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Dennis Dexter Haysbert is an American actor and voice actor. In the U.S. he is known for his appearances in commercials for Allstate Insurance. He portrayed baseball player Pedro Cerrano in the Major League film trilogy, Secret Service Agent Tim Collin in the 1997 political thriller film Absolute Power, and Sergeant Major Jonas Blane on the drama series The Unit. He is also known for playing U.S. Senator David Palmer on the first 5 seasons of 24 and has appeared in the films Love Field, Heat, Waiting to Exhale, Far from Heaven, and the science fiction series Incorporated.
Birth Name
Dennis Dexter Haysbert
Born
Wednesday, 02 June 1954
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Sniper: G.R.I.T. - Global Response & Intelligence Team | Gabriel Stone | 2023 |
| Flamin' Hot | Clarence C. Baker | 2023 |
| Paul T. Goldman | Agent Portman | 2023 |
| Sniper: Rogue Mission | Gabriel Stone | 2022 |
| Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers | Zipper / Zipper (voice) | 2022 |
| No Exit | Ed | 2022 |
| Masters of the Universe: Revelation | Grayskull | 2021 |
| Home Movie: The Princess Bride | Prince Humperdinck | 2020 |
| Playing with Fire | Commander Richards | 2019 |
| Secret Obsession | Detective Frank Page / Détective Frank Page | 2019 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Sniper: G.R.I.T. - Global Response & Intelligence Team | Gabriel Stone | 2023 |
| Flamin' Hot | Clarence C. Baker | 2023 |
| Paul T. Goldman | Agent Portman | 2023 |
| Sniper: Rogue Mission | Gabriel Stone | 2022 |
| Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers | Zipper / Zipper (voice) | 2022 |
| No Exit | Ed | 2022 |
| Masters of the Universe: Revelation | Grayskull | 2021 |
| Home Movie: The Princess Bride | Prince Humperdinck | 2020 |
| Playing with Fire | Commander Richards | 2019 |
| Secret Obsession | Detective Frank Page / Détective Frank Page | 2019 |
| Breakthrough | Dr. Garrett | 2019 |
| Surveillance | Barry | 2019 |
| Christmas Everlasting | Uncle Barney | 2018 |
| Reverie | Charlie Ventana | 2018 |
| Kodachrome | Larry | 2017 |
| Naked | Reginald Swope | 2017 |
| The Dark Tower | Steven Deschain | 2020 |
| The Dark Tower | Steven Deschain / Steven | 2017 |
| Puppy Dog Pals | Crash | 2017 |
| Shots Fired | Mr. Terry | 2017 |
| Fist Fight | Superintendent Johnson | 2017 |
| Sniper: Ghost Shooter | Colonel | 2016 |
| Lacerations: The Making of 'Suture' | Self | 2016 |
| Dead Rising: Endgame | General Lyons | 2016 |
| Undercover | Rudy Jones | 2016 |
| Too Much TV | Rudy Jones - Undercover | 2016 |
| Lucifer | God | 2016 |
| Jarhead 3: The Siege | Major Lincoln | 2016 |
| Incorporated | Julian Morse | 2016 |
| Baby, Baby, Baby | Doctor Hankin | 2015 |
| Experimenter | Ossie Davis | 2015 |
| The Grinder | Special Agent | 2015 |
| Ted 2 | Fertility Doctor | 2015 |
| Dead Rising: Watchtower | General Lyons | 2015 |
| Backstrom | Det. Sgt. Almond / John Almond | 2015 |
| Tiny Tiny Talk Show | Self | 2015 |
| How Murray Saved Christmas | Narrator (voice) / Narrator | 2014 |
| Dear White People | Dean Fairbanks | 2014 |
| Men, Women & Children | Secretluvur | 2014 |
| The Meredith Vieira Show | Self - Guest | 2014 |
| Sin City: A Dame to Kill For | Manute | 2014 |
| Sniper: Legacy | The Colonel | 2014 |
| Think Like a Man Too | Uncle Eddie | 2014 |
| Mr. Peabody & Sherman | Judge / Judge (voice) | 2014 |
| Civil War 360 | Host / Self - Host | 2013 |
| Out of the Blue | Control | 2013 |
| Trophy Wife | Russ Bradley Morrison | 2013 |
| Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Bob Annderson | 2013 |
| The Real | Self | 2013 |
| Life of a King | Searcy | 2013 |
| Welcome to the Jungle | Mr. Palmer | 2013 |
| Battledogs | Lt. General Christopher Monning / Lieutenant General Monning | 2013 |
| The World According to Dick Cheney | Self - Narrator | 2013 |
| LUV | Mr. Fish | 2013 |
| Newsreaders | Det. Fenster Landau | 2013 |
| The Details | Lincoln | 2012 |
| Axe Cop | Frog | 2012 |
| D.L. Hughley: The Endangered List | Self | 2012 |
| Wreck-It Ralph | General Hologram / General Hologram (voice) | 2012 |
| Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters | Ox (voice) / Ox | 2011 |
| Dish Nation | Self | 2011 |
| Kung Fu Panda 2 | Master Ox / Master Storming Ox (voice) | 2011 |
| Big Morning Buzz Live | Self - Guest | 2011 |
| Conan | Self - 'Jersey Shore' Auditioner / Himself - Guest | 2010 |
| The Talk | Self | 2010 |
| Blue Bloods | Deputy Chief Don Kent | 2010 |
| When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun | Self - Narration / Himself | 2010 |
| The Playboy Morning Show | Self | 2010 |
| Red Carpet Report | Self | 2009 |
| The Night James Brown Saved Boston | Self - Narrator / Self - Narrator (voice) | 2008 |
| Breach | Dean Plesac / Dan Plesac | 2007 |
| Goodbye Bafana | Nelson Mandela | 2007 |
| Saturday Night Live: The Best of Saturday TV Funhouse | Self | 2006 |
| The Unit | Jonas Blane | 2006 |
| The Boondocks | Reverend Sturdy Harris | 2005 |
| Jarhead | Major Lincoln | 2005 |
| Made in Hollywood | Self | 2005 |
| The Girls Next Door | Self - Actor | 2005 |
| Empire | Magonius | 2005 |
| The 59th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | 2005 |
| The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self - Guest | 2005 |
| Sinbad and the Cyclops Island | Kale | 2003 |
| Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas | Kale / Kale (voice) | 2003 |
| 100 Years of Hope and Humor | Self | 2003 |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Himself - Guest | 2003 |
| Far from Heaven | Raymond Deagan | 2002 |
| Ticker | FBI Agent | 2002 |
| The Wayne Brady Show | Self - Guest | 2002 |
| Justice League | Kilowog | 2001 |
| 24 | President David Palmer / David Palmer / Senator David Palmer | 2001 |
| Static Shock | Chief Barnsdale | 2000 |
| What's Cooking? | Ronald Williams | 2000 |
| Soul Food | Rick Grant | 2000 |
| Love & Basketball | Zeke McCall | 2000 |
| Random Hearts | Detective George Beaufort | 1999 |
| The Minus Man | Graves | 1999 |
| Now and Again | Dr. Theodore Morris | 1999 |
| The Thirteenth Floor | Detective Larry McBain / Det. Larry McBain | 1999 |
| Godzilla: The Series | General Ekwensi | 1998 |
| Major League: Back to the Minors | Pedro Cerrano | 1998 |
| How to Make the Cruelest Month | Manhattan Parks | 1998 |
| Standoff | Ty 'Bama' Jones / Agent Ty 'Bama' Jones | 1998 |
| The New Batman Adventures | Barkley James | 1997 |
| Absolute Power | Tim Collin | 1997 |
| Superman: The Animated Series | Doctor #1 / Agent #1 | 1996 |
| The Writing on the Wall | Sullivan | 1996 |
| Widow's Kiss | Eddie Costello | 1996 |
| Amanda | Seven / Sir Jordan | 1996 |
| Waiting to Exhale | Kenneth Dawkins / Kenneth | 1995 |
| Heat | Donald Breedan | 1995 |
| The Outer Limits | Joshua Finch | 1995 |
| Major League II | Pedro Cerrano | 1994 |
| Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man | Tribal Leader / Cornfed's Singing Voice | 1994 |
| Return to Lonesome Dove | Cherokee Jack Jackson / Jack Jackson | 1993 |
| Suture | Clay Arlington | 1993 |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | 1993 |
| Queen | Davis | 1993 |
| Love Field | Paul Cater | 1992 |
| Mr. Baseball | Max 'Hammer' Dubois | 1992 |
| HBO First Look | Self | 1992 |
| Navy Seals | Graham / Billy Graham | 1990 |
| K-9000 | Nick Sanrio | 1990 |
| The Robert Guillaume Show | Mr. Peterson | 1989 |
| Major League | Pedro Cerrano | 1989 |
| Wilder Westen inclusive | Thief | 1988 |
| Just the Ten of Us | Coach Duane Johnson | 1988 |
| Heartbeat | Raymond Calder | 1988 |
| Out of This World | Williams | 1987 |
| Crime Story | Franklin Himes | 1986 |
| Easy Street | Chip Blazedale | 1986 |
| Valerie | Dr. Ervin | 1986 |
| The Insiders | Ed | 1985 |
| Growing Pains | Frank / Officer Wright / Police Officer | 1985 |
| 227 | Sgt. Hall | 1985 |
| What's Happening Now! | Policeman | 1985 |
| A Summer to Remember | Sheriff Pierce | 1985 |
| Off the Rack | Cletus Maxwell | 1984 |
| Night Court | James Morgan | 1984 |
| Riptide | Odell | 1984 |
| Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Kimambo | 1983 |
| The A-Team | Psych Ward Staff | 1983 |
| American Playhouse | Rev. Oliver Crawford | 1982 |
| The Fall Guy | Jeremy Wolf | 1981 |
| Gimme a Break! | Rev. Winfield | 1981 |
| Grambling's White Tiger | James 'Shack' Harris | 1981 |
| Code Red | Stuff Wade / 'Stuff' Wade / 'Scruff' Wade | 1981 |
| Magnum, P.I. | Lieutenant Jameson, USN | 1980 |
| Galactica 1980 | The Creature | 1980 |
| Knots Landing | Police Officer | 1979 |
| The Facts of Life | Sgt. Evans | 1979 |
| Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | Security Guard / Lieutenant Parsons / Helmsman / Ensign / Communication-Probe Officer | 1979 |
| Scoring | Lt. Harrigan | 1979 |
| The White Shadow | Basketball Player | 1978 |
| Dallas | Dr. Forbes | 1978 |
| The Incredible Hulk | Guard | 1977 |
| Lou Grant | Victor Wilson | 1977 |
| Quincy M.E. | Driver / Fred | 1976 |
| Laverne & Shirley | Shore Patrolman | 1976 |
| Saturday Night Live | Self | 1975 |
| Meet the Press | Self - Announcer / Self - Announcer (voice) | 1947 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| The Unit | 2006 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun | 2010 |
| The Unit | 2006 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2003 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |
