'JOE TURNER' Alum Ernie Hudson To Join Cast Of NBC's 'Heroes'
By: Charlie Piane Aug. 12, 2009
Ernie Hudson, who made his Broadway debut in JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE, has been cast as a recurring charcter on NBC's hit show, Heroes.
Hudson's other theatre credits include King Hedley II, Great White Hope (Drama-Logue Award), The Emperor Jones, Ceremonies in Dark Old Men, The Cage, Daddy Goodness.
His film credits include Pastor Brown, Dragonball Evolution, Miss Congeniality 1 and 2, The Crow, Congo, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Ghostbusters 1 and 2, Speechless, The Substitute, The Basketball Diaries, Airheads, Sugar Hill, No Escape, Leadbelly and The Cowboy Way. Hudson has been seen on television in "The Secret Life of the American Teenager," "Private Practice," "The Ron Clark Story," "Lackawanna Blues," "Oz" (Golden Satellite Award), "Desperate Housewives," "Bones," "Psych," "Cold Case," "ER," "Without a Trace," "Stargate SG-1," "Crossing Jordan," "Las Vegas," "10-8," "Tales From the Crypt," "St. Elsewhere," "Roots 2" and "King."
In its first season, "Heroes" was honored with a People's Choice Award, an AFI Award, a Multicultural Prism Award, the TV Land Future Classic Award and was named the TV Critics Association Outstanding Program of the Year. In addition, "Heroes" received Golden Globe Award, NAACP Image Award, WGA Award, Satellite Award and Emmy Award nominations.
After a total eclipse casts its shadow across the globe, seemingly calling forth a multitude of everyday men and women with special powers, Dr. Mohinder Suresh (Sendhil Ramamurthy, "Blind Guy Driving"), a genetics professor from India, continues to champion his father's theory that there are people with extraordinary abilities living among us. Claire Bennet, an indestructible high school cheerleader (Hayden Panettiere, "Bring it On: All or Nothing"), must hide her ability from her peers while working to maintain her relationship with her father (Jack Coleman, "Dynasty"), a man of mystery who has a keen interest in people like her. Niki Sanders, a Las Vegas single mother (Ali Larter, "Final Destination") with astonishing strength - and a dangerous, amoral mirror image (Jessica Sanders) - struggles to support and protect her young son Micah (Noah Gray-Cabey, "My Wife & Kids"), a genius who can interact with electronic machinery through touch. Matt Parkman, a police detective (Greg Grunberg, "Alias") from Los Angeles, attempts to put his ability to hear the thoughts of others to good use. In Japan, Hiro Nakamura's (Masi Oka, NBC's "Scrubs") ability to pierce the space-time continuum and manipulate time has empowered him to change the future, as he embarks on wild adventures with his best friend Ando Masahashi (James Kyson Lee, "Shutter"). Nathan Petrelli, a congressional hopeful (Adrian Pasdar, "Judging Amy") with the ability to fly, has his dreams dashed after failing to stop his younger brother Peter (Milo Ventimiglia, "Rocky Balboa"), a nurse with the ability to absorb the powers of others, from exploding over the New York City skyline. And after this violent clash in New York, the fate of Sylar, a manipulative serial killer (Zachary Quinto, "24") dedicated to violently collecting the extraordinary talents of special people, is unknown. Meanwhile, in the Dominican Republic, a young woman named Maya Herrera (Dania Ramirez, "The Sopranos") and her twin brother, plagued by her threatening ability, attempt to make the dangerous crossing to the United States in search of help. And Monica Dawson, another young woman (Dana Davis, "The Nine") with newfound special abilities, would give up everything to help the people around her. Their ultimate destiny is nothing less than saving the world...
Joining Kring as executive producer are Dennis Hammer (NBC's "Crossing Jordan"), Allan Arkush (NBC's "Crossing Jordan") and Greg Beeman ("Smallville"). The drama is produced by Universal Media Studios in association with Tailwind Productions.
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