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Dennis Haysbert

Actor

Dennis Haysbert

  • Born: 2 June 1954, San Mateo, California, USA
  • Estimated net worth: $20 million

Dennis Haysbert is a prominent American actor known for his deep voice and commanding presence. He is best recognized for his roles in '24' as President David Palmer and in films like 'Major League' and 'The Hitman's Bodyguard'. With a career spanning several…

About Dennis Haysbert

Dennis Haysbert is a prominent American actor known for his deep voice and commanding presence. He is best recognized for his roles in '24' as President David Palmer and in films like 'Major League' and 'The Hitman's Bodyguard'. With a career spanning several decades, he has built a reputation for portraying strong, authoritative characters across various genres.

Born
2 June 1954, San Mateo, California, USA
Known for
Acting
Height
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Spouses
Lynn Haysbert (1989-2001)
Children
2 children: Katherine Haysbert, and a son whose name is not publicly known.
Parents
Gladys Haysbert, and a father whose name is not publicly known.
Estimated net worth
$20 million

Fun facts about Dennis Haysbert

  • Dennis Haysbert was a model before becoming an actor, appearing in various advertisements.
  • He has voiced characters in multiple video games, including the popular 'Call of Duty' series.

Famous Dennis Haysbert quotes

“I am not a hero. I am just a man who made a choice.”
24 (TV Series), 2001
“You can't win them all.”
Major League (1989)
“We are not just fighting for ourselves. We are fighting for everyone.”
The Unit (TV Series), 2006

Dennis Haysbert filmography

Cast (160)

YearTitleCharacterRating
2026Higher Love MovieCarver Sams
2026Time of Death MovieOfficer Aarons5.7
2026Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord TVMaster Eeko-Dio Daki (voice)8.6
2026Radio Sky MovieJoseph Finley9.0
2026Relationship Goals MoviePapa Jim6.4
2026Send Help MovieFranklin7.0
2025Hope of the Season: Christmas with The Tabernacle Choir MovieFeaturing
2025Lost & Found in Cleveland MovieMarty Anderson5.0
2025Hole in the Head: A Life Revealed MovieNarrator
2024Holidazed TVRobert Lewin7.4
Show 150 more credits
YearTitleCharacterRating
2024In Fidelity MovieHoyt Johnston5.2
2024Summer Camp MovieTommy5.4
2023Sniper: G.R.I.T. - Global Response & Intelligence Team MovieGabriel Stone6.5
2023Digman! TVVernon (voice)6.1
2023Flamin' Hot MovieClarence C. Baker8.0
2023Paul T. Goldman TVAgent Portman6.3
2022Sniper: Rogue Mission MovieGabriel Stone6.3
2022Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers MovieZipper (voice)7.0
2022No Exit MovieEd6.8
2021Masters of the Universe: Revelation TVGrayskull (voice)6.6
2020Home Movie: The Princess Bride TVPrince Humperdinck7.7
2019Playing with Fire MovieCommander Richards6.6
2019Secret Obsession MovieDetective Frank Page5.5
2019Breakthrough MovieDr. Garrett7.7
2018Christmas Everlasting MovieUncle Barney5.8
2018Reverie TVCharlie Ventana6.7
2017Kodachrome MovieLarry6.8
2017Naked MovieReginald Swope5.8
2017The Dark Tower MovieSteven Deschain5.8
2017Fist Fight MovieSuperintendent Johnson6.0
2016Incorporated TVJulian Morse6.3
2016Sniper: Ghost Shooter MovieColonel6.3
2016Dead Rising: Endgame MovieGeneral Alan Lyons5.2
2016Undercover TVRudy Jones (archive footage) (uncredited)6.5
2016Undercover TVRudy Jones6.5
2016Lucifer TVGod8.4
2016Jarhead 3: The Siege MovieMajor Lincoln6.1
2015Baby, Baby, Baby MovieDoctor Hankin5.6
2015Experimenter MovieOssie Davis6.5
2015The Grinder TVSpecial Agent6.7
2015Ted 2 MovieFertility Doctor6.3
2015Dead Rising: Watchtower MovieGeneral Alan Lyons5.2
2015Backstrom TVDet. Sgt. Almond6.8
2014How Murray Saved Christmas MovieNarrator (voice)6.3
2014Men, Women & Children MovieSecretluvur6.5
2014Dear White People MovieDean Fairbanks6.1
2014Sniper: Legacy MovieThe Colonel6.0
2014The Real Daytime TVUnknown character6.4
2014Sin City: A Dame to Kill For MovieManute6.4
2014Think Like a Man Too MovieUncle Eddie6.4
2014Mr. Peabody & Sherman MovieJudge (voice)6.7
2013Civil War 360 TVSelf - Host6.3
2013Out of the Blue MovieControl6.5
2013Brooklyn Nine-Nine TVBob Annderson8.2
2013Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection MovieOx (voice)8.0
2013Life of a King MovieSearcy7.3
2013Welcome to the Jungle MovieMr. Palmer5.0
2013Battledogs MovieLt. General Christopher Monning4.4
2013LUV MovieMr. Fish5.8
2013The World According to Dick Cheney MovieNarrator (voice)6.7
2013Heartburn MovieMatthew Boa
2012The Details MovieLincoln6.0
2012Wreck-It Ralph MovieGeneral Hologram (voice)7.4
2011Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters MovieOx (voice)6.5
2011Field of Dreams 2: Lockout MovieMann5.0
2011Kung Fu Panda 2 MovieMaster Ox (voice)7.1
2010When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun MovieSelf
2008James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston MovieSelf - Narrator (voice)6.7
2007Breach MovieDean Plesac6.6
2007Goodbye Bafana MovieNelson Mandela6.9
2006The Unit TVJonas Blane7.4
2005The Boondocks TVSturdy Harris (voice)8.3
2005Jarhead MovieMajor Lincoln6.7
2005Empire TVUnknown character6.5
2005The Making of Heat MovieSelf6.2
2004Secrets of Pearl Harbor MovieSelf - Host8.0
2003Sinbad and the Cyclops Island MovieKale6.4
2003Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas MovieKale (voice)7.1
2003Far from Heaven: "Making of" MovieUnknown character
2002Ticker MovieFBI Agent6.6
2002Far from Heaven MovieRaymond Deagan7.1
2001Justice League TVKilowog (voice)8.2
200124 TVDavid Palmer7.8
2001The Hire TVFBI Agent7.7
2000Static Shock TVChief Barnsdale (voice)8.0
2000Soul Food TVRick Grant7.2
2000Love & Basketball MovieZeke McCall7.3
2000What's Cooking? MovieRonald Williams5.5
1999The Early Show TVSelf6.2
1999Random Hearts MovieDetective George Beaufort5.6
1999Now and Again TVDr. Theodore Morris6.9
1999The Minus Man MovieGraves5.5
1999The Thirteenth Floor MovieDet. Larry McBain7.1
1998Godzilla: The Series TVGeneral Ekwensi (voice)7.9
1998Major League: Back to the Minors MoviePedro Cerrano5.0
1998How to Make the Cruelest Month MovieManhattan Parks2.5
1998Standoff MovieAgent Ty 'Bama' Jones6.0
1997The New Batman Adventures TVBarkley James (voice)8.1
1997The View TVSelf4.3
1997The View TVSelf - Guest4.3
1997Absolute Power MovieTim Collin6.7
1996Superman: The Animated Series TVAgent #1 (voice)7.7
1996Superman: The Animated Series TVDoctor #1 (voice)7.7
1996The Writing on the Wall MovieSullivan3.6
1996Widow's Kiss MovieEddie Costello4.2
1996Amanda MovieSeven / Sir Jordan5.0
1995Waiting to Exhale MovieKenneth6.2
1995Heat MovieDonald Breedan7.9
1995The Outer Limits TVJoshua Finch7.7
1994Major League II MoviePedro Cerrano5.7
1994Duckman TVTribal Leader / Cornfed's Singing Voice (voice)7.3
1993Hallelujah MovieRev. Oliver Crawford6.5
1993Return to Lonesome Dove TVCherokee Jack Jackson7.0
1993Suture MovieClay Arlington6.5
1993Late Night with Conan O'Brien TVSelf - Guest7.3
1993Alex Haley's Queen TVDavis7.0
1992Love Field MoviePaul Cater6.1
1992Mr. Baseball MovieMax 'Hammer' Dubois5.9
1990Navy Seals MovieBilly Graham5.4
1990K-9000 MovieNick Sanrio4.8
1989Major League MoviePedro Cerrano6.9
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark TVSelf - Guest5.6
1988Just the Ten of Us TVUnknown character7.1
1985Growing Pains TVPolice Officer6.5
1985Growing Pains TVOfficer Wright6.5
1985Growing Pains TVFrank6.5
1985227 TVUnknown character6.9
1985A Summer to Remember MovieSheriff Pierce6.5
1985Off the Rack TVCletus Maxwell6.0
1984The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D. MovieDr. Beaumont9.0
1984Night Court TVJames Morgan7.3
1983Scarecrow and Mrs. King TVUnknown character6.7
1983The A-Team TVPsych Ward Staff7.5
1982American Playhouse TVReverend Oliver Crawford6.6
1981The Fall Guy TVJeremy Wolf7.6
1981Grambling's White Tiger MovieJames 'Shack' Harris7.0
1981Code Red TVStuff Wade7.0
1980Magnum, P.I. TVUnknown character7.3
1980Galactica 1980 TVImperious Leader (voice)6.1
1979Knots Landing TVPolice Officer6.9
1979Buck Rogers in the 25th Century TVHelmsman7.1
1979Buck Rogers in the 25th Century TVSecurity Guard7.1
1979Buck Rogers in the 25th Century TVLieutenant Parsons7.1
1979The Facts of Life TVUnknown character7.1
1979Scoring MovieLt. Harrigan5.2
1978The White Shadow TVBasketball Player7.1
1977The Incredible Hulk TVUnknown character7.2
1976Quincy, M.E. TVDriver7.5
1976Quincy, M.E. TVUnknown character7.5
1976Laverne & Shirley TVUnknown character7.1
1975Saturday Night Live TVSelf (uncredited)6.9
1956Tony Awards TVSelf - Presenter
1944Golden Globe Awards TVSelf - Nominee7.0
1944Golden Globe Awards TVSelf - Audience Member7.0
TBAAmerican Smuggler MovieUnknown character
TBADeify MovieUnknown character
TBAHome MovieUnknown character
TBADon't Ever Wonder MovieUnknown character
TBASilent Retreat MovieJosh Alpert
TBASuburban Psycho MovieUnknown character

Crew (4)

YearTitleRoleRating
2026Radio Sky MovieProducer · Production9.0
2006The Unit TVProducer · Production7.4
2006The Unit TVDirector · Directing7.4
TBAAmerican Smuggler MovieExecutive Producer · Production

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Questions about Dennis Haysbert

What are some of Dennis Haysbert's career highlights?

Dennis Haysbert's career highlights include his roles in the television series '24' and films like 'Major League' and 'The Hitman's Bodyguard'. He has also starred in commercials, notably for Allstate Insurance.

Has Dennis Haysbert won any awards?

Dennis Haysbert has received several nominations for his work, including a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance in '24'. He has not won an Oscar.

What was Dennis Haysbert's first film?

Dennis Haysbert's first film was 'The Last Dragon', released in 1985. His role in this movie marked the beginning of his acting career in film.

What are some of Dennis Haysbert's most successful films?

Some of Dennis Haysbert's most successful films include 'Major League', 'The Great White Hope', and 'The Hitman's Bodyguard'. Each film showcased his versatility as an actor.

What is known about Dennis Haysbert's personal life?

Dennis Haysbert was previously married to Lynn Haysbert, and they have two children together. He generally keeps his personal life private.

What is Dennis Haysbert's estimated net worth?

Dennis Haysbert's estimated net worth is around $20 million, reflecting his successful career in acting and endorsements.

What are some milestones in Dennis Haysbert's filmography?

Milestones in Dennis Haysbert's filmography include his iconic role as President David Palmer in '24', his performance in 'Major League', and his work in voice acting for video games.

Has Dennis Haysbert worked in television?

Yes, Dennis Haysbert has had a prominent television career, most notably in '24' and 'The Unit'. His performances have garnered critical acclaim.