| 2022 | Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues | Self (archive footage) | ★ 6.6 |
| 2005 | The Peace! | Self | ★ 5.0 |
| 2005 | The History Makers: Success | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 2005 | Unstoppable | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 2005 | By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' | Self | ★ 5.0 |
| 2004 | She Hate Me | Judge Buchanan | ★ 5.1 |
| 2004 | Proud | Lorenzo DuFau | ★ 4.4 |
| 2004 | Baadasssss! | Granddad | ★ 6.5 |
| 2004 | Beah: A Black Woman Speaks | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 2003 | The Evolution of an American Filmmaker | Self | ★ 7.3 |
| 2003 | The Tuskegee Airmen: They Fought Two Wars | Narrator | ★ 0.0 |
| 2003 | Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property | Himself | ★ 6.1 |
| 2003 | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives | | ★ 5.9 |
| 2003 | Deacons for Defense | Reverend 'Rev' Gregory | ★ 6.1 |
| 2002 | Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun' | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 2002 | Bubba Ho-tep | John F. "Jack" Kennedy | ★ 6.5 |
| 2001 | Feast of All Saints | Jean-Jacques | ★ 4.6 |
| 2001 | Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore | Narrator | ★ 0.0 |
| 2001 | The Legend of the Candy Cane | Julius (voice) | ★ 0.0 |
| 2000 | Here's to Life! | Duncan Cox | ★ 0.0 |
| 2000 | Dinosaurier | Yar (voice) | ★ 6.5 |
| 2000 | Finding Buck McHenry | Buck McHenry | ★ 0.0 |
| 1999 | The Unfinished Journey | Narrator (voice) | ★ 6.0 |
| 1999 | Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve | Caretaker | ★ 9.0 |
| 1999 | The Soul Collector | Mordecai | ★ 7.4 |
| 1999 | The Secret Path | Too Tall | ★ 7.3 |
| 1999 | Paul Robeson: Here I Stand | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 1999 | A Vow to Cherish | Alexander Billman | ★ 6.2 |
| 1998 | Dr. Dolittle | Archer Dolittle | ★ 5.7 |
| 1998 | Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 1998 | Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist | Self | ★ 7.7 |
| 1997 | Die 12 Geschworenen | Juror 2 | ★ 7.7 |
| 1997 | Vier kleine Mädchen | Self - Actor and Playwright | ★ 7.3 |
| 1997 | Jackie Robinson: Breaking Barriers | Narrator | ★ 10.0 |
| 1997 | Miss Evers' Boys - Die Gerechtigkeit siegt | Mr. Evers | ★ 6.3 |
| 1997 | Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough | Self | ★ 6.5 |
| 1996 | Ich bin nicht Rappaport | Midge Carter | ★ 5.6 |
| 1996 | Get on the Bus | Jeremiah | ★ 6.5 |
| 1995 | The Android Affair | Dr. Winston | ★ 5.0 |
| 1995 | Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder | Uncle Phil | ★ 0.0 |
| 1994 | Der Klient | Harry Roosevelt | ★ 6.7 |
| 1994 | Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice | Uncle Phil | ★ 0.0 |
| 1994 | The Stand | Judge Richard Farris | ★ 0.0 |
| 1994 | Malcolm X: Make It Plain | Self | ★ 10.0 |
| 1994 | Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World | Narrator | ★ 0.0 |
| 1993 | Ein verrücktes Paar | Chuck | ★ 6.6 |
| 1993 | Ein Cop und ein Halber | Detective in Squad Room | ★ 4.5 |
| 1993 | Goin' Back to T-Town | Narrator | ★ 0.0 |
| 1993 | The Ernest Green Story | Grandfather | ★ 6.9 |
| 1992 | Lincoln | Frederick Douglas (voice) | ★ 7.2 |
| 1992 | Malcolm X | Eulogy Performer (voice) | ★ 7.5 |
| 1992 | Fäuste - Du musst um dein Recht kämpfen | Noah | ★ 7.6 |
| 1991 | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker | Self | ★ 7.7 |
| 1991 | Jungle Fever | Reverend Purify | ★ 6.4 |
| 1990 | Joe gegen den Vulkan | Marshall | ★ 5.8 |
| 1990 | The Red Shoes | | ★ 0.0 |
| 1989 | Making 'Do the Right Thing' | Self | ★ 6.7 |
| 1989 | Do the Right Thing | Da Mayor | ★ 7.8 |
| 1988 | School Daze | Coach Odom | ★ 5.8 |
| 1986 | Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories | Anansi the Spider (Sleepytime Songs and Stories) (voice) | ★ 0.0 |
| 1985 | Angel kehrt zurück | Capt. Harry Moradian | ★ 5.2 |
| 1985 | Tyler Texas Black Film Collection | Himself | ★ 7.0 |
| 1984 | Harry & Sohn | Raymond | ★ 5.9 |
| 1984 | Marcus Garvey: Toward Black Nationhood | Narrator | ★ 0.0 |
| 1984 | The House of God | Dr. Sanders | ★ 1.5 |
| 1981 | Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige | Chuffy Russell | ★ 6.0 |
| 1981 | Malcolm X - Tod eines Propheten | | ★ 4.4 |
| 1980 | All God's Children | Blaine Whitfield | ★ 4.0 |
| 1979 | Freedom Road | Narrator | ★ 4.8 |
| 1979 | Heisse Ware | Captain John Geiberger | ★ 7.0 |
| 1979 | Freedom Man | Benjamin Banneker | ★ 0.0 |
| 1977 | Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid | Dr. Fredericks | ★ 0.0 |
| 1976 | The Tenth Level | Reed | ★ 5.1 |
| 1976 | Countdown at Kusini | Ernest Motapo | ★ 0.0 |
| 1975 | Drehn wir noch’n Ding | Elder Johnson | ★ 6.9 |
| 1975 | Black Shadows on a Silver Screen | Narrator | ★ 0.0 |
| 1973 | Wattstax | Self (uncredited) | ★ 6.8 |
| 1972 | Malcolm X | Eulogy (voice) | ★ 6.4 |
| 1971 | The Sheriff | James Lucas | ★ 6.0 |
| 1970 | Kongi's Harvest | Narrator | ★ 6.0 |
| 1969 | ...und die Alpträume gehen weiter | Osmond Portifoy | ★ 7.1 |
| 1969 | Slaves | Luke | ★ 5.7 |
| 1969 | Sam Whiskey | Jed Hooker | ★ 5.6 |
| 1969 | Teacher, Teacher | Charles Carter | ★ 0.0 |
| 1969 | The Fall | | ★ 7.0 |
| 1968 | Mit eisernen Fäusten | Joseph Lee | ★ 6.4 |
| 1968 | Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class | Narrator | ★ 0.0 |
| 1967 | The Outsider | Lt. Wagner | ★ 6.0 |
| 1967 | Black Liberation | Narrator | ★ 0.0 |
| 1966 | A Man Called Adam | Nelson Davis | ★ 6.4 |
| 1965 | The Sun... the Sand... the Hill | Jason King (archival footage) | ★ 1.0 |
| 1965 | The Sun... the Sand... the Hill | Jason King (archive footage) | ★ 1.0 |
| 1965 | Ein Haufen toller Hunde | Jacko King | ★ 7.5 |
| 1964 | Der Mörder mit der Gartenschere | Capshaw | ★ 6.7 |
| 1963 | Der Kardinal | Father Gillis | ★ 6.5 |
| 1963 | Gone Are the Days! | Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson | ★ 6.7 |
| 1962 | Hands of Inge | Narrator (voice) | ★ 0.0 |
| 1960 | John Brown's Raid | Dangerfield Newby | ★ 0.0 |
| 1951 | Vierzehn Stunden | Cab Driver (uncredited) | ★ 7.2 |
| 1950 | Der Hass ist blind | John Brooks (uncredited) | ★ 6.9 |
