Terrence Howard was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Anita Jeanine Williams (née Hawkins) and Tyrone Howard. He was raised in Cleveland, Ohio. His love for acting came naturally, through summers spent with his great-grandmother, New York stage actress Minnie Gentry. He later began his acting career after being discovered on a New York City street by ...
Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 33 wins & 45 nominations.
| Movie | Miracle on 42nd Street | Unknown | 2017 |
| Movie | Cardboard Boxer | Unknown | 2017 |
| Series | Lip Sync Battle | Unknown | 2017 |
| Movie | 73rd Golden Globe Awards | Unknown | 2016 |
| Movie | Term Life | Unknown | 2016 |
| Movie | The Best Man Wedding | Unknown | 2016 |
| Series | Hada Madrina | Unknown | 2016 |
| Movie | The 47th NAACP Image Awards | Unknown | 2016 |
| Movie | The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards | Unknown | 2015 |
| Series | Cancer: The Emperor of All Maladies | Unknown | 2015 |
| Movie | BET Awards 2015 | Unknown | 2015-06-28 |
| Movie | Taraji and Terrence's White Hot Holidays | Unknown | 2015 |
| Series | Inside Edition | Unknown | 2015 |
| Movie | Madonna: Ghosttown | Unknown | 2015 |
| Movie | Guys Choice Awards 2015 | Unknown | 2015 |
| Series | Empire | Unknown | 2015 |
| Series | Wayward Pines | Unknown | 2015-05-14 |
| Movie | The Oscars | Unknown | 2015-02-22 |
| Movie | Sabotage | Unknown | 2014-03-28 |
| Movie | St. Vincent | Zucko | 2014-10-24 |
| Series | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Unknown | 2014-02-17 |
| Movie | Lullaby | Unknown | 2014 |
| Movie | 45th NAACP Image Awards | Unknown | 2014 |
| Series | Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition | Unknown | 2014 |
| Movie | Take Me to the River | Unknown | 2014 |
| Movie | Making 'Sabotage' | Unknown | 2014 |
| Movie | Holiday Reunion: The Making of the Best Man Holiday Dvd-extra | Unknown | 2014 |
| Movie | House of Bodies | Unknown | 2014 |
| Movie | BET Awards 2013 | Unknown | 2013-06-30 |
| Movie | Revenge and Redemption: Crafting Dead Man Down | Unknown | 2013 |
| Movie | Dead Man Down: Staging the Action - The Firefights | Unknown | 2013 |
| Movie | The Best Man Holiday | Unknown | 2013 |
| Series | Live with Kelly and Michael | Unknown | 2013 |
| Movie | Dead Man Down | Alphonse | 2013-03-08 |
| Movie | Movie 43 | Unknown | 2013-01-25 |
| Movie | Prisoners: Powerful Performances | Unknown | 2013 |
| Movie | Dead Man Down: Revenge Technique - The Cinematography | Unknown | 2013 |
| Series | The Queen Latifah Show | Unknown | 2013-09-16 |
| Movie | Prisoners | Unknown | 2013-09-20 |
| Movie | Lee Daniels' The Butler | Unknown | 2013-08-16 |
| Series | The Arsenio Hall Show | Unknown | 2013-09-09 |
| Movie | The Being Experience | Unknown | 2013 |
| Series | Larry King Now | Unknown | 2012-07-17 |
| Movie | The 38th Annual People's Choice Awards | Unknown | 2012 |
| Movie | The 2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards | Unknown | 2012-02-25 |
| Movie | Ali 70 from Las Vegas | Unknown | 2012 |
| Series | Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern | Unknown | 2012 |
| Movie | On the Road | Unknown | 2012-05-23 |
| Movie | Croom | Unknown | 2012 |
| Series | ESPN Films | Unknown | 2012 |
| Series | Oprah's Next Chapter | Unknown | 2012-01-01 |
| Movie | Red Tails | Unknown | 2012 |
| Movie | The BET Honors | Unknown | 2012 |
| Movie | 43rd NAACP Image Awards | Unknown | 2012 |
| Movie | The Company You Keep | Unknown | 2012 |
| Movie | 42nd NAACP Image Awards | Unknown | 2011-03-04 |
| Movie | VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul | Unknown | 2011 |
| Movie | The 2011 Independent Spirit Awards | Unknown | 2011-02-26 |
| Movie | Winnie Mandela | Unknown | 2011 |
| Movie | Bob Ross: The Happy Painter | Unknown | 2011 |
| Movie | Little Murder | Unknown | 2011 |
| Movie | Law & Order Goes West | Unknown | 2011 |
| Movie | The Ledge | Det. Hollis Lucetti | 2011-05-26 |
| Movie | 2011 Do Something! Awards | Himself | 2011-08-18 |
| Movie | 2010 Soul Train Awards | Himself - Host | 2010 |
| Movie | An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Lionel Richie | Himself | 2010-01-25 |
| Movie | Cannes Film Festival 2010 | Unknown | 2010 |
| Movie | Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade | Unknown | 2010 |
| Movie | A Backyard Story | Unknown | 2010 |
| Movie | Stand Up to Cancer | Unknown | 2010-09-10 |
| Series | Hawaii Five-0 | Unknown | 2010-09-20 |
| Series | VH1 Rock Docs | Himself - Narrator | 2010 |
| Series | The Talk | Unknown | 2010-10-18 |
| Series | Law & Order: LA | Unknown | 2010-09-29 |
| Movie | For All Mankind | Unknown | 2009 |
| Movie | Fighting | Unknown | 2009 |
| Series | The Mo'Nique Show | Unknown | 2009-10-05 |
| Movie | Dreams Come True: A Celebration of Disney Animation | Unknown | 2009 |
| Movie | Proudly We Stand: The Inauguration of Barack Obama | Unknown | 2009 |
| Movie | The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards | Unknown | 2009-01-11 |
| Series | ES.TV HD | Unknown | 2009-02-01 |
| Movie | Beyond Recognition: The BET Honors Post Show | Himself | 2009-02-09 |
| Series | The Jay Leno Show | Unknown | 2009-09-14 |
| Movie | 2009 Soul Train Awards | Unknown | 2009 |
| Movie | The Princess and the Frog | James | 2009-12-11 |
| Series | The Brian McKnight Show | Unknown | 2009 |
| Series | Lopez Tonight | Unknown | 2009-11-01 |
| Series | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon | Unknown | 2009-03-02 |
| Movie | The BET Honors | Himself | 2009 |
| Movie | The 40th NAACP Image Awards | Unknown | 2009-02-12 |
| Movie | The 2nd Annual CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute | Himself - Presenter | 2008-11-27 |
| Movie | Iron Man | Unknown | 2008-05-02 |
| Movie | I Walk the City | Unknown | 2008 |
| Movie | March Point | Unknown | 2008 |
| Movie | I Am 'Iron Man' | Unknown | 2008 |
| Movie | Stand Up to Cancer | Unknown | 2008 |
| Series | TV One on One | Unknown | 2008 |
| Movie | 2008 American Music Awards | Unknown | 2008 |
| Movie | Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo | Unknown | 2008-02-05 |
| Movie | BET Awards 2008 | Unknown | 2008-06-24 |
| Movie | 2008 ALMA Awards | Himself | 2008-09-12 |
| Movie | Iron Man | Unknown | 2008 |
| Movie | The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show | Unknown | 2008 |
| Movie | Awake | Unknown | 2007 |
| Series | 106 & Park Top 10 Live | Unknown | 2007 |
| Movie | The 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards | Unknown | 2007 |
| Movie | Wifey | Unknown | 2007 |
| Movie | 38th NAACP Image Awards | Unknown | 2007 |
| Movie | Moving Image Salutes Will Smith | Unknown | 2007 |
| Movie | Animal | Darius Allen | 2007-09-05 |
| Movie | The Perfect Holiday | Unknown | 2007 |
| Series | Chelsea Lately | Unknown | 2007-07-01 |
| Movie | Pride | Jim Ellis | 2007-03-23 |
| Series | Up Close with Carrie Keagan | Unknown | 2007-02-21 |
| Movie | 2007 Trumpet Awards | Himself | 2007-03-17 |
| Movie | The Brave One | Detective Mercer | 2007-09-14 |
| Movie | Terra Incognita: The Perils and Promise of Stem Cell Research | Unknown | 2007 |
| Movie | The Hunting Party | Duck | 2007-09-21 |
| Movie | August Rush | Unknown | 2007-11-21 |
| Movie | The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts | Unknown | 2007-12-26 |
| Movie | 2007 ALMA Awards | Unknown | 2007 |
| Movie | A Portrait of an Artist: The Making of 'Get Rich or Die Tryin' | Himself | 2006-03-28 |
| Movie | The 11th Annual Critics' Choice Awards | Unknown | 2006 |
| Movie | Idlewild | Trumpy | 2006-08-25 |
| Movie | The 78th Annual Academy Awards | Unknown | 2006-03-05 |
| Movie | An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Stevie Wonder | Unknown | 2006 |
| Movie | The 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards | Unknown | 2006-01-16 |
| Movie | 37th NAACP Image Awards | Unknown | 2006-03-03 |
| Movie | The 48th Annual Grammy Awards | Unknown | 2006-02-08 |
| Movie | 2006 Independent Spirit Awards | Unknown | 2006 |
| Movie | Crash: On Paul Haggis | Unknown | 2006 |
| Movie | Crash: Unspoken | Unknown | 2006 |
| Movie | Crash: L.A. - The Other Main Character | Unknown | 2006 |
| Movie | Behind the Metal & Glass: The Making of 'Crash' | Unknown | 2006 |
| Movie | OutKast Goes to Idlewild: The Rebirth of Cool | Unknown | 2006 |
| Movie | 12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Unknown | 2006-01-29 |
| Movie | Johnny Cash: God's Gonna Cut You Down | Unknown | 2006 |
| Movie | Premio Donostia a Matt Dillon | Unknown | 2006 |
| Movie | Young Hollywood Awards | Unknown | 2005 |
| Series | Made in Hollywood | Unknown | 2005-09-30 |
| Movie | Crash: Behind the Scenes | Unknown | 2005 |
| Series | Corazón de... | Unknown | 2005 |
| Movie | The Salon | Patrick | 2005-01-01 |
| Movie | Hustle & Flow | Unknown | 2005 |
| Movie | Their Eyes Were Watching God | Unknown | 2005 |
| Movie | The Black Movie Awards | Unknown | 2005 |
| Series | Talking Movies | Unknown | 2005 |
| Series | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Unknown | 2005-01-03 |
| Movie | Lackawanna Blues | Bill Crosby | 2005-02-12 |
| Movie | Get Rich or Die Tryin' | Bama | 2005-11-09 |
| Movie | The 15th Annual Gotham Awards | Unknown | 2005-11-30 |
| Movie | The 3rd Annual Vibe Awards | Unknown | 2005 |
| Series | ABC News Nightline | Unknown | 2005 |
| Movie | Four Brothers | Unknown | 2005 |
| Movie | 2005 MTV Movie Awards | Unknown | 2005-06-09 |
| Movie | BET Awards 2005 | Unknown | 2005-06-28 |
| Series | Martha | Unknown | 2005-09-01 |
| Series | Soundstage | Unknown | 2004 |
| Movie | Ray | Unknown | 2004 |
| Movie | Crash | Unknown | 2004 |
| Series | Tavis Smiley | Unknown | 2004-01-05 |
| Series | The Insider | Unknown | 2004-09-13 |
| Series | Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
| Series | Kela on the Karpet | Unknown | 2003 |
| Series | Shootout | Unknown | 2003-10-12 |
| Movie | Biker Boyz | Unknown | 2003-01-31 |
| Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
| Movie | Love Chronicles | Unknown | 2003 |
| Movie | Hart's War | Unknown | 2002-02-15 |
| Series | Street Time | Unknown | 2002-06-23 |
| Movie | Intimate Affairs | Unknown | 2002-08-09 |
| Series | Total Access 24/7 | Himself | 2002-05-12 |
| Series | Fastlane | Unknown | 2002-09-18 |
| Movie | Glitter | Timothy Walker | 2001-09-21 |
| Movie | Boycott | Ralph Abernathy | 2001-02-24 |
| Movie | Angel Eyes | Unknown | 2001 |
| Movie | King of the World | Unknown | 2000 |
| Series | Soul Food | Unknown | 2000-06-28 |
| Movie | 31st NAACP Image Awards | Unknown | 2000-04-06 |
| Movie | Big Momma's House | Lester Vesco | 2000-06-02 |
| Movie | Love Beat the Hell Outta Me | Unknown | 2000 |
| Movie | Valerie Flake | Unknown | 1999 |
| Movie | Best Laid Plans | Unknown | 1999 |
| Movie | The Best Man | Quentin | 1999-10-22 |
| Series | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Unknown | 1999-09-20 |
| Series | Independent Lens | Unknown | 1999-08-09 |
| Movie | Mama Flora's Family | Unknown | 1998-11-08 |
| Movie | Spark | Unknown | 1998 |
| Movie | The Players Club | Unknown | 1998 |
| Movie | Butter | Unknown | 1998 |
| Series | Sparks | Unknown | 1997 |
| Movie | Double Tap | Ulysses | 1997-09-05 |
| Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
| Movie | Sunset Park | Spaceman | 1996-04-26 |
| Movie | It's Hot in Here: UPN Fall Preview | Unknown | 1996 |
| Movie | Johns | Unknown | 1996 |
| Movie | Shadow-Ops | Unknown | 1995 |
| Movie | The O.J. Simpson Story | Unknown | 1995 |
| Movie | Lotto Land | Unknown | 1995 |
| Movie | Dead Presidents | Cowboy | 1995-10-06 |
| Movie | Mr. Holland's Opus | Unknown | 1995 |
| Series | E! Live from the Red Carpet | Unknown | 1995-03-27 |
| Series | HBO First Look | Unknown | 1994-03-01 |
| Series | Extra | Unknown | 1994-09-05 |
| Series | New York Undercover | Unknown | 1994-09-08 |
| Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
| Movie | Who's the Man? | Unknown | 1993-04-23 |
| Series | Tall Hopes | Unknown | 1993 |
| Series | Late Show with David Letterman | Unknown | 1993-08-30 |
| Series | Living Single | Unknown | 1993-08-22 |
| Series | NYPD Blue | Unknown | 1993-09-21 |
| Series | Getting By | Unknown | 1993 |
| Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
| Series | Picket Fences | Unknown | 1992-09-18 |
| Movie | The Jacksons: An American Dream | Unknown | 1992 |
| Series | Family Matters | Unknown | 1989-09-22 |
| Series | Coach | Unknown | 1989-02-28 |
| Series | The Oprah Winfrey Show | Unknown | 1986-09-08 |
| Series | Entertainment Tonight | Unknown | 1981-09-14 |
| Series | Good Morning America | Unknown | 1975-01-06 |
| Series | Film 2016 | Unknown | 1971-11-16 |
| Series | Sesame Street | Unknown | 1969-11-10 |
| Series | Today | Unknown | 1952-01-14 |