Cast & creator
Terrence Howard
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Terrence Dashon Howard (born March 11, 1969) is an American actor. Having his first major roles in the 1995 films Dead Presidents and Mr. Holland's Opus, Howard broke into the mainstream with a succession of television and cinema roles between 2004 and 2006. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Hustle & Flow. Howard has had prominent roles in many other movies, including Winnie Mandela, Ray, Lackawanna Blues, Crash, Four Brothers, Big Momma's House, Get Rich or Die Tryin', Idlewild, Biker Boyz, August Rush, The Brave One, and Prisoners. Howard played James "Rhodey" Rhodes in the first Iron Man film. He starred as the lead character Lucious Lyon in the television series Empire. His debut album, Shine Through It, was released in September 2008. Description above is from the Wikipedia article Terrence Howard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: Terence Howard, Terrence Dashon Howard
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film credits
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television credits
128
1952–2025 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (132)
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Jonah Dekker
1999
Hawaii Five-0
Billy
2010
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self
2022
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self - Guest
1992
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Empire
Lucious Lyon
2015
Coach
Johnny Williams
1989
Family Matters
John
1989
Celebrity Family Feud
Self
2015
Iron Man
Rhodey
2008
Lip Sync Battle
Self
2015
New York Undercover
1994
The Oscars
Self
1953
Today
Self
1952
The Jay Leno Show
Self
2009
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
George
2017
Living Single
Brendan
1993
Wayward Pines
Sheriff Pope
2015
Law & Order: LA
Jonah Dekker
2010
The Princess and the Frog
James (voice)
2009
Street Time
Lucius Mosley
2002
Live from E!
Self
2002
Prisoners
Franklin Birch
2013
Fastlane
Alton White
2002
Soundstage
Self
2003
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
2016
Four Brothers
Lt. Green
2005
Crash
Cameron Thayer
2005
The Brave One
Detective Mercer
2007
St. Vincent
Zucko
2014
Big Momma's House
Lester Vesco
2000
Movie 43
Coach Jackson (segment "Victory's Glory")
2013
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Bama
2005
Soul Food
Benny Jones
2000
August Rush
Richard Jeffries
2007
Beat Shazam
Self
2017
Hart's War
Lt. Lincoln A. Scott
2002
The Jacksons: An American Dream
Jackie Jackson (adult)
1992
Dead Man Down
Alphonse
2013
The Butler
Howard
2013
The Best Man: The Final Chapters
Quentin
2022
The Company You Keep
FBI Agent Cornelius
2012
Sparks
Greg Sparks
1996
Ray
Gossie McGee
2004
Sabotage
Julius "Sugar" Edmonds
2014
Awake
Dr. Jack Harper
2007
Angel Eyes
Robby
2001
Johns
Jimmy the Warlock
1996
Cut Throat City
The Saint
2020
Mr. Holland's Opus
Louis Russ
1995
The Ledge
Hollis Lucetti
2011
Crescent City
Brian Sutter
2024
On the Road
Walter
2012
Biker Boyz
Chu Chu (as Terrence Dashon Howard)
2003
The Hunting Party
Duck
2007
Fighting
Harvey Boarden
2009
Term Life
Sheriff Braydon
2016
Mama Flora's Family
Lincoln
1998
Taraji's White Hot Holidays
Himself - Host
2015
Hustle & Flow
Djay
2005
The Best Man Holiday
Quentin
2013
The Best Man
Quentin
1999
Red Tails
Col. A.J. Bullard
2012
The System
Bones
2022
Dead Presidents
Cowboy
1995
Unsung Hollywood
Glitter
Timothy Walker
2001
Gully
Mr. Christmas
2021
Best Laid Plans
Jimmy
1999
Cardboard Boxer
Pope
2016
Valerie Flake
Hitchhiker
1999
Idlewild
Trumpy
2006
Double Tap
Ulysses
1997
Winnie Mandela
Nelson Mandela
2011
Butter
Dexter Banks
1998
Showdown at the Grand
George Fuller
2023
Intimate Affairs
Lorenz
2002
Lackawanna Blues
Bill Crosby
2005
The Players Club
K.C.
1998
Shirley
Arthur Hardwick Jr.
2024
Las increíbles aventuras de un Hada Madrina
Genio
2020Turnbuckle
Turnbuckle
Executive Producer
Sunset Park
Spaceman
1996
Lullaby
Dr. Crier
2014
Pride
Jim Ellis
2007Broken Ones
Benjamin Drake
Tall Hopes
Chester Harris
1993
Animal
Darius Allen
2005
Who's the Man?
Customer
1993
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Amos Hicks
2005
Boycott
Ralph Abernathy
2001
Lotto Land
Warren
1995
Skeletons in the Closet
Mark
2024Skeletons in the Closet
Writer
2024
Miracle on 42nd Street
Self
2017
Miami Nights
David Wolfe
Little Murder
Drag Hammerman
2011
Triumph
Coach Cutting
2021Triumph
Executive Producer
2021
The O.J. Simpson Story
Young A.C.
1995
Bob Ross: The Happy Painter
Self
2011
Fairy Godmother
Genio
2016
The Walk
Lamont Robbins
2022A Look Through His Lens
Self
2024
Motherland Afghanistan
Narrator
2007
The Perfect Holiday
Bah Humbug
2007Selfie
House of Bodies
Starks
2013
Magic in the Bayou: The Making of a Princess
Self
2010
B.B. King | Live
Self
2009
Love Beat the Hell Outta Me
Chris
2000Love Beat the Hell Outta Me
Executive Producer
2000
Muhammad Ali: King of the World
Cassius Clay
2000
Take Me to the River
Himself - Host
2014
Croom
Narrator (voice)
2012
Terrence Howard's Fright Club
2018
The Movers
Robert Hartley
Flowstate: The FPV Drone Documentary
20212008 Philadelphia Phillies: The Official World Series Film
narrator
2008
The Salon
Patrick
2005
BFFs
2025
Love Chronicles
T-Roy
2003
Spark
Byron
1998
Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita
Self
2007