| 2027 | Untitled The Batman Sequel | Lt. James Gordon | ★ 0.0 |
| 2025 | Der Phönizische Meisterstreich | | ★ 0.0 |
| 2025 | Highest 2 Lowest | | ★ 0.0 |
| 2024 | Atrabilious | Vincent Daugherty | ★ 0.0 |
| 2023 | Amerikanische Fiktion | Thelonious 'Monk' Ellison | ★ 7.3 |
| 2023 | Rustin | Rep. Adam Clayton Powell | ★ 6.6 |
| 2023 | Asteroid City | General Gibson | ★ 6.5 |
| 2022 | The Batman | Lt. James Gordon | ★ 7.7 |
| 2022 | Frederick Douglass: In Five Speeches | Self | ★ 6.0 |
| 2021 | Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special | The Watcher (voice) (archive footage) | ★ 7.0 |
| 2021 | The French Dispatch | Roebuck Wright | ★ 7.0 |
| 2021 | James Bond 007 - Keine Zeit zu sterben | Felix Leiter | ★ 7.4 |
| 2021 | In der Haut von James Bond | Self (archive footage) | ★ 7.7 |
| 2021 | Monster | Mr. Harmon | ★ 6.4 |
| 2020 | American Pathogen | Self - Narrator | ★ 0.0 |
| 2020 | The Oedipus Project | Tiresias | ★ 10.0 |
| 2020 | All Day and a Night | JD | ★ 6.2 |
| 2019 | Marvel Studios: Expanding the Universe | Self | ★ 5.8 |
| 2019 | Die Geldwäscherei | Malchus Irvin Boncamper | ★ 6.0 |
| 2019 | Der Distelfink | James 'Hobie' Hobart | ★ 7.2 |
| 2019 | Ein ganz gewöhnlicher Held | | ★ 6.5 |
| 2019 | Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook | Narrator (voice) | ★ 8.5 |
| 2018 | We Are Not Done Yet | Self | ★ 6.8 |
| 2018 | Moynihan | Narrator (voice) | ★ 8.0 |
| 2018 | Wolfsnächte | Russell Core | ★ 5.4 |
| 2018 | Age Out | Detective Portnoy | ★ 6.3 |
| 2018 | O.G. | Louis Menkins | ★ 5.9 |
| 2018 | Game Night | FBI Agent Henderson (uncredited) | ★ 6.9 |
| 2017 | Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait | Self (archive footage) | ★ 7.3 |
| 2017 | Viren - Die unsichtbaren Feinde | Narrator (voice) | ★ 7.6 |
| 2016 | Confirmation | Charles Ogletree | ★ 6.9 |
| 2015 | Die Tribute von Panem - Mockingjay Teil 2 | Beetee | ★ 6.9 |
| 2015 | Arlo & Spot | Poppa (voice) | ★ 6.7 |
| 2015 | The Gospel According to Mac | Narrator (voice) | ★ 7.0 |
| 2015 | The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 | Self (Beetee) | ★ 7.2 |
| 2014 | Mass Extinction: Life at the Brink | Narrator (voice) | ★ 7.0 |
| 2014 | Die Tribute von Panem - Mockingjay Teil 1 | Beetee | ★ 6.8 |
| 2014 | The Final Shot: A Farewell to Boardwalk Empire | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 2013 | Only Lovers Left Alive | Dr. Watson | ★ 7.2 |
| 2013 | Die Tribute von Panem - Catching Fire | Beetee | ★ 7.4 |
| 2013 | Mister & Pete gegen den Rest der Welt | Henry | ★ 7.1 |
| 2013 | A Single Shot | Simon | ★ 5.7 |
| 2013 | Broken City | Carl Fairbanks | ★ 5.9 |
| 2012 | Bond on Location | Self / Felix Leiter | ★ 6.0 |
| 2011 | Extrem laut und unglaublich nah | William Black | ★ 7.0 |
| 2011 | The Ides of March - Tage des Verrats | Senator Thompson | ★ 6.7 |
| 2011 | A Child's Garden of Poetry | Self (voice) | ★ 4.0 |
| 2011 | Source Code | Dr. Rutledge | ★ 7.3 |
| 2008 | Cadillac Records | Muddy Waters | ★ 7.1 |
| 2008 | James Bond 007 - Ein Quantum Trost | Felix Leiter | ★ 6.3 |
| 2008 | W. - Ein missverstandenes Leben | Colin Powell | ★ 6.2 |
| 2008 | Chicago 10 | Bobby Seale (voice) | ★ 6.0 |
| 2007 | Blackout | Nelson | ★ 6.1 |
| 2007 | Invasion | Dr. Stephen Galeano | ★ 6.0 |
| 2007 | New Orleans | Narrator (voice) | ★ 0.0 |
| 2006 | Blood Diamonds | Narrator (voice) | ★ 6.8 |
| 2006 | James Bond 007 - Casino Royale | Felix Leiter | ★ 7.6 |
| 2006 | Daniel Craig wird Bond | Self | ★ 6.0 |
| 2006 | Das Mädchen aus dem Wasser | Mr. Dury | ★ 5.6 |
| 2006 | Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner | Self | ★ 2.0 |
| 2005 | Syriana | Bennett Holiday | ★ 6.4 |
| 2005 | Broken Flowers | Winston | ★ 6.9 |
| 2005 | Lackawanna Blues | Mr. Paul | ★ 6.4 |
| 2005 | The True Story of Hannibal | Narrator (voice) | ★ 6.7 |
| 2004 | Er wollte kein Sklave sein | Other Voices (voice) | ★ 7.1 |
| 2004 | Der Manchurian Kandidat | CPL Al Melvin | ★ 6.5 |
| 2004 | Sin's Kitchen | Rex | ★ 1.0 |
| 2004 | With All Deliberate Speed | Narrator (Voice) | ★ 5.0 |
| 2003 | Sam Cooke: Legend | Narrator (voice) | ★ 7.2 |
| 2002 | The Topdog Diaries | Self / Lincoln | ★ 0.0 |
| 2002 | D-Tox - Im Auge der Angst | Jaworski | ★ 5.6 |
| 2001 | Ali | Howard Bingham | ★ 6.8 |
| 2001 | Boykott | Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | ★ 6.7 |
| 2000 | Crime + Punishment in Suburbia | Chris | ★ 5.9 |
| 2000 | Shaft - Noch Fragen? | Peoples Hernandez | ★ 6.0 |
| 2000 | Hamlet | Gravedigger | ★ 5.8 |
| 2000 | Cement | Ninny | ★ 4.7 |
| 1999 | Ride with the Devil | Daniel Holt | ★ 6.4 |
| 1998 | Celebrity - Schön, reich, berühmt | Greg | ★ 6.0 |
| 1998 | Too Tired to Die | Balzac Man | ★ 5.0 |
| 1997 | Sterben und erben | Rafael ("Bed Two") | ★ 6.4 |
| 1996 | Basquiat | Jean Michel Basquiat | ★ 6.6 |
| 1996 | Der Hochzeitstag | Young Man at Rolls | ★ 5.6 |
| 1993 | In the Wings: Angels in America On Broadway | | ★ 0.0 |
| 1993 | Die Abenteuer des jungen Indiana Jones: Der Skandal von 1920 | Sidney Bechet | ★ 5.2 |
| 1993 | Die Abenteuer des jungen Indiana Jones: Der Al Capone Blues | Sidney Bechet | ★ 5.6 |
| 1991 | Manny und Dan – Leben und Sterben in der Bronx | Derek | ★ 6.4 |
| 1991 | Gleichheit kennt keine Farbe | William Coleman | ★ 6.5 |
| 1990 | Aus Mangel an Beweisen | Prosecuting Attorney | ★ 6.8 |
| The Wizard of the Kremlin | | ★ 0.0 |
