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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dennis Haysbert, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Jun 2, 1954 In San Mateo - California - USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 89
- First Appeared:
- In the series Laverne & Shirley 1976-01-27
- Latest Project:
- Movie Silent Retreat 2025
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Silent Retreat | Josh Alpert | 2025 |
| Movie | Lost & Found in Cleveland | Marty Anderson | 2024 |
| Movie | Summer Camp | 2024-05-31 | |
| Movie | Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers | Zipper (voice) | 2022-05-20 |
| Movie | Breakthrough | Dr. Garrett | 2019-04-10 |
| Series | Reverie | Charlie Ventana | 2018-05-30 |
| Movie | Fist Fight | Superintendent Johnson | 2017-02-16 |
| Series | Dear White People | Narrator | 2017-04-28 |
| Movie | Kodachrome | Larry | 2017-09-08 |
| Movie | The Dark Tower | Steven Deschain | 2017-08-03 |
| Movie | Naked | Reginald Swope | 2017-08-11 |
| 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 | Dead Rising: Endgame | General Lyons | 2016-06-20 |
| Movie | Sniper: Ghost Shooter | Colonel | 2016-08-02 |
| Movie | Dead Rising: Watchtower | General Lyons | 2015-03-27 |
| Series | Backstrom | Det. Sgt. Almond | 2015-01-22 |
| Movie | Ted 2 | Fertility Doctor | 2015-06-25 |
| Movie | Experimenter | Ossie Davis | 2015-10-16 |
| Movie | Baby, Baby, Baby | Doctor Hankin | 2015-10-30 |
| Movie | Think Like a Man Too | Uncle Eddie | 2014-06-20 |
| Movie | Sniper: Legacy | The Colonel | 2014-09-30 |
| Movie | Mr. Peabody & Sherman | Judge (voice) | 2014-02-07 |
| Movie | Men, Women & Children | Secretluvur | 2014-10-17 |
| Movie | How Murray Saved Christmas | Narrator (voice) | 2014-12-05 |
| Movie | Dear White People | Dean Fairbanks | 2014-10-17 |
| Movie | Battledogs | Lt. General Christopher Monning | 2013-04-05 |
| Movie | LUV | Mr. Fish | 2013-01-18 |
| Movie | Welcome to the Jungle | Mr. Palmer | 2013-04-27 |
| Movie | Heartburn | Matthew Boa | 2013-01-01 |
| Movie | Life of a King | Searcy | 2013-06-22 |
| Movie | Out of the Blue | Control | 2013-10-01 |
| Movie | Civil War 360 | Host | 2013-10-27 |
| Series | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Bob Anderson | 2013-09-17 |
| Movie | Wreck-It Ralph | General Hologram (voice) | 2012-11-01 |
| Movie | The Details | Lincoln | 2012-11-02 |
| Movie | Kung Fu Panda 2 | Master Storming Ox (voice) | 2011-05-25 |
| Movie | Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters | Ox (voice) | 2011-12-12 |
| Movie | When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun | Himself | 2010-06-22 |
| Movie | James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2008-04-05 |
| Movie | Breach | Dean Plesac | 2007-02-12 |
| Series | The Unit | Jonas Blane | 2006-03-07 |
| Movie | Jarhead | Major Lincoln | 2005-11-04 |
| Movie | Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas | Kale (voice) | 2003-07-02 |
| Movie | Sinbad and the Cyclops Island | Kale | 2003-11-18 |
| Movie | Far from Heaven | Raymond Deagan | 2002-11-08 |
| Movie | Ticker | FBI Agent | 2002-11-07 |
| Series | 24 | President David Palmer | 2001-11-06 |
| Movie | Love & Basketball | Zeke McCall | 2000-04-21 |
| Movie | What's Cooking? | Ronald Williams | 2000-01-20 |
| Series | Soul Food | Unknown | 2000-06-28 |
| Movie | The Minus Man | Graves | 1999-02-25 |
| Movie | The Thirteenth Floor | Det. Larry McBain | 1999-04-16 |
| Movie | Random Hearts | Detective George Beaufort | 1999-10-08 |
| Series | The Early Show | Unknown | 1999-11-01 |
| Movie | Standoff | Agent Ty 'Bama' Jones | 1998-01-11 |
| Movie | Major League: Back to the Minors | Pedro Cerrano | 1998-04-17 |
| Movie | How to Make the Cruelest Month | Manhattan Parks | 1998-01-16 |
| Movie | Absolute Power | Tim Collin | 1997-02-14 |
| Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
| Series | The New Batman Adventures | Unknown | 1997-09-13 |
| Movie | Amanda | Seven / Sir Jordan | 1996-01-01 |
| Movie | Widow's Kiss | Eddie Costello | 1996-01-18 |
| 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 | Heat | Donald Breedan | 1995-12-15 |
| Movie | Waiting to Exhale | Kenneth | 1995-12-22 |
| Series | Alex Haley's Queen | Davis | 1993-02-14 |
| Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
| Movie | Suture | Clay Arlington | 1993-09-14 |
| Series | Return to Lonesome Dove | Cherokee Jack Jackson | 1993-11-14 |
| Movie | Mr. Baseball | Max 'Hammer' Dubois | 1992-10-01 |
| Movie | K-9000 | Nick Sanrio | 1990-05-23 |
| Movie | Navy Seals | Billy Graham | 1990-07-20 |
| Series | Just the Ten of Us | Unknown | 1988-04-26 |
| Series | Crime Story | Unknown | 1986-09-19 |
| Movie | A Summer to Remember | Sheriff Pierce | 1985-03-27 |
| Series | Growing Pains | Unknown | 1985-09-24 |
| Series | 227 | Unknown | 1985-09-14 |
| Series | The A-Team | Psych Ward Staff | 1983-01-23 |
| Series | Scarecrow and Mrs. King | Unknown | 1983-10-03 |
| Series | Code Red | 1981-09-20 | |
| Series | Galactica 1980 | Unknown | 1980-01-27 |
| Series | Magnum, P.I. | Unknown | 1980-12-11 |
| Series | Knots Landing | Unknown | 1979-12-27 |
| Series | The Incredible Hulk | Unknown | 1977-11-04 |
| Series | Laverne & Shirley | Unknown | 1976-01-27 |