Dennis Haysbert
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 2 June 1954 · San Mateo, California, USA
Dennis Dexter Haysbert (born June 2, 1954) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as baseball player Pedro Cerrano in the Major League film trilogy, Secret Service agent Tim Collin in the political thriller film Absolute Power, Sergeant Major Jonas Blane on the CBS military action drama series The Unit, God on the Netflix show Lucifer, and President David Palmer on the first five seasons of 24. He has also appeared in the films Love Field, Navy SEALS, Heat, Waiting to Exhale, Far from Heaven, and the science fiction series Incorporated. He is the narrator for the A&E Network's American Justice television series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dennis Haysbert, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Acting 94
- 2026Don't Ever Wonder
- 2026Suburban Psycho
- 2026Silent Retreat as Josh Alpert
- 2026American Smuggler
- 2026Deify
- 2026Higher Love
- 2026Home
- 2026Time of Death
- 2026Time of Death as Officer Aarons
- 2026Radio Sky as Joseph Finley
- 2026Relationship Goals as Papa Jim
- 2026Send Help as Franklin
- 2025Hope of the Season: Christmas with The Tabernacle Choir as Featuring
- 2025Lost & Found in Cleveland as Marty Anderson
- 2025Hole in the Head: A Life Revealed as Narrator
- 2024In Fidelity as Hoyt Johnston
- 2024Summer Camp as Tommy
- 2023Sniper: G.R.I.T. - Global Response & Intelligence Team as Gabriel Stone
- 2023Flamin' Hot as Clarence C. Baker
- 2022Sniper: Rogue Mission as Gabriel Stone
- 2022Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers as Zipper (voice)
- 2022No Exit as Ed
- 2019Playing with Fire as Commander Richards
- 2019Secret Obsession as Detective Frank Page
- 2019Breakthrough as Dr. Garrett
- 2018Christmas Everlasting as Uncle Barney
- 2017Kodachrome as Larry
- 2017Naked as Reginald Swope
- 2017The Dark Tower as Steven Deschain
- 2017Fist Fight as Superintendent Johnson
- 2016Sniper: Ghost Shooter as Colonel
- 2016Dead Rising: Endgame as General Alan Lyons
- 2016Jarhead 3: The Siege as Major Lincoln
- 2015Baby, Baby, Baby as Doctor Hankin
- 2015Experimenter as Ossie Davis
- 2015Ted 2 as Fertility Doctor
- 2015Dead Rising: Watchtower as General Alan Lyons
- 2014How Murray Saved Christmas as Narrator (voice)
- 2014Dear White People as Dean Fairbanks
- 2014Men, Women & Children as Secretluvur
- 2014Sniper: Legacy as The Colonel
- 2014Sin City: A Dame to Kill For as Manute
- 2014Think Like a Man Too as Uncle Eddie
- 2014Mr. Peabody & Sherman as Judge (voice)
- 2013Out of the Blue as Control
- 2013Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection as Ox (Voice)
- 2013Life of a King as Searcy
- 2013Welcome to the Jungle as Mr. Palmer
- 2013Battledogs as Lt. General Christopher Monning
- 2013The World According to Dick Cheney as Narrator (voice)
- 2013LUV as Mr. Fish
- 2013Heartburn as Matthew Boa
- 2012The Details as Lincoln
- 2012Wreck-It Ralph as General Hologram (voice)
- 2011Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters as Ox (voice)
- 2011Field of Dreams 2: Lockout as Mann
- 2011Kung Fu Panda 2 as Master Storming Ox (voice)
- 2010When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun as Self
- 2008James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2007Breach as Dean Plesac
- 2007Goodbye Bafana as Nelson Mandela
- 2005Jarhead as Major Lincoln
- 2005The Making of 'Heat' as Self
- 2004Secrets of Pearl Harbor as Self - Host
- 2003Sinbad and the Cyclops Island as Kale
- 2003Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas as Kale (voice)
- 2002Ticker as FBI Agent
- 2002Far from Heaven as Raymond Deagan
- 2000Love & Basketball as Zeke McCall
- 2000What's Cooking? as Ronald Williams
- 1999Random Hearts as Detective George Beaufort
- 1999The Minus Man as Graves
- 1999The Thirteenth Floor as Det. Larry McBain
- 1998Major League: Back to the Minors as Pedro Cerrano
- 1998How to Make the Cruelest Month as Manhattan Parks
- 1998Standoff as Agent Ty 'Bama' Jones
- 1997Absolute Power as Tim Collin
- 1996The Writing on the Wall as Sullivan
- 1996Widow's Kiss as Eddie Costello
- 1996Amanda as Seven / Sir Jordan
- 1995Waiting to Exhale as Kenneth
- 1995Heat as Donald Breedan
- 1994Major League II as Pedro Cerrano
- 1993Hallelujah as Rev. Oliver Crawford
- 1993Suture as Clay Arlington
- 1992Love Field as Paul Cater
- 1992Mr. Baseball as Max 'Hammer' Dubois
- 1990Navy Seals as Billy Graham
- 1990K-9000 as Nick Sanrio
- 1989Major League as Pedro Cerrano
- 1985A Summer to Remember as Sheriff Pierce
- 1984The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D. as Dr. Beaumont
- 1981Grambling's White Tiger as James 'Shack' Harris
- 1979Scoring as Lt. Harrigan
Production 2
- 2026American Smuggler · executive producer
- 2026Radio Sky · producer