Name
Terrence Howard
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1969-03-11 (57 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biography
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.
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- 1995 Mr. Holland's Opus as Louis Russ
- 2005 Crash as Cameron Thayer
- 2009 The Princess and the Frog as James (voice)
- 2004 Ray as Gossie McGee
- 2008 Iron Man as Rhodey
- 2005 Animal as Darius Allen
- 2005 Get Rich or Die Tryin' as Bama
- 2002 Hart's War as Lt. Lincoln A. Scott
- 2001 Glitter as Timothy Walker
- 2005 Hustle & Flow as Djay
- 2007 The Brave One as Detective Mercer
- 2007 The Hunting Party as Duck
- 2007 August Rush as Richard Jeffries
- 2001 Angel Eyes as Robby
- 2005 Four Brothers as Lt. Green
- 2000 Big Momma's House as Lester Vesco
- 2007 Awake as Dr. Jack Harper
- 2006 Idlewild as Trumpy
- 1996 Sunset Park as Spaceman
- 2011 The Ledge as Hollis Lucetti
- 1999 The Best Man as Quentin
- 2024 Shirley as Arthur Hardwick Jr.
- 2007 Pride as Jim Ellis
- 2002 Intimate Affairs as Lorenz
- 2023 Showdown at the Grand as George Fuller
- 2009 Fighting as Harvey Boarden
- 2005 Their Eyes Were Watching God as Amos Hicks
- 2021 Flowstate: The FPV Drone Documentary
- 2005 The Salon as Patrick
- 1998 The Players Club as K.C.
- Soon The Movers as Robert Hartley
- 2012 Red Tails as Col. A.J. Bullard
- 2012 On the Road as Walter
- 2011 Winnie Mandela as Nelson Mandela
- 2003 Love Chronicles as T-Roy
- 2011 Little Murder as Drag Hammerman
- 2012 The Company You Keep as FBI Agent Cornelius
- 2013 Movie 43 as Coach Jackson (segment "Victory's Glory")
- 2013 Dead Man Down as Alphonse
- 1998 Butter as Dexter Banks
- 2014 Sabotage as Julius "Sugar" Edmonds
- 2013 Prisoners as Franklin Birch
- 2013 The Best Man Holiday as Quentin
- 2013 The Butler as Howard
- 2005 Lackawanna Blues as Bill Crosby
- 1998 Spark as Byron
- 2013 House of Bodies as Starks
- 2001 Boycott as Ralph Abernathy
- 2007 Motherland Afghanistan as Narrator
- 1997 Double Tap as Ulysses
- 2014 St. Vincent as Zucko
- 2022 The Walk as Lamont Robbins
- 2014 Lullaby as Dr. Crier
- 2022 The System as Bones
- 2000 Muhammad Ali: King of the World as Cassius Clay
- 2024 A Look Through His Lens as Self
- 2024 Skeletons in the Closet as Mark
- 2024 Crescent City as Brian Sutter
- 2016 Term Life as Sheriff Braydon
- 1993 Who's the Man? as Customer
- 1999 Best Laid Plans as Jimmy
- 2014 Take Me to the River as Himself - Host
- 1999 Valerie Flake as Hitchhiker
- Soon Selfie
- 1995 The O.J. Simpson Story as Young A.C.
- 2007 The Perfect Holiday as Bah Humbug
- 2016 Cardboard Boxer as Pope
- 2008 2008 Philadelphia Phillies: The Official World Series Film as narrator
- 1995 Dead Presidents as Cowboy
- 2000 Love Beat the Hell Outta Me as Chris
- 2020 Cut Throat City as The Saint
- 1996 Johns as Jimmy the Warlock
- 2003 Biker Boyz as Chu Chu (as Terrence Dashon Howard)
- 2011 Bob Ross: The Happy Painter as Self
- 2018 Terrence Howard's Fright Club
- 2009 B.B. King | Live as Self
- 2021 Gully as Mr. Christmas
- 2012 Croom as Narrator (voice)
- 2010 Magic in the Bayou: The Making of a Princess as Self
- 2021 Triumph as Coach Cutting
- 2017 Miracle on 42nd Street as Self
- 2025 BFFs
- 2016 Fairy Godmother as Genio
- 2007 Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita as Self
- Soon Miami Nights as David Wolfe
- Soon Turnbuckle
- 1995 Lotto Land as Warren
- Soon Broken Ones as Benjamin Drake
- 2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 4 episodes ) as Self
- 1952 Today ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark ( 4 episodes ) as Self
- 2002 Fastlane ( 1 episode ) as Alton White
- 1996 Sparks ( 40 episodes ) as Greg Sparks
- 1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno ( 4 episodes ) as Self
- 2000 Soul Food ( 2 episodes ) as Benny Jones
- 2003 Soundstage ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1994 New York Undercover ( 1 episode )
- 1989 Family Matters ( 1 episode ) as John
- 1993 Living Single ( 1 episode ) as Brendan
- 2009 The Jay Leno Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 1953 The Oscars ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1993 Tall Hopes ( 6 episodes ) as Chester Harris
- 2015 Celebrity Family Feud ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2002 Live from E! ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2015 Empire ( 102 episodes ) as Lucious Lyon
- 2015 Lip Sync Battle ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ( 1 episode ) as Jonah Dekker
- 2010 Law & Order: LA ( 16 episodes ) as Jonah Dekker
- 2017 Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams ( 1 episode ) as George
- 2017 Beat Shazam ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2020 Las increíbles aventuras de un Hada Madrina ( 12 episodes ) as Genio
- 2015 Taraji's White Hot Holidays ( 1 episode ) as Himself - Host
- 2016 Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party ( 1 episode )
- 2009 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2022 The Best Man: The Final Chapters ( 8 episodes ) as Quentin
- 1998 Mama Flora's Family ( 2 episodes ) as Lincoln
- 2015 Wayward Pines ( 5 episodes ) as Sheriff Pope
- 1989 Coach ( 1 episode ) as Johnny Williams
- 1992 The Jacksons: An American Dream ( 2 episodes ) as Jackie Jackson (adult)
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2002 Street Time ( 13 episodes ) as Lucius Mosley
- 2010 Hawaii Five-0 ( 1 episode ) as Billy
- 2022 The Jennifer Hudson Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- Soon Unsung Hollywood ( 1 episode )
- 1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
