Terrence Howard is best have it off for his purpose as the medicine baron Lucious Lyon in the Fox TV seriesEmpire . However , it is on the with child filmdom where he has put in the most employment , appearing in 60 characteristic pic in total . Howard has also been nominate for plenty of laurels throughout his career .

In previous 2019 , the actorsuggested that he would retire from actingafter   his current contract with Fox ends . Retirement in the entertainment line is   rarely lasting ( Hi Joe Pesci ! ) ,   so we ’d definitely expect him to see him make a U - turning in the nigh future . Here are his upright picture show ever , consort to IMDb .

Dead Presidents (6.9)

Dead Presidentsis a crime thriller film which is based on the book   origin : An Oral account of the Vietnam War by Black Veteransby diarist Wallace Terry .   The movie accompany a man name Anthony Curtis from his teenage years to his life in the military as a soldier inVietnam .

When he come back to The Bronx from the war , he struggles to bear out himself and thus decides to be a mobster .   The character Curtis is also based on the real - living war old hand Haywood T. Kirkland . Terrence plays a man named Cowboy who   take every opportunity   to accent why war is bad .

St. Vincent (7.2)

The 2014 comedySt . Vincentdoesn’t get as much hype but it ’s a masterpiece . It received good deal of extolment for his humor and plot . The movie was constitute for 26 awards in total by different body . St. Vincentrevolves around a retire war old-timer refer Vincent MacKenna   who resolve to settle for a life of heavy drinking and gambling in Sheepshead Bay .

His wife , Sandy , does n’t recognize him anymore since she developed Alzheimer ’s many years ago . Due to Vincent ’s aggression ,   the only secretive person to him is a   Russian cocotte key out Daka .   Terrence Howard plays Vincent ’s loan shark mention Zucko .

The Butler (7.2)

The Butleris considered by many as one of the best movies to be ever cut by the Oscars . Despite pay off no love from the Academy , it received 25 nominations in total from other honor system . Oprah Winfrey also received plenty of congratulations for her performance .

The movie was packed with big names that include Forrest Whitaker , Cuba Gooding Jr. , David Oyelewo and Mariah Carey . Terrence Howard retained his name and played Howard , a gentleman who tries to solicit the married woman of white house butler Cecil Gaines ( Whitaker ) .

Hustle And Flow (7.3)

Terrence ’s role here is quite similar to his function inEmpire . PerhapsHustle And Flowwas the inspiration for the Fox TV show . His empire co - star Taraji P. Henson also plays his love interest in this film . Terrence ’s performance earned him a Best Actor nominating address at the Oscars .

In the movie , he is a pimp and drug dealer recognize as Djay who aspires to be a rapper . Taraji plays a prostitute who becomes pregnant with Djay ’s child and end up doing extra vocals for Djay . The movie was widely   lauded for the performances by the cast as well as the soundtrack .

Mr. Hollund’s Opus (7.5)

Mr. Hollund ’s Opus is about a eminent school music teacher key Glenn Holland   who stargaze of writing his own melodious composition . But despite Mr. Holland being proficient at what he does , he is oft sad because of constant home problems .

Terrence Howard had one of his very first roles inMr . Hollund ’s Opuswhich fare out in 1995 . His first credited character also come in the same class inDead Presidents . Terrence has a minor role in the movie , only appearing for a modified amount of time as a dance orchestra member mention Louis Russ .

August Rush (7.5)

August Rushis a musical that revolves around   a young gifted boy who lives in an orphans' asylum . He make up one’s mind to flee to New York City   where he begins to discover himself . His mother keeps look for him as he choke through his adventures in the city .

The different sounds that he keeps hearing inspire to make an instrumental theme that   eventually reason out the events of the film .   " grow It Up , " the soundtrack , was nominated for Best Original Song at the Oscars . In the motion picture , Terrence plays a child counselor known as Richard Jeffries .

Ray (7.7)

The highly - entertaining and critically acclaimed euphony biopicRaytells the narrative of the legendary blind singer and pianist Ray Charles . Jamie Foxx ’s performance earned him an Oscar for Best Actor . But Foxx was n’t solely creditworthy for the moving-picture show ’s brilliance . He was backed by a gifted supporting roll that included Terrence Howard , Regina King , and Kerry Washington .

Howard play the guitarist Gossie McKee in the film . Gossie ab initio take tending of Ray and handles some of hos funds but is later revealed to be defraud the talented unreasoning singer . Ray soon discovers what ’s hold up on and slue railroad tie with Gossie .

Crash (7.8)

This motion picture realize Terrence Howard more award nominating speech than he could wield ( 12 in total).Crashalso won Best Picture at the Oscars but this drew   much controversy since many people find thatBrokeback Mountainstarring Heath Ledger was the effective picture show .

The movie which focussed on racial tensions in Los Angeles see Terrence playing Cameron Thayer , a successful television system manufacturer who end up being harassed by law after being pulled over . He is married woman is also search unsuitably during the interrogation .

Iron Man (7.9)

Well , no one will be gainsay it when we say this is a movie that require no explanation . Iron Man laid the substructure for what would be after known as the Marvel Cinematic Universe . The film severalise the story of how Tony Stark ( Robert Downey Junior ) became Iron Man .

Terrence Howard played   Lt . Col . James Rhodes aka War Machine . However , after disagreements regarding contracts , he was replaced by Don Cheadle for the nextIron Manfilm and subsequent Marvel motion picture that included the character . We ca n’t serve but inquire what the MCU would be like with Terrence in it .

Prisoners (8.1)

InPrisoners ,    two untested girls are abducted in Pennsylvania   result in an vivid manhunt for the   abductor by law enforcement officers .   When the police arrest a defendant and later let him go , one of the father of the young girls decides to hunt down the man .

The film had a stellar mold that included Hugh Jackman who draws claws at some point and shouts " Hail X - Men ! " Okay , that ’s a Trygve Halvden Lie . Viola Davis was in it too as well as   Jake Gyllenhaal . Terrence plays Franklin Birch , the man who was hosting Thanksgiving dinner when the girl disappeared .

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Best Terrence Howard Movies

Larenz Tate as Anthony Curtis

Terrence Howard and Bill Murray in St Vincent

Terrence Howard and Oprah Winfrey in The Butler

Terrence Howard and Taraji in Hustle and Flow

Terrence Howard in Mr. Hollund’s Opus

Terrence Howard in August Ruah

Terrence Howard in Ray

Terrence Howard and Ludacris in Crash

Terrence Howard smiling as Rhodey in Iron Man

Terrence Howard in Prisoners

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