Dennis Haysbert
Born: 1954-06-02 in San Mateo, California, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2026
- Send Help as Franklin
- Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord as Master Eeko-Dio Daki (voice)
- Relationship Goals as Papa Jim
- Radio Sky as Joseph Finley
2025
- Time of Death as Officer Aarons
- Lost & Found in Cleveland as Marty Anderson
- Hole in the Head: A Life Revealed as Narrator
- Hope of the Season: Christmas with The Tabernacle Choir as Featuring
2024
- Holidazed as Robert Lewin
- Summer Camp as Tommy
- In Fidelity as Hoyt Johnston
2023
- Digman! as Vernon (voice)
- Flamin' Hot as Clarence C. Baker
- Paul T. Goldman as Agent Portman
- Sniper: G.R.I.T. - Global Response & Intelligence Team as Gabriel Stone
2022
- Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers as Zipper (voice)
- No Exit as Ed
- Sniper: Rogue Mission as Gabriel Stone
2021
- Masters of the Universe: Revelation as Grayskull (voice)
2020
- Home Movie: The Princess Bride as Prince Humperdinck
2019
- Secret Obsession as Detective Frank Page
- Breakthrough as Dr. Garrett
- Playing with Fire as Commander Richards
2018
- Reverie as Charlie Ventana
- Christmas Everlasting as Uncle Barney
2017
- The Dark Tower as Steven Deschain
- Naked as Reginald Swope
- Fist Fight as Superintendent Johnson
- Kodachrome as Larry
2016
- Lucifer as God
- Incorporated as Julian Morse
- Undercover as Rudy Jones
- Sniper: Ghost Shooter as Colonel
- Jarhead 3: The Siege as Major Lincoln
- Dead Rising: Endgame as General Lyons
2015
- Ted 2 as Fertility Doctor
- The Grinder as Special Agent
- Backstrom as Det. Sgt. Almond
- Dead Rising: Watchtower as General Lyons
- Experimenter as Ossie Davis
- Baby, Baby, Baby as Doctor Hankin
2014
- Mr. Peabody & Sherman as Judge (voice)
- Sin City: A Dame to Kill For as Manute
- The Real
- Men, Women & Children as Secretluvur
- Think Like a Man Too as Uncle Eddie
- Sniper: Legacy as The Colonel
- Dear White People as Dean Fairbanks
- How Murray Saved Christmas as Narrator (voice)
2013
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Bob Annderson
- Welcome to the Jungle as Mr. Palmer
- Life of a King as Searcy
- LUV as Mr. Fish
- Civil War 360 as Self - Host
- Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection as Ox (Voice)
- Out of the Blue as Control
- Heartburn as Matthew Boa
- The World According to Dick Cheney as Narrator (voice)
- Battledogs as Lt. General Christopher Monning
2012
- Wreck-It Ralph as General Hologram (voice)
- The Details as Lincoln
2011
- Kung Fu Panda 2 as Master Storming Ox (voice)
- Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters as Ox (voice)
- Field of Dreams 2: Lockout as Mann
2010
2008
- James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston as Self - Narrator (voice)
2007
- Breach as Dean Plesac
- Goodbye Bafana as Nelson Mandela
2006
- The Unit as Jonas Blane
2005
- The Boondocks as Sturdy Harris (voice)
- Empire
- Jarhead as Major Lincoln
- The Making of 'Heat' as Self
2004
- Secrets of Pearl Harbor as Self - Host
2003
- Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas as Kale (voice)
- Sinbad and the Cyclops Island as Kale
2002
- Far from Heaven as Raymond Deagan
- Ticker as FBI Agent
2001
- 24 as David Palmer
- Justice League as Kilowog (voice)
- The Hire as FBI Agent
2000
- Static Shock as Chief Barnsdale (voice)
- Soul Food as Rick Grant
- Love & Basketball as Zeke McCall
- What's Cooking? as Ronald Williams
1999
- The Thirteenth Floor as Det. Larry McBain
- Now and Again as Dr. Theodore Morris
- Random Hearts as Detective George Beaufort
- The Early Show as Self
- The Minus Man as Graves
1998
- Godzilla: The Series as General Ekwensi (voice)
- Major League: Back to the Minors as Pedro Cerrano
- Standoff as Agent Ty 'Bama' Jones
- How to Make the Cruelest Month as Manhattan Parks
1997
- The View as Self
- The New Batman Adventures as Barkley James (voice)
- Absolute Power as Tim Collin
1996
- Superman: The Animated Series as Agent #1 (voice)
- Widow's Kiss as Eddie Costello
- Amanda as Seven / Sir Jordan
- The Writing on the Wall as Sullivan
1995
- The Outer Limits as Joshua Finch
- Heat as Donald Breedan
- Waiting to Exhale as Kenneth
1994
- Duckman as Tribal Leader / Cornfed's Singing Voice (voice)
- Major League II as Pedro Cerrano
1993
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
- Return to Lonesome Dove as Cherokee Jack Jackson
- Alex Haley's Queen as Davis
- Suture as Clay Arlington
- Hallelujah as Rev. Oliver Crawford
1992
- Love Field as Paul Cater
- Mr. Baseball as Max 'Hammer' Dubois
1990
- Navy Seals as Billy Graham
- K-9000 as Nick Sanrio
1989
- Major League as Pedro Cerrano
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
- Just the Ten of Us
1985
- Growing Pains as Police Officer
- 227
- Off the Rack as Cletus Maxwell
- A Summer to Remember as Sheriff Pierce
1984
- Night Court as James Morgan
- The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D. as Dr. Beaumont
1983
- The A-Team as Psych Ward Staff
- Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1981
- The Fall Guy as Jeremy Wolf
- Code Red as Stuff Wade
- Grambling's White Tiger as James 'Shack' Harris
1980
- Magnum, P.I.
- Galactica 1980 as Imperious Leader (voice)
1979
- Knots Landing as Police Officer
- The Facts of Life
- Buck Rogers in the 25th Century as Security Guard
- Scoring as Lt. Harrigan
1978
- The White Shadow as Basketball Player
1977
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee