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Ernie Hudson’s Milestones
| Awarded a full scholarship to the Yale School of Drama | |
| Began stage work as resident playwright with Concept East, a Detroit-based African American theater company | |
| Left Yale to appear in the L.A. Production of Lonnie Elder's musical, "Daddy Goodness" | |
| 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" | |
| While attending Wayne State University, established the Actors' Ensemble Theatre where he and other black writers directed and appeared in their own works | |
| 1976 | Feature film debut (listed as 'Earnest L. Hudson' in credits) as Archie in Gordon Park's feature, "Leadbelly" |
| 1978 | Appeared in "King", Abby Mann's TV miniseries |
| 1979 | First role as a TV series regular as Smythe on "Highcliffe Manor" (NBC), a spoof of Gothic horror movies |
| 1984 | Played Winston Zeddemore in "Ghostbusters" |
| 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 |
| 1989 | Reprised role of Winston Zeddemore in "Ghostbusters II" |
| 1990 | Co-starred with Miguel Ferrer on CBS police/action TV series, "Broken Badges" |
| 1992 | Played Solomon in "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" |
| 1997 - 2003 | Cast as the warden in the HBO series "Oz" |
| 1997 | Co-starred in "Mr. Magoo" |
| 2000 | Appeared as a FBI Asst. Director in "Miss Congeniality" |
| 2000 | Had featured role in the thriller "The Watcher" |
| 2001 | Assumed role of Hawk in the A&E original "Walking Shadow", based on a Robert Parker Spenser mystery novel |
| 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 |
| 2006 | Had a recurring role as a detective on the third season of the ABC series, "Desperate Housewives" |
| 2007 | Cast with Snoop Dogg in the animated feature, "Hood of Horror" |
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