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

• 2025BFFs
• 2024Crescent City — Brian Sutter
• 2024Shirley — Arthur Hardwick Jr.
• 2024Skeletons in the Closet — Mark, Writer
• 2023Showdown at the Grand — George Fuller
• The Best Man: The Final Chapters — Quentin
• 2022The System — Bones
• 2022The Walk — Lamont Robbins
• 2021Flowstate: The FPV Drone Documentary
• 2021Gully — Mr. Christmas
• 2021Triumph — Coach Cutting, Executive Producer
• 2020Cut Throat City — The Saint
• Las increíbles aventuras de un Hada Madrina — Genio
• 2018Terrence Howard's Fright Club
• Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams — George
• 2016Cardboard Boxer — Pope
• 2016Fairy Godmother — Genio
• Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
• 2016Term Life — Sheriff Braydon
• Empire — Lucious Lyon
• Wayward Pines — Sheriff Pope
• 2014Lullaby — Dr. Crier
• 2014Sabotage — Julius "Sugar" Edmonds
• 2014St. Vincent — Zucko
• 2013Dead Man Down — Alphonse
• 2013House of Bodies — Starks
• 2013Movie 43 — Coach Jackson (segment "Victory's Glory")
• 2013Prisoners — Franklin Birch
• 2013The Best Man Holiday — Quentin
• 2013The Butler — Howard
• 2012Croom — Narrator (voice)
• 2012On the Road — Walter
• 2012Red Tails — Col. A.J. Bullard
• 2012The Company You Keep — FBI Agent Cornelius
• 2011Little Murder — Drag Hammerman
• 2011The Ledge — Hollis Lucetti
• 2011Winnie Mandela — Nelson Mandela
• Hawaii Five-0 — Billy
• Law & Order: LA — Jonah Dekker
• 2009Fighting — Harvey Boarden
• 2009The Princess and the Frog — James (voice)
• 20082008 Philadelphia Phillies: The Official World Series Film — narrator
• 2008Iron Man — Rhodey
• 2007August Rush — Richard Jeffries
• 2007Awake — Dr. Jack Harper
• 2007Motherland Afghanistan — Narrator
• 2007Pride — Jim Ellis
• 2007The Brave One — Detective Mercer
• 2007The Hunting Party — Duck
• 2007The Perfect Holiday — Bah Humbug
• 2006Idlewild — Trumpy
• 2005Animal — Darius Allen
• 2005Crash — Cameron Thayer
• 2005Four Brothers — Lt. Green
• 2005Get Rich or Die Tryin' — Bama
• 2005Hustle & Flow — Djay
• 2005Lackawanna Blues — Bill Crosby
• 2005The Salon — Patrick
• 2005Their Eyes Were Watching God — Amos Hicks
• 2004Ray — Gossie McGee
• 2003Biker Boyz — Chu Chu (as Terrence Dashon Howard)
• 2003Love Chronicles — T-Roy
• Fastlane — Alton White
• 2002Hart's War — Lt. Lincoln A. Scott
• 2002Intimate Affairs — Lorenz
• Street Time — Lucius Mosley
• 2001Angel Eyes — Robby
• 2001Boycott — Ralph Abernathy
• 2001Glitter — Timothy Walker
• 2000Big Momma's House — Lester Vesco
• 2000Love Beat the Hell Outta Me — Chris, Executive Producer
• 2000Muhammad Ali: King of the World — Cassius Clay
• Soul Food — Benny Jones
• 1999Best Laid Plans — Jimmy
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Jonah Dekker
• 1999The Best Man — Quentin
• 1999Valerie Flake — Hitchhiker
• 1998Butter — Dexter Banks
• Mama Flora's Family — Lincoln
• 1998Spark — Byron
• 1998The Players Club — K.C.
• 1997Double Tap — Ulysses
• 1996Johns — Jimmy the Warlock
• Sparks — Greg Sparks
• 1996Sunset Park — Spaceman
• 1995Dead Presidents — Cowboy
• 1995Lotto Land — Warren
• 1995Mr. Holland's Opus — Louis Russ
• 1995The O.J. Simpson Story — Young A.C.
• New York Undercover
• Living Single — Brendan
• Tall Hopes — Chester Harris
• 1993Who's the Man? — Customer
• The Jacksons: An American Dream — Jackie Jackson (adult)
• Coach — Johnny Williams
• Family Matters — John
• Broken Ones — Benjamin Drake
• Miami Nights — David Wolfe
• Selfie
• The Movers — Robert Hartley
• Turnbuckle — Executive Producer
• Unsung Hollywood

Appearances as themselves (24)

• 2024A Look Through His Lens — Self
• The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self
• Beat Shazam — Self
• 2017Miracle on 42nd Street — Self
• Celebrity Family Feud — Self
• Lip Sync Battle — Self
• Taraji's White Hot Holidays — Himself - Host
• 2014Take Me to the River — Himself - Host
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self
• 2011Bob Ross: The Happy Painter — Self
• 2010Magic in the Bayou: The Making of a Princess — Self
• 2009B.B. King | Live — Self
• The Jay Leno Show — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• 2007Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self
• Soundstage — Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show — Self
• Live from E! — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno — Self, Self - Guest
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self, Self - Guest
• The Oscars — Self
• Today — Self