Terrence Howard
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
Though Terrence Howard's great grandmother Minnie Gentry was a successful New York stage actress, Howard didn't venture onto the screen himself until the age of twenty. Raised in a multiracial Jehovah's Witness household, the young man studied chemical engineering at Pratt Institute before being discovered on the street in New York. This quickly led to appearances on such television shows as Coach, Street Legal, Living Single, and Picket Fences. His breakout role in 1995's Mr. Holland's Opus helped pave the way for Howard's film career, as did his critically acclaimed performance as Cowboy in the Hughes brothers film Dead Presidents. By the time he took the role of Quentin in 1999's The Best Man, Howard had established a reputation as an actor of both skill and integrity. The new millennium finally brought Howard work that showcased his talent and made him a well-known name, like his role in the Paul Haggis film Crash, as well as his work in the John Singleton's Four Brothers. He also attracted the spotlight on the small screen with parts in the acclaimed TV films Their Eyes Were Watching God with Halle Berry, and Lackawanna Blues with S. Epatha Merkerson. This set the stage for his career-making performance as a pimp desperate to create a new life for himself as a musician in Hustle & Flow, for which he earned an Oscar nomination. Over the coming years, Howard would remain a vital force on screen, appearing in several films, likeGet Rich or Die Tryin', Idlewild, Iron Man, and On the Road. In 2013, he played a supporting role in Lee Daniel's The Butler and reprised his role in The Best Man Holiday. Howard returned to television in Fox's smash-hit Empire, playing music mogul Lucious Lyon.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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69% | Cut Throat City |
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— | 2020 |
No Score Yet | Lullaby |
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— | 2019 |
40% | Gully |
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— | 2019 |
No Score Yet | The Best Man Wedding |
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— | 2018 |
No Score Yet | Ghost of New Orleans (Little Murder) |
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— | 2017 |
38% | Cardboard Boxer |
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— | 2016 |
0% | Term Life |
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$13.5k | 2016 |
77% | St. Vincent |
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$33.5M | 2014 |
74% | Take Me to the River |
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$69.1k | 2014 |
30% | Lullaby |
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— | 2014 |
22% | Sabotage |
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$8.2M | 2014 |
70% | The Best Man Holiday |
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— | 2013 |
81% | Prisoners |
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$61M | 2013 |
19% | Winnie Mandela |
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$62.3k | 2013 |
72% | Lee Daniels' The Butler |
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$116.7M | 2013 |
No Score Yet | House Of Bodies |
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— | 2013 |
54% | The Company You Keep |
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$5.2M | 2013 |
41% | Dead Man Down |
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$10.9M | 2013 |
4% | Movie 43 |
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$8.8M | 2013 |
No Score Yet | In the Woods (The Being Experience) |
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— | 2013 |
40% | Red Tails |
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$49.5M | 2012 |
14% | The Ledge |
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$5.7k | 2011 |
No Score Yet | ITW Pathway |
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— | 2010 |
85% | The Princess and the Frog |
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$104.4M | 2009 |
39% | Fighting |
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$23.1M | 2009 |
No Score Yet | Arusi Persian Wedding |
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— | 2009 |
No Score Yet | Recycle |
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— | 2008 |
94% | Iron Man |
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$318.3M | 2008 |
No Score Yet | Independent Lens |
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— | 2008 |
No Score Yet | Dream in Doubt |
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— | 2008 |
No Score Yet | Independent Lens |
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— | 2008 |
No Score Yet | Soundstage - B.B. King: Live |
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— | 2008 |
19% | The Perfect Holiday |
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$5.8M | 2007 |
23% | Awake |
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$14.3M | 2007 |
37% | August Rush |
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$31.6M | 2007 |
44% | The Brave One |
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$36.9M | 2007 |
55% | The Hunting Party |
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$0.8M | 2007 |
12% | The Salon |
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$92.9k | 2007 |
47% | Pride |
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$7.1M | 2007 |
No Score Yet | Independent Lens |
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— | 2007 |
85% | Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore? |
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— | 2007 |
No Score Yet | Independent Lens |
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— | 2007 |
No Score Yet | Lakshmi and Me |
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— | 2007 |
No Score Yet | Independent Lens |
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— | 2006 |
84% | Independent Lens |
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— | 2006 |
47% | Idlewild |
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$12.6M | 2006 |
No Score Yet | Independent Lens |
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— | 2006 |
55% | Beyond the Call |
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— | 2006 |
No Score Yet | Sentenced Home |
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— | 2006 |
No Score Yet | Independent Lens |
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— | 2006 |
No Score Yet | Independent Lens |
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— | 2006 |
16% | Get Rich or Die Tryin' |
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$30.9M | 2005 |
No Score Yet | Independent Lens |
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— | 2005 |
No Score Yet | Animal |
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— | 2005 |
100% | China Blue |
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— | 2005 |
52% | Four Brothers |
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$74.5M | 2005 |
82% | Hustle & Flow |
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$22.2M | 2005 |
No Score Yet | Oprah Winfrey Presents: Their Eyes Were Watching God |
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— | 2005 |
75% | Lackawanna Blues |
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— | 2005 |
No Score Yet | Independent Lens |
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— | 2005 |
79% | Ray |
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$75M | 2004 |
74% | Crash |
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$55.4M | 2004 |
No Score Yet | Love Chronicles |
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— | 2003 |
23% | Biker Boyz |
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$21.8M | 2003 |
No Score Yet | Investigating Sex |
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— | 2002 |
59% | Hart's War |
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$19.1M | 2002 |
6% | Glitter |
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$3.9M | 2001 |
33% | Angel Eyes |
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$23.8M | 2001 |
No Score Yet | Boycott |
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— | 2000 |
No Score Yet | Love Beat the Hell Outta Me |
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— | 2000 |
30% | Big Momma's House |
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$0.5M | 2000 |
No Score Yet | Muhammad Ali: King of the World |
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— | 2000 |
No Score Yet | The Bestman |
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— | 1999 |
72% | The Best Man |
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— | 1999 |
43% | Best Laid Plans |
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— | 1999 |
No Score Yet | Valerie Flake |
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— | 1999 |
31% | The Players Club |
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— | 1998 |
No Score Yet | Never 2 Big |
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— | 1998 |
54% | Johns |
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— | 1997 |
No Score Yet | Spark |
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— | 1997 |
13% | Sunset Park |
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— | 1996 |
75% | Mr. Holland's Opus |
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— | 1995 |
45% | Dead Presidents |
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— | 1995 |
No Score Yet | The O.J. Simpson Story |
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— | 1995 |
50% | Who's the Man? |
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— | 1993 |
No Score Yet | The Crusaders |
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TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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84% |
Empire
2015-2020
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No Score Yet |
Independent Lens
1999
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No Score Yet |
The Late Late Show With James Corden
2015
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No Score Yet |
Lip Sync Battle
2015-2019
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No Score Yet |
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Dinner Party
2016-2020
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72% |
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
2017-2018
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No Score Yet |
Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen
2009
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No Score Yet |
The View
1997
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No Score Yet |
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
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No Score Yet |
Harry
2016-2018
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No Score Yet |
The Talk
2010
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60% |
Wayward Pines
2015-2016
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No Score Yet |
Jimmy Kimmel Live
2003
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No Score Yet |
Hawaii Five-0
2010-2020
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78% |
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
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No Score Yet |
Lopez Tonight
2009-2011
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59% |
Law & Order: LA
2010-2011
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No Score Yet |
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
1992-2014
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No Score Yet |
The Mo'Nique Show
2009-2011
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No Score Yet |
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
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No Score Yet |
Great Performances
2000
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83% |
NYPD Blue
1993-2005
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No Score Yet |
New York Undercover
1994-1998
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No Score Yet |
Coach
1989-1997
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No Score Yet |
Family Matters
1989-1998
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No Score Yet |
Living Single
1993-1998
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82% |
Picket Fences
1992-1996
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11% |
Sparks
1998
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58% |
Street Time
2003
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Quotes from Terrence Howard's Characters
Quentin Spivey: | if a tree loses it leaves can it still be called a tree |
Quentin Spivey: | if a tree loses it leaves can it still be called a tree. |
Keller Dover: | I'm not going to have Christmas without my daughter! |
Franklin Birch: | I miss my daughter to! |
Coach Jackson: | You're black, they're white! This ain't hockey! |
Col. A.J. Bullard: | To be absolutely politically correct African Americans won the Battle of Britain and saved the World. |
Djay: | Whoop dat trick! |
Lt. Colonel James Rhodes: | Tony Stark: (when Pepper catches him in the Iron Man suit) Let's face it, this is not the worst thing you've caught me doing. |
Tony Stark: | [when Pepper catches him in the Iron Man suit] Let's face it, this is not the worst thing you've caught me doing. |
Lt. Colonel James Rhodes: | How was the Fun-ve?, next time you ride with me all right? |
Col. A.J. Bullard: | the only respect I have is for the uniform. |
Col. A.J. Bullard: | The only respect I have is for the uniform. |
Col. A.J. Bullard: | "You get us the mission, we'll light up the board |
Col. A.J. Bullard: | You get us the mission, we'll light up the board. |
Lt. Colonel James Rhodes: | How was the fun-vee? |
Lt. Colonel James Rhodes: | Tony? |
Tony Stark: | Yeah, speak up. |
Lt. Colonel James Rhodes: | What's that noise? |
Tony Stark: | I'm driving with the top down. |
Lt. Colonel James Rhodes: | We have a bogey here. Is it yours? |
Tony Stark: | Nope! Now do you want to know what I'm working on? |
Lt. Colonel James Rhodes: | Why do you sound out of breath? |
Tony Stark: | I'm jogging in the canyon. |
Lt. Colonel James Rhodes: | I thought you said you were driving. |
Tony Stark: | I am! I'm driving to the canyon where I will be jogging. |
Lt. Colonel James Rhodes: | So are you sure this bogey isn't yours? |
Tony Stark: | Yes. |
Lt. Colonel James Rhodes: | Good, cause I'm gonna blow it out of the sky. |
Lt. Colonel James Rhodes: | Not necessary people. Just a training exercise. |
Lt. Colonel James Rhodes: | Is there anything I can do? |
Tony Stark: | Keep the skies clear. [zooms through the roof] |
Lt. Colonel James Rhodes: | [looks at Tony's other suit] Next time, baby. |
Col. A.J. Bullard: | At all costs, you protect the heavies. |
Bobby Mercer: | What about me, Green? You gonna arrest me too? |
Lt. Green: | That depends, Bobby. You keeping strait? |
Bobby Mercer: | Strait-ish. |
Lt. Green: | You keep knocking on the devil's door long enough and sooner or later someone's gonna answer you. |