Terrence Howard

ActorWriterProducer Mar 11 (age 57) Chicago, Illinois, USA 1988–2026 (38 year career)

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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 …

Known For

Film

Iron Man

Rhodey

Film

Prisoners

Franklin Birch

Film

The Princess and the Frog

James (voice)

Film

Crash

Cameron Thayer

Film

August Rush

Richard Jeffries

Film

The Butler

Howard

Film

Ray

Gossie McGee

Film

St. Vincent

Zucko

Filmography

Acting (127)

Movies (89)

Turnbuckle

2026 Upcoming

Oct 1

The Woody and Friends Movie

2026 Upcoming

as Dungeon Master (voice)

Nov 6

BFFs

2025

10.0

Shirley

2024

as Arthur Hardwick Jr.

6.8

Crescent City

2024

as Brian Sutter

6.0

Skeletons in the Closet

2024

as Mark

4.3

A Look Through His Lens

2024

as Self

Showdown at the Grand

as George Fuller

The System

as Bones

The Walk

as Lamont Robbins

Gully

as Mr. Christmas

Triumph

as Coach Cutting

Flowstate: The FPV Drone Documentary

2021

Cut Throat City

2020

as The Saint

6.4

Terrence Howard's Fright Club

2018

9.0

Miracle on 42nd Street

2017

as Self

Cardboard Boxer

as Pope

Term Life

as Sheriff Braydon

Fairy Godmother

as Genio

St. Vincent

2014

as Zucko

7.1

Sabotage

2014

as Julius "Sugar" Edmonds

Take Me to the River

as Himself - Host

Lullaby

as Dr. Crier

Prisoners

as Franklin Birch

Movie 43

as Coach Jackson (segment "Victory's Glory")

The Butler

as Howard

Dead Man Down

as Alphonse

The Best Man Holiday

as Quentin

House of Bodies

as Starks

Red Tails

as Col. A.J. Bullard

The Company You Keep

as FBI Agent Cornelius

On the Road

as Walter

Croom

as Narrator (voice)

The Ledge

as Hollis Lucetti

Winnie Mandela

as Nelson Mandela

Little Murder

as Drag Hammerman

Bob Ross: The Happy Painter

2011

as Self

7.2

Magic in the Bayou: The Making of a Princess

2010

as Self

10.0

The Princess and the Frog

as James (voice)

Fighting

as Harvey Boarden

B.B. King | Live

as Self

Iron Man

as Rhodey

2008 Philadelphia Phillies: The Official World Series Film

2008

as narrator

I Am Iron Man

as Self

The Perfect Holiday

as Bah Humbug

August Rush

as Richard Jeffries

Awake

as Dr. Jack Harper

The Brave One

as Detective Mercer

Pride

as Jim Ellis

The Hunting Party

as Duck

Motherland Afghanistan

2007

as Narrator

Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita

2007

as Self

Idlewild

as Trumpy

Crash

as Cameron Thayer

Four Brothers

as Lt. Green

Get Rich or Die Tryin'

as Bama

Hustle & Flow

as Djay

Animal

as Darius Allen

Lackawanna Blues

as Bill Crosby

Their Eyes Were Watching God

as Amos Hicks

The Salon

as Patrick

Ray

as Gossie McGee

Biker Boyz

as Chu Chu (as Terrence Dashon Howard)

Love Chronicles

as T-Roy

Hart's War

as Lt. Lincoln A. Scott

Intimate Affairs

as Lorenz

Glitter

as Timothy Walker

Angel Eyes

as Robby

Boycott

as Ralph Abernathy

Big Momma's House

as Lester Vesco

Muhammad Ali: King of the World

2000

as Cassius Clay

3.5

Love Beat the Hell Outta Me

as Chris

The Best Man

as Quentin

Valerie Flake

as Hitchhiker

Best Laid Plans

as Jimmy

Spark

as Byron

Butter

as Dexter Banks (as Terrence Dashon Howard)

The Players Club

as K.C.

Double Tap

as Ulysses

Johns

as Jimmy the Warlock

Sunset Park

as Spaceman

Mr. Holland's Opus

as Louis Russ

Dead Presidents

as Cowboy

The O.J. Simpson Story

as Young A.C.

Lotto Land

as Warren

Who's the Man?

as Customer

Miami Nights

as David Wolfe

The Movers

Selfie

Television (38)

The Jennifer Hudson Show

2022

as Self

5.6

The Best Man: The Final Chapters

2022

as Quentin

7.6

Las increíbles aventuras de un Hada Madrina

2020

as Genio

Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams

as George

Beat Shazam

as Self

Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party

2016

8.5

Celebrity Family Feud

as Self

Empire

as Lucious Lyon

Wayward Pines

as Sheriff Pope

Lip Sync Battle

as Self

Taraji's White Hot Holidays

2015

as Himself - Host

10.0

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

as Self

Hawaii Five-0

as Billy

Law & Order: LA

as Jonah Dekker

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

as Self - Guest

The Jay Leno Show

as Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

2003

as Self

5.6

Soundstage

2003

as Self

Live from E!

as Self

Fastlane

as Alton White

Street Time

as Lucius Mosley

Soul Food

as Benny Jones

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Jonah Dekker

Mama Flora's Family

as Lincoln

Sparks

as Greg Sparks

New York Undercover

Living Single

as Brendan

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

as Self - Guest

Tall Hopes

as Chester Harris

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

1992

as Self

5.4

The Jacksons: An American Dream

1992

as Jackie Jackson (adult)

Coach

as Johnny Williams

Family Matters

as John

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

as Self

The Oscars

as Self

Today

as Self

Unsung Hollywood

Crew (3)

Movies (3)

Skeletons in the Closet

Writer

Triumph

Executive Producer

Love Beat the Hell Outta Me

2000

Executive Producer

1.0