(1989) Do the Right Thing

as Da Mayor

(1998) Doctor Dolittle

as Archer Dolittle

(1991) Jungle Fever

as Reverend Purify

(2000) Dinosaur

as Yar (voice)

(2001) Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore

as Narrator

(1993) Goin' Back to T-Town

as Narrator

(1990) Joe Versus the Volcano

as Marshall

(1993) Grumpy Old Men

as Chuck

(1965) The Hill

as Jacko King

(1969) Sam Whiskey

as Jed Hooker

(1968) The Scalphunters

as Joseph Lee

(1997) 12 Angry Men

as Juror 2

(2002) Bubba Ho-tep

as John F. "Jack" Kennedy

(2004) Baadasssss!

as Granddad

(1975) Let's Do It Again

as Elder Johnson

(1996) I'm Not Rappaport

as Midge Carter

(1985) Avenging Angel

as Capt. Harry Moradian

(1996) Get on the Bus

as Jeremiah

(1999) The Secret Path

as Too Tall

(1984) Harry & Son

as Raymond

(2001) Feast of All Saints

as Jean-Jacques

(1984) The House of God

as Dr. Sanders

(1979) Hot Stuff

as Captain John Geiberger

(2000) Finding Buck McHenry

as Buck McHenry

(1992) Malcolm X

as Eulogy Performer (voice)

(2000) Here's to Life!

as Duncan Cox

(2005) The Peace!

as Self

(1997) Miss Evers' Boys

as Mr. Evers

(1960) John Brown's Raid

as Dangerfield Newby

(2003) The Evolution of an American Filmmaker

as Self

(1990) The Red Shoes

as ---

(1977) Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid

as Dr. Fredericks

(1966) A Man Called Adam

as Nelson Davis

(2003) The Tuskegee Airmen: They Fought Two Wars

as Narrator

(1969) Teacher, Teacher

as Charles Carter

(1963) Gone Are the Days!

as Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson

(1976) The Tenth Level

as Reed

(1968) Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class

as Narrator

(1999) The Soul Collector

as Mordecai

(1963) The Cardinal

as Father Gillis

(1994) Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World

as Narrator

(2005) By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'

as Self

(2005) Unstoppable

as Self

(1988) School Daze

as Coach Odom

(1995) The Android Affair

as Dr. Winston

(1976) Countdown at Kusini

as Ernest Motapo

(2003) Deacons for Defense

as Reverend 'Rev' Gregory

(2022) Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

as Self (archive footage)

(1984) Marcus Garvey: Toward Black Nationhood

as Narrator

(1969) Slaves

as Luke

(1951) Fourteen Hours

as Cab Driver (uncredited)

(1950) No Way Out

as John Brooks (uncredited)

(1998) Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

as Self

(1967) The Outsider

as Lt. Wagner

(1997) 4 Little Girls

as Self - Actor and Playwright

(1972) Malcolm X

as Eulogy (voice)

(1969) The Fall

as ---

(1965) The Sun... the Sand... the Hill

as Jason King (archival footage)

(1965) The Sun... the Sand... the Hill

as Jason King (archive footage)

(1989) Making 'Do the Right Thing'

as Self

(1985) Tyler Texas Black Film Collection

as Himself

(1980) All God's Children

as Blaine Whitfield

(1979) Freedom Road

as Narrator

(1979) Freedom Man

as Benjamin Banneker

(2004) Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

as Self

(1993) The Ernest Green Story

as Grandfather

(1992) Gladiator

as Noah

(1967) Black Liberation

as Narrator

(2003) Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

as Himself

(1999) Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve

as Caretaker

(2003) Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

as ---

(1999) A Vow to Cherish

as Alexander Billman

(1969) Night Gallery

as Osmond Portifoy

(1971) The Sheriff

as James Lucas

(1981) Death of a Prophet

as ---

(2002) Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'

as Self

(1994) The Client

as Harry Roosevelt

(1997) Jackie Robinson: Breaking Barriers

as Narrator

(1991) Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

as Self

(2005) The History Makers: Success

as Self

(1981) Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige

as Chuffy Russell

(1975) Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

as Narrator

(2004) Proud

as Lorenzo DuFau

(1994) Malcolm X: Make It Plain

as Self

(2001) The Legend of the Candy Cane

as Julius (voice)

(1997) Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough

as Self

(1986) Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories

as Anansi the Spider (Sleepytime Songs and Stories) (voice)

(1962) Hands of Inge

as Narrator (voice)

(2004) She Hate Me

as Judge Buchanan

(1970) Kongi's Harvest

as Narrator

(1964) Shock Treatment

as Capshaw

(1999) The Unfinished Journey

as Narrator (voice)

(1999) Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

as Self

(1995) Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder

as Uncle Phil

(1994) Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice

as Uncle Phil

(1993) Cop and ½

as Detective in Squad Room

(1992) Lincoln

as Frederick Douglas (voice)

(1998) Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood

as Self

(1994) The Stand

as Judge Richard Farris

(1999) Third Watch

as Mr. Parker

(1990) Evening Shade

as Ponder Blue

(1963) The Great Adventure

as John Ross

(1994) Touched by an Angel

as Gabriel

(1968) Hawaii Five-O

as Ramon Borelle

(2004) The L Word

as Melvin Porter

(1995) JAG

as Terrence Minnerly

(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Charles Carter

(1994) The Stand

as Judge Richard Farris

(1965) Run for Your Life

as Frankie Morton

(1963) The Fugitive

as Lt. Johnny Gaines

(1996) Promised Land

as ---

(1979) Roots: The Next Generations

as Dad Jones

(2004) TV Revolution

as ---

(1993) Alex Haley's Queen

as Parson Dick

(1961) The Defenders

as Nixie

(1961) The Defenders

as Officer Bond

(1961) The Defenders

as District Attorney

(1961) The Defenders

as Assistant District Attorney

(1961) The Defenders

as District Attorney Daniel Jackson

(1978) The Kennedy Center Honors

as Self

(1996) The West

as Self

(1995) The Client

as Judge Harry Roosevelt

(1997) Thomas Jefferson

as Narrator (voice)

(1989) B.L. Stryker

as Oz Jackson

(1970) Night Gallery

as Osmund Portifoy

(2006) Folk Britannia

as Self (archival footage)

(1947) Kraft Television Theatre

as The Emperor Jones

(1983) Reading Rainbow

as Himself - Narrator (voice)

(1998) Christianity: The First 1000 Years

as Himself - Narrator

(1968) The Name of the Game

as Kubani

(1978) King

as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.

(1965) Run for Your Life

as Sgt. Dave Corbett

(1965) Run for Your Life

as Dave Corbett

(1996) Promised Land

as Erasmus Jones

(1994) Touched by an Angel

as Erasmus Jones

(1994) Baseball

as Various (voice)

(1996) The West

as Self / John R. Gills (voice)

(1959) Bonanza

as Sam Davis

(1986) American Masters

as Self

(2002) Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years

as Narrator

(1956) Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter