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Personal Info

Birth date

1954-06-02 (71 Years)

Gender

Male

Known for

Acting

Place of birth

San Mateo, California, USA

Also known as

Ντένις Χέισμπερτ
دنیس هیزبرت

Dennis Haysbert

Biography

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.

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Filmography

Acting

TBAHigher Love as Unknown

TBASuburban Psycho as Unknown

TBAClosure as Unknown

TBAAmerican Smuggler as Unknown

TBASilent Retreat as Josh Alpert

2026Send Help as Unknown

2024Holidazed (8 Episodes) as Robert Lewin

2024In Fidelity as Hoyt Johnston

2024Lost & Found in Cleveland as Marty Anderson

2024Summer Camp as Tommy

2023Sniper: G.R.I.T. - Global Response & Intelligence Team as Gabriel Stone

2023Flamin' Hot as Clarence C. Baker

2023Paul T. Goldman (1 Episode) as Agent Portman

2022Sniper: Rogue Mission as Gabriel Stone

2022Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers as Zipper (voice)

2022No Exit as Ed

2021Masters of the Universe: Revelation (1 Episode) as Grayskull (voice)

2020Home Movie: The Princess Bride (1 Episode) as Prince Humperdinck

2019Playing with Fire as Commander Richards

2019Secret Obsession as Detective Frank Page

2019Breakthrough as Dr. Garrett

2018Christmas Everlasting as Uncle Barney

2018Reverie (10 Episodes) as Charlie Ventana

2017Kodachrome as Larry

2017Naked as Reginald Swope

2017The Dark Tower as Steven Deschain

2017Fist Fight as Superintendent Johnson

2016Incorporated (1 Episode) as Julian Morse

2016Sniper: Ghost Shooter as Colonel

2016Dead Rising: Endgame as General Lyons

2016Undercover (6, 1 Episode) as Rudy Jones, Rudy Jones (archive footage) (uncredited)

2016Lucifer (5 Episodes) as God

2016Jarhead 3: The Siege as Major Lincoln

2015Baby, Baby, Baby as Doctor Hankin

2015Experimenter as Ossie Davis

2015The Grinder (1 Episode) as Special Agent

2015Ted 2 as Fertility Doctor

2015Dead Rising: Watchtower as General Lyons

2015Backstrom (13 Episodes) as Det. Sgt. Almond

2014How Murray Saved Christmas as Narrator (voice)

2014Dear White People as Dean Fairbanks

2014Men, Women & Children as Secretluvur

2014Sniper: Legacy as The Colonel

2014The Real (1 Episode) as Unknown

2014Sin City: A Dame to Kill For as Manute

2014Think Like a Man Too as Uncle Eddie

2014Mr. Peabody & Sherman as Judge (voice)

2013Civil War 360 (3 Episodes) as Self - Host

2013Out of the Blue as Control

2013Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2 Episodes) as Bob Annderson

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

2013LUV as Mr. Fish

2013The World According to Dick Cheney as Narrator (voice)

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

2006The Unit (69 Episodes) as Jonas Blane

2005The Boondocks (1 Episode) as Sturdy Harris (voice)

2005Jarhead as Major Lincoln

2005Empire (1 Episode) as Unknown

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

2001Justice League (3 Episodes) as Kilowog (voice)

200124 (81 Episodes) as David Palmer

2001The Hire (1 Episode) as FBI Agent

2000Static Shock (4 Episodes) as Chief Barnsdale (voice)

2000Soul Food (2 Episodes) as Rick Grant

2000Love & Basketball as Zeke McCall

2000What's Cooking? as Ronald Williams

1999The Early Show (2 Episodes) as Self

1999Random Hearts as Detective George Beaufort

1999Now and Again (22 Episodes) as Dr. Theodore Morris

1999The Thirteenth Floor as Det. Larry McBain

1999The Minus Man as Graves

1998Godzilla: The Series (1 Episode) as General Ekwensi (voice)

1998Major League: Back to the Minors as Pedro Cerrano

1998How to Make the Cruelest Month as Manhattan Parks

1998Standoff as Agent Ty 'Bama' Jones

1997The New Batman Adventures (1 Episode) as Barkley James (voice)

1997The View (3 Episodes) as Self

1997Absolute Power as Tim Collin

1996Superman: The Animated Series (1, 1 Episode) as Agent #1 (voice), Doctor #1 (voice)

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

1995The Outer Limits (1 Episode) as Joshua Finch

1994Major League II as Pedro Cerrano

1994Duckman (1 Episode) as Tribal Leader / Cornfed's Singing Voice (voice)

1993Hallelujah as Rev. Oliver Crawford

1993Return to Lonesome Dove (4 Episodes) as Cherokee Jack Jackson

1993Suture as Clay Arlington

1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2 Episodes) as Self - Guest

1993Alex Haley's Queen (3 Episodes) as Davis

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

1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1 Episode) as Self - Guest

1988Just the Ten of Us (3 Episodes) as Unknown

1985Growing Pains (1, 1, 1 Episode) as Police Officer, Officer Wright, Frank

1985227 (1 Episode) as Unknown

1985What's Happening Now!! (1 Episode) as Unknown

1985A Summer to Remember as Sheriff Pierce

1985Off the Rack (6 Episodes) as Cletus Maxwell

1984The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D. as Dr. Beaumont

1984Night Court (1 Episode) as James Morgan

1983Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1 Episode) as Unknown

1983The A-Team (1 Episode) as Psych Ward Staff

1981The Fall Guy (1 Episode) as Jeremy Wolf

1981Grambling's White Tiger as James 'Shack' Harris

1981Code Red (2 Episodes) as Stuff Wade

1980Magnum, P.I. (1 Episode) as Unknown

1980Galactica 1980 (1 Episode) as Imperious Leader (voice)

1979Knots Landing (1 Episode) as Police Officer

1979Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (4, 3, 1 Episode) as Security Guard, Lieutenant Parsons, Helmsman

1979The Facts of Life (1 Episode) as Unknown

1979Scoring as Lt. Harrigan

1978The White Shadow (1 Episode) as Basketball Player

1977The Incredible Hulk (1 Episode) as Unknown

1976Quincy, M.E. (1, 1 Episode) as Unknown, Driver

1976Laverne & Shirley (1 Episode) as Unknown

1975Saturday Night Live (1 Episode) as Self - Cameo (uncredited)

1956Tony Awards (1 Episode) as Self - Presenter

1944Golden Globe Awards (1, 1 Episode) as Self - Nominee, Self - Audience Member

Production

TBAAmerican Smuggler ... Executive Producer

2006The Unit (69 Episodes) ... Producer

Directing

2006The Unit (1 Episode) ... Director