 | Newbies (2025) |
 | The Naughty Nine (2023) as Santa Claus |
 | Double Soul (2023) as Michael Tedeschi |
 | American Dreamer (2022) as Jerry |
 | De Quanta Terra Precisa o Homem? (2022) as Self |
 | Press Play (2022) as Cooper |
 | A Night at the Academy Museum (2021) as Self |
 | When I See Them, I See Us (2021) |
 | The Drummer (2020) as Mark Walker |
 | Chuck Berry: Brown Eyed Handsome Man (2020) as Narrator (voice) |
 | After Fact (2020) as Self |
 | Worth the Price? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq War (2020) as Narrator (voice) |
 | Jumanji: The Next Level (2019) as Milo |
 | The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs (2019) as Narrator (voice) |
 | The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019) as Grandpa Allen |
 | Strive (2019) |
 | The Dead Don't Die (2019) as Hank Thompson |
 | Redeeming Uncle Tom: The Josiah Henson Story (2019) as Narrator |
 | Always in Season (2019) as Narrator (voice) |
 | The Robeson Effect (2019) as Self |
 | Christmas Break-In (2018) as Ray |
 | Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones (2018) as Self |
 | Death Race: Beyond Anarchy (2018) as Baltimore Bob |
 | The Old Man & the Gun (2018) as Teddy |
 | Sorry to Bother You (2018) as Langston |
 | Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey (2018) as Mr. Ocean |
 | The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution (2018) as Narrator (voice) |
 | Howard (2018) as Self (archive footage) |
 | Survivor's Guide to Prison (2018) as Self |
 | Come Sunday (2018) as Gilbert Pearson |
 | Proud Mary (2018) as Benny |
 | The Christmas Train (2017) as Max Powers |
 | The Curse of Buckout Road (2017) as Dr. Powell |
 | Vagabonds (2017) as Uncle Issa |
 | The Good Catholic (2017) as Victor |
 | Tour de Pharmacy (2017) as Slim Robinson Present Day |
 | Agents of Change (2017) as Self - Narrator (voice) |
 | Birth of a Movement (2017) as Narrator (voice) |
 | Extortion (2017) as Detective Constable Haagen |
 | Abderrahmane Sissako - Par-delà les frontières (2017) as Self |
 | Monster Trucks (2016) as Mr. Weathers |
 | Almost Christmas (2016) as Walter |
 | Pushing Dead (2016) as Bob |
 | Complete Unknown (2016) as Roger |
 | Sr. Pig (2016) as Ambrose |
 | Gridlocked (2016) as Sully |
 | Back in the Day (2016) as Eddie 'Rocks' Travor |
 | Union Time: Fighting for Workers’ Rights (2016) as Narrator (voice) |
 | 93 Days (2016) as Dr. Benjamin Ohiaeri |
 | Darkweb (2016) as The Boss |
 | Dirty Grandpa (2016) as Stinky |
 | Diablo (2016) as Benjamin Carver |
 | Andron (2015) as Chancellor Gordon |
 | Waffle Street (2015) as Edward Collins |
 | Checkmate (2015) as Elohim |
 | Consumed (2015) as Hal Westbrook |
 | About Scout (2015) as Red |
 | Bad Asses on the Bayou (2015) as Bernie Pope |
 | Mississippi Inferno (2015) as Narrator (voice) |
 | Caffeinated (2015) as Coffee Lover |
 | Toxin (2015) as Dr. Locke |
 | Beyond the Lights (2014) as Captain Nicol |
 | Day of the Mummy (2014) as Carl |
 | Gus - Petit oiseau, grand voyage (2014) as Darius (voice) |
 | Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee (2014) as Self |
 | 2047 - Sights of Death (2014) as Sponge |
 | Supremacy (2014) as Mr. Walker |
 | We Are Many (2014) as Self |
 | Rage (2014) as Detective St. John |
 | Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses (2014) as Bernie Pope |
 | The Ninja Immovable Heart (2014) as Ex Director Matthew Reynolds |
 | We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama (2014) |
 | Chasing Shakespeare (2014) as William Ward |
 | Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013) as Justice Thurgood Marshall |
 | Extraction (2013) as Harding |
 | Tula: The Revolt (2013) as Shinishi |
 | Highland Park (2013) as Ed |
 | Shuffleton's Barbershop (2013) as Charlie Shuffleton |
 | Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth (2013) as Self |
 | Space Warriors (2013) as Commander Phillips |
 | The Shift (2013) as Floyd |
 | The Bouquet (2013) as Reverend John |
 | LUV (2013) as Arthur |
 | Casting By (2012) as Self |
 | A República di Mininus (2012) as Dubem |
 | The Lighthouse (2012) as Duncan |
 | Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon' (2012) as Self |
 | Shadows of Liberty (2012) as Self |
 | Hannah's Law (2012) as Isom Dart |
 | Sins (2012) as Father Leonard |
 | Mysteria (2011) as Investigator |
| | Rise Like Lions (2011) as Self (Occupy Oakland) |
 | Donovan's Echo (2011) as Donovan Matheson |
 | Age of the Dragons (2011) as Ahab |
 | Son of Morning (2011) as Gabriel Peters |
 | Mooz-lum (2011) as Dean Francis |
 | De mayor quiero ser soldado (2010) as School Director |
 | Down for Life (2010) as Mr. Shannon |
 | I'm Still Here (2010) as Danny Glover |
 | Legendary (2010) as Harry 'Red' Newman |
 | För kärleken (2010) as Franzis |
 | Alpha and Omega (2010) as Winston (voice) |
 | Death at a Funeral (2010) as Uncle Russell |
 | Five Minarets in New York (2010) as Marcus |
 | The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective (2010) as Self |
 | 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic (2010) as Self |
 | Sam Cooke: Crossing Over (2010) as Narrator (voice) |
 | The People Speak (2009) as Self |
 | 2012 (2009) as President Thomas Wilson |
 | PoliWood (2009) as Self |
 | The Harimaya Bridge (2009) as Joseph Holder |
 | Night Train (2009) as Miles |
 | Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare (2008) as Walter Tortoise (voice) |
 | Fats Waller Was Born Here (2008) as "Fats" Waller's Father/Mr. Fletcher |
 | Blindness (2008) as Man with Black Eye Patch |
 | Be Kind Rewind (2008) as Mr. Fletcher |
 | Gospel Hill (2008) as John Malcolm |
 | Agent Crush (2008) as Major Rusty Gubbins |
 | Honeydripper (2007) as Tyrone Purvis |
 | Battle for Terra (2007) as President Chen (voice) |
 | Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker' (2007) as Self |
 | Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation (2007) as Father Elias |
 | Shooter (2007) as Colonel Isaac Johnson |
 | Bamako (2007) as Cow-boy |
 | Poor Boy's Game (2007) as George |
 | Dreamgirls (2006) as Marty Madison |
 | Read You Like a Book (2006) |
 | Barnyard (2006) as Miles (voice) |
 | The Adventures of Brer Rabbit (2006) as Brer Turtle (voice) |
 | The Shaggy Dog (2006) as Ken Hollister |
 | The Exonerated (2006) as David Keaton |
 | Full Disclosure Report (2005) as David Tapp |
| | The Peace! (2005) as Self |
 | Manderlay (2005) as Wilhelm |
 | The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2' (2005) as Self (archive footage) |
| | P.N.O.K. (2005) as Col. Weldon |
 | Missing in America (2005) as Jake Neely |
 | Saw (2004) as David Tapp |
 | The Cookout (2004) as Judge Crowley |
 | Earthed (2004) |
 | The John Garfield Story (2003) as Self |
 | Good Fences (2003) as Tom Spader |
 | The Real Eve (2002) as Narrator (voice) |
 | The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) as Henry Sherman |
 | 3 A.M. (2001) as Hershey |
 | Boesman and Lena (2000) as Boesman |
 | Bàttu (2000) |
 | Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration (2000) as Self |
 | Freedom Song (2000) as Will Walker |
 | The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen (1999) as Self (archive footage) |
 | The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong (1999) as Narrator (voice) |
 | Scared Straight! 20 Years Later (1999) as Host |
 | Our Friend, Martin (1999) as Train Conductor (voice) |
 | The Prince of Egypt (1998) as Jethro (voice) |
 | Beloved (1998) as Paul D |
 | Antz (1998) as Barbatus (voice) |
 | Can't You Hear the Wind Howl? The Life & Music of Robert Johnson (1998) as Self - Narrator (voice) |
 | Lethal Weapon 4 (1998) as Roger Murtaugh |
 | Soldier Child (1998) as Self - Narrator |
 | Buffalo Soldiers (1997) as Sgt. Washington Wyatt |
 | The Rainmaker (1997) as Richter Tyrone Kipler |
 | Switchback (1997) as Bob Goodall |
 | Wild America (1997) as Bigfoot the Mountain Man (Uncredited) |
 | Gone Fishin' (1997) as Gus Green |
 | America's Dream (1996) as Silas (segment "Long Black Song") |
 | Red Wind (1995) as Philip Marlowe |
| | Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities (1995) as Self |
 | Operation Dumbo Drop (1995) as Capt. Sam Cahill |
 | The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995) as Self |
 | Angels in the Outfield (1994) as George Knox |
 | Maverick (1994) as Bank Robber (uncredited) |
 | The Saint of Fort Washington (1993) as Jerry |
 | Bopha! (1993) as Micah Mangena |
 | The Talking Eggs (1993) as Narrator (voice) |
| | Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and Boss Lion (1992) as Narrator (voice) |
 | Lethal Weapon 3 (1992) as Roger Murtaugh |
 | Grand Canyon (1991) as Simon |
 | Pure Luck (1991) as Raymond Campanella |
 | A Rage in Harlem (1991) as Easy Money |
 | Flight of the Intruder (1991) as Cmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli |
 | Predator 2 (1990) as Lieutenant Mike Harrigan |
 | To Sleep with Anger (1990) as Harry |
| | Rabbit Ears - Moses in Egypt (1990) as Narrator (voice) |
| | Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and the Wonderful Tar Baby (1990) as Narrator (voice) |
 | Rabbit Ears - How the Leopard Got His Spots (1989) as Narrator (voice) |
 | Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) as Roger Murtaugh |
 | Mel Gibson's Unauthorized Video Diary (1989) as Self |
 | Dead Man Out (1989) as Dr. Alex Marsh |
 | A Raisin in the Sun (1989) as Walter Lee Younger |
| | Hollywood on Horses (1989) as Self |
 | Bat★21 (1988) as Capt. Bartholomew Clark |
| | A Place at the Table (1988) as Mr. Scott |
 | Mandela (1987) as Nelson Mandela |
 | Lethal Weapon (1987) as Roger Murtaugh |
 | John Henry (1986) as John Henry |
 | The Color Purple (1985) as Albert |
 | Silverado (1985) as Malachi 'Mal' Johnson |
 | The Stand-In (1985) as Apples Finnerty |
 | Witness (1985) as McFee |
 | And the Children Shall Lead (1985) as William |
 | Places in the Heart (1984) as Moze |
 | Iceman (1984) as Loomis |
| | Memorial Day (1983) as Willie Monroe |
| | The Face of Rage (1983) as Gary |
 | Keeping On (1983) as Lester Traylor |
 | Out (1982) as Jojo / Roland |
 | Chu Chu and the Philly Flash (1981) as Morgan |
 | Oscar Micheaux, Film Pioneer (1981) as Oscar Micheaux |
 | Escape from Alcatraz (1979) as Inmate |
 | San Francisco State: On Strike (1969) as self |
 | Killing Winston Jones as Washington Carver |
 | Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story as Narrator (voice) |
| | Dirt & Deeds in Mississippi |
 | Grizzly Peak as Will |
 | Lethal Weapon 5 as Roger Murtaugh |
 | Nuestra tierra Executive Producer |
 | The 9 Lives of Barbara Dane Executive Producer |
 | President Executive Producer |
 | Durna Çırağı Executive Producer |
 | Memoria Co-Producer |
 | Noche de fuego Co-Producer |
 | Səpələnmiş Ölümlər Arasında Executive Producer |
 | Lynch: A History Executive Producer |
 | Easter Snap Executive Producer |
 | کفرناحوم Executive Producer |
 | Hale County This Morning, This Evening Executive Producer |
 | Angels Are Made of Light Executive Producer |
 | Zama Co-Producer |
 | That Summer Executive Producer |
 | Strong Island Executive Producer |
 | सेतो सूर्य Executive Producer |
 | Shadow World Executive Producer |
 | The House on Coco Road Producer |
 | This Changes Everything Executive Producer |
 | รักที่ขอนแก่น Co-Producer |
 | Life Is Sacred Executive Producer |
 | Om våld Co-Producer |
 | Shenandoah Executive Producer |
 | The House I Live In Executive Producer |
 | Highway Producer |
 | दम मारो दम Executive Producer |
 | The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 Producer |
 | ลุงบุญมีระลึกชาติ Associate Producer |
| | The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective Presenter |
| | 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic Presenter |
 | الزمن الباقي Associate Producer |
 | ملح هذا البحر Co-Producer |
 | Trouble the Water Executive Producer |
| | Bamako Executive Producer |
| | Good Fences Producer |
 | Just a Dream Director |
| | 3 A.M. Executive Producer |
| | Freedom Song Executive Producer |
| | Buffalo Soldiers Executive Producer |
| | America's Dream Executive Producer |
 | Override Director |
| | To Sleep with Anger Executive Producer |
| | Untitled Dinah Washington Biopic Executive Producer |
