About
Dennis Haysbert
Overview
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 |
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| 2024 | In Fidelity | Actor | Hoyt Johnston | N/A N/A |
| 2024 | Lost & Found in Cleveland | Actor | Marty Anderson | N/A N/A |
| 2024 | Summer Camp | Actor | Tommy | 58 Average |
| 2023 | Sniper: G.R.I.T. - Global Response & Intelligence Team | Actor | Gabriel Stone | 60 Fair |
| 2023 | Flamin' Hot | Actor | Clarence C. Baker | 70 Good |
| 2022 | Sniper: Rogue Mission | Actor | Gabriel Stone | 59 Average |
| 2022 | Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers | Actor | Zipper (voice) | 66 Fair |
| 2022 | No Exit | Actor | Ed | 65 Fair |
| 2019 | Playing with Fire | Actor | Commander Richards | 63 Fair |
| 2019 | Secret Obsession | Actor | Detective Frank Page | 56 Average |
| 2019 | Breakthrough | Actor | Dr. Garrett | 70 Good |
| 2018 | Christmas Everlasting | Actor | Uncle Barney | 59 Average |
| 2018 | Reverie | Actor | Charlie Ventana | 68 Fair |
| 2017 | Kodachrome | Actor | Larry | 63 Fair |
| 2017 | Naked | Actor | Reginald Swope | 58 Average |
| 2017 | The Dark Tower | Actor | Steven Deschain | 57 Average |
| 2017 | Fist Fight | Actor | Superintendent Johnson | 60 Fair |
| 2016 | Sniper: Ghost Shooter | Actor | Colonel | 60 Fair |
| 2016 | Dead Rising: Endgame | Actor | General Lyons | 57 Average |
| 2016 | Undercover | Actor | Rudy Jones | 68 Fair |
| 2016 | Jarhead 3: The Siege | Actor | Major Lincoln | 59 Average |
| 2015 | Baby, Baby, Baby | Actor | Doctor Hankin | 59 Average |
| 2015 | Experimenter | Actor | Ossie Davis | 61 Fair |
| 2015 | Ted 2 | Actor | Fertility Doctor | 62 Fair |
| 2015 | Dead Rising: Watchtower | Actor | General Lyons | 55 Average |
| 2015 | Backstrom | Actor | Det. Sgt. Almond | 68 Fair |
| 2014 | How Murray Saved Christmas | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2014 | Men, Women & Children | Actor | Secretluvur | 62 Fair |
| 2014 | Dear White People | Actor | Dean Fairbanks | 60 Fair |
| 2014 | Sniper: Legacy | Actor | The Colonel | 58 Average |
| 2014 | Sin City: A Dame to Kill For | Actor | Manute | 63 Fair |
| 2014 | Think Like a Man Too | Actor | Uncle Eddie | 61 Fair |
| 2014 | Mr. Peabody & Sherman | Actor | Judge (voice) | 65 Fair |
| 2013 | Civil War 360 | Actor | Host | 69 Fair |
| 2013 | Out of the Blue | Actor | Control | 59 Average |
| 2013 | Life of a King | Actor | Searcy | 62 Fair |
| 2013 | Welcome to the Jungle | Actor | Mr. Palmer | 54 Average |
| 2013 | Battledogs | Actor | Lt. General Christopher Monning | 57 Average |
| 2013 | LUV | Actor | Mr. Fish | 59 Average |
| 2013 | Heartburn | Actor | Matthew Boa | N/A N/A |
| 2012 | The Details | Actor | Lincoln | 59 Average |
| 2012 | Wreck-It Ralph | Actor | General Hologram (voice) | 72 Good |
| 2011 | Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters | Actor | Ox (voice) | 60 Fair |
| 2011 | Field of Dreams 2: NFL Lockout | Actor | Mann | 58 Average |
| 2011 | Kung Fu Panda 2 | Actor | Master Storming Ox (voice) | 69 Fair |
| 2010 | When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2008 | Dreamworks Kung Fu Panda Awesome Secrets | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2008 | James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston | Actor | Self - Narrator (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Breach | Actor | Dean Plesac | 62 Fair |
| 2007 | Goodbye Bafana | Actor | Nelson Mandela | 61 Fair |
| 2006 | The Unit | Actor | Jonas Blane | 71 Good |
| 2005 | Jarhead | Actor | Major Lincoln | 65 Fair |
| 2005 | The Making of 'Heat' | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2003 | Sinbad and the Cyclops Island | Actor | Kale | 59 Average |
| 2003 | Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas | Actor | Kale (voice) | 67 Fair |
| 2002 | Ticker | Actor | FBI Agent | 59 Average |
| 2002 | Far from Heaven | Actor | Raymond Deagan | 64 Fair |
| 2000 | Love & Basketball | Actor | Zeke McCall | 65 Fair |
| 2000 | What's Cooking? | Actor | Ronald Williams | 58 Average |
| 1999 | Random Hearts | Actor | Detective George Beaufort | 57 Average |
| 1999 | Now and Again | Actor | Dr. Theodore Morris | 69 Fair |
| 1999 | The Thirteenth Floor | Actor | Det. Larry McBain | 67 Fair |
| 1999 | The Minus Man | Actor | Graves | 58 Average |
| 1998 | Major League: Back to the Minors | Actor | Pedro Cerrano | 57 Average |
| 1998 | How to Make the Cruelest Month | Actor | Manhattan Parks | 58 Average |
| 1998 | Standoff | Actor | Agent Ty 'Bama' Jones | 59 Average |
| 1997 | Absolute Power | Actor | Tim Collin | 63 Fair |
| 1996 | The Writing on the Wall | Actor | Sullivan | 59 Average |
| 1996 | Widow's Kiss | Actor | Eddie Costello | 58 Average |
| 1996 | Amanda | Actor | Seven / Sir Jordan | 58 Average |
| 1995 | Waiting to Exhale | Actor | Kenneth | 59 Average |
| 1995 | Heat | Actor | Donald Breedan | 77 Good |
| 1994 | Major League II | Actor | Pedro Cerrano | 58 Average |
| 1993 | Hallelujah | Actor | Rev. Oliver Crawford | N/A N/A |
| 1993 | Return to Lonesome Dove | Actor | Cherokee Jack Jackson | 69 Fair |
| 1993 | Suture | Actor | Clay Arlington | 59 Average |
| 1993 | Alex Haley's Queen | Actor | Davis | 70 Good |
| 1992 | Love Field | Actor | Paul Cater | 58 Average |
| 1992 | Mr. Baseball | Actor | Max 'Hammer' Dubois | 58 Average |
| 1990 | Navy Seals | Actor | Billy Graham | 57 Average |
| 1990 | K-9000 | Actor | Nick Sanrio | 58 Average |
| 1989 | Major League | Actor | Pedro Cerrano | 65 Fair |
| 1985 | A Summer to Remember | Actor | Sheriff Pierce | 59 Average |
| 1985 | Off the Rack | Actor | Cletus Maxwell | 69 Fair |
| 1984 | The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D. | Actor | Dr. Beaumont | N/A N/A |
| 1981 | Grambling's White Tiger | Actor | James 'Shack' Harris | N/A N/A |
| 1979 | Scoring | Actor | Lt. Harrigan | 58 Average |
| Silent Retreat | Actor | Josh Alpert | N/A N/A |
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Production |
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| 2006 | The Unit | Production | Producer | 71 Good |