
Terrence Howard
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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Acting History
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2024Crescent City as Brian Sutter
2024Shirley as Arthur Hardwick Jr.
2024Skeletons in the Closet as Mark
2024A Look Through His Lens as Self
2023Showdown at the Grand as George Fuller
2022The Best Man: The Final Chapters as Quentin
2022The System as Bones
2022The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self
2022The Walk as Lamont Robbins
2021Flowstate: The FPV Drone Documentary
2021Gully as Mr. Christmas
2021Triumph as Coach Cutting
2020Las increíbles aventuras de un Hada Madrina as Genio
2020Cut Throat City as The Saint
2018Terrence Howard's Fright Club
2017Miracle on 42nd Street as self
2017Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams as George
2017Beat Shazam as Self
2016Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
2016Fairy Godmother as Genio
2016Cardboard Boxer as Pope
2016Term Life as Sheriff Braydon
2015Taraji's White Hot Holidays as Himself - Host
2015Celebrity Family Feud as Self
2015Wayward Pines as Sheriff Pope
2015Lip Sync Battle as Self
2015Empire as Lucious Lyon
2014St. Vincent as Zucko
2014Lullaby as Dr. Crier
2014Sabotage as Julius 'Sugar' Edmonds
2014Take Me to the River as Himself - Host
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
2013The Best Man Holiday as Quentin
2013Prisoners as Franklin Birch
2013The Butler as Howard
2013House of Bodies as Starks
2013Dead Man Down as Alphonse
2013Movie 43 as Coach Jackson (segment "Victory's Glory")
2012The Company You Keep as FBI Agent Cornelius
2012Croom as Narrator (voice)
2012On the Road as Walter
2012Red Tails as Col. A.J. Bullard
2011Bob Ross: The Happy Painter as Self
2011Winnie Mandela as Nelson Mandela
2011The Ledge as Hollis Lucetti
2011Little Murder as Drag Hammerman
2010Law & Order: LA as Jonah Dekker
2010Hawaii Five-0 as Billy
2010Magic in the Bayou: The Making of a Princess as Self
2009The Princess and the Frog as James (voice)
2009The Jay Leno Show as Self
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
2009Fighting as Harvey Boarden
2009B.B. King | Live as Self
20082008 Philadelphia Phillies: The Official World Series Film as narrator
2008I Am Iron Man as Self
2008Iron Man as Rhodey
2007The Perfect Holiday as Bah Humbug
2007Awake as Dr. Jack Harper
2007August Rush as Richard Jeffries
2007Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita as Self
2007The Brave One as Detective Mercer
2007The Hunting Party as Duck
2007Pride as Jim Ellis
2007Motherland Afghanistan as Narrator
2006Idlewild as Trumpy
2005Get Rich or Die Tryin' as Bama
2005Four Brothers as Lt. Green
2005Hustle & Flow as Djay
2005Crash as Cameron Thayer
2005Animal as Darius Allen
2005Their Eyes Were Watching God as Amos Hicks
2005Lackawanna Blues as Bill Crosby
2005The Salon as Patrick
2004Ray as Gossie McGee
2003The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
2003Love Chronicles as T-Roy
2003Soundstage as Self
2003Biker Boyz as Chu Chu (as Terrence Dashon Howard)
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
2002Fastlane as Alton White
2002Street Time as Lucius Mosley
2002Intimate Affairs as Lorenz
2002Hart's War as Lt. Lincoln A. Scott
2002Live from E! as Self
2001Glitter as Timothy Walker
2001Angel Eyes as Robby
2001Boycott as Ralph Abernathy
2000Love Beat the Hell Outta Me as Chris
2000Soul Food as Benny Jones
2000Big Momma's House as Lester Vesco
2000Muhammad Ali: King of the World as Cassius Clay
1999The Best Man as Quentin
1999Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Jonah Dekker
1999Best Laid Plans as Jimmy
1999Valerie Flake as Hitchhiker
1998Mama Flora's Family as Lincoln
1998Butter as Dexter Banks (as Terrence Dashon Howard)
1998The Players Club as K.C.
1998Spark as Byron
1997Double Tap as Ulysses
1996Johns as Jimmy the Warlock
1996Sparks as Greg Sparks
1996Sunset Park as Spaceman
1995Mr. Holland's Opus as Louis Russ
1995Dead Presidents as Cowboy
1995The O.J. Simpson Story as Young A.C.
1994New York Undercover
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest
1993Living Single as Brendan
1993Tall Hopes as Chester Harris
1993Who's the Man? as Customer
1992The Jacksons: An American Dream as Jackie Jackson (adult)
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self
1989Family Matters as John
1989Coach as Johnny Williams
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
1953The Oscars as Self
1952Today as Self
—Miami Nights as David Wolfe
—Turnbuckle
—The Movers
—Selfie








