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| Born | December 17, 1945 |
| Hometown | Benton Harbor, Michigan, United States |
| Net worth | $5 million |
| Height | 6'0" (1.83m) |
| Spouse | Linda Kingsberg (m 1985 - present) , Jeannie Moore (m 1963 - 1976) |
| Children | Ernie Hudson Jr. , Rahaman Hudson , Ross Hudson , Andrew Hudson |
| Parents | Maggie Donald |
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'Quantum Leap's' Nanrisa Lee unpacks Jenn's big holo adventure with Ben in latest episode
- One of the most appreciated new elements of the Quantum Leap revival series is that we get to see, and spend time with, the The Quantum Leap project team every week. Led by Herbert "Magic" Williams (Ernie Hudson), one of his MVPs in helping guide Dr. Ben Song (Raymond Lee) safely through time is Jenn Chou (Nanrisa Lee), the Quantum Leap head of security. A former hacker who ended up in the slammer for a bit, Chou is now redeemed and handles the cyber security needed to keep Ben safe. She's becom
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Ernie Hudson Says Ghostbusters Is the 'Most Difficult Movie' He's Ever Done: 'Hard to Make Peace'
"I got nothing bad to say about anybody, but it was hard, and it was hard for a long time," the actor recalled of making 1984's Ghostbusters
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He got hooked on show business at UNT. Now this director is up for a NAACP Image Award
“You can be a winner in this world and can achieve anything you put your mind to.”
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Ernie Hudson Says ‘Ghostbusters’ Affected Him Psychologically: “It Wasn’t an Easy Road”
Ernie Hudson is opening up about the psychological effect Ghostbusters had on him. In an interview with SiriusXM’s Gary Dell’Abate and Rahsaan Rogers on The Howard Stern Wrap Up Show, Hudson explained that while he had so much love and appreciation for Ivan Reitman and his fellow Ghostbusters, the studio was a different story. “I […]
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‘Ghostbusters’ Actor Ernie Hudson Recalls Being “Selectively Pushed Aside” By The Studio & Says Changes Were Made To Script After He Joined
Ernie Hudson is recalling his time on Ghostbusters and how difficult it was for him. The actor played Winston in the Ivan Reitman-directed movie. In an appearance on The Howard Stern Wrap Up Show, Hudson said that Reitman “was really, really a brilliant man and I have just so much love and appreciation for him.” […]
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Ernie Hudson says being "pushed aside" in Ghostbusters marketing "felt deliberate"
It’s not a new criticism that Ernie Hudson’s Ghostbusters character, Winston Zeddemore, is among modern moviemaking’s most unfairly treated characters. Zeddemore’s accomplishments include saving New York City from a giant marshmallow man, driving the Statue of Liberty, and gazing upon the unholy CGI Harold Ramis in Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Heck, he even gets one of the best lines in the movie (“I love this town!”). Representing one-fourth of the original Ghostbusters, Zeddemore is a Big Apple le
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Ernie Hudson Reveals His Iconic Ghostbusters Role Actually Wasn't So Great: 'I'm Not An Add-On'
Ernie Hudson's complicated history with the Ghostbusters franchise has come up again, and it could have an impact on future films.
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Ernie Hudson Says ‘Ghostbusters’ Script and Marketing Pushed Him Aside: ‘It Felt Deliberate’ and ’I’m Still Not Trying to Take It Personally’
Ernie Hudson said during a recent interview on SiriusXM’s “The Howard Stern Wrap Up Show” (via IndieWire) that “Ghostbusters” studio Columbia Pictures “selectively pushed [him] aside” during the making and marketing of the 1984 supernatural comedy classic. Hudson starred in the film opposite Bill Murray, Harold Ramis and Dan Aykroyd as fellow ghostbuster Winston Zeddemore, […]
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Ernie Hudson Says He Was ‘Pushed Aside’ in ‘Ghostbusters’ Marketing: ‘It Took Me 10 Years to Get Past That’
"It was probably the most difficult movie I ever did just from the psychological perspective," Hudson said.
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Ernie Hudson calls 'Ghostbusters' the most 'difficult' movie of his career because the studio treated him differently: 'I'm not an add-on'
"Ghostbusters" star Ernie Hudson says he was "selectively" pushed aside, saying, "When the posters came out, I'm not on the posters."
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'Quantum Leap' star Ernie Hudson wants to see Magic time travel 'or be the hologram'
Ernie Hudson would like the chance to pull a Marty McFly and travel into the past. The guy has tackled malevolent spirits into submission, so the space-time continuum should be a piece of cake. In an interview with SYFY WIRE about his role in NBC's revival of Quantum Leap, the actor confirmed that while he might personally want Herbert "Magic" Williams to time travel, the character remains firmly in the present for the rest of the season. (The show is scheduled to return in early 2023.) "But if
