lee Hudson (born December 17, 1945) is an American actor. He
has appeared in dozens of film and television roles throughout his
career, but is perhaps best known for his roles as Winston Zeddemore
in the Ghostbusters film series, Sergeant Darryl Albrecht in The Crow
(1994), and Warden Leo Glynn on HBO's Oz (1997â€"2003). Hudson has
also acted in the films Leviathan (1989), The Hand That Rocks the
Cradle (1992), Airheads (1994), The Basketball Diaries (1995), Congo
(1995), Miss Congeniality (2000) and as Principal Turner in The Ron
Clark Story (2006). He had a cameo as Patty Tolan's uncle in the
remake of Ghostbusters (2016), and will reprise his role as Winston in
the upcoming Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021).Hudson was born in Benton
Harbor, Michigan. He never knew his father. His mother, Maggie
(Donald), died of tuberculosis when he was two months old. He was
subsequently raised by his maternal grandmother, Arrana Donald.Hudson
joined the United States Marine Corps immediately after high school
but was discharged after only three months on medical grounds due to
asthma. Having moved to Detroit, Michigan, he became the resident
playwright at Concept East, the oldest black theatre company in the
United States. He enrolled at Wayne State University to further
develop his writing and acting skills, graduating in 1973. He
established the Actors' Ensemble Theatre where he and other talented
young black writers directed and appeared in their own works. He was
briefly in a doctoral program at the University of Minnesota, Twin
Cities before leaving to appear in a stage production of The Great
White Hope. Later, he studied toward a Master of Fine Arts in acting
at Yale School of Drama, but left after a year to appear in
Leadbelly.In an interview with Belief.net, Hudson stated that he is a
practicing Christian, but does not believe that "one church is the
right one."
has appeared in dozens of film and television roles throughout his
career, but is perhaps best known for his roles as Winston Zeddemore
in the Ghostbusters film series, Sergeant Darryl Albrecht in The Crow
(1994), and Warden Leo Glynn on HBO's Oz (1997â€"2003). Hudson has
also acted in the films Leviathan (1989), The Hand That Rocks the
Cradle (1992), Airheads (1994), The Basketball Diaries (1995), Congo
(1995), Miss Congeniality (2000) and as Principal Turner in The Ron
Clark Story (2006). He had a cameo as Patty Tolan's uncle in the
remake of Ghostbusters (2016), and will reprise his role as Winston in
the upcoming Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021).Hudson was born in Benton
Harbor, Michigan. He never knew his father. His mother, Maggie
(Donald), died of tuberculosis when he was two months old. He was
subsequently raised by his maternal grandmother, Arrana Donald.Hudson
joined the United States Marine Corps immediately after high school
but was discharged after only three months on medical grounds due to
asthma. Having moved to Detroit, Michigan, he became the resident
playwright at Concept East, the oldest black theatre company in the
United States. He enrolled at Wayne State University to further
develop his writing and acting skills, graduating in 1973. He
established the Actors' Ensemble Theatre where he and other talented
young black writers directed and appeared in their own works. He was
briefly in a doctoral program at the University of Minnesota, Twin
Cities before leaving to appear in a stage production of The Great
White Hope. Later, he studied toward a Master of Fine Arts in acting
at Yale School of Drama, but left after a year to appear in
Leadbelly.In an interview with Belief.net, Hudson stated that he is a
practicing Christian, but does not believe that "one church is the
right one."
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