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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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From Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Prisoners 2013
Franklin Birch
Crash 2005
Cameron Thayer
August Rush 2007
Richard Jeffries
Movie 43 2013
Coach Jackson (segment "Victory's Glory")
Ray 2004
Gossie McGee
Sabotage 2014
Julius 'Sugar' Edmonds
Awake 2007
Dr. Jack Harper
The Brave One 2007
Detective Mercer
Hart's War 2002
Lt. Lincoln A. Scott

Credit 85

2025 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

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7.65 Science Fiction 1

7.60 Documentary 4

7.22 Fantasy 1

7.22 Animation 1

6.70 History 3

6.68 Family 3

6.59 Adventure 4

6.57 War 3

6.49 Music 10

6.31 Crime 18

6.28 Romance 8

6.14 Mystery 3

6.13 Comedy 13

6.10 Drama 51

5.96 Action 17

5.92 Thriller 21

5.08 TV Movie 5

4.70 Horror 1