Dennis Haysbert

ActorDirectorProducer Jun 2 (age 71) San Mateo, California, USA 1956–2026 (70 year career)

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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 …

Known For

Film

Heat

Donald Breedan

Film

Wreck-It Ralph

General Hologram (voice)

Film

Kung Fu Panda 2

Master Storming Ox (voice)

Film

24

David Palmer

Film

Ted 2

Fertility Doctor

Film

Jarhead

Major Lincoln

Film

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

Kale (voice)

Film

Breakthrough

Dr. Garrett

Filmography

Acting (148)

Movies (90)

Send Help

as Franklin

Relationship Goals

as Papa Jim

Lost & Found in Cleveland

2025

as Marty Anderson

5.0

Hole in the Head: A Life Revealed

2025

as Narrator

Hope of the Season: Christmas with The Tabernacle Choir

2025

as Featuring

Summer Camp

as Tommy

In Fidelity

as Hoyt Johnston

Flamin' Hot

as Clarence C. Baker

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

2023

as Gabriel Stone

6.5

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers

as Zipper (voice)

No Exit

as Ed

Sniper: Rogue Mission

as Gabriel Stone

Breakthrough

as Dr. Garrett

Secret Obsession

as Detective Frank Page

5.5

Playing with Fire

2019

as Commander Richards

6.6

Christmas Everlasting

as Uncle Barney

The Dark Tower

as Steven Deschain

Fist Fight

as Superintendent Johnson

Naked

as Reginald Swope

Kodachrome

as Larry

Sniper: Ghost Shooter

as Colonel

Jarhead 3: The Siege

as Major Lincoln

Dead Rising: Endgame

as General Lyons

Ted 2

as Fertility Doctor

Experimenter

as Ossie Davis

Dead Rising: Watchtower

as General Lyons

Baby, Baby, Baby

as Doctor Hankin

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

2014

as Manute

6.4

Mr. Peabody & Sherman

2014

as Judge (voice)

6.7

Men, Women & Children

as Secretluvur

Sniper: Legacy

as The Colonel

Think Like a Man Too

as Uncle Eddie

Dear White People

as Dean Fairbanks

How Murray Saved Christmas

2014

as Narrator (voice)

5.9

Welcome to the Jungle

as Mr. Palmer

LUV

as Mr. Fish

Life of a King

as Searcy

Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection

2013

as Ox (Voice)

8.0

The World According to Dick Cheney

2013

as Narrator (voice)

6.7

Heartburn

2013

as Matthew Boa

Out of the Blue

2013

as Control

6.5

Battledogs

2013

as Lt. General Christopher Monning

4.5

Wreck-It Ralph

2012

as General Hologram (voice)

The Details

as Lincoln

Kung Fu Panda 2

as Master Storming Ox (voice)

7.1

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters

2011

as Ox (voice)

6.5

Field of Dreams 2: Lockout

2011

as Mann

5.7

When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun

2010

as Self

James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston

2008

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Breach

as Dean Plesac

Goodbye Bafana

as Nelson Mandela

Jarhead

as Major Lincoln

The Making of 'Heat'

as Self

Secrets of Pearl Harbor

2004

as Self - Host

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas

2003

as Kale (voice)

7.0

Sinbad and the Cyclops Island

as Kale

Far from Heaven

as Raymond Deagan

Ticker

as FBI Agent

Love & Basketball

as Zeke McCall

What's Cooking?

as Ronald Williams

The Thirteenth Floor

as Det. Larry McBain

The Minus Man

as Graves

Random Hearts

as Detective George Beaufort

5.6

Standoff

1998

as Agent Ty 'Bama' Jones

5.6

Major League: Back to the Minors

1998

as Pedro Cerrano

5.0

How to Make the Cruelest Month

as Manhattan Parks

Absolute Power

as Tim Collin

Amanda

as Seven / Sir Jordan

3.5

Widow's Kiss

1996

as Eddie Costello

4.1

The Writing on the Wall

as Sullivan

Heat

as Donald Breedan

Waiting to Exhale

as Kenneth

Major League II

as Pedro Cerrano

Hallelujah

as Rev. Oliver Crawford

Suture

as Clay Arlington

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

A Summer to Remember

as Sheriff Pierce

The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.

1984

as Dr. Beaumont

Grambling's White Tiger

1981

as James 'Shack' Harris

Scoring

1979

as Lt. Harrigan

4.3

Closure

Silent Retreat

as Josh Alpert

Higher Love

American Smuggler

Don't Ever Wonder

Suburban Psycho

Television (58)

Holidazed

as Robert Lewin

Digman!

as Vernon (voice)

Paul T. Goldman

as Agent Portman

Masters of the Universe: Revelation

2021

as Grayskull (voice)

6.5

Home Movie: The Princess Bride

2020

as Prince Humperdinck

Reverie

as Charlie Ventana

Lucifer

as God

Incorporated

as Julian Morse

Undercover

as Rudy Jones

Undercover

as Rudy Jones (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Grinder

as Special Agent

Backstrom

as Det. Sgt. Almond

The Real

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

as Bob Annderson

Civil War 360

as Self - Host

The Unit

as Jonas Blane

The Boondocks

as Sturdy Harris (voice)

Empire

as David Palmer

as David Palmer

Justice League

as Kilowog (voice)

The Hire

as FBI Agent

Static Shock

as Chief Barnsdale (voice)

Soul Food

as Rick Grant

The Early Show

as Self

Now and Again

as Dr. Theodore Morris

6.8

Godzilla: The Series

1998

as General Ekwensi (voice)

7.9

The View

1997

as Self

4.3

The New Batman Adventures

1997

as Barkley James (voice)

8.0

Superman: The Animated Series

as Agent #1 (voice)

The Outer Limits

as Joshua Finch

Duckman

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

7.1

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest

Alex Haley's Queen

as Davis

Return to Lonesome Dove

1993

as Cherokee Jack Jackson

6.9

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self - Guest

Just the Ten of Us

Growing Pains

as Police Officer

227

What's Happening Now!!

Off the Rack

as Cletus Maxwell

Night Court

as James Morgan

The A-Team

as Psych Ward Staff

Scarecrow and Mrs. King

The Fall Guy

as Jeremy Wolf

Code Red

as Stuff Wade

Magnum, P.I.

Galactica 1980

as Imperious Leader (voice)

Knots Landing

as Police Officer

The Facts of Life

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

as Security Guard

The White Shadow

as Basketball Player

The Incredible Hulk

Quincy, M.E.

Laverne & Shirley

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

Crew (3)

Movies (1)

American Smuggler

Executive Producer

Television (2)

The Unit

Director

The Unit

Producer