Ossie Davis

La porte s'ouvre1950

John Brooks (uncredited)

Quatorze Heures1951

Cab Driver (uncredited)

Bonanza1959

Sam Davis

John Brown's Raid1960

Dangerfield Newby

The Defenders1961

District Attorney Daniel Jackson / District Attorney / Nixie

Gone Are the Days!1963

Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson

Le Cardinal1963

Father Gillis

Shock Treatment1964

Capshaw

La Colline des hommes perdus1965

Jacko King

Sauve qui peut1965

Sgt. Dave Corbett / Dave Corbett / Frankie Morton

A man called Adam1966

Nelson Davis

Black Liberation1967

Narrator

The Outsider1967

Lt. Wagner

Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class1968

Self - Narrator

Les Chasseurs de scalps1968

Joseph Lee

The Fall1969

Apparition

Teacher, Teacher1969

Charles Carter

Sam Whiskey, le dur1969

Jed Hooker

Esclaves1969

Luke

Night Gallery1969

Osmund Portifoy (segment: The Cemetery)

Kongi's Harvest1970

Narrator

The Sheriff1971

James Lucas

Malcolm X1972

Eulogy

Wattstax1973

Self (uncredited)

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen1975

Narrator

Le coup à refaire1975

Elder Johnson

Countdown at Kusini1976

Ernest Motapo

The Tenth Level1976

Ben Reed

Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid1977

Dr. Fredericks

King1978

Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.

Hot Stuff1979

Captain John Geiberger

Les Routes de la Liberté1979

Narrator

All God's Children1980

Blaine Whitfield

Death of a Prophet1981

Apparition

Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige1981

Chuffy Russell

The House of God1984

Dr. Sanders

L'affrontement1984

Raymond

Tyler Texas Black Film Collection1985

Apparition

Angel 2 : La vengeance de l'ange1985

Capt. Harry Moradian

American Masters1986

Self

School Daze1988

Coach Odom

Un Privé Nommé Stryker1989

Oz Jackson

Do the Right Thing1989

Da Mayor

Making 'Do the Right Thing'1989

Self

The Red Shoes1990

Narrator

Joe Contre le Volcan1990

Marshall

Evening Shade1990

Ponder Blue

Michael Landon: Memories with Laughter and Love1991

Self

Jungle Fever1991

Reverend Purify

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker1991

Self

Gladiator1992

Noah

Goin' Back to T-Town1993

Narrator

The Ernest Green Story1993

Grandfather

Alex Haley's Queen1993

Parson Dick

Un Flic et demi1993

Detective in Squad Room

Les Grincheux1993

Chuck

Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World1994

Narrator

The African Burial Ground: An American Discovery1994

Self - Narrator

Malcolm X: Make It Plain1994

Self - Harlem Resident

Le Fléau1994

Judge Richard Farris (credit only) / Judge Richard Farris

Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice1994

Uncle Phil

Le Client1994

Harry Roosevelt

Les Anges du bonheur1994

Erasmus Jones

Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder1995

Uncle Phil

The Android Affair1995

Dr. Winston

The Client1995

Judge Harry Roosevelt

The West1996

Self

Promised Land1996

Erasmus Jones /

Get on the Bus1996

Jeremiah

Les Complices De Central Park1996

Midge Carter

Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough1997

Self

La Couleur du sang1997

Mr. Evers

4 Little Girls1997

Self - Actor and Playwright

Douze hommes en colère1997

Juror 2

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist1998

Self

Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood1998

Self

Docteur Dolittle1998

Archer Dolittle

Un Voeu qu'il Faut Chérir1999

Alexander Billman

The Secret Path1999

Too Tall

New York 9111999

Mr. Parker

L'Ange de l'Amour1999

Mordecai

Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve1999

Caretaker

The Unfinished Journey1999

Narration

Finding Buck McHenry2000

Buck McHenry

Here's to Life!2000

Duncan Cox

The Legend of the Candy Cane2001

Julius

Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore2001

Narrator

Les racines du destin2001

Jean-Jacques

Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years2002

Narrator

Why Can't We Be a Family Again?2002

Narrator

Bubba Ho-tep2002

John F. "Jack" Kennedy

Hughes' Dream Harlem2002

Narrator

The Tuskegee Airmen: They Fought Two Wars2003

Narrator

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives2003

Reader

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property2003

Self

The Evolution of an American Filmmaker2003

Self

Apollo at 70: A Hot Night in Harlem2004

Self

Beah: A Black Woman Speaks2004

Self

Baadasssss!2004

Granddad

Proud2004

Lorenzo Dufau

She Hate Me2004

Judge Buchanan

The Peace!2005

Self

The History Makers: Success2005

Self

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

Self

Légitime défense2005

Reverend 'Rev' Gregory

Folk Britannia2006

Self (archival footage)

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues2022

Self (archive footage)