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Dennis Haysbert

Highest Rated: 91% Dear White People (2014)

Lowest Rated: 0% Naked (2017)

Birthday: Jun 2, 1954

Birthplace: San Mateo, California, USA

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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Highest rated movies

91% 61% Dear White People
Watchlist
87% 86% Wreck-It Ralph
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87% 79% Far From Heaven
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85% 95% Love & Basketball
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85% 61% Experimenter
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83% 67% Breach
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83% 94% Heat Watchlist
83% 84% Major League
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82% 74% Kung Fu Panda 2 Watchlist 81% 73% Mr. Peabody & Sherman Watchlist

Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet In Fidelity Unknown (Character) - 2024
8% 54% Summer Camp Unknown (Character) $2.4M 2024
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lost & Found in Cleveland Unknown (Character) - 2024
67% 87% 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% 79% Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers Unknown (Character) - 2022
62% 54% No Exit Ed (Character) - 2022
No Score Yet 25% Sniper: Rogue Mission Gabriel Stone (Character) - 2022
24% 77% Playing With Fire Commander Richards (Character) $20.5M 2019
29% 17% Secret Obsession Detective Frank Page (Character) - 2019
60% 81% Breakthrough Dr. Garrett (Character) $40.7M 2019
No Score Yet 73% Christmas Everlasting Uncle Barney (Character) - 2018
73% 72% Kodachrome Larry (Character) - 2017
0% 31% Naked Reginald Swope (Character) - 2017
16% 44% The Dark Tower Steven Deschain (Character) $50.7M 2017
25% 40% Fist Fight Superintendent Johnson (Character) $32.2M 2017
No Score Yet 29% Dead Rising: Endgame General Lyons (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet 34% Jarhead 3: The Siege Major Lincoln (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet 37% Sniper: Ghost Shooter Colonel (Character) - 2016
No Score Yet 62% Baby, Baby, Baby Doctor Hankin (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet 32% Dead Rising: Watchtower General Lyons (Character) - 2015
85% 61% Experimenter Ossie Davis (Character) $155.1K 2015
45% 50% Ted 2 Fertility Doctor (Character) $81.3M 2015
50% 64% How Murray Saved Christmas Unknown (Character) - 2014
33% 44% Men, Women & Children Secretluvur (Character) $668.0K 2014
91% 61% Dear White People Dean (Character) $4.4M 2014
No Score Yet 37% Sniper: Legacy The Colonel (Character) - 2014
43% 44% Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For Manute (Character) $13.8M 2014
23% 59% Think Like a Man Too Uncle Eddie (Character) $65.1M 2014
81% 73% Mr. Peabody & Sherman Judge (Voice) $111.5M 2014
22% 20% Welcome to the Jungle Mr. Crawford (Character) - 2013
38% 67% Life of a King Searcy (Character) $5.7K 2013
No Score Yet 18% Battledogs Lt. General Christopher Monning (Character) - 2013
80% 79% The World According to Dick Cheney Narrator - 2013
35% 61% Luv Mr. Fish (Character) $151.1K 2012
87% 86% Wreck-It Ralph General Hologram (Voice) $189.4M 2012
45% 34% The Details Lincoln (Character) $63.6K 2011
82% 74% Kung Fu Panda 2 Master Ox (Voice) - 2011
60% 80% When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun Narrator,
Producer
- 2010
44% 55% Goodbye Bafana Nelson Mandela (Character) - 2007
83% 67% Breach Dan Plesac (Character) $33.0M 2007
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cessation Dexter (Character),
Executive Producer
- 2007
60% 68% Jarhead Major Lincoln (Character) $62.6M 2005
45% 57% Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas Kale (Voice) $26.3M 2003
87% 79% Far From Heaven Raymond Deagan (Character) $15.9M 2002
52% 65% What's Cooking? Ronald Williams (Character) $1.0M 2000
85% 95% Love & Basketball Zeke McCall (Character) $27.4M 2000
58% 45% The Minus Man Graves (Character) $368.8K 1999
18% 24% Random Hearts George Beaufort (Character) $31.1M 1999
28% 64% The Thirteenth Floor Detective Larry McBain (Character) $11.8M 1999
No Score Yet 20% Standoff Ty `'Bama'` Jones (Character) - 1998
22% 25% 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% 52% Absolute Power Tim Collin (Character) $50.0M 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Amanda Seven / Sir Jordan (Character) - 1996
56% 79% Waiting to Exhale Kenneth Dawkins (Character) $64.2M 1995
83% 94% Heat Donald Breedan (Character) $66.2M 1995
No Score Yet 50% Widow's Kiss Eddie Costello (Character) - 1995
5% 45% 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% 70% Suture Clay Arlington (Character) $98.3K 1993
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hallelujah Rev. Oliver Crawford (Character) - 1993
12% 41% Mr. Baseball Max Dubois (Character) $20.3M 1992
40% 55% Love Field Paul Cater (Character) $519.2K 1992
No Score Yet 54% K-9000 Nick Sanrio (Character) - 1991
83% 84% Major League Pedro Cerrano (Character) $49.8M 1989
No Score Yet 89% A Summer to Remember Sheriff Pierce (Character) - 1985

TV

Credit
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