Dennis Haysbert

Known for: Acting

Born: 1954-06-02 (age 72)

From: San Mateo, California, USA

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.

Filmography (149)

TV★ 8.6
Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord
2026
as Master Eeko-Dio Daki (voice)
MOVIE★ 9.0
Radio Sky
2026
as Joseph Finley
MOVIE★ 6.2
Relationship Goals
2026
as Papa Jim
MOVIE★ 7.0
Send Help
2026
as Franklin
MOVIE
Hope of the Season: Christmas with The Tabernacle Choir
2025
as Featuring
MOVIE★ 5.0
Lost & Found in Cleveland
2025
as Marty Anderson
MOVIE★ 5.4
Time of Death
2025
as Officer Aarons
MOVIE
Hole in the Head: A Life Revealed
2025
as Narrator
TV★ 7.4
Holidazed
2024
as Robert Lewin
MOVIE★ 5.2
In Fidelity
2024
as Hoyt Johnston
MOVIE★ 5.3
Summer Camp
2024
as Tommy
MOVIE★ 6.5
Sniper: G.R.I.T. - Global Response & Intelligence Team
2023
as Gabriel Stone
TV★ 6.2
Digman!
2023
as Vernon (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.9
Flamin' Hot
2023
as Clarence C. Baker
TV★ 6.4
Paul T. Goldman
2023
as Agent Portman
MOVIE★ 6.2
Sniper: Rogue Mission
2022
as Gabriel Stone
MOVIE★ 7.0
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers
2022
as Zipper (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.8
No Exit
2022
as Ed
TV★ 6.6
Masters of the Universe: Revelation
2021
as Grayskull (voice)
TV★ 7.6
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020
as Prince Humperdinck
MOVIE★ 6.6
Playing with Fire
2019
as Commander Richards
MOVIE★ 5.5
Secret Obsession
2019
as Detective Frank Page
MOVIE★ 7.6
Breakthrough
2019
as Dr. Garrett
MOVIE★ 5.8
Christmas Everlasting
2018
as Uncle Barney
TV★ 6.7
Reverie
2018
as Charlie Ventana
MOVIE★ 6.8
Kodachrome
2017
as Larry
MOVIE★ 5.8
Naked
2017
as Reginald Swope
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Dark Tower
2017
as Steven Deschain
MOVIE★ 6.0
Fist Fight
2017
as Superintendent Johnson
TV★ 6.3
Incorporated
2016
as Julian Morse
MOVIE★ 6.3
Sniper: Ghost Shooter
2016
as Colonel
MOVIE★ 5.2
Dead Rising: Endgame
2016
as General Lyons
TV★ 6.5
Undercover
2016
as Rudy Jones
TV★ 8.4
Lucifer
2016
as God
MOVIE★ 6.1
Jarhead 3: The Siege
2016
as Major Lincoln
MOVIE★ 5.6
Baby, Baby, Baby
2015
as Doctor Hankin
MOVIE★ 6.5
Experimenter
2015
as Ossie Davis
TV★ 6.7
The Grinder
2015
as Special Agent
MOVIE★ 6.3
Ted 2
2015
as Fertility Doctor
MOVIE★ 5.2
Dead Rising: Watchtower
2015
as General Lyons
TV★ 6.8
Backstrom
2015
as Det. Sgt. Almond
MOVIE★ 6.3
How Murray Saved Christmas
2014
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.1
Dear White People
2014
as Dean Fairbanks
MOVIE★ 6.5
Men, Women & Children
2014
as Secretluvur
MOVIE★ 6.0
Sniper: Legacy
2014
as The Colonel
TV★ 6.4
The Real
2014
MOVIE★ 6.4
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
2014
as Manute
MOVIE★ 6.4
Think Like a Man Too
2014
as Uncle Eddie
MOVIE★ 6.7
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
2014
as Judge (voice)
TV★ 6.3
Civil War 360
2013
as Self - Host
MOVIE★ 6.5
Out of the Blue
2013
as Control
TV★ 8.2
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013
as Bob Annderson
MOVIE★ 8.0
Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection
2013
as Ox (Voice)
MOVIE★ 7.2
Life of a King
2013
as Searcy
MOVIE★ 5.0
Welcome to the Jungle
2013
as Mr. Palmer
MOVIE★ 4.5
Battledogs
2013
as Lt. General Christopher Monning
MOVIE★ 5.8
LUV
2013
as Mr. Fish
MOVIE★ 6.7
The World According to Dick Cheney
2013
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE
Heartburn
2013
as Matthew Boa
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Details
2012
as Lincoln
MOVIE★ 7.4
Wreck-It Ralph
2012
as General Hologram (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.5
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters
2011
as Ox (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.0
Field of Dreams 2: Lockout
2011
as Mann
MOVIE★ 7.1
Kung Fu Panda 2
2011
as Master Storming Ox (voice)
MOVIE
When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun
2010
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.6
James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
2008
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.6
Breach
2007
as Dean Plesac
MOVIE★ 6.9
Goodbye Bafana
2007
as Nelson Mandela
TV★ 7.3
The Unit
2006
as Jonas Blane
TV★ 8.3
The Boondocks
2005
as Sturdy Harris (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.7
Jarhead
2005
as Major Lincoln
TV★ 6.5
Empire
2005
MOVIE★ 6.3
The Making of 'Heat'
2005
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
Secrets of Pearl Harbor
2004
as Self - Host
MOVIE★ 6.5
Sinbad and the Cyclops Island
2003
as Kale
MOVIE★ 7.0
Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
2003
as Kale (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.7
Ticker
2002
as FBI Agent
MOVIE★ 7.1
Far from Heaven
2002
as Raymond Deagan
TV★ 8.2
Justice League
2001
as Kilowog (voice)
TV★ 7.8
24
2001
as David Palmer
TV★ 7.6
The Hire
2001
as FBI Agent
TV★ 8.0
Static Shock
2000
as Chief Barnsdale (voice)
TV★ 7.2
Soul Food
2000
as Rick Grant
MOVIE★ 7.3
Love & Basketball
2000
as Zeke McCall
MOVIE★ 5.7
What's Cooking?
2000
as Ronald Williams
TV★ 6.3
The Early Show
1999
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.6
Random Hearts
1999
as Detective George Beaufort
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Minus Man
1999
as Graves
TV★ 6.8
Now and Again
1999
as Dr. Theodore Morris
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Thirteenth Floor
1999
as Det. Larry McBain
TV★ 7.9
Godzilla: The Series
1998
as General Ekwensi (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.0
Major League: Back to the Minors
1998
as Pedro Cerrano
MOVIE★ 2.5
How to Make the Cruelest Month
1998
as Manhattan Parks
MOVIE★ 6.0
Standoff
1998
as Agent Ty 'Bama' Jones
TV★ 8.0
The New Batman Adventures
1997
as Barkley James (voice)
TV★ 4.3
The View
1997
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.7
Absolute Power
1997
as Tim Collin
TV★ 7.7
Superman: The Animated Series
1996
as Agent #1 (voice)
MOVIE★ 3.6
The Writing on the Wall
1996
as Sullivan
MOVIE★ 4.2
Widow's Kiss
1996
as Eddie Costello
MOVIE★ 5.0
Amanda
1996
as Seven / Sir Jordan
MOVIE★ 6.3
Waiting to Exhale
1995
as Kenneth
MOVIE★ 7.9
Heat
1995
as Donald Breedan
TV★ 7.7
The Outer Limits
1995
as Joshua Finch
MOVIE★ 5.7
Major League II
1994
as Pedro Cerrano
TV★ 7.2
Duckman
1994
as Tribal Leader / Cornfed's Singing Voice (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.5
Hallelujah
1993
as Rev. Oliver Crawford
TV★ 7.0
Return to Lonesome Dove
1993
as Cherokee Jack Jackson
MOVIE★ 6.5
Suture
1993
as Clay Arlington
TV★ 7.3
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
TV★ 7.0
Alex Haley's Queen
1993
as Davis
MOVIE★ 6.1
Love Field
1992
as Paul Cater
MOVIE★ 5.8
Mr. Baseball
1992
as Max 'Hammer' Dubois
MOVIE★ 5.4
Navy Seals
1990
as Billy Graham
MOVIE★ 4.8
K-9000
1990
as Nick Sanrio
MOVIE★ 6.9
Major League
1989
as Pedro Cerrano
TV★ 5.6
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
TV★ 7.1
Just the Ten of Us
1988
TV★ 6.5
Growing Pains
1985
as Police Officer
TV★ 6.8
227
1985
MOVIE★ 6.5
A Summer to Remember
1985
as Sheriff Pierce
TV★ 6.0
Off the Rack
1985
as Cletus Maxwell
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.
1984
as Dr. Beaumont
TV★ 7.3
Night Court
1984
as James Morgan
TV★ 6.6
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1983
TV★ 7.5
The A-Team
1983
as Psych Ward Staff
TV★ 6.6
American Playhouse
1982
as Reverend Oliver Crawford
TV★ 7.6
The Fall Guy
1981
as Jeremy Wolf
MOVIE★ 7.0
Grambling's White Tiger
1981
as James 'Shack' Harris
TV★ 7.0
Code Red
1981
as Stuff Wade
TV★ 7.3
Magnum, P.I.
1980
TV★ 6.1
Galactica 1980
1980
as Imperious Leader (voice)
TV★ 7.0
Knots Landing
1979
as Police Officer
TV★ 7.0
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
1979
as Security Guard
TV★ 7.1
The Facts of Life
1979
MOVIE★ 5.3
Scoring
1979
as Lt. Harrigan
TV★ 7.1
The White Shadow
1978
as Basketball Player
TV★ 7.2
The Incredible Hulk
1977
TV★ 7.5
Quincy, M.E.
1976
TV★ 7.1
Laverne & Shirley
1976
TV★ 6.9
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self (uncredited)
TV
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
TV★ 7.0
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
MOVIE
American Smuggler
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MOVIE
Home
—
MOVIE
Don't Ever Wonder
—
MOVIE
Suburban Psycho
—
MOVIE
Silent Retreat
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as Josh Alpert
MOVIE
Higher Love
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