Terrence Howard Announces He’s Retiring from Acting

*Terrence Howard announced on the red carpet event for “The Best Man: The Final Chapters,” that he is retiring from acting. 

“This is the end for me. I don’t know if it’s the end for the rest of them,” Howard Howard told Entertainment Tonight.

“I retired two years ago, for the most part. I was done. … I asked Sidney Poitier 10 years ago, does he want to do any more work, and he said, ‘Why would I spend my last 10 years doing an impersonation of myself?’ And that’s what I’ve gotten to,” the veteran performer added. 

Howard is set to reprise his role in the upcoming “Best Man” series that debuts later this month on Peacock. In case you missed it, check out the trailer below.

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Based upon the eponymous Universal film franchise written and directed by Malcolm D. Lee, the series will catch up with Harper, Robyn, Jordan, Lance, Quentin, Shelby, Candace, and Murch as relationships evolve and past grievances resurface in the unpredictable stages of midlife crisis meets midlife renaissance, per the official news release.

The film sees the return of many of the stars of the original 1999 film, including Morris Chestnut, Melissa De Sousa, Taye Diggs, Regina Hall, Sanaa Lathan, Nia Long and Harold Perrineau.

“I’ve gotten to the point where now I’ve given the very best that I have as an actor,” Howard continued at the LA red carpet premiere of the show.

“Now I’m enjoying watching other new talent come around, and I don’t want to do an impersonation of myself. … Yes, there’s some better actors out there that can do things that I was never able to do. So I want to applaud them, I want to be excited about what they do,” Howard added.

The limited series will premiere on December 22 with all 8 episodes dropping at launch exclusively on Peacock.

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