Hudson gained fame playing Winston Zeddemore, who enlists with the Ghostbusters in the feature film Ghostbusters (1984) and its 1989 sequel. He was on the television series Fantasy Island in a first-season episode as a voodoo man named Jamu. He landed various guest roles on television series such as The Dukes of Hazzard and The A-Team. One of Hudson's early films was in Penitentiary II (1982) starring Leon Isaac Kennedy. In an interview with, Hudson stated that he is a practicing Christian, but does not believe that "one church is the right one." 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. 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. He established the Actors' Ensemble Theatre where he and other talented young black writers directed and appeared in their own works. He enrolled at Wayne State University to further develop his writing and acting skills, graduating in 1973. Having moved to Detroit, Michigan, he became the resident playwright at Concept East, the oldest black theater company in the United States. Hudson joined the United States Marine Corps immediately after high school, but was discharged after only three months on medical grounds due to asthma. He was subsequently raised by his maternal grandmother, Arrana Donald. His mother, Maggie (Donald), died of tuberculosis when he was two months old. Hudson was born in Benton Harbor, Michigan. 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 had appeared in the television shows St. 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). His roles include Winston Zeddemore in the Ghostbusters film series, Sergeant Darryl Albrecht in The Crow (1994), and Warden Leo Glynn on HBO's Oz (1997–2003). Earnest Lee Hudson (born December 17, 1945) is an American actor.
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