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.
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Popularity85
Credits6.5
Rating48.9M
Budget165M
RevenueActing
Primarily2025 The Movers
2025 Selfie
2025 BFFs
2025 Giving Thanks as Calvin Turner
2024 Crescent City as Brian Sutter
2024 Shirley as Arthur Hardwick Jr.
2024 Skeletons in the Closet as Mark Writer
2024 A Look Through His Lens as Self
2023 Showdown at the Grand as George Fuller
2022 The System as Bones
2022 The Walk as Lamont Robbins
2021 Flowstate: The FPV Drone Documentary
2021 Gully as Mr. Christmas
2021 Triumph as Coach Cutting Executive Producer
2020 Cut Throat City as The Saint
2018 Terrence Howard's Fright Club
2017 Miracle on 42nd Street as self
2016 Fairy Godmother as Genio
2016 Cardboard Boxer as Pope
2016 Term Life as Sheriff Braydon
2014 St. Vincent as Zucko
2014 Lullaby as Dr. Crier
2014 Sabotage as Julius 'Sugar' Edmonds
2014 Take Me to the River as Himself - Host
2013 The Best Man Holiday as Quentin
2013 Prisoners as Franklin Birch
2013 The Butler as Howard
2013 House of Bodies as Starks
2013 Dead Man Down as Alphonse
2013 Movie 43 as Coach Jackson (segment "Victory's Glory")
2012 The Company You Keep as FBI Agent Cornelius
2012 Croom
2012 On the Road as Walter
2012 Red Tails as Col. A.J. Bullard
2011 Bob Ross: The Happy Painter as Self
2011 Winnie Mandela as Nelson Mandela
2011 The Ledge as Hollis Lucetti
2011 Little Murder as Drag Hammerman
2010 Magic in the Bayou: The Making of a Princess as Self
2009 The Princess and the Frog as James (voice)
2009 Fighting as Harvey Boarden
2009 B.B. King | Live as Self
2008 2008 Philadelphia Phillies: The Official World Series Film as narrator
2008 I Am Iron Man as Self
2008 Iron Man as Rhodey
2007 The Perfect Holiday as Bah Humbug
2007 Awake as Dr. Jack Harper
2007 August Rush as Richard Jeffries
2007 The Brave One as Detective Mercer
2007 The Hunting Party as Duck
2007 Pride as Jim Ellis
2007 Motherland Afghanistan as Narrator
2006 Idlewild as Trumpy
2005 Get Rich or Die Tryin' as Bama
2005 Four Brothers as Lt. Green
2005 Hustle & Flow as Djay
2005 Crash as Cameron Thayer
2005 Animal as Darius Allen
2005 Their Eyes Were Watching God as Amos Hicks
2005 Lackawanna Blues as Bill Crosby
2005 The Salon as Patrick
2004 Ray as Gossie McGee
2003 Love Chronicles as T-Roy
2003 Biker Boyz as Chu Chu (as Terrence Dashon Howard)
2002 Intimate Affairs as Lorenz
2002 Hart's War as Lt. Lincoln A. Scott
2001 Glitter as Timothy Walker
2001 Angel Eyes as Robby
2001 Boycott as Ralph Abernathy
2000 Love Beat the Hell Outta Me as Chris Executive Producer
2000 Big Momma's House as Lester Vesco
2000 Muhammad Ali: King of the World as Cassius Clay
1999 The Best Man as Quentin
1999 Best Laid Plans as Jimmy
1999 Valerie Flake as Hitchhiker
1998 Butter as Dexter Banks (as Terrence Dashon Howard)
1998 The Players Club as K.C.
1998 Spark as Byron
1997 Double Tap as Ulysses
1996 Johns as Jimmy the Warlock
1996 Sunset Park as Spaceman
1995 Mr. Holland's Opus as Louis Russ
1995 Dead Presidents as Cowboy
1995 The O.J. Simpson Story as Young A.C.
1993 Who's the Man? as Customer