Dennis Haysbert

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1954-06-02

Place of Birth

San Mateo, California, USA

Dennis Haysbert

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.

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Known For

Lucifer

Lucifer

24

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live

The A-Team

The A-Team

Heat

Heat

Magnum, P.I.

Magnum, P.I.

The View

The View

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Acting History

Lost & Found in Cleveland as Marty Anderson

Holidazed as Robert Lewin

In Fidelity as Hoyt Johnston

Summer Camp as Tommy

Sniper: G.R.I.T. - Global Response & Intelligence Team as Gabriel Stone

Digman! as Vernon (voice)

Flamin' Hot as Clarence C. Baker

Paul T. Goldman as Agent Portman

Sniper: Rogue Mission as Gabriel Stone

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers as Zipper (voice)

Masters of the Universe: Revelation as Grayskull (voice)

Home Movie: The Princess Bride as Prince Humperdinck

Playing with Fire as Commander Richards

Secret Obsession as Detective Frank Page

Breakthrough as Dr. Garrett

Christmas Everlasting as Uncle Barney

Reverie as Charlie Ventana

Kodachrome as Larry

Naked as Reginald Swope

The Dark Tower as Steven Deschain

Fist Fight as Superintendent Johnson

Incorporated as Julian Morse

Sniper: Ghost Shooter as Colonel

Dead Rising: Endgame as General Lyons

Undercover as Rudy Jones

Undercover as Rudy Jones (archive footage) (uncredited)

Jarhead 3: The Siege as Major Lincoln

Baby, Baby, Baby as Doctor Hankin

Experimenter as Ossie Davis

The Grinder as Special Agent

Ted 2 as Fertility Doctor

Dead Rising: Watchtower as General Lyons

Backstrom as Det. Sgt. Almond

How Murray Saved Christmas as Narrator (voice)

Dear White People as Dean Fairbanks

Men, Women & Children as Secretluvur

Sniper: Legacy as The Colonel

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For as Manute

Think Like a Man Too as Uncle Eddie

Mr. Peabody & Sherman as Judge (voice)

Civil War 360 as Self - Host

Out of the Blue as Control

Brooklyn Nine-Nine as Bob Annderson

Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection as Ox (Voice)

Life of a King as Searcy

Welcome to the Jungle as Mr. Palmer

Battledogs as Lt. General Christopher Monning

The World According to Dick Cheney as Narrator (voice)

LUV as Mr. Fish

Heartburn as Matthew Boa

The Details as Lincoln

Wreck-It Ralph as General Hologram (voice)

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters as Ox (voice)

Field of Dreams 2: Lockout as Mann

Kung Fu Panda 2 as Master Storming Ox (voice)

When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun as Self

James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston as Self - Narrator (voice)

Breach as Dean Plesac

Goodbye Bafana as Nelson Mandela

The Unit as Jonas Blane

The Boondocks as Sturdy Harris (voice)

Jarhead as Major Lincoln

The Making of 'Heat' as Self

Secrets of Pearl Harbor as Self - Host

Sinbad and the Cyclops Island as Kale

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas as Kale (voice)

Ticker as FBI Agent

Far from Heaven as Raymond Deagan

Justice League as Kilowog (voice)

24 as David Palmer

The Hire as FBI Agent

Static Shock as Chief Barnsdale (voice)

Soul Food as Rick Grant

Love & Basketball as Zeke McCall

What's Cooking? as Ronald Williams

The Early Show as Self

Random Hearts as Detective George Beaufort

The Minus Man as Graves

Now and Again as Dr. Theodore Morris

The Thirteenth Floor as Det. Larry McBain

Godzilla: The Series as General Ekwensi (voice)

Major League: Back to the Minors as Pedro Cerrano

How to Make the Cruelest Month as Manhattan Parks

Standoff as Agent Ty 'Bama' Jones

The New Batman Adventures as Barkley James (voice)

The View as Self

Absolute Power as Tim Collin

Superman: The Animated Series as Agent #1 (voice)

Superman: The Animated Series as Doctor #1 (voice)

The Writing on the Wall as Sullivan

Widow's Kiss as Eddie Costello

Amanda as Seven / Sir Jordan

Waiting to Exhale as Kenneth

Heat as Donald Breedan

The Outer Limits as Joshua Finch

Major League II as Pedro Cerrano

Duckman as Tribal Leader / Cornfed's Singing Voice (voice)

Hallelujah as Rev. Oliver Crawford

Return to Lonesome Dove as Cherokee Jack Jackson

Suture as Clay Arlington

Late Night with Conan O'Brien as Self - Guest

Alex Haley's Queen as Davis

Love Field as Paul Cater

Mr. Baseball as Max 'Hammer' Dubois

Navy Seals as Billy Graham

K-9000 as Nick Sanrio

Major League as Pedro Cerrano

LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest

Just the Ten of Us

Growing Pains as Police Officer

Growing Pains as Officer Wright

Growing Pains as Frank

What's Happening Now!!

A Summer to Remember as Sheriff Pierce

Off the Rack as Cletus Maxwell

The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D. as Dr. Beaumont

Night Court as James Morgan

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

The A-Team as Psych Ward Staff

The Fall Guy as Jeremy Wolf

Grambling's White Tiger as James 'Shack' Harris

Code Red as Stuff Wade

Galactica 1980 as Imperious Leader (voice)

Knots Landing as Police Officer

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century as Security Guard

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century as Lieutenant Parsons

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century as Helmsman

The Facts of Life

Scoring as Lt. Harrigan

The White Shadow as Basketball Player

The Incredible Hulk

Quincy, M.E. as Driver

Laverne & Shirley

Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

Tony Awards as Self - Presenter

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Audience Member

Silent Retreat as Josh Alpert

Don't Ever Wonder

American Smuggler

Suburban Psycho