Ernie Hudson Archives

Ernie Hudson's been fortunate enough to have robust and diverse roles throughout his near-five-decade career While he's been most synonymous with Ghostbusters, he's done so much more spanning over 250 titles that may include some of your favorite franchises over the years including most recently his ongoing role in NBC's legacy series Quantum Leap The[...]

The Tom Fontana-created series ran for six seasons from 1997-2003, featuring an ensemble cast of Ernie Hudson, J.K Simmons, Lee Tergesen, Dean Winters, George Morfogen, Terry Kinney, Rita Moreno, Harold Perrineau, Eamonn Walker, Craig muMs, Luna Lauren Valez, Granville Adams, Kirk Acevedo, and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje Hudson played Warden Leo Glynn, who had to deal with[...]

Ernie Hudson has been a veteran of film and television for nearly five decades – and he's not slowing down, taking on a variety of projects that range from indie films to giant franchises like Ghostbusters On the television side, along with starring in BET+'s The Family Business, the actor also is part of NBC's[...]

Leading the new team are Ben's guide Addison (Caitlin Bassett), Ian (Mason Alexander Park), Jenn (Nanrisa Lee), and Herbert "Magic" Williams (Ernie Hudson) Bakula denies any involvement in the new series So far, Ben's leaped into a getaway driver, astronaut, and boxer Martin Gero serves as executive producer along with Dean Georgaris, (creator) Don Bellisario,[...]

Christopher Kirby originally played Magic in the series, and Ernie Hudson is the current incarnation helping to run the revived government project "[Magic] does explain, from his point of view, that leap," Gero hints "Ernie [Hudson] gives this phenomenal monologue It's so beautiful It might be my favorite scene of this first chunk [of episodes][...]

Given the ensemble nature of the core cast, we get to know Mason Alexander Park's Ian Wright, the most brilliant but neurotic member of the team; Nanrisa Lee's Jenn, head of security, who delivers a healthy dose of sarcasm but not too much; and Ernie Hudson's Herbert "Magic" Williams, the fatherly figurehead trying to get[...]

Less than a week after learning that Raymond Lee (Kevin Can F*** Himself) had been cast as a lead in NBC's upcoming hour-long Quantum Leap reboot pilot, Deadline Hollywood is reporting exclusively that Ernie Hudson (City on a Hill) has also joined the cast in a lead role. Set in the present time (some 30 years[...]

May he RIP #jasonReitman — Ernie Hudson (@Ernie_Hudson) February 14, 2022   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Annie Potts (@thisisanniepotts) We started our careers together 50 years ago in Toronto and I followed his career with pride as he rose to the top echelon of the entertainment business R.I.P Ivan. — Eugene Levy (@Realeugenelevy) February 14, 2022 [...]

"Tom is one of the only guys who cares so I appreciate that so much." Among the series regulars, it also starred Ernie Hudson, Eamonn Walker, Rita Moreno, Edie Falco, Christopher Meloni, and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje To read more on the series including the invaluable lessons on set and the continued camaraderie among the cast, you can[...]

Credit Sony Pictures Ghostbusters: Afterlife stars the returning Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver, Annie Potts, and Bill Murray Joining the franchise are Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, and Logan Kim Directed by Jason Reitman, it finally opens in theaters on November 11th, which cannot come fast enough. [...]

Ghostbusters: Afterlife stars the returning Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver, Annie Potts, and Bill Murray Joining the franchise are Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, and Logan Kim Directed by Jason Reitman, it finally opens in theaters on November 11th. Ghostbusters: Afterlife news is coming hot and heavy this week[...]

Bill Murray is coming back as Peter Venkman in Ghostbusters: Afterlife this year, as are Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver, and Annie Potts. Sadly Harold Ramis will only be there in spirit, but with so many of the iconic cast of that original film coming back, this really has a chance to be special for fans of the franchise[...]

There's something to be said about the evolution of Winston Zeddemore, played by Ernie Hudson in the Ghostbusters franchise When Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis originally conceived the character, it was written with actor-comedian Eddie Murphy in mind After original plans fell through, the part was scaled down significantly and rewritten for Hudson Appearing on[...]

With the help of Younes Laalej (Brice Bexter), the two recreate every expected action cliché you'd find in a war setting, taking out their enemies with brutal efficiency. Ernie Hudson as Ed Paxton in Redemption Day (2020) Image courtesy of Saban Films Directed by Hicham Hajji and co-written by Sam Chouia and Lemore Syvan, all based out[...]

I was at a Directors Guild meeting, and I happened to be sitting next to Steven Spielberg – when I told him I was working on Ghostbusters, he out of nowhere said, 'Library Ghost – top ten scares of all time.' And it's true." Ghostbusters: Afterlife, starring Paul Rudd, Mckenna Grace, Finn Wolfhard, Carrie Coon, Sigourney[...]

Ernie Hudson is one of the most venerable and dedicated character actors with a career now spanning six decades He stars in his latest film opposite his The Family Business costar Gary Dourdan in Saban Films' Redemption Day The story follows war hero Brad Paxton (Dourdan), who must find a way to save his wife[...]

Starring Gary Dourdan, Serinda Swan, Martin Donovan, Ernie Hudson, Samy Naceri, and Andy Garcia, this action film features Dourdan as a U.S Marine captain whose wife is kidnapped by a terrorist group Guess what? that was a pretty bad idea by those guys You can guess what happens when he goes to rescue her, I[...]

After years of delays and uncertainty, actor Ernie Hudson remained doubtful another Ghostbusters sequel was ever going to happen especially given the events that happened within the past six years with the passing of co-creator Harold Ramis in 2014 and the all-female remake in 2016 from director Paul Feig The actor appeared on Yes Have[...]

One of the 1994 film's stars in Ernie Hudson, who played Albrecht, believes there's no mere coincidence why the reboots kept getting shelved, and it has to do with the death of Lee He spoke with Comic Book about why The Crow franchise hasn't gone anywhere since. Ernie HudsonPhoto by Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock.com "Well, James O'Barr[...]

Joining Gad were Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver, Annie Potts, and director Ivan Reitman As per the format of the series with social distancing guidelines, the reunion took place via Zoom video conferencing The charity chosen for the episode benefitted Equal Justice Initiative Among the behind-the-scenes subjects discussed of the original 1984[...]

We take a look at the Hasbro Ghostbusters Plasma Series figures. They are a mixed bag for sure, with lots to like and dislike.

In a recent interview with NME, he assured fans that the original classic is very special to everyone involved, and that they will be faithful to the spirit of the original Ghostbusters: "When I was really young, my parents were really big fans of the original Ghostbusters movies, so I grew up watching them, Bill Murray,[...]

And we wore them for a long time." Murray joins returning cast members Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver, and Annie Potts All reprise their roles as Ray Stantz, Winston Zeddemore, Dana Barrett, and Janine Melnitz, respectively All made cameos in the 2016 film as original characters The only cast member who hasn't returned is Rick[...]

No appearance of the other three Ghostbusters yet, but thats ok, we still have a long wait until this releases for that reveal. Ghostbusters: Afterlife, directed by Jason Reitman, and starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver, Annie Potts, Paul Rudd, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, Carrie Coon, Oliver Cooper, Celeste O'Connor and Logan Kim opens in theaters on July 10th, 2020. What say you everyone? Did[...]

Bill Murray, Ernie Hudson, and Dan Aykroyd will reprise their roles, and some kind of tribute to Harold Ramis and Egon will occur Joining the old cast will be Paul Rudd, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, Carrie Coon, and the returning Sigourney Weaver and Annie Potts. All kinds of rumors abound about the film That Egon's family[...]

The song is more appropriate for the original post-credits ending planned in 2009: the Ghostbusters reunion. Actor Bill MurrayPhoto by Denis Makarenko / Shutterstock.com The Planned Scene for Zombieland Director Ruben Fleischer and writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick originally planned for Murray to play golf with Ghostbusters castmates Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, and Harold Ramis[...]

The original 1984 band is almost all back together again with stars Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson signing on to appear in Jason Reitman's Ghostbusters 2020 Having Aykroyd on board comes as little surprise since he created the franchise alongside the late Harold Ramis (who died in 2014), and director Ivan Reitman Aykroyd, Ramis, and[...]

The event takes place over two nights, on October 6th and 10th – so fans will have the chance to grab their proton packs and join Peter Venkman (Bill Murray), Ray Stantz (Dan Aykroyd), Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis), and Winston Zeddemore (Ernie Hudson) for a trip into this classic paranormal comedy. // Sony Pictures, Fathom Events The[...]

Raymond Stantz) and Ernie Hudson (Winston Zeddemore), director Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman, the director and co-writer (with Gil Kenan) of Sony Pictures' upcoming 2020 Ghostbusters film, and Ghostbusters theme song singer-songwriter Ray Parker Jr. are all confirmed to attend The Reitmans and Paul Feig (director, Ghostbusters (2016)) will conduct a first-ever Director's Panel spanning all four films on Saturday. Other popular guests from the Ghostbusters universe scheduled to attend include William Atherton ("Walter Peck," Ghostbusters), Joe Medjuck(producer, Ghostbusters, Ghostbusters[...]

It wasn’t long ago when Bill Murray scoffed at doing another Ghostbusters, but he’s raring to go again with the upcoming Jason Reitman Sony film. While