Actor profile

Dennis Haysbert

2nd June 1954 San Mateo, California, USA Acting

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.

93 Movies 56 TV Shows 149 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Time of Death 12th June 2026

Radio Sky poster

Radio Sky 16th February 2026 as Joseph Finley

Relationship Goals poster

Relationship Goals 4th February 2026 as Papa Jim

Send Help poster

Send Help 22nd January 2026 as Franklin

Hope of the Season: Christmas with The Tabernacle Choir poster

Hope of the Season: Christmas with The Tabernacle Choir 27th November 2025 as Featuring

Lost & Found in Cleveland poster

Lost & Found in Cleveland 7th November 2025 as Marty Anderson

Closure 8th August 2025

Hole in the Head: A Life Revealed poster

Hole in the Head: A Life Revealed 1st February 2025 as Narrator

In Fidelity poster

In Fidelity 4th November 2024 as Hoyt Johnston

Summer Camp poster

Summer Camp 31st May 2024 as Tommy

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

Sniper: G.R.I.T. - Global Response & Intelligence Team 1st May 2023 as Gabriel Stone

Flamin' Hot poster

Flamin' Hot 11th March 2023 as Clarence C. Baker

Sniper: Rogue Mission poster

Sniper: Rogue Mission 16th August 2022 as Gabriel Stone

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers poster

Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers 20th May 2022 as Zipper (voice)

No Exit poster

No Exit 24th February 2022 as Ed

Playing with Fire poster

Playing with Fire 8th November 2019 as Commander Richards

Secret Obsession poster

Secret Obsession 18th July 2019 as Detective Frank Page

Breakthrough poster

Breakthrough 10th April 2019 as Dr. Garrett

Christmas Everlasting poster

Christmas Everlasting 24th November 2018 as Uncle Barney

Kodachrome poster

Kodachrome 8th September 2017 as Larry

Naked poster

Naked 11th August 2017 as Reginald Swope

The Dark Tower poster

The Dark Tower 3rd August 2017 as Steven Deschain

Fist Fight poster

Fist Fight 16th February 2017 as Superintendent Johnson

Sniper: Ghost Shooter poster

Sniper: Ghost Shooter 2nd August 2016 as Colonel

Dead Rising: Endgame poster

Dead Rising: Endgame 20th June 2016 as General Lyons

Jarhead 3: The Siege poster

Jarhead 3: The Siege 20th January 2016 as Major Lincoln

Baby, Baby, Baby poster

Baby, Baby, Baby 30th October 2015 as Doctor Hankin

Experimenter poster

Experimenter 16th October 2015 as Ossie Davis

Ted 2 poster

Ted 2 25th June 2015 as Fertility Doctor

Dead Rising: Watchtower poster

Dead Rising: Watchtower 27th March 2015 as General Lyons

How Murray Saved Christmas poster

How Murray Saved Christmas 5th December 2014 as Narrator (voice)

Dear White People poster

Dear White People 17th October 2014 as Dean Fairbanks

Men, Women & Children poster

Men, Women & Children 17th October 2014 as Secretluvur

Sniper: Legacy poster

Sniper: Legacy 30th September 2014 as The Colonel

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For poster

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For 20th August 2014 as Manute

Think Like a Man Too poster

Think Like a Man Too 20th June 2014 as Uncle Eddie

Mr. Peabody & Sherman poster

Mr. Peabody & Sherman 7th February 2014 as Judge (voice)

Out of the Blue poster

Out of the Blue 1st October 2013 as Control

Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection poster

Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection 27th August 2013 as Ox (Voice)

Life of a King poster

Life of a King 22nd June 2013 as Searcy

Welcome to the Jungle poster

Welcome to the Jungle 27th April 2013 as Mr. Palmer

Battledogs poster

Battledogs 5th April 2013 as Lt. General Christopher Monning

LUV poster

LUV 18th January 2013 as Mr. Fish

The World According to Dick Cheney poster

The World According to Dick Cheney 18th January 2013 as Narrator (voice)

Heartburn 1st January 2013 as Matthew Boa

The Details poster

The Details 2nd November 2012 as Lincoln

Wreck-It Ralph poster

Wreck-It Ralph 1st November 2012 as General Hologram (voice)

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters poster

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters 12th December 2011 as Ox (voice)

Field of Dreams 2: Lockout poster

Field of Dreams 2: Lockout 18th July 2011 as Mann

Kung Fu Panda 2 poster

Kung Fu Panda 2 25th May 2011 as Master Storming Ox (voice)

When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun 22nd June 2010 as Self

James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston poster

James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston 5th April 2008 as Self - Narrator (voice)

Breach poster

Breach 12th February 2007 as Dean Plesac

Goodbye Bafana poster

Goodbye Bafana 11th February 2007 as Nelson Mandela

Jarhead poster

Jarhead 4th November 2005 as Major Lincoln

The Making of 'Heat' poster

The Making of 'Heat' 22nd February 2005 as Self

Secrets of Pearl Harbor poster

Secrets of Pearl Harbor 10th December 2004 as Self - Host

Sinbad and the Cyclops Island poster

Sinbad and the Cyclops Island 18th November 2003 as Kale

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas poster

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas 2nd July 2003 as Kale (voice)

Ticker poster

Ticker 12th November 2002 as FBI Agent

Far from Heaven poster

Far from Heaven 8th November 2002 as Raymond Deagan

Love & Basketball poster

Love & Basketball 21st April 2000 as Zeke McCall

What's Cooking? poster

What's Cooking? 20th January 2000 as Ronald Williams

Random Hearts poster

Random Hearts 8th October 1999 as Detective George Beaufort

The Minus Man poster

The Minus Man 24th September 1999 as Graves

The Thirteenth Floor poster

The Thirteenth Floor 16th April 1999 as Det. Larry McBain

Major League: Back to the Minors poster

Major League: Back to the Minors 17th April 1998 as Pedro Cerrano

How to Make the Cruelest Month poster

How to Make the Cruelest Month 16th January 1998 as Manhattan Parks

Standoff poster

Standoff 11th January 1998 as Agent Ty 'Bama' Jones

Absolute Power poster

Absolute Power 14th February 1997 as Tim Collin

The Writing on the Wall poster

The Writing on the Wall 21st July 1996 as Sullivan

Widow's Kiss poster

Widow's Kiss 18th January 1996 as Eddie Costello

Amanda poster

Amanda 1st January 1996 as Seven / Sir Jordan

Waiting to Exhale poster

Waiting to Exhale 22nd December 1995 as Kenneth

Heat poster

Heat 15th December 1995 as Donald Breedan

Major League II poster

Major League II 30th March 1994 as Pedro Cerrano

Hallelujah 22nd December 1993 as Rev. Oliver Crawford

Suture poster

Suture 14th September 1993 as Clay Arlington

Love Field poster

Love Field 11th December 1992 as Paul Cater

Mr. Baseball poster

Mr. Baseball 1st October 1992 as Max 'Hammer' Dubois

Navy Seals poster

Navy Seals 20th July 1990 as Billy Graham

K-9000 poster

K-9000 23rd May 1990 as Nick Sanrio

Major League poster

Major League 16th February 1989 as Pedro Cerrano

A Summer to Remember poster

A Summer to Remember 27th March 1985 as Sheriff Pierce

The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D. poster

The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D. 16th May 1984 as Dr. Beaumont

Grambling's White Tiger 4th October 1981 as James 'Shack' Harris

Scoring poster

Scoring 25th January 1979 as Lt. Harrigan

American Smuggler

Don't Ever Wonder

Higher Love

Home poster

Home

Silent Retreat poster

Silent Retreat as Josh Alpert

Suburban Psycho

Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord poster

Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord 6th April 2026 as Master Eeko-Dio Daki (voice)

Holidazed poster

Holidazed 14th November 2024 as Robert Lewin

Digman! poster

Digman! 22nd March 2023 as Vernon (voice)

Paul T. Goldman poster

Paul T. Goldman 1st January 2023 as Agent Portman

Masters of the Universe: Revelation poster

Masters of the Universe: Revelation 23rd July 2021 as Grayskull (voice)

Home Movie: The Princess Bride poster

Home Movie: The Princess Bride 29th June 2020 as Prince Humperdinck

Reverie poster

Reverie 30th May 2018 as Charlie Ventana

Incorporated poster

Incorporated 30th November 2016 as Julian Morse

Undercover poster

Undercover 3rd April 2016 as Rudy Jones (archive footage) (uncredited)

Lucifer poster

Lucifer 25th January 2016 as God

The Grinder poster

The Grinder 29th September 2015 as Special Agent

Backstrom poster

Backstrom 22nd January 2015 as Det. Sgt. Almond

The Real poster

The Real 15th September 2014

Civil War 360 poster

Civil War 360 27th October 2013 as Self - Host

Brooklyn Nine-Nine poster

Brooklyn Nine-Nine 17th September 2013 as Bob Annderson

The Unit poster

The Unit 7th March 2006 as Jonas Blane

The Boondocks poster

The Boondocks 6th November 2005 as Sturdy Harris (voice)

Empire poster

Empire 28th June 2005

Justice League poster

Justice League 17th November 2001 as Kilowog (voice)

24 poster

24 6th November 2001 as David Palmer

The Hire poster

The Hire 26th April 2001 as FBI Agent

Static Shock poster

Static Shock 23rd September 2000 as Chief Barnsdale (voice)

Soul Food poster

Soul Food 28th June 2000 as Rick Grant

The Early Show poster

The Early Show 1st November 1999 as Self

Now and Again poster

Now and Again 24th September 1999 as Dr. Theodore Morris

Godzilla: The Series poster

Godzilla: The Series 12th September 1998 as General Ekwensi (voice)

The New Batman Adventures poster

The New Batman Adventures 13th September 1997 as Barkley James (voice)

The View poster

The View 11th August 1997 as Self

Superman: The Animated Series poster

Superman: The Animated Series 6th September 1996 as Doctor #1 (voice)

The Outer Limits poster

The Outer Limits 26th March 1995 as Joshua Finch

Duckman poster

Duckman 5th March 1994 as Tribal Leader / Cornfed's Singing Voice (voice)

Return to Lonesome Dove poster

Return to Lonesome Dove 14th November 1993 as Cherokee Jack Jackson

Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien 13th September 1993 as Self - Guest

Alex Haley's Queen poster

Alex Haley's Queen 14th February 1993 as Davis

LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark 5th September 1988 as Self - Guest

Just the Ten of Us poster

Just the Ten of Us 26th April 1988

Growing Pains poster

Growing Pains 24th September 1985 as Frank

227 poster

227 14th September 1985

Off the Rack poster

Off the Rack 15th March 1985 as Cletus Maxwell

Night Court poster

Night Court 4th January 1984 as James Morgan

Scarecrow and Mrs. King poster

Scarecrow and Mrs. King 3rd October 1983

The A-Team poster

The A-Team 23rd January 1983 as Psych Ward Staff

The Fall Guy poster

The Fall Guy 4th November 1981 as Jeremy Wolf

Code Red poster

Code Red 20th September 1981 as Stuff Wade

Magnum, P.I. poster

Magnum, P.I. 11th December 1980

Galactica 1980 poster

Galactica 1980 27th January 1980 as Imperious Leader (voice)

Knots Landing poster

Knots Landing 27th December 1979 as Police Officer

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century poster

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 20th September 1979 as Helmsman

The Facts of Life poster

The Facts of Life 24th August 1979

The White Shadow poster

The White Shadow 27th November 1978 as Basketball Player

The Incredible Hulk poster

The Incredible Hulk 4th November 1977

Quincy, M.E. poster

Quincy, M.E. 3rd October 1976 as Driver

Laverne & Shirley poster

Laverne & Shirley 27th January 1976

Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live 11th October 1975 as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards 1st April 1956 as Self - Presenter

Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards 20th January 1944 as Self - Audience Member