Acting

Dennis Haysbert

Born 1954-06-02 · San Mateo, California, USA

Dennis Dexter Haysbert (born June 2, 1954) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as baseball player Pedro Cerrano in the Major League film trilogy, Secret Service agent Tim Collin in the political thriller film Absolute Power, Sergeant Major Jonas Blane on the CBS military action drama series The Unit, God on the Netflix show Lucifer, and President David Palmer on the first five seasons of 24. He has also appeared in the films Love Field, Navy SEALS, Heat, Waiting to Exhale, Far from Heaven, and the science fiction series Incorporated. He is the narrator for the A&E Network's American Justice television series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dennis Haysbert, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Credits

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Higher Love
2026
Time of Death
as Officer Aarons
2026
Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord
as Master Eeko-Dio Daki (voice)
2026
Radio Sky
as Joseph Finley
2026
Radio Sky
Producer
2026
Relationship Goals
as Papa Jim
2026
Send Help
as Franklin
2026
Hope of the Season: Christmas with The Tabernacle Choir
as Featuring
2025
Lost & Found in Cleveland
as Marty Anderson
2025
Hole in the Head: A Life Revealed
as Narrator
2025
Holidazed
as Robert Lewin
2024
In Fidelity
as Hoyt Johnston
2024
Summer Camp
as Tommy
2024
Sniper: G.R.I.T. - Global Response & Intelligence Team
as Gabriel Stone
2023
Digman!
as Vernon (voice)
2023
Flamin' Hot
as Clarence C. Baker
2023
Paul T. Goldman
as Agent Portman
2023
Sniper: Rogue Mission
as Gabriel Stone
2022
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
as Zipper (voice)
2022
No Exit
as Ed
2022
Masters of the Universe: Revelation
as Grayskull (voice)
2021
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
as Prince Humperdinck
2020
Playing with Fire
as Commander Richards
2019
Secret Obsession
as Detective Frank Page
2019
Breakthrough
as Dr. Garrett
2019
Christmas Everlasting
as Uncle Barney
2018
Reverie
as Charlie Ventana
2018
Kodachrome
as Larry
2017
Naked
as Reginald Swope
2017
The Dark Tower
as Steven Deschain
2017
Fist Fight
as Superintendent Johnson
2017
Incorporated
as Julian Morse
2016
Sniper: Ghost Shooter
as Colonel
2016
Dead Rising: Endgame
as General Alan Lyons
2016
Undercover
as Rudy Jones
2016
Undercover
as Rudy Jones (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016
Lucifer
as God
2016
Jarhead 3: The Siege
as Major Lincoln
2016
Baby, Baby, Baby
as Doctor Hankin
2015
Experimenter
as Ossie Davis
2015
The Grinder
as Special Agent
2015
Ted 2
as Fertility Doctor
2015
Dead Rising: Watchtower
as General Alan Lyons
2015
Backstrom
as Det. Sgt. Almond
2015
How Murray Saved Christmas
as Narrator (voice)
2014
Dear White People
as Dean Fairbanks
2014
Men, Women & Children
as Secretluvur
2014
Sniper: Legacy
as The Colonel
2014
The Real Daytime
2014
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
as Manute
2014
Think Like a Man Too
as Uncle Eddie
2014
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
as Judge (voice)
2014
Civil War 360
as Self - Host
2013
Out of the Blue
as Control
2013
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
as Bob Annderson
2013
Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection
as Ox (voice)
2013
Life of a King
as Searcy
2013
Welcome to the Jungle
as Mr. Palmer
2013
Battledogs
as Lt. General Christopher Monning
2013
LUV
as Mr. Fish
2013
The World According to Dick Cheney
as Narrator (voice)
2013
Heartburn
as Matthew Boa
2013
The Details
as Lincoln
2012
Wreck-It Ralph
as General Hologram (voice)
2012
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters
as Ox (voice)
2011
Field of Dreams 2: Lockout
as Mann
2011
Kung Fu Panda 2
as Master Ox (voice)
2011
When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun
as Self
2010
James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2008
Breach
as Dean Plesac
2007
Goodbye Bafana
as Nelson Mandela
2007
The Unit
as Jonas Blane
2006
The Unit
Director
2006
The Unit
Producer
2006
The Boondocks
as Sturdy Harris (voice)
2005
Jarhead
as Major Lincoln
2005
Empire
2005
The Making of 'Heat'
as Self
2005
Secrets of Pearl Harbor
as Self - Host
2004
Sinbad and the Cyclops Island
as Kale
2003