| 2023 | Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback | Self (archive footage) | ★ 6.4 |
| 2023 | Paul Newman - Der unwiderstehliche Typ | Self (archive footage) | ★ 8.1 |
| 2023 | Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte | (archive footage) | ★ 9.0 |
| 2022 | Denzel Washington - Spiegelbilder Amerikas | Self (archive footage) | ★ 7.8 |
| 2022 | Sidney | Self | ★ 7.5 |
| 2018 | Poitier's Walter Lee | Self (archive footage) | ★ 0.0 |
| 2018 | Mr. SOUL! | Self (archive footage) | ★ 7.0 |
| 2017 | Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart | Self | ★ 6.2 |
| 2017 | I Am Not Your Negro | Various Roles (archive footage) | ★ 7.7 |
| 2017 | The Madding Crowd | Self (archive footage) | ★ 0.0 |
| 2014 | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | ★ 7.0 |
| 2013 | Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley | Self | ★ 6.7 |
| 2013 | Martin Luther King and the March on Washington | Self | ★ 10.0 |
| 2012 | Sing Your Song | Self | ★ 6.9 |
| 2007 | Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project | Self | ★ 6.8 |
| 2004 | Hollywood Legenden | Self | ★ 2.0 |
| 2003 | The Making of ‘Sneakers’ | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 2001 | Quincy Jones: In the Pocket | Self | ★ 10.0 |
| 2001 | The Last Brickmaker in America | Henry Cobb | ★ 7.0 |
| 2000 | Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 2000 | Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light | | ★ 6.0 |
| 1999 | Das Leben ist was Wunderbares | Noah Dearborn | ★ 5.8 |
| 1999 | Ein besseres Leben | Will Cleamons | ★ 10.0 |
| 1998 | David and Lisa | Dr. Jack Miller | ★ 5.5 |
| 1998 | Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist | Reverend Msimangu (archive footage) | ★ 7.7 |
| 1997 | Der Schakal | Carter Preston | ★ 6.4 |
| 1997 | Mandela und De Klerk - Zeitenwende | Nelson Mandela | ★ 6.5 |
| 1997 | Afro Promo | Self (archive footage) | ★ 0.0 |
| 1996 | Junge Dornen II | Mark Thackeray | ★ 6.4 |
| 1995 | Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick | Self | ★ 8.0 |
| 1992 | Sneakers - Die Lautlosen | Crease | ★ 6.9 |
| 1991 | Gleichheit kennt keine Farbe | Thurgood Marshall | ★ 6.5 |
| 1988 | Little Nikita | Roy Parmenter | ★ 6.0 |
| 1988 | Mörderischer Vorsprung | Warren Stantin | ★ 6.6 |
| 1988 | Roy Orbison - Black and White Night | Self - Audience Member | ★ 7.5 |
| 1986 | The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn | Self | ★ 8.0 |
| 1985 | Night of 100 Stars II | Self | ★ 8.0 |
| 1984 | I Love Quincy | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 1979 | Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist | Narrator (voice) | ★ 7.2 |
| 1977 | Ausgetrickst | Manny Durrell | ★ 5.6 |
| 1975 | Drehn wir noch’n Ding | Clyde Williams | ★ 6.9 |
| 1975 | Die Wilby Verschwörung | Shack Twala | ★ 6.4 |
| 1974 | Samstagnacht im Viertel der Schwarzen | Steve Jackson | ★ 6.1 |
| 1973 | A Warm December | Dr. Matt Younger | ★ 6.4 |
| 1972 | Nationtime | Self - Narrator | ★ 8.0 |
| 1972 | Der Weg der Verdammten | Buck | ★ 6.2 |
| 1971 | Die Organisation | Virgil Tibbs | ★ 5.9 |
| 1971 | Der Mann Aus Dem Nichts | John Kane | ★ 6.2 |
| 1970 | Zehn Stunden Zeit für Virgil Tibbs | Virgil Tibbs | ★ 5.8 |
| 1970 | Dann war mein Leben nicht umsonst – Martin Luther King | Self (archive footage) | ★ 7.1 |
| 1969 | The Lost Man – Es führt kein Weg zurück | Jason Higgs | ★ 4.0 |
| 1969 | Three Young Americans in Search of Survival | Himself | ★ 0.0 |
| 1968 | For Love of Ivy | Jack Parks | ★ 5.9 |
| 1967 | Rat mal, wer zum Essen kommt | John Prentice | ★ 7.6 |
| 1967 | In der Hitze der Nacht | Virgil Tibbs | ★ 7.6 |
| 1967 | Junge Dornen | Mark Thackeray | ★ 7.5 |
| 1966 | Duell in Diablo | Toller | ★ 6.3 |
| 1966 | The Strolling '20s | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 1965 | Stimme am Telefon | Alan Newell | ★ 7.1 |
| 1965 | Träumende Lippen | Gordon Ralfe | ★ 7.6 |
| 1965 | Zwischenfall im Atlantik | Ben Munceford | ★ 6.9 |
| 1965 | Die größte Geschichte aller Zeiten | Simon of Cyrene | ★ 6.4 |
| 1965 | A Cinderella Named Elizabeth | Self | ★ 7.0 |
| 1964 | Raubzug der Wikinger | Aly Mansuh | ★ 6.1 |
| 1963 | Lilien auf dem Felde | Homer Smith | ★ 7.2 |
| 1962 | Die Sprache der Gewalt | Doctor | ★ 6.6 |
| 1961 | Paris Blues | Eddie Cook | ★ 6.5 |
| 1961 | Ein Fleck in der Sonne | Walter Lee Younger | ★ 7.7 |
| 1960 | Und der Herr sei uns gnädig | Sgt. Eddie Towler | ★ 6.3 |
| 1959 | Virgin Island | Marcus | ★ 5.0 |
| 1959 | Porgy und Bess | Porgy | ★ 6.1 |
| 1958 | Flucht in Ketten | Noah Cullen | ★ 7.1 |
| 1957 | The Mark of the Hawk | Obam | ★ 3.0 |
| 1957 | Weint um die Verdammten | Rau-Ru | ★ 6.2 |
| 1957 | Flammen über Afrika | Kimani Wa Karanja | ★ 5.5 |
| 1957 | Ein Mann besiegt die Angst | Tommy Tyler | ★ 7.1 |
| 1956 | Good-bye, My Lady | Gates Watson | ★ 7.7 |
| 1955 | A Man Is Ten Feet Tall | Tommy Tyler | ★ 0.0 |
| 1955 | Die Saat der Gewalt | Gregory W. Miller | ★ 6.9 |
| 1954 | Go Man Go | Inman Jackson | ★ 5.7 |
| 1952 | Unternehmen 'Rote Teufel' | Robertson | ★ 5.8 |
| 1951 | Cry, the Beloved Country | Reverend Msimangu | ★ 6.1 |
| 1950 | Der Hass ist blind | Luther Brooks | ★ 6.9 |
| 1947 | Sepia Cinderella | Nightclub Extra (uncredited) | ★ 4.8 |
