Dennis Haysbert
Dennis Dexter Haysbert (born June 2, 1954) is an American film and television actor. He is known for portraying baseball player Pedro Cerrano in the Major League film trilogy, President David Palmer on the American television series 24, and Sergeant Major Jonas Blane on the drama series The Unit, as well as his work in commercials for Allstate Insurance. He is also known for his authoritative, bass voice.
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- Born:
- Jun 2, 1954 In San Mateo, California, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 122
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Silent Retreat
- Latest Project:
- Movie Higher Love 2026
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Silent Retreat | Josh Alpert | 2026 |
| Movie | Higher Love | 2026 | |
| Movie | Summer Camp | Tommy | 2024-05-31 |
| Movie | In Fidelity | Hoyt Johnston | 2024-11-04 |
| Series | Holidazed | Robert Lewin | 2024-11-14 |
| Movie | Sniper: G.R.I.T. - Global Response & Intelligence Team | Gabriel Stone | 2023-05-01 |
| Movie | Flamin' Hot | Clarence C. Baker | 2023-03-11 |
| Movie | No Exit | Ed | 2022-02-24 |
| Movie | Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers | Zipper (voice) | 2022-05-20 |
| Movie | Sniper: Rogue Mission | Gabriel Stone | 2022-08-16 |
| Series | Home Movie: The Princess Bride | Prince Humperdinck | 2020-06-29 |
| Movie | Breakthrough | Dr. Garrett | 2019-04-10 |
| Movie | Playing with Fire | Commander Richards | 2019-11-08 |
| Movie | Secret Obsession | Detective Frank Page | 2019-07-18 |
| Series | Reverie | Charlie Ventana | 2018-05-30 |
| Movie | Christmas Everlasting | Uncle Barney | 2018-11-24 |
| Movie | Fist Fight | Superintendent Johnson | 2017-02-16 |
| Series | Dear White People | Narrator | 2017-04-28 |
| Movie | Naked | Reginald Swope | 2017-08-11 |
| Movie | Kodachrome | Larry | 2017-09-08 |
| Movie | The Dark Tower | Steven Deschain | 2017-08-03 |
| Movie | Jarhead 3: The Siege | Major Lincoln | 2016-01-20 |
| Series | Undercover | Rudy Jones | 2016-04-03 |
| Series | Incorporated | Julian Morse | 2016-11-30 |
| Movie | Sniper: Ghost Shooter | Colonel | 2016-08-02 |
| Movie | Dead Rising: Endgame | General Lyons | 2016-06-20 |
| Series | Backstrom | Det. Sgt. Almond | 2015-01-22 |
| Movie | Dead Rising: Watchtower | General Lyons | 2015-03-27 |
| Movie | Experimenter | Ossie Davis | 2015-10-16 |
| Movie | Ted 2 | Fertility Doctor | 2015-06-25 |
| Movie | Baby, Baby, Baby | Doctor Hankin | 2015-10-30 |
| Movie | Think Like a Man Too | Uncle Eddie | 2014-06-20 |
| Movie | Mr. Peabody & Sherman | Judge (voice) | 2014-02-07 |
| Movie | Sin City: A Dame to Kill For | Manute | 2014-08-20 |
| Movie | How Murray Saved Christmas | Narrator (voice) | 2014-12-05 |
| Movie | Men, Women & Children | Secretluvur | 2014-10-17 |
| Movie | Sniper: Legacy | The Colonel | 2014-09-30 |
| Movie | Dear White People | Dean Fairbanks | 2014-10-17 |
| Movie | LUV | Mr. Fish | 2013-01-18 |
| Movie | Heartburn | Matthew Boa | 2013-01-01 |
| Movie | Battledogs | Lt. General Christopher Monning | 2013-04-05 |
| Movie | The World According to Dick Cheney | Narrator (voice) | 2013-01-18 |
| Movie | Life of a King | Searcy | 2013-06-22 |
| Series | Civil War 360 | Self - Host | 2013-10-27 |
| Movie | Out of the Blue | Control | 2013-10-01 |
| Series | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Bob Anderson | 2013-09-17 |
| Movie | Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection | Ox (Voice) | 2013-08-27 |
| Movie | Welcome to the Jungle | Mr. Palmer | 2013-04-27 |
| Movie | The Details | Lincoln | 2012-11-02 |
| Movie | Wreck-It Ralph | General Hologram (voice) | 2012-11-01 |
| Movie | Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters | Ox (voice) | 2011-12-12 |
| Movie | Kung Fu Panda 2 | Master Storming Ox (voice) | 2011-05-25 |
| Movie | When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun | Self | 2010-06-22 |
| Movie | James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2008-04-05 |
| Movie | Goodbye Bafana | Nelson Mandela | 2007-02-11 |
| Movie | Breach | Dean Plesac | 2007-02-12 |
| Series | The Unit | Jonas Blane | 2006-03-07 |
| Movie | The Making of 'Heat' | Self | 2005-02-22 |
| Series | Empire | Unknown | 2005-06-28 |
| Movie | Jarhead | Major Lincoln | 2005-11-04 |
| Series | Justice League Unlimited | Green Lantern (Kilowog) | 2004-07-31 |
| Movie | Sinbad and the Cyclops Island | Kale | 2003-11-18 |
| Movie | Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas | Kale (voice) | 2003-07-02 |
| Movie | Ticker | FBI Agent | 2002-11-12 |
| Movie | Far from Heaven | Raymond Deagan | 2002-11-08 |
| Series | 24 | President David Palmer | 2001-11-06 |
| Series | The Hire | FBI Agent | 2001-04-26 |
| Movie | Love & Basketball | Zeke McCall | 2000-04-21 |
| Movie | What's Cooking? | Ronald Williams | 2000-01-20 |
| Series | Soul Food | Unknown | 2000-06-28 |
| Series | Static Shock | Unknown | 2000-09-23 |
| Movie | The Minus Man | Graves | 1999-02-25 |
| Movie | The Thirteenth Floor | Det. Larry McBain | 1999-04-16 |
| Series | Now and Again | Dr. Theodore Morris | 1999-09-24 |
| Series | The Early Show | Unknown | 1999-11-01 |
| Movie | Random Hearts | Detective George Beaufort | 1999-10-08 |
| Movie | Standoff | Agent Ty 'Bama' Jones | 1998-01-11 |
| Movie | How to Make the Cruelest Month | Manhattan Parks | 1998-01-16 |
| Movie | Major League: Back to the Minors | Pedro Cerrano | 1998-04-17 |
| Series | The New Batman Adventures | Unknown | 1997-09-13 |
| Movie | Absolute Power | Tim Collin | 1997-02-14 |
| Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
| Movie | Widow's Kiss | Eddie Costello | 1996-01-18 |
| Movie | Amanda | Seven / Sir Jordan | 1996-01-01 |
| Series | Superman: The Animated Series | Unknown | 1996-09-06 |
| Movie | The Writing on the Wall | Sullivan | 1996-07-21 |
| Series | The Outer Limits | Unknown | 1995-03-26 |
| Movie | Waiting to Exhale | Kenneth | 1995-12-22 |
| Movie | Heat | Donald Breedan | 1995-12-15 |
| Movie | Major League II | Pedro Cerrano | 1994-03-30 |
| Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
| Series | Alex Haley's Queen | Davis | 1993-02-14 |
| Movie | Suture | Clay Arlington | 1993-09-14 |
| Movie | Hallelujah | Rev. Oliver Crawford | 1993-12-22 |
| Series | Return to Lonesome Dove | Cherokee Jack Jackson | 1993-11-14 |
| Movie | Love Field | Paul Cater | 1992-12-11 |
| Movie | Mr. Baseball | Max 'Hammer' Dubois | 1992-10-01 |
| Movie | Navy Seals | Billy Graham | 1990-07-20 |
| Movie | K-9000 | Nick Sanrio | 1990-05-23 |
| Movie | Major League | Pedro Cerrano | 1989-02-16 |
| Series | Just the Ten of Us | Unknown | 1988-04-26 |
| Series | Crime Story | Unknown | 1986-09-19 |
| Series | Growing Pains | Unknown | 1985-09-24 |
| Series | Off the Rack | Cletus Maxwell | 1985-03-15 |
| Movie | A Summer to Remember | Sheriff Pierce | 1985-03-27 |
| Series | 227 | Unknown | 1985-09-14 |
| Series | What's Happening Now!! | Unknown | 1985-09-07 |
| Series | Night Court | Unknown | 1984-01-04 |
| Series | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Unknown | 1983-10-03 |
| Series | The A-Team | Psych Ward Staff | 1983-01-23 |
| Movie | Grambling's White Tiger | James 'Shack' Harris | 1981-10-04 |
| Series | Code Red | Stuff Wade | 1981-09-20 |
| Series | Magnum, P.I. | Unknown | 1980-12-11 |
| Series | Galactica 1980 | Unknown | 1980-01-27 |
| Movie | Scoring | Lt. Harrigan | 1979-01-25 |
| Series | The Facts of Life | Unknown | 1979-08-24 |
| Series | Knots Landing | Unknown | 1979-12-27 |
| Series | Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | Unknown | 1979-09-20 |
| Series | The White Shadow | Unknown | 1978-11-27 |
| Series | The Incredible Hulk | Unknown | 1977-11-04 |
| Series | Quincy, M.E. | Unknown | 1976-10-03 |
| Series | Laverne & Shirley | Unknown | 1976-01-27 |