Ernie Hudson

Ernie Hudson (born December 17, 1945) is an African-American actor. He was born in Benton Harbor, Michigan. After a short stint 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.

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He 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.

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One of Mr. Hudson's early films was in 'Penitentiary' in the late '70s starring Leon Issac Kennedy.

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December 17: December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 14 days remaining....

1945: 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar)....

African-American: African Americans, also known as Afro-Americans, Black Americans, or simply blacks are an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to West and Central Africa. Many African Americans have European and/or Native American ancestry as well....

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