| 2024 | Following Harry | Self (archive footage) | ★ 0.0 |
| 2024 | Jim Henson: Ein Mann voller Ideen | Self (archive footage) | ★ 7.7 |
| 2024 | The Greatest Night in Pop | Self (archive footage) | ★ 7.9 |
| 2023 | Sunday Best | | ★ 0.0 |
| 2023 | Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 2022 | 2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | Self - Inductee (archive footage) | ★ 8.1 |
| 2022 | Is That Black Enough for You?!? | Self | ★ 7.4 |
| 2022 | Sidney | Self | ★ 7.5 |
| 2022 | Harry Belafonte: Zwischen Calypso und Gerechtigkeit | Self - Subject (archive footage) | ★ 8.2 |
| 2021 | The One and Only Dick Gregory | Self | ★ 7.8 |
| 2020 | Dom Salvador & Abolição | Self | ★ 3.0 |
| 2020 | The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show | Self | ★ 7.5 |
| 2019 | The Man Behind the White Guitar | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 2018 | BlacKkKlansman | Jerome Turner | ★ 7.5 |
| 2018 | Mr. SOUL! | Self | ★ 7.0 |
| 2018 | Rise Up: The Movement that Changed America | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 2018 | Martin Luther King by Trevor Mcdonald | Self - Singer | ★ 0.0 |
| 2018 | King in the Wilderness | Self | ★ 6.9 |
| 2017 | Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart | Self | ★ 6.2 |
| 2017 | JFK - Galakonzert 1961 | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 2017 | I Am Not Your Negro | Self (archive footage) | ★ 7.7 |
| 2017 | The Madding Crowd | Self (archive footage) | ★ 0.0 |
| 2016 | Året var 1966 | Self (archive footage) | ★ 0.0 |
| 2015 | Marsha Hunt's Sweet Adversity | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 2014 | Selma | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | ★ 7.4 |
| 2014 | Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee | Self | ★ 1.5 |
| 2014 | Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark | Self | ★ 7.0 |
| 2013 | Moms Mabley | Self | ★ 6.7 |
| 2013 | Martin Luther King and the March on Washington | Self | ★ 10.0 |
| 2013 | JFK: The Private President | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 2012 | Hava Nagila: The Movie | Self | ★ 7.0 |
| 2012 | Tony Curtis - Der Kerl aus der Bronx | Self | ★ 6.8 |
| 2012 | Sing Your Song | Self | ★ 6.9 |
| 2011 | Rise Like Lions | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 2011 | Mama Afrika | Self (archive footage) | ★ 6.4 |
| 2011 | The University of Sing Sing | Self | ★ 5.5 |
| 2011 | The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 | Self (voice) | ★ 7.6 |
| 2009 | Anécdotas Sobre Fidel | | ★ 0.0 |
| 2006 | Bobby | Nelson | ★ 6.4 |
| 2006 | Mo & Me | | ★ 0.0 |
| 2006 | Best Ever Muppet Moments | Self | ★ 6.0 |
| 2005 | The Peace! | Self | ★ 5.0 |
| 2005 | Legenden: Audrey Hepburn | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 2004 | Muppet Music Moments | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 2004 | The Legendary Nat King Cole | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 2004 | Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism | Self (archive footage) | ★ 7.1 |
| 2004 | The World of Nat King Cole | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 2004 | TV in Black: The First Fifty Years | Self (archive footage) | ★ 4.0 |
| 2002 | Smothered: The Censorship Struggles of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour | Self (uncredited) | ★ 2.0 |
| 2000 | Altman on His Own Terms | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 1999 | Swing Vote | Will Dunn | ★ 5.7 |
| 1999 | Paul Robeson: Here I Stand | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 1998 | Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist | Self | ★ 7.7 |
| 1997 | Audrey Hepburn: The Fairest Lady | Self | ★ 8.0 |
| 1997 | Jazz '34 | Self - Narrator | ★ 6.5 |
| 1996 | Kansas City | Seldom Seen | ★ 6.2 |
| 1995 | Straße der Rache | Thaddeus Thomas | ★ 5.1 |
| 1994 | Prêt-à-Porter | Self | ★ 5.2 |
| 1994 | The World of Jim Henson | Self | ★ 7.3 |
| 1993 | The Best Of Danny Kaye - The Television Years | Self (archive footage) | ★ 0.0 |
| 1992 | The Player | Harry Belafonte | ★ 7.2 |
| 1990 | Die Muppets feiern Jim Henson | Self | ★ 6.7 |
| 1989 | The Unforgettable Nat King Cole | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 1988 | The Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert | Self | ★ 10.0 |
| 1986 | The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years | Self (archive footage) | ★ 5.0 |
| 1985 | The Muppet Revue | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 1985 | We Are the World: The Story Behind the Song | Self | ★ 8.5 |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Self | ★ 6.5 |
| 1981 | Grambling's White Tiger | Coach Eddie Robinson | ★ 0.0 |
| 1977 | The Tallest Tree in Our Forest | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 1974 | Samstagnacht im Viertel der Schwarzen | Geechie Dan Beauford | ★ 6.1 |
| 1974 | Free to Be… You and Me | Self | ★ 6.4 |
| 1972 | Nationtime | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 1972 | Der Weg der Verdammten | Preacher | ★ 6.2 |
| 1970 | The Angel Levine | Alexander Levine | ★ 5.7 |
| 1970 | Dann war mein Leben nicht umsonst – Martin Luther King | Self (archive footage) | ★ 7.3 |
| Nat King Cole & Friends Unforgettable Hits | Self (archive footage) | ★ 0.0 |
| 1968 | Petula | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 1966 | The Strolling '20s | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 1960 | Harry Belafonte in Concert | Self | ★ 0.0 |
| 1959 | Wenig Chancen für morgen | Johnny Ingram | ★ 6.7 |
| 1959 | Die Welt, das Fleisch und der Teufel | Ralph Burton | ★ 6.3 |
| 1957 | Heiße Erde | David Boyeur | ★ 6.7 |
| 1954 | Carmen Jones | Joe | ★ 6.0 |
| 1953 | Bright Road | Mr. Williams - School Principal | ★ 6.3 |
