Terrence Howard
Acting • Born 1969-03-11
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. Description above is from the Wikipedia article Terrence Howard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
126 credits
Mr. Holland's Opus
Movie • 1995
Louis Russ
The Princess and the Frog
Movie • 2009
James (voice)
Crash
Movie • 2005
Cameron Thayer
Ray
Movie • 2004
Gossie McGee
Iron Man
Movie • 2008
Rhodey
Animal
Movie • 2005
Darius Allen
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
Movie • 2005
Bama
Hart's War
Movie • 2002
Lt. Lincoln A. Scott
Glitter
Movie • 2001
Timothy Walker
Hustle & Flow
Movie • 2005
Djay
The Brave One
Movie • 2007
Detective Mercer
The Hunting Party
Movie • 2007
Duck
August Rush
Movie • 2007
Richard Jeffries
Angel Eyes
Movie • 2001
Robby
Four Brothers
Movie • 2005
Lt. Green
Big Momma's House
Movie • 2000
Lester Vesco
Awake
Movie • 2007
Dr. Jack Harper
Idlewild
Movie • 2006
Trumpy
Sunset Park
Movie • 1996
Spaceman
The Best Man
Movie • 1999
Quentin
The Ledge
Movie • 2011
Hollis Lucetti
Shirley
Movie • 2024
Arthur Hardwick Jr.
Pride
Movie • 2007
Jim Ellis
Intimate Affairs
Movie • 2002
Lorenz
Showdown at the Grand
Movie • 2023
George Fuller
Fighting
Movie • 2009
Harvey Boarden
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Movie • 2005
Amos Hicks
Flowstate: The FPV Drone Documentary
Movie • 2021
The Salon
Movie • 2005
Patrick
The Players Club
Movie • 1998
K.C.
The Movers
Movie
Red Tails
Movie • 2012
Col. A.J. Bullard
On the Road
Movie • 2012
Walter
Winnie Mandela
Movie • 2011
Nelson Mandela
Love Chronicles
Movie • 2003
T-Roy
Little Murder
Movie • 2011
Drag Hammerman
The Company You Keep
Movie • 2012
FBI Agent Cornelius
Movie 43
Movie • 2013
Coach Jackson (segment "Victory's Glory")
Dead Man Down
Movie • 2013
Alphonse
Butter
Movie • 1998
Dexter Banks (as Terrence Dashon Howard)
Sabotage
Movie • 2014
Julius "Sugar" Edmonds
Prisoners
Movie • 2013
Franklin Birch
The Best Man Holiday
Movie • 2013
Quentin
The Butler
Movie • 2013
Howard
Lackawanna Blues
Movie • 2005
Bill Crosby
Spark
Movie • 1998
Byron
House of Bodies
Movie • 2013
Starks
Boycott
Movie • 2001
Ralph Abernathy
Motherland Afghanistan
Movie • 2007
Narrator
Double Tap
Movie • 1997
Ulysses
St. Vincent
Movie • 2014
Zucko
The Walk
Movie • 2022
Lamont Robbins
Lullaby
Movie • 2014
Dr. Crier
The System
Movie • 2022
Bones
Muhammad Ali: King of the World
Movie • 2000
Cassius Clay
A Look Through His Lens
Movie • 2024
Self
Skeletons in the Closet
Movie • 2024
Mark
Crescent City
Movie • 2024
Brian Sutter
Term Life
Movie • 2016
Sheriff Braydon
Who's the Man?
Movie • 1993
Customer
Best Laid Plans
Movie • 1999
Jimmy
Take Me to the River
Movie • 2014
Himself - Host
Valerie Flake
Movie • 1999
Hitchhiker
Selfie
Movie
The O.J. Simpson Story
Movie • 1995
Young A.C.
The Perfect Holiday
Movie • 2007
Bah Humbug
Cardboard Boxer
Movie • 2016
Pope
2008 Philadelphia Phillies: The Official World Series Film
Movie • 2008
narrator
Dead Presidents
Movie • 1995
Cowboy
Love Beat the Hell Outta Me
Movie • 2000
Chris
Cut Throat City
Movie • 2020
The Saint
Johns
Movie • 1996
Jimmy the Warlock
Biker Boyz
Movie • 2003
Chu Chu (as Terrence Dashon Howard)
Bob Ross: The Happy Painter
Movie • 2011
Self
Terrence Howard's Fright Club
Movie • 2018
B.B. King | Live
Movie • 2009
Self
Gully
Movie • 2021
Mr. Christmas
Croom
Movie • 2012
Narrator (voice)
Magic in the Bayou: The Making of a Princess
Movie • 2010
Self
Triumph
Movie • 2021
Coach Cutting
Miracle on 42nd Street
Movie • 2017
Self
BFFs
Movie • 2025
Fairy Godmother
Movie • 2016
Genio
Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita
Movie • 2007
Self
Miami Nights
Movie
David Wolfe
Turnbuckle
Movie • 2026
Lotto Land
Movie • 1995
Warren
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
Today
TV • 1952
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self
Fastlane
TV • 2002
Alton White
Sparks
TV • 1996
Greg Sparks
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Self
Soul Food
TV • 2000
Benny Jones
Soundstage
TV • 2003
Self
Family Matters
TV • 1989
John
New York Undercover
TV • 1994
Living Single
TV • 1993
Brendan
The Jay Leno Show
TV • 2009
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Tall Hopes
TV • 1993
Chester Harris
Celebrity Family Feud
TV • 2015
Self
Live from E!
TV • 2002
Self
Empire
TV • 2015
Lucious Lyon
Lip Sync Battle
TV • 2015
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Jonah Dekker
Law & Order: LA
TV • 2010
Jonah Dekker
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
TV • 2017
George
Beat Shazam
TV • 2017
Self
Las increíbles aventuras de un Hada Madrina
TV • 2020
Genio
Taraji's White Hot Holidays
TV • 2015
Himself - Host
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
TV • 2016
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
The Best Man: The Final Chapters
TV • 2022
Quentin
Mama Flora's Family
TV • 1998
Lincoln
Wayward Pines
TV • 2015
Sheriff Pope
Coach
TV • 1989
Johnny Williams
The Jacksons: An American Dream
TV • 1992
Jackie Jackson (adult)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
Street Time
TV • 2002
Lucius Mosley
Hawaii Five-0
TV • 2010
Billy
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV • 2022
Self
Unsung Hollywood
TV