Actor
Dennis Haysbert
Biography

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. ...

Known For
Acting
2024 -- In Fidelity | Hoyt Johnston
2024 -- Lost & Found in Cleveland | Marty Anderson
2024 -- Summer Camp | Tommy
2023 -- Sniper: G.R.I.T. - Global Response & Intelligence Team | Gabriel Stone
2023 -- Flamin' Hot | Clarence C. Baker
2022 -- Sniper: Rogue Mission | Gabriel Stone
2022 -- Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers | Zipper (voice)
2022 -- No Exit | Ed
2019 -- Playing with Fire | Commander Richards
2019 -- Secret Obsession | Detective Frank Page
2019 -- Breakthrough | Dr. Garrett
2018 -- Christmas Everlasting | Uncle Barney
2017 -- Kodachrome | Larry
2017 -- Naked | Reginald Swope
2017 -- The Dark Tower | Steven Deschain
2017 -- Fist Fight | Superintendent Johnson
2016 -- Sniper: Ghost Shooter | Colonel
2016 -- Dead Rising: Endgame | General Lyons
2016 -- Jarhead 3: The Siege | Major Lincoln
2015 -- Baby, Baby, Baby | Doctor Hankin
2015 -- Experimenter | Ossie Davis
2015 -- Ted 2 | Fertility Doctor
2015 -- Dead Rising: Watchtower | General Lyons
2014 -- How Murray Saved Christmas | Narrator (voice)
2014 -- Men, Women & Children | Secretluvur
2014 -- Dear White People | Dean Fairbanks
2014 -- Sniper: Legacy | The Colonel
2014 -- Sin City: A Dame to Kill For | Manute
2014 -- Think Like a Man Too | Uncle Eddie
2014 -- Mr. Peabody & Sherman | Judge (voice)
2013 -- Out of the Blue | Control
2013 -- Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection | Ox (Voice)
2013 -- Life of a King | Searcy
2013 -- Welcome to the Jungle | Mr. Palmer
2013 -- Battledogs | Lt. General Christopher Monning
2013 -- The World According to Dick Cheney | Narrator (voice)
2013 -- LUV | Mr. Fish
2013 -- Heartburn | Matthew Boa
2012 -- The Details | Lincoln
2012 -- Wreck-It Ralph | General Hologram (voice)
2011 -- Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters | Ox (voice)
2011 -- Field of Dreams 2: NFL Lockout | Mann
2011 -- Kung Fu Panda 2 | Master Storming Ox (voice)
2010 -- When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun | Self
2008 -- James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston | Self - Narrator (voice)
2007 -- Breach | Dean Plesac
2007 -- Goodbye Bafana | Nelson Mandela
2005 -- Jarhead | Major Lincoln
2005 -- The Making of 'Heat' | Self
2003 -- Sinbad and the Cyclops Island | Kale
2003 -- Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas | Kale (voice)
2002 -- Ticker | FBI Agent
2002 -- Far from Heaven | Raymond Deagan
2000 -- Love & Basketball | Zeke McCall
2000 -- What's Cooking? | Ronald Williams
1999 -- Random Hearts | Detective George Beaufort
1999 -- The Thirteenth Floor | Det. Larry McBain
1999 -- The Minus Man | Graves
1998 -- Major League: Back to the Minors | Pedro Cerrano
1998 -- How to Make the Cruelest Month | Manhattan Parks
1998 -- Standoff | Agent Ty 'Bama' Jones
1997 -- Absolute Power | Tim Collin
1996 -- The Writing on the Wall | Sullivan
1996 -- Widow's Kiss | Eddie Costello
1996 -- Amanda | Seven / Sir Jordan
1995 -- Waiting to Exhale | Kenneth
1995 -- Heat | Donald Breedan
1994 -- Major League II | Pedro Cerrano
1993 -- Hallelujah | Rev. Oliver Crawford
1993 -- Suture | Clay Arlington
1992 -- Love Field | Paul Cater
1992 -- Mr. Baseball | Max 'Hammer' Dubois
1990 -- Navy Seals | Billy Graham
1990 -- K-9000 | Nick Sanrio
1989 -- Major League | Pedro Cerrano
1985 -- A Summer to Remember | Sheriff Pierce
1984 -- The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D. | Dr. Beaumont
1981 -- Grambling's White Tiger | James 'Shack' Harris
1979 -- Scoring | Lt. Harrigan
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