Dennis Haysbert
An accomplished character performer who also excelled in leading roles, actor Dennis Haysbert quietly amassed a long résumé that included a wide array of television and movies that often benefited greatly from his assured presence. After getting his start as a guest star and eventually regular player on episodic television, Haysbert delivered a memorable performance as a Cuban baseball player who practices voodoo and is unable to hit a curveball in the hit comedy "Major League" (1989), a role he reprised in its two sequels. More supporting parts in big movies like "Heat" (1995) and "Absolute Power" (1997) preceded arguably his most recognized character, playing the President of the United States on the hit series "24" (Fox, 2001-2010). While on the show, Haysbert was hailed for his performance as a compassionate gardener who strikes up a too-close-for-comfort relationship with a 1950s white woman in "Far From Heaven" (2002). After leaving "24," Haysbert returned to the small screen for a starring role on "The Unit" (CBS, 2006-09), while serving as the spokesman for Allstate insurance - all of which underscored the actor's unique ability to bring a calming assurance and comfortable presence to just about any project he chose.
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Dennis Haysbert
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | In Fidelity | Unknown (Character) | - | 2024 |
8% |
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Summer Camp | Unknown (Character) | $2.4M | 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lost & Found in Cleveland | Unknown (Character) | - | 2024 |
67% |
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Flamin' Hot | Clarence C. Baker (Character) | - | 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sniper: G.R.I.T. Global Response & Intelligence Team | Gabriel Stone (Character) | - | 2023 |
81% |
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Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers | Unknown (Character) | - | 2022 |
62% |
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No Exit | Ed (Character) | - | 2022 |
No Score Yet |
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Sniper: Rogue Mission | Gabriel Stone (Character) | - | 2022 |
24% |
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Playing With Fire | Commander Richards (Character) | $20.5M | 2019 |
29% |
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Secret Obsession | Detective Frank Page (Character) | - | 2019 |
60% |
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Breakthrough | Dr. Garrett (Character) | $40.7M | 2019 |
No Score Yet |
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Christmas Everlasting | Uncle Barney (Character) | - | 2018 |
73% |
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Kodachrome | Larry (Character) | - | 2017 |
0% |
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Naked | Reginald Swope (Character) | - | 2017 |
16% |
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The Dark Tower | Steven Deschain (Character) | $50.7M | 2017 |
25% |
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Fist Fight | Superintendent Johnson (Character) | $32.2M | 2017 |
No Score Yet |
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Dead Rising: Endgame | General Lyons (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet |
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Jarhead 3: The Siege | Major Lincoln (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet |
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Sniper: Ghost Shooter | Colonel (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet |
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Baby, Baby, Baby | Doctor Hankin (Character) | - | 2015 |
No Score Yet |
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Dead Rising: Watchtower | General Lyons (Character) | - | 2015 |
85% |
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Experimenter | Ossie Davis (Character) | $155.1K | 2015 |
45% |
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Ted 2 | Fertility Doctor (Character) | $81.3M | 2015 |
50% |
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How Murray Saved Christmas | Unknown (Character) | - | 2014 |
33% |
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Men, Women & Children | Secretluvur (Character) | $668.0K | 2014 |
91% |
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Dear White People | Dean (Character) | $4.4M | 2014 |
No Score Yet |
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Sniper: Legacy | The Colonel (Character) | - | 2014 |
43% |
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Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For | Manute (Character) | $13.8M | 2014 |
23% |
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Think Like a Man Too | Uncle Eddie (Character) | $65.1M | 2014 |
81% |
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Mr. Peabody & Sherman | Judge (Voice) | $111.5M | 2014 |
22% |
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Welcome to the Jungle | Mr. Crawford (Character) | - | 2013 |
38% |
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Life of a King | Searcy (Character) | $5.7K | 2013 |
No Score Yet |
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Battledogs | Lt. General Christopher Monning (Character) | - | 2013 |
80% |
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The World According to Dick Cheney | Narrator | - | 2013 |
35% |
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Luv | Mr. Fish (Character) | $151.1K | 2012 |
87% |
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Wreck-It Ralph | General Hologram (Voice) | $189.4M | 2012 |
45% |
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The Details | Lincoln (Character) | $63.6K | 2011 |
82% |
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Kung Fu Panda 2 | Master Ox (Voice) | - | 2011 |
60% |
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When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun |
Narrator, Producer |
- | 2010 |
44% |
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Goodbye Bafana | Nelson Mandela (Character) | - | 2007 |
83% |
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Breach | Dan Plesac (Character) | $33.0M | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cessation |
Dexter (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2007 |
60% |
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Jarhead | Major Lincoln (Character) | $62.6M | 2005 |
45% |
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Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas | Kale (Voice) | $26.3M | 2003 |
87% |
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Far From Heaven | Raymond Deagan (Character) | $15.9M | 2002 |
52% |
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What's Cooking? | Ronald Williams (Character) | $1.0M | 2000 |
85% |
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Love & Basketball | Zeke McCall (Character) | $27.4M | 2000 |
58% |
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The Minus Man | Graves (Character) | $368.8K | 1999 |
18% |
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Random Hearts | George Beaufort (Character) | $31.1M | 1999 |
28% |
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The Thirteenth Floor | Detective Larry McBain (Character) | $11.8M | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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Standoff | Ty `'Bama'` Jones (Character) | - | 1998 |
22% |
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Major League: Back to the Minors | Pedro Cerrano (Character) | $3.6M | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | How to Make The Cruelest Month | Unknown (Character) | - | 1998 |
56% |
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Absolute Power | Tim Collin (Character) | $50.0M | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Amanda |
Seven / |
- | 1996 |
56% |
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Waiting to Exhale | Kenneth Dawkins (Character) | $64.2M | 1995 |
83% |
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Heat | Donald Breedan (Character) | $66.2M | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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Widow's Kiss | Eddie Costello (Character) | - | 1995 |
5% |
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Major League II | Pedro Cerrano (Character) | $29.4M | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Operation Schmetterling | Sullivan (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Writing on the Wall | Sullivan (Character) | - | 1994 |
71% |
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Suture | Clay Arlington (Character) | $98.3K | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hallelujah | Rev. Oliver Crawford (Character) | - | 1993 |
12% |
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Mr. Baseball | Max Dubois (Character) | $20.3M | 1992 |
40% |
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Love Field | Paul Cater (Character) | $519.2K | 1992 |
No Score Yet |
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K-9000 | Nick Sanrio (Character) | - | 1991 |
83% |
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Major League | Pedro Cerrano (Character) | $49.8M | 1989 |
No Score Yet |
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A Summer to Remember | Sheriff Pierce (Character) | - | 1985 |
TV
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100% | No Score Yet | Holidazed | Unknown (Character) | 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | American Justice | Narrator | 2021-2022 |
87% | 73% | Lucifer | God (Guest Star) | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Undercover | Rudy Jones (Character) | 2016 2018 |
53% | 78% | Reverie | Charlie Ventana (Character) | 2018 |
84% | 95% | Shots Fired | Quincy Terry (Guest Star) | 2017 |
73% | 86% | Incorporated | Julian (Character) | 2016-2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2012 2016 |
95% | 88% | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Bob Annderson (Guest Star) | 2016 |
93% | 81% | The Grinder | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2016 |
36% | 85% | Backstrom | Detective Sgt. John Almond (Character) | 2015 |
No Score Yet | 81% | Blue Bloods | Deputy Chief Don Kent (Guest Star) | 2015 |
76% | 76% | Trophy Wife | Russ Bradley Morrison (Guest Star) | 2013-2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Civil War 360 | Host | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wendy Williams Show | Guest | 2012 |
85% | 77% | The Unit |
Sgt. Maj. Jonas Blane (Character), Director |
2006-2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Bonnie Hunt Show | Guest | 2009 |
87% | 87% | 24 |
David Palmer (Character), President David Palmer (Guest Star) |
2001-2006 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Empire | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | 42% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Outer Limits | Joshua Finch (Character) | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Soul Food | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
100% | 86% | Now and Again | Dr. Theodore Morris (Character) | 1999-2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Growing Pains | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1985 1987-1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Facts of Life | Sgt. Evans (Guest Star) | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hogan Family | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1987 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 227 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fall Guy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1986 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gimme a Break | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1984 |
No Score Yet | 74% | Incredible Hulk | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Laverne & Shirley | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1979 |