| 2003 | Sounder | The Teacher | ★ 7.0 |
| 2002 | Second to Die | Detective Grady | ★ 4.1 |
| 2001 | Vegas, City of Dreams | Edgar Jones | ★ 2.0 |
| 2000 | Knockout | Ron Regent | ★ 2.8 |
| 1999 | The Unfinished Journey | Narrator (voice) | ★ 6.0 |
| 1999 | March to Freedom | Narrator | ★ 0.0 |
| 1999 | Strange Justice | Thurgood Marshall | ★ 6.0 |
| 1999 | Catfish in Black Bean Sauce | Harold Williams | ★ 5.4 |
| 1998 | Babyhandel Berlin – Jenseits aller Skrupel | Al Spector | ★ 5.5 |
| 1998 | Relax... It's Just Sex | Auntie Mahalia | ★ 5.9 |
| 1997 | In einsamer Mission | Rowan | ★ 4.9 |
| 1996 | Mars Attacks! | General Casey | ★ 6.4 |
| 1996 | Die Legende von Gatorface | Bob | ★ 4.4 |
| 1996 | Assassination File: Operation Laskey | Senator Alan Laskey | ★ 5.2 |
| 1996 | Original Gangstas | Reverend Dorsey | ★ 5.6 |
| 1996 | Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden | Horace | ★ 0.0 |
| 1996 | Dead of Night | Vernon | ★ 2.3 |
| 1995 | Rusta - Planet der Tränen | Dr. Akada | ★ 5.9 |
| 1995 | Tyson | Don King | ★ 6.1 |
| 1995 | In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man with One Eye Is King | Papa Joe | ★ 3.5 |
| 1995 | Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale | The Old Man | ★ 2.0 |
| 1995 | Im Sog des Bösen | William Stone | ★ 0.0 |
| 1994 | The Killing Jar | Judge | ★ 2.0 |
| 1994 | Breathing Lessons | Daniel Otis | ★ 5.4 |
| 1993 | Dennis | Chief of Police | ★ 5.9 |
| 1993 | Cliffhanger | Walter Wright | ★ 6.5 |
| 1993 | Power Cop | Commander Toole | ★ 5.2 |
| 1991 | The Wish That Changed Christmas | Mr. Smith (voice) | ★ 7.2 |
| 1990 | 83 Stunden Angst | Doctor Dantley | ★ 6.5 |
| 1990 | Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn | Jim Watson | ★ 6.1 |
| 1990 | Aus Mangel an Beweisen | Judge Larren Lyttle | ★ 6.8 |
| 1989 | The Women of Brewster Place | Sam Michael | ★ 6.9 |
| 1988 | Die Schlange im Regenbogen | Lucien Celine | ★ 6.4 |
| 1987 | Big Shots - Zwei Kids gegen die Unterwelt | Johnnie Red | ★ 6.3 |
| 1987 | Helden USA | Ambassador | ★ 4.6 |
| 1987 | The Mighty Pawns | Mr. Wright | ★ 6.0 |
| 1987 | Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story | George Hairston | ★ 0.0 |
| 1986 | Blue City | Chief Luther Reynolds | ★ 4.8 |
| 1986 | Goodbye America | Andrew Simon | ★ 7.5 |
| 1985 | Go Tell It on the Mountain | Gabriel Grimes | ★ 6.4 |
| 1984 | Terminator | Traxler | ★ 7.7 |
| 1984 | Mike's Murder | Phillip | ★ 5.4 |
| 1983 | On the Run | Harry | ★ 0.0 |
| 1983 | For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers | | ★ 0.0 |
| 1982 | Der weiße Hund von Beverly Hills | Keys | ★ 6.6 |
| 1982 | Sister, Sister | Eddie Craven | ★ 0.0 |
| 1982 | Star Trek II - Der Zorn des Khan | Captain Clark Terrell | ★ 7.5 |
| 1982 | Dreams Don't Die | Charlie Banks | ★ 6.2 |
| 1981 | Eine schöne Bescherung | Bob Garvey | ★ 5.7 |
| 1980 | Angel City | Cy | ★ 5.8 |
| 1980 | Only the Ball Was White | Narrator | ★ 0.0 |
| 1977 | A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich | Butler | ★ 5.9 |
| 1977 | Straße der Verdammnis | Keegan | ★ 5.1 |
| 1977 | Ich bin der Größte | Draft Lawyer | ★ 5.7 |
| 1977 | Das Ultimatum | Willis Powell | ★ 6.4 |
| 1977 | Green Eyes | Lloyd Dubeck | ★ 0.0 |
| 1976 | High Velocity | | ★ 0.0 |
| 1975 | Straßen der Nacht | Louis Belgrave | ★ 5.7 |
| 1974 | Huckleberry Finn | Jim | ★ 5.9 |
| 1974 | Conrack | Mad Billy | ★ 6.8 |
| 1974 | It's Good to Be Alive | Roy Campanella | ★ 6.6 |
| 1973 | Gordon's War | Gordon Hudson | ★ 5.7 |
| 1973 | Dämonen über dem Atlantik | Dr. Enkalla | ★ 4.9 |
| 1972 | Trouble Man | Chalky Price | ★ 6.1 |
| 1972 | Sounder | Nathan Lee Morgan | ★ 7.5 |
| 1971 | Der Mann Aus Dem Nichts | Henry Birkardt | ★ 6.2 |
| 1970 | Kampf den Talaren | Steve Dempsey | ★ 6.3 |
| 1970 | Dann war mein Leben nicht umsonst – Martin Luther King | Self (archive footage) | ★ 7.1 |
| 1969 | The Lost Man – Es führt kein Weg zurück | Orville Turner | ★ 4.0 |
| 1968 | The New Cinema | Self - Interviewer / Narrator | ★ 0.0 |
| 1967 | Was kümmert uns die Bank? | Garbage Man | ★ 7.0 |
| 1967 | The Perils of Pauline | African Servant | ★ 3.5 |
