Acting

Terrence Howard

Born 1969-03-11 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

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.

Credits

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BFFs
2025
Crescent City
as Brian Sutter
2024
Shirley
as Arthur Hardwick Jr.
2024
Skeletons in the Closet
as Mark
2024
Skeletons in the Closet
Writer
2024
A Look Through His Lens
as Self
2024
Showdown at the Grand
as George Fuller
2023
The Best Man: The Final Chapters
as Quentin
2022
The System
as Bones
2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
2022
The Walk
as Lamont Robbins
2022
Flowstate: The FPV Drone Documentary
2021
Gully
as Mr. Christmas
2021
Triumph
as Coach Cutting
2021
Triumph
Executive Producer
2021
Las increíbles aventuras de un Hada Madrina
as Genio
2020
Cut Throat City
as The Saint
2020
Terrence Howard's Fright Club
2018
Miracle on 42nd Street
as Self
2017
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
as George
2017
Beat Shazam
as Self
2017
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
2016
Fairy Godmother
as Genio
2016
Cardboard Boxer
as Pope
2016
Term Life
as Sheriff Braydon
2016
Taraji's White Hot Holidays
as Himself - Host
2015
Celebrity Family Feud
as Self
2015
Wayward Pines
as Sheriff Pope
2015
Lip Sync Battle
as Self
2015
Empire
as Lucious Lyon
2015
St. Vincent
as Zucko
2014
Lullaby
as Dr. Crier
2014
Sabotage
as Julius "Sugar" Edmonds
2014
Take Me to the River
as Himself - Host
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
The Best Man Holiday
as Quentin
2013
Prisoners
as Franklin Birch
2013
The Butler
as Howard
2013
House of Bodies
as Starks
2013
Dead Man Down
as Alphonse
2013
Movie 43
as Coach Jackson (segment "Victory's Glory")
2013
The Company You Keep
as FBI Agent Cornelius
2012
Croom
as Narrator (voice)
2012
On the Road
as Walter
2012
Red Tails
as Col. A.J. Bullard
2012
Bob Ross: The Happy Painter
as Self
2011
Winnie Mandela
as Nelson Mandela
2011
The Ledge
as Hollis Lucetti
2011
Little Murder
as Drag Hammerman
2011
Law & Order: LA
as Jonah Dekker
2010
Hawaii Five-0
as Billy
2010
Magic in the Bayou: The Making of a Princess
as Self
2010
The Princess and the Frog
as James (voice)
2009
The Jay Leno Show
as Self
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
Fighting
as Harvey Boarden
2009
B.B. King | Live
as Self
2009
2008 Philadelphia Phillies: The Official World Series Film
as narrator
2008
Iron Man
as Rhodey
2008
The Perfect Holiday
as Bah Humbug
2007
Awake
as Dr. Jack Harper
2007
August Rush
as Richard Jeffries
2007
Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita
as Self
2007
The Brave One
as Detective Mercer
2007
The Hunting Party
as Duck
2007
Pride
as Jim Ellis
2007
Motherland Afghanistan
as Narrator
2007
Idlewild
as Trumpy
2006
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
as Bama
2005
Four Brothers
as Lt. Green
2005
Hustle & Flow
as Djay
2005
Crash
as Cameron Thayer
2005
Animal
as Darius Allen
2005
Their Eyes Were Watching God
as Amos Hicks
2005
Lackawanna Blues
as Bill Crosby
2005
The Salon
as Patrick
2005
Ray
as Gossie McGee
2004
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
Love Chronicles
as T-Roy
2003
Soundstage
as Self
2003