Winston Zeddemore is a fictional character appearing in the Ghostbusters films, TV series, and video games. He was played by Ernie Hudson in both movies and was voiced by Arsenio Hall in the first two seasons of The Real Ghostbusters. Buster Jones provided Winston's voice in the remaining seasons, and he reprised the role in a cameo on Extreme Ghostbusters.

Hudson returned to provide his appearance and voice to Zeddemore in the 2009 Ghostbusters: The Video Game. In the original script for Ghostbusters, Winston was intended to be the smartest and most capable of the Ghostbusters. He held multiple degrees and was a Ph.D. as well as an former Marine, making him more suited for the job than the original three.

This was discussed in detail in the commentary on the DVD of Ghostbusters; no explanation was given for the change in his character[citation needed] However, the novelization of Ghostbusters mentions Zeddemore's service with the Marines prior to joining the Ghostbusters. Further, in Ghostbusters: The Video Game, while the Ghostbusters are on a mission in the New York History Museum, Zeddemore reminisces about the time he spent studying for his doctorate in the museum's Egyptology wing. (However, in context, it's unclear if he studied for the doctorate prior to joining the Ghostbusters, or sometime between the events of the movies and the game's setting in 1991.)

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