Terrence Dashon Howard is an American actor and singer. Having his first major roles in the 1995 films Dead Presidents and Mr. Holland's Opus, Howard broke into the mainstream with a succession of television and cinema roles between 2004 and 2006. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Hustle & Flow. Howard has had prominent roles in many other movies including Winnie, Ray, Lackawanna Blues, Crash, Four Brothers, Get Rich or Die Tryin', Idlewild, August Rush, The Brave One and Prisoners. Howard played James Rhodes in Iron Man and reprised the role in the video game adaptation. However, he was replaced by Don Cheadle for the future films. He currently stars as the lead character Lucious Lyon in the television series Empire. His debut album, Shine Through It, was released in September 2008.
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist (2024)
Guest starring as Richard "Cadillac" Wheeler
(7 episodes)
- Episode 1x07: Round Seven: Jekyll Island (Oct 3, 2024) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 1x06: Round Six: Community Men (Sep 26, 2024) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 1x05: Round Five: Ambition Ain't Free (Sep 19, 2024) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 1x04: Round Four: Real Policework (Sep 12, 2024) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 1x03: Round Three: Black Vegas (Sep 5, 2024) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 1x02: Round Two: Fight Night (Sep 5, 2024) [Special Guest Star]
- Episode 1x01: Round One: The Ballad of Chicken Man (Sep 5, 2024) [Special Guest Star]
The Best Man: The Final Chapters (2022)
Starring as Quentin Spivey
(8 episodes)
- Episode 1x08: Chapter 8: The Audacity of Hope (Dec 22, 2022)
- Episode 1x07: Chapter 7: Things Fall Apart (Dec 22, 2022)
- Episode 1x06: Chapter 6: An American Marriage (Dec 22, 2022)
- Episode 1x05: Chapter 5: The Party (Dec 22, 2022)
- Episode 1x04: Chapter 4: The Invisible Man (Dec 22, 2022)
- Episode 1x03: Chapter 3: Brown Girl Dreaming (Dec 22, 2022)
- Episode 1x02: Chapter 2: The Wedding (Dec 22, 2022)
- Episode 1x01: Chapter 1: Paradise (Dec 22, 2022)
The Jennifer Hudson Show (2022)
Guest starring as Terrence Howard
- Episode 3x07: Terrence Howard (Sep 24, 2024)
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams (2017)
Guest starring as George Miller
- Episode 1x05: Real Life (Oct 15, 2017)
Martha & Snoop's Potluck Party Challenge (2016)
Guest starring as Terrence Howard
- Episode 2x13: Return of the Mac N Cheese (Aug 15, 2018)
Wayward Pines (2015)
Starring as Sheriff Arnold Pope
(4 episodes)
- Episode 1x06: Choices (Jun 25, 2015)
- Episode 1x03: Our Town, Our Law (May 28, 2015)
- Episode 1x02: Don't Discuss Your Life Before (May 21, 2015)
- Episode 1x01: Where Paradise Is Home (May 14, 2015)
Guest starring as Sheriff Arnold Pope
- Episode 2x01: Enemy Lines (May 25, 2016) [Special Guest Star]
Lip Sync Battle (2015)
Guest starring as Terrence Howard
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x18: Terrence Howard vs. Taraji P. Henson (Part 2) (Aug 20, 2015)
- Episode 1x17: Terrence Howard vs. Taraji P. Henson (Part 1) (Aug 20, 2015)
The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015)
Guest starring as Terrence Howard
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2019-09-24: Terrence Howard, Allen Leech (Sep 24, 2019)
- Episode 2017-03-23: Terrence Howard, Jenna Elfman, Nicole Scherzinger (Mar 23, 2017)
Empire (2015)
Starring as Lucious Lyon
(102 episodes)
- Episode 6x18: Home Is on the Way (Apr 21, 2020)
- Episode 6x17: Over Everything (Apr 14, 2020)
- Episode 6x16: We Got Us (Apr 7, 2020)
- Episode 6x15: Love Me Still (Mar 31, 2020)
- Episode 6x14: I Am Who I Am (Mar 24, 2020)
- Episode 6x13: Come Undone (Mar 17, 2020)
- Episode 6x12: Talk Less (Mar 10, 2020)
- Episode 6x11: Can't Truss 'em (Mar 3, 2020)
- Episode 6x10: Cold Cold Man (Dec 17, 2019)
- Episode 6x09: Remember the Music (Dec 3, 2019)
- Episode 6x08: Do You Remember Me (Nov 26, 2019)
- Episode 6x07: Good Enough (Nov 19, 2019)
- Episode 6x06: Heart of Stone (Nov 12, 2019)
- Episode 6x05: Stronger Than My Rival (Nov 5, 2019)
- Episode 6x04: Tell the Truth (Oct 15, 2019)
- Episode 6x03: You Broke Love (Oct 8, 2019)
- Episode 6x02: Got on My Knees to Pray (Oct 1, 2019)
- Episode 6x01: What is Love (Sep 24, 2019)
- Episode 5x18: The Roughest Day (May 8, 2019)
- Episode 5x17: My Fate Cries Out (May 1, 2019)
- Episode 5x16: Never Doubt I Love (Apr 24, 2019)
- Episode 5x15: A Wise Father That Knows His Own Child (Apr 17, 2019)
- Episode 5x14: Without All Remedy (Apr 10, 2019)
- Episode 5x13: Hot Blood, Hot Thoughts, Hot Deeds (Apr 3, 2019)
- Episode 5x12: Shift and Save Yourself (Mar 27, 2019)
- Episode 5x11: In Loving Virtue (Mar 20, 2019)
- Episode 5x10: My Fault is Past (Mar 13, 2019)
- Episode 5x09: Had It from My Father (Dec 5, 2018)
- Episode 5x08: Master of What is Mine Own (Nov 28, 2018)
- Episode 5x07: Treasons, Stratagems, and Spoils (Nov 14, 2018)
- Episode 5x06: What is Done (Nov 7, 2018)
- Episode 5x05: The Depth of Grief (Oct 31, 2018)
- Episode 5x04: Love All, Trust a Few (Oct 17, 2018)
- Episode 5x03: Pride (Oct 10, 2018)
- Episode 5x02: Pay for Their Presumptions (Oct 3, 2018)
- Episode 5x01: Steal from the Thief (Sep 26, 2018)
- Episode 4x18: The Empire Unpossess'd (May 23, 2018)
- Episode 4x17: Bloody Noses and Crack'd Crowns (May 16, 2018)
- Episode 4x16: Fair Terms (May 9, 2018)
- Episode 4x15: A Lean and Hungry Look (May 2, 2018)
- Episode 4x14: False Face (Apr 25, 2018)
- Episode 4x13: Of Hardiness is Mother (Apr 18, 2018)
- Episode 4x12: Sweet Sorrow (Apr 11, 2018)
- Episode 4x11: Without Apology (Apr 4, 2018)
- Episode 4x10: Birds in the Cage (Mar 28, 2018)
- Episode 4x09: Slave to Memory (Dec 13, 2017)
- Episode 4x08: Cupid Painted Blind (Dec 6, 2017)
- Episode 4x07: The Lady Doth Protest (Nov 29, 2017)
- Episode 4x06: Fortune Be Not Crost (Nov 15, 2017)
- Episode 4x05: The Fool (Nov 8, 2017)
- Episode 4x04: Bleeding War (Oct 18, 2017)
- Episode 4x03: Evil Manners (Oct 11, 2017)
- Episode 4x02: Full Circle (Oct 4, 2017)
- Episode 4x01: Noble Memory (Sep 27, 2017)
- Episode 3x18: Toil and Trouble, Part 2 (May 24, 2017)
- Episode 3x17: Toil and Trouble, Part 1 (May 17, 2017)
- Episode 3x16: Absent Child (May 10, 2017)
- Episode 3x15: Civil Hands Unclean (May 3, 2017)
- Episode 3x14: Love is a Smoke (Apr 26, 2017)
- Episode 3x13: My Naked Villainy (Apr 12, 2017)
- Episode 3x12: Strange Bedfellows (Apr 5, 2017)
- Episode 3x11: Play On (Mar 29, 2017)
- Episode 3x10: Sound & Fury (Mar 22, 2017)
- Episode 3x09: A Furnace for Your Foe (Dec 14, 2016)
- Episode 3x08: The Unkindest Cut (Dec 7, 2016)
- Episode 3x07: What We May Be (Nov 30, 2016)
- Episode 3x06: Chimes at Midnight (Nov 16, 2016)
- Episode 3x05: One Before Another (Nov 9, 2016)
- Episode 3x04: Cupid Kills (Oct 12, 2016)
- Episode 3x03: What Remains is Bestial (Oct 5, 2016)
- Episode 3x02: Sin That Amends (Sep 28, 2016)
- Episode 3x01: Light in Darkness (Sep 21, 2016)
- Episode 2x18: Past is Prologue (May 18, 2016)
- Episode 2x17: Rise by Sin (May 11, 2016)
- Episode 2x16: The Lyon Who Cried Wolf (May 4, 2016)
- Episode 2x15: More Than Kin (Apr 27, 2016)
- Episode 2x14: Time Shall Unfold (Apr 20, 2016)
- Episode 2x13: The Tameness of a Wolf (Apr 13, 2016)
- Episode 2x12: A Rose by Any Other Name (Apr 6, 2016)
- Episode 2x11: Death Will Have His Day (Mar 30, 2016)
- Episode 2x10: Et tu, Brute? (Dec 2, 2015)
- Episode 2x09: Sinned Against (Nov 25, 2015)
- Episode 2x08: My Bad Parts (Nov 18, 2015)
- Episode 2x07: True Love Never (Nov 11, 2015)
- Episode 2x06: A High Hope for a Low Heaven (Nov 4, 2015)
- Episode 2x05: Be True (Oct 21, 2015)
- Episode 2x04: Poor Yorick (Oct 14, 2015)
- Episode 2x03: Fires of Heaven (Oct 7, 2015)
- Episode 2x02: Without a Country (Sep 30, 2015)
- Episode 2x01: The Devils Are Here (Sep 23, 2015)
- Episode 1x12: Who I Am (Mar 18, 2015)
- Episode 1x11: Die But Once (Mar 18, 2015)
- Episode 1x10: Sins of the Father (Mar 11, 2015)
- Episode 1x09: Unto the Breach (Mar 4, 2015)
- Episode 1x08: The Lyon's Roar (Feb 25, 2015)
- Episode 1x07: Our Dancing Days (Feb 18, 2015)
- Episode 1x06: Out, Damned Spot (Feb 11, 2015)
- Episode 1x05: Dangerous Bonds (Feb 4, 2015)
- Episode 1x04: False Imposition (Jan 28, 2015)
- Episode 1x03: The Devil Quotes Scripture (Jan 21, 2015)
- Episode 1x02: The Outspoken King (Jan 14, 2015)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Jan 7, 2015)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014)
Guest starring as Terrence Howard
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2015-09-11: Donald Trump, Terrence Howard, Pharrell Williams (Sep 11, 2015)
- Episode 2015-03-02: Ryan Reynolds, Terrence Howard, Kelly Clarkson (Mar 2, 2015)
MasterChef Junior (2013)
Guest starring as Terrence Howard
- Episode S07 Special: Celebrity Showdown (Nov 22, 2018) [Special Guest Star]
The Arsenio Hall Show (2013)
Guest starring as Terrence Howard
- Episode 1x45: Taye Diggs, Terrence Howard, Harold Perrineau (Nov 14, 2013)
The Talk (2010)
Guest starring as Terrence Howard
- Episode 2017-03-20: Terrence Howard, Tracey Edmonds (Mar 20, 2017)
Law & Order: LA (2010)
Starring as Deputy D.A. Jonah "Joe" Dekker
(16 episodes)
- Episode 1x21: Van Nuys (Jun 27, 2011)
- Episode 1x20: El Sereno (Jun 20, 2011)
- Episode 1x18: Plummer Park (May 30, 2011)
- Episode 1x17: Angel's Knoll (May 25, 2011)
- Episode 1x16: Big Rock Mesa (May 23, 2011)
- Episode 1x15: Hayden Tract (May 16, 2011)
- Episode 1x14: Runyon Canyon (May 9, 2011)
- Episode 1x13: Reseda (May 2, 2011)
- Episode 1x12: Benedict Canyon (Apr 25, 2011)
- Episode 1x11: East Pasadena (Apr 18, 2011)
- Episode 1x10: Silver Lake (Apr 11, 2011)
- Episode 1x08: Playa Vista (Dec 1, 2010)
- Episode 1x07: Ballona Creek (Nov 17, 2010)
- Episode 1x06: Hondo Field (Nov 10, 2010)
- Episode 1x04: Sylmar (Oct 20, 2010)
- Episode 1x02: Echo Park (Oct 6, 2010)
Watch What Happens Live (2009)
Guest starring as Terrence Howard
(3 episodes)
- Episode 15x152: Terrence Howard; Elle Macpherson (Sep 27, 2018)
- Episode 14x92: Terrence Howard, Iggy Azalea (May 21, 2017)
- Episode 10x90: Nia Long & Terrence Howard (Nov 14, 2013)
Spike Guys' Choice Awards (2007)
Starring as Host
- Episode 2015-06-18: Guys Choice Awards 2015 (Jun 18, 2015)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2003)
Guest starring as Terrence Howard
- Episode 2005-11-16: Reese Witherspoon, Terrence Howard, Hazel Smith (Nov 16, 2005)
Jimmy Kimmel Live (2003)
Guest starring as Terrence Howard
- Episode 2016-08-29: Terrence Howard, Wolf Blitzer, Bonnie Raitt (Aug 29, 2016)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Guest starring as Jonah "Joe" Dekker
- Episode 12x21: Reparations (Apr 6, 2011)
The View (1997)
Guest starring as Terrence Howard
(2 episodes)
- Episode 22x85: Terrence Howard, "View Your Deal" (May 14, 2018)
- Episode 21x72: Terrence Howard (May 15, 2017)
Oscars (1953)
Guest starring as Terrence Howard
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2015-02-22: The 87th Annual Academy Awards (Feb 22, 2015)
- Episode 2006-03-05: The 78th Annual Academy Awards (Mar 5, 2006)
The Emmy Awards (1949)
Guest starring as Terrence Howard
- Episode 2019-09-22: The 71st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards 2019 (Sep 22, 2019)