Acting credits
121
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Terrence Howard
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
3.5
Moderate attention
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Movies: 83Series: 38Crew credits: 3
TMDB ID: 18288
IMDb ID: nm0005024
Known for: Acting
Born: March 11, 1969
Age: 57
Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1952 - 2025
Years active: 74
Average TMDB rating: 6.36
Wikidata: Q296500
Also known as
Terence Howard • Terrence Dashon Howard
Other jobs
Executive Producer (2)Writer (1)
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. Description above is from the Wikipedia article Terrence Howard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movies
Movie credits linked with Terrence Howard.
BFFs
2025 Movie
Crescent City
as Brian Sutter
2024 Movie
Shirley
as Arthur Hardwick Jr.
2024 Movie
Skeletons in the Closet
as Mark
2024 Movie
Showdown at the Grand
as George Fuller
2023 Movie
The System
as Bones
2022 Movie
The Walk
as Lamont Robbins
2022 Movie
Flowstate: The FPV Drone Documentary
2021 Movie
Gully
as Mr. Christmas
2021 Movie
Triumph
as Coach Cutting
2021 Movie
Cut Throat City
as The Saint
2020 Movie
Terrence Howard's Fright Club
2018 Movie
Miracle on 42nd Street
as Self
2017 Movie
Fairy Godmother
as Genio
2016 Movie
Cardboard Boxer
as Pope
2016 Movie
Term Life
as Sheriff Braydon
2016 Movie
St. Vincent
as Zucko
2014 Movie
Lullaby
as Dr. Crier
2014 Movie
Sabotage
as Julius "Sugar" Edmonds
2014 Movie
Take Me to the River
as Himself - Host
2014 Movie
The Best Man Holiday
as Quentin
2013 Movie
Prisoners
as Franklin Birch
2013 Movie
The Butler
as Howard
2013 Movie
House of Bodies
as Starks
2013 Movie
Series
Series credits linked with Terrence Howard.
The Best Man: The Final Chapters
as Quentin • 8 eps
2022 Series
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self • 1 eps
2022 Series
Las increíbles aventuras de un Hada Madrina
as Genio • 12 eps
2020 Series
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
as George • 1 eps
2017 Series
Beat Shazam
as Self • 1 eps
2017 Series
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
1 eps
2016 Series
Taraji's White Hot Holidays
as Himself - Host • 1 eps
2015 Series
Celebrity Family Feud
as Self • 1 eps
2015 Series
Wayward Pines
as Sheriff Pope • 5 eps
2015 Series
Lip Sync Battle
as Self • 2 eps
2015 Series
Empire
as Lucious Lyon • 102 eps
2015 Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
Law & Order: LA
as Jonah Dekker • 16 eps
2010 Series
Hawaii Five-0
as Billy • 1 eps
2010 Series
The Jay Leno Show
as Self • 1 eps
2009 Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest • 3 eps
2009 Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self • 1 eps
2003 Series
Soundstage
as Self • 1 eps
2003 Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self • 4 eps
2003 Series
Fastlane
as Alton White • 1 eps
2002 Series
Street Time
as Lucius Mosley • 13 eps
2002 Series
Live from E!
as Self • 1 eps
2002 Series
Soul Food
as Benny Jones • 2 eps
2000 Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Jonah Dekker • 1 eps
1999 Series