Terrence Howard

Terrence Howard

1969-03-11 Chicago, Illinois, USA 87 Credits

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 ...

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Crescent City

Crescent City

2024

as Brian Sutter

6.0
Acting

When a ruthless serial killer terrorizes a small Southern town, everyone becomes a suspect -- including local authorities. As the body count rises and...

Shirley

Shirley

2024

as Arthur Hardwick Jr.

6.8
Acting

Shirley Chisholm makes a trailblazing run for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination after becoming the first Black woman elected to Congress.

Skeletons in the Closet

Skeletons in the Closet

2024

as Mark

4.5
Acting

Haunted by a malevolent spirit since childhood, a desperate mother allows herself to become possessed in order to save the life of her terminally ill ...

Skeletons in the Closet

Skeletons in the Closet

2024

Writer

4.5
Writing

Haunted by a malevolent spirit since childhood, a desperate mother allows herself to become possessed in order to save the life of her terminally ill ...

A Look Through His Lens

A Look Through His Lens

2024

as Self

Acting

Oscar-winning cinematographer Philippe Rousselot offers a master class in image making, with insightful examples from his work on Diva, Hope and Glory...

Showdown at the Grand

Showdown at the Grand

2023

as George Fuller

5.3
Acting

A proud movie theater owner must defend his family business from corporate developers alongside a legendary action star as art imitates life in a show...

The System

The System

2022

as Bones

7.0
Acting

When a young soldier, newly returned from war, gets caught up in a drug bust, he is recruited by the authorities to go undercover in a notoriously dan...

The Walk

The Walk

2022

as Lamont Robbins

5.6
Acting

In 1974, a Boston Irish cop confronts fierce social pressure after being assigned to protect black high school students as they are bused into all-whi...

Flowstate: The FPV Drone Documentary

Flowstate: The FPV Drone Documentary

2021

Acting

Enter the world of First Person View (FPV) drones, where speeds upward of 100 mph and amazing acrobatic feats set these pilots apart. Custom drone des...

Gully

Gully

2021

as Mr. Christmas

5.3
Acting

A slightly dystopian vision of LA, we follow three disaffected teenagers, Jessie, Calvin and Nicky, all victims of extreme childhoods, running supreme...

Triumph

Triumph

2021

as Coach Cutting

6.7
Acting

A bright and determined teen who has mild cerebral palsy strives to be a wrestler on his high school's team and to win over the heart of a classmate, ...

Triumph

Triumph

2021

Executive Producer

6.7
Producing

A bright and determined teen who has mild cerebral palsy strives to be a wrestler on his high school's team and to win over the heart of a classmate, ...

Cut Throat City

Cut Throat City

2020

as The Saint

6.4
Acting

Four boyhood friends return to New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward after Hurricane Katrina, to find their home decimated and prospects for work swept away. ...

Terrence Howard's Fright Club

Terrence Howard's Fright Club

2018

9.0
Acting

Terrence Howard pranks friends and fans by inviting them to his his remote estate in New Orleans where they experience bizarre encounters with swamp m...

Miracle on 42nd Street

Miracle on 42nd Street

2017

as self

Acting

The story of Manhattan Plaza, the renowned experiment in subsidized housing catering to people in the arts. Numerous celebrities pay homage to the imp...

Fairy Godmother

Fairy Godmother

2016

as Genio

Acting
Cardboard Boxer

Cardboard Boxer

2016

as Pope

6.4
Acting

Gentle and broken, a homeless man fights others on video for money but soon finds comfort in an unlikely friend and the lost diary of a young girl.

Term Life

Term Life

2016

as Sheriff Braydon

5.9
Acting

If Nick Barrow can stay alive for 21 days, he'll die happy. Everyone Nick knows wants him dead; Mob bosses, contract killers, and dirty cops. Performi...

St. Vincent

St. Vincent

2014

as Zucko

7.1
Acting

A young boy whose parents just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic, war veteran who lives next door.

Lullaby

Lullaby

2014

as Dr. Crier

6.1
Acting

Estranged from his family, Jonathan (Hedlund) discovers his father has decided to take himself off life support in forty-eight hours’ time. During thi...

Sabotage

Sabotage

2014

as Julius 'Sugar' Edmonds

5.6
Acting

John 'Breacher' Wharton leads an elite DEA task force that takes on the world's deadliest drug cartels. When the team successfully executes a high-sta...

Take Me to the River

Take Me to the River

2014

as Himself - Host

6.0
Acting

Take Me to the River is a film about the soul of American music. The film follows the recording of a new album featuring legends from Stax records and...

The Best Man Holiday

The Best Man Holiday

2013

as Quentin

6.5
Acting

When college friends reunite after 15 years over the Christmas holidays, they discover just how easy it is for long-forgotten rivalries and romances t...

Prisoners

Prisoners

2013

as Franklin Birch

8.1
Acting

Keller Dover is facing every parent’s worst nightmare. His six-year-old daughter, Anna, is missing, together with her young friend, Joy, and as minute...

The Butler

The Butler

2013

as Howard

7.3
Acting

A look at the life of Cecil Gaines, who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as...

House of Bodies

House of Bodies

2013

as Starks

5.1
Acting

While indulging his appetite for the grim and gruesome by patronizing a voyeuristic Web site that's based in a house where a serial killer once lived,...

Dead Man Down

Dead Man Down

2013

as Alphonse

6.2
Acting

In New York City, a crime lord's right-hand man is seduced by a woman seeking retribution.

Movie 43

Movie 43

2013

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

4.6
Acting

A series of interconnected short films are the backdrop for a maniac screenwriter who pitches insane storylines featuring some of Hollywood's biggest ...

The Company You Keep

The Company You Keep

2012

as FBI Agent Cornelius

6.2
Acting

A former Weather Underground activist goes on the run from a journalist who discovers his identity.

Croom

Croom

2012

Acting

An insightful look at Sylvester Croom, the first African-American center at the University of Alabama and one of the school's first black players. Aft...

On the Road

On the Road

2012

as Walter

5.6
Acting

Dean and Sal are the portrait of the Beat Generation. Their search for "It" results in a fast paced, energetic roller coaster ride with highs and lows...

Red Tails

Red Tails

2012

as Col. A.J. Bullard

6.6
Acting

The story of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron during World War II.

Bob Ross: The Happy Painter

Bob Ross: The Happy Painter

2011

as Self

7.2
Acting

A behind-the-scenes look at the beloved public television personality's journey from humble beginnings to an American pop-culture icon. "The Happy Pai...

Winnie Mandela

Winnie Mandela

2011

as Nelson Mandela

5.8
Acting

A drama that chronicles the life of Winnie Mandela from her childhood through her marriage and her husband's incarceration.

The Ledge

The Ledge

2011

as Hollis Lucetti

6.2
Acting

A thriller in which a battle of philosophies between a fundamentalist Christian and an atheist escalates into a lethal battle of wills.

Little Murder

Little Murder

2011

as Drag Hammerman

4.8
Acting

In post-Katrina New Orleans, a disgraced detective encounters the ghost of a murdered woman who wants to help him identify her killer.

Magic in the Bayou: The Making of a Princess

Magic in the Bayou: The Making of a Princess

2010

as Self

10.0
Acting

Featurette on the making of Disney's Princess and the Frog

The Princess and the Frog

The Princess and the Frog

2009

as James (voice)

7.2
Acting

A waitress, desperate to fulfill her dreams as a restaurant owner, is set on a journey to turn a frog prince back into a human being, but she has to f...

Fighting

Fighting

2009

as Harvey Boarden

6.0
Acting

Small-town boy Shawn MacArthur has come to New York City with nothing. Barely earning a living selling counterfeit goods on the streets, his luck chan...

B.B. King | Live

B.B. King | Live

2009

as Self

7.2
Acting

Recorded in High-Definition for the PBS concert series Soundstage, this unforgettable performance features staggering renditions of "Thrill is Gone" a...

2008 Philadelphia Phillies: The Official World Series Film

2008 Philadelphia Phillies: The Official World Series Film

2008

as narrator

Acting

The Philadelphia Phillies are World Series champions! Major League Baseball Productions and Shout Factory! present the Official 2008 World Series Film...

I Am Iron Man

I Am Iron Man

2008

as Self

7.2
Acting

A documentary covering pre-production topics like suit design and construction, storyboards, animatics, and pre-viz, sets, working in the suit, castin...

Iron Man

Iron Man

2008

as Rhodey

7.7
Acting

After being held captive in an Afghan cave, billionaire engineer Tony Stark creates a unique weaponized suit of armor to fight evil.

The Perfect Holiday

The Perfect Holiday

2007

as Bah Humbug

5.2
Acting

Nancy Taylor, a divorced mother of three, feels especially lonely during the holidays. All she wants for Christmas is to meet a nice man - even just a...

Awake

Awake

2007

as Dr. Jack Harper

6.5
Acting

While undergoing heart surgery, a man experiences a phenomenon called ‘anesthetic awareness’, which leaves him awake but paralyzed throughout the oper...

August Rush

August Rush

2007

as Richard Jeffries

7.4
Acting

Lyla and Louis, a singer and a musician, fall in love, but are soon compelled to separate. Lyla is forced to give up her newborn but unknown to her, h...

The Brave One

The Brave One

2007

as Detective Mercer

6.6
Acting

A woman struggles to recover from a brutal attack by setting out on a mission for revenge.

The Hunting Party

The Hunting Party

2007

as Duck

6.5
Acting

A young journalist, an experienced cameraman and a discredited reporter find their bold plan to capture Bosnia's top war criminal quickly spiraling ou...

Pride

Pride

2007

as Jim Ellis

6.7
Acting

Coach Jim Ellis shocks the community and changes lives when, aided by a local janitor, he sets out to form Philadelphia's first black swim team. But t...

Motherland Afghanistan

Motherland Afghanistan

2007

as Narrator

Acting

Afghani-American filmmaker Sedika Mojadidi shadows her father, a women's health specialist working to rebuild hospitals in war-torn Afghanistan, in th...

Idlewild

Idlewild

2006

as Trumpy

5.7
Acting

A reticent piano player Percival, along with Rooster, his flamboyant lead performer and manager, struggle to keep their speakeasy, in the Prohibition-...

Get Rich or Die Tryin'

Get Rich or Die Tryin'

2005

as Bama

6.8
Acting

A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music.

Four Brothers

Four Brothers

2005

as Lt. Green

6.8
Acting

Four adopted brothers return to their Detroit hometown when their mother is murdered and vow to exact revenge on the killers.

Hustle & Flow

Hustle & Flow

2005

as Djay

7.1
Acting

With help from his friends, a Memphis pimp in a mid-life crisis attempts to become a successful hip-hop emcee.

Crash

Crash

2005

as Cameron Thayer

7.2
Acting

In post-Sept. 11 Los Angeles, tensions erupt when the lives of a Brentwood housewife, her district attorney husband, a Persian shopkeeper, two cops, a...

Animal

Animal

2005

as Darius Allen

5.6
Acting

His name: infamous. His reputation: ruthless. But when James "Animal"Allen is locked up in a maximum security prison, he meets a revolutionary who cha...

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Their Eyes Were Watching God

2005

as Amos Hicks

5.5
Acting

A drama set in the 1920s, where free-spirited Janie Crawford's search for happiness leads her through several different marriages, challenging the mor...

Lackawanna Blues

Lackawanna Blues

2005

as Bill Crosby

5.9
Acting

In a story fueled by rhythm and blues, a young boy's life is shaped by love and the stories of a cast of characters in the boarding house where he liv...

The Salon

The Salon

2005

as Patrick

2.2
Acting

A Beauty shop owner finds romance as she struggles to save her business.

Ray

Ray

2004

as Gossie McGee

7.5
Acting

Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make h...

Love Chronicles

Love Chronicles

2003

as T-Roy

5.5
Acting

A disc jockey invites a relationship therapist as an on-air guest. They explore LA relationship struggles through three different callers' unbelievabl...

Biker Boyz

Biker Boyz

2003

as Chu Chu (as Terrence Dashon Howard)

6.2
Acting

A mythic motorcycle tale of father and son", this is the story of Manuel Galloway, also known as "the King of Cali", the president of a motorcycle clu...

Intimate Affairs

Intimate Affairs

2002

as Lorenz

4.6
Acting

Edgar organizes a salon on the topic of sexuality and arranges to use the lavish estate of Faldo as a venue. In light of the overwhelming brilliance o...

Hart's War

Hart's War

2002

as Lt. Lincoln A. Scott

6.4
Acting

When Col. William McNamara is stripped of his freedom in a German POW camp, he's determined to keep on fighting even from behind enemy lines. Enlistin...

Glitter

Glitter

2001

as Timothy Walker

4.3
Acting

A young woman is catapulted into pop stardom, with her already-famous DJ boyfriend calling the shots.

Angel Eyes

Angel Eyes

2001

as Robby

6.1
Acting

A story about a seemingly unlikely couple who cross paths under life-threatening circumstances as though they are destined not only to meet but to sav...

Boycott

Boycott

2001

as Ralph Abernathy

6.6
Acting

This made-for-TV movie dramatizes the historic boycott of public buses in the 1950s, led by civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Love Beat the Hell Outta Me

Love Beat the Hell Outta Me

2000

as Chris

1.0
Acting

Four friends play an evening game of dominoes, drink, and talk about women. Each one is going through or has recently experienced a painful breakup. W...

Love Beat the Hell Outta Me

Love Beat the Hell Outta Me

2000

Executive Producer

1.0
Producing

Four friends play an evening game of dominoes, drink, and talk about women. Each one is going through or has recently experienced a painful breakup. W...

Big Momma's House

Big Momma's House

2000

as Lester Vesco

5.8
Acting

When a street-smart FBI agent is sent to Georgia to protect a beautiful single mother and her son from an escaped convict, he is forced to impersonate...

Muhammad Ali: King of the World

Muhammad Ali: King of the World

2000

as Cassius Clay

3.5
Acting

It is just possible that the made-for-TV biopic Muhammad Ali: King of the World was hastily pieced together to capitalize on the popular theatrical do...

The Best Man

The Best Man

1999

as Quentin

6.6
Acting

After writing a soon-to-be bestselling novel, writer and committed bachelor Harper attempts to hide the fact that his saucy new book is loosely based ...

Best Laid Plans

Best Laid Plans

1999

as Jimmy

5.7
Acting

Rich, successful Bryce meets beautiful Lissa at a bar one night and invites her back to his house, not suspecting for a moment that Lissa isn't really...

Valerie Flake

Valerie Flake

1999

as Hitchhiker

3.0
Acting

A boozing, recently widowed young woman gives every one she comes into contact with a hard time. She moves back home with her in-laws, where she is pu...

Butter

Butter

1998

as Dexter Banks (as Terrence Dashon Howard)

2.5
Acting

Corrupt record company executives kill a singing sensation with a drug overdose rather than letting her leave their label and join another company. Th...

The Players Club

The Players Club

1998

as K.C.

6.3
Acting

Single mother Diana struggles to provide for her child and pay for her college education. When she meets two dancers from a nearby gentlemen's club, D...

Spark

Spark

1998

as Byron

6.0
Acting

Byron and Nina, a young African American couple, are driving from Chicago to Los Angeles, where Nina plans to start college, when they are forced to s...

Double Tap

Double Tap

1997

as Ulysses

5.3
Acting

A drug-lord targets an undercover FBI agent and the hit man she falls in love with while tracking.

Johns

Johns

1996

as Jimmy the Warlock

5.4
Acting

It's the day before Christmas, the day before John's 21st birthday. He's a prostitute on Santa Monica Blvd in L.A., and he wants to spend that night a...

Sunset Park

Sunset Park

1996

as Spaceman

6.1
Acting

A school teacher takes over a talented, but undisciplined high school basketball team and turns them into a winning team.

Mr. Holland's Opus

Mr. Holland's Opus

1995

as Louis Russ

7.0
Acting

In 1965, passionate musician Glenn Holland takes a day job as a high school music teacher, convinced it's just a small obstacle on the road to his tru...

Dead Presidents

Dead Presidents

1995

as Cowboy

6.7
Acting

On the streets they call cash dead presidents. And that's just what a Vietnam veteran is after when he returns home from the war only to find himself ...

The O.J. Simpson Story

The O.J. Simpson Story

1995

as Young A.C.

3.0
Acting

Dramatizes some of the more tawdry events in the relationship between O.J. Simpson and his wife, Nicole Brown, up to and including his arrest for Brow...

Who's the Man?

Who's the Man?

1993

as Customer

5.2
Acting

Ed Lover and Doctor Dre are two inept barbers. Deciding that maybe they ought to find another line of work, they join the police. A big mistake, as fa...

The Movers

N/A

Acting

The film centers around a close-knit family who moves into a seemingly charming neighborhood, only to discover that all is not what it appears. As the...

Selfie

N/A

Acting

A PG-13 action comedy that embodies MEAN GIRLS in a Tarantino tone targeting the centennial market that will encapsulate and define the pop culture of...

BFFs

BFFs

N/A

Acting

Two best friends play practical jokes on each other until things get out of hand.