 | Heroes of the Golden Mask (2023) as Rizzo (voice) |
 | Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story (2022) as Self |
 | Mooseltoe (2021) as Mooseking |
 | Kalahari: The Flooded Desert (2021) as Narrator (voice) |
 | Бондарчук. Battle (2021) as self |
 | Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster (2021) as Self |
 | The Last Full Measure (2020) as Frank Pitsenbarger |
 | Knives Out (2019) as Harlan Thrombey |
 | Alan Pakula: Going for Truth (2019) as Self |
 | Cliffs of Freedom (2019) as Thanasi |
 | Howard Lovecraft & The Kingdom Of Madness (2018) as Dr. Jeffrey West (voice) |
 | Boundaries (2018) as Jack |
 | All the Money in the World (2017) as Jean Paul Getty |
 | The Star (2017) as King Herod (voice) |
 | The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017) as Scrooge |
 | Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom (2017) as Dr. West (voice) |
 | The Exception (2017) as Kaiser Wilhelm II |
 | The River of My Dreams (2017) as Himself |
 | Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom (2016) as Dr. West (voice) |
 | Remember (2015) as Zev Guttman |
 | Pixies (2015) as Pixie King (voice) |
 | Danny Collins (2015) as Frank Grubman |
| | The Untold Story of The Sound of Music: A Diane Sawyer Special (2015) as Self |
 | The Forger (2014) as Joseph Cutter |
 | Hector and the Search for Happiness (2014) as Professor Coreman |
 | Elsa & Fred (2014) as Fred |
 | Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013) as John Marshall Harlan |
 | The Legend of Sarila (2013) as Croolik (voice) |
 | Titans of the Ice Age (2013) as Narrator |
 | The Captains: Still Kicking (2013) as Self |
 | Kali, le petit vampire (2012) as Narrator (english version) |
 | Behind the Wall: The Making of Skyrim (2012) as Self |
 | Barrymore (2012) as John Barrymore |
 | Final Cut: Hölgyeim és uraim (2012) as (archive footage) |
 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) as Henrik Vanger |
 | Discovering Hamlet (2011) as Self |
 | Beginners (2011) as Hal Fields |
 | Priest (2011) as Monsignor Orelas |
| | A Short Film About Making Beginners (2011) |
 | The Tempest (2010) as Prospero |
 | My Dog Tulip (2010) as J.R. Ackerley (voice) |
 | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009) as Doctor Parnassus |
 | The Last Station (2009) as Leo Tolstoy |
 | 9 (2009) as #1 (voice) |
 | Up (2009) as Charles Muntz (voice) |
 | Caesar and Cleopatra (2009) as Caesar |
 | Emotional Arithmetic (2008) as David Winters |
 | Already Dead (2007) as Dr. Heller |
 | Closing the Ring (2007) as Jack |
 | Hamlet {Solo} (2007) as Self |
 | Man in the Chair (2007) as Flash Madden |
 | Nuremberg : les Nazis face à leurs crimes (2006) as Narrator (voice over) |
 | The Lake House (2006) as Simon Wyler |
 | Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film (2006) as Self |
 | Inside Man (2006) as Arthur Case |
 | The New World (2005) as Captain Newport |
 | Syriana (2005) as Dean Whiting |
 | Four Minutes (2005) as Archie Mason |
 | Must Love Dogs (2005) as Bill |
 | Our Fathers (2005) as Cardinal Bernard Law |
 | Alexander (2004) as Aristotle |
 | National Treasure (2004) as John Adams Gates |
 | Cold Creek Manor (2003) as Mr. Massie |
 | The Gospel of John (2003) as Narrator (voice) |
 | The Life of Jesus (2003) as Narrator |
 | Blizzard (2003) as Santa Claus |
 | Nicholas Nickleby (2002) as Ralph Nickleby |
 | Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages (2002) as Self |
 | Agent of Influence (2002) as John Watkins |
 | Ararat (2002) as David |
| | Night Flight (2002) as 'Flash' Harry Peters |
 | A Beautiful Mind (2001) as Dr. Rosen |
 | Lucky Break (2001) as Graham Mortimer |
 | Full Disclosure (2001) as Robert Lecker |
 | On Golden Pond (2001) as Norman Thayer |
 | Dracula 2000 (2000) as Matthew Van Helsing |
 | American Tragedy (2000) as F. Lee Bailey |
 | Back To "Somewhere In Time" (2000) as Self |
 | Possessed (2000) as Archbishop Hume |
 | The Dinosaur Hunter (2000) as Hump Hinton |
 | Hidden Agenda (1999) as Ulrich Steiner |
 | The Insider (1999) as Mike Wallace |
 | Madeline: Lost in Paris (1999) as Narrator (voice) |
 | The Clown at Midnight (1999) as Mr. Caruthers |
 | Winchell (1998) as Franklin D. Roosevelt |
 | Blackheart (1998) as Holmes |
 | The First Christmas (1998) as Narrator (voice) |
 | Babes in Toyland (1997) as Barnaby Crookedman (voice) |
 | Skeletons (1997) as Reverend Carlyle |
 | The Arrow (1997) as George Hees |
 | The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of 'Twelve Monkeys' (1996) as Self |
 | We the Jury (1996) as Wilfred Fransiscus |
 | The Conspiracy of Fear (1996) as Wakeman |
 | Twelve Monkeys (1995) as Dr. Goines |
 | Harrison Bergeron (1995) as John Klaxon |
 | Dolores Claiborne (1995) as John Mackey |
 | Crackerjack (1994) as Ivan Getz |
 | Wolf (1994) as Raymond Alden |
 | Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold (1994) as Self (archive footage) |
 | A Stranger in the Mirror (1993) as Clifton Lawrence |
 | Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic (1993) as Narrator |
 | Malcolm X (1992) as Chaplain Gill |
 | Impolite (1992) as Naples O'Rorke |
 | Secrets (1992) as Mel Wexler |
 | The First Circle (1992) as Viktor Abakumov |
 | Liar's Edge (1992) as Harry Weldon |
 | Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) as Chang |
| | Madeline in London (1991) as Narrator (voice) |
 | Madeline and the Gypsies (1991) as Narrator (voice) |
 | Rock-A-Doodle (1991) as Grand Duke (voice) |
 | Money (1991) as Martin Yahl |
| | Madeline and the Bad Hat (1991) as Narrator (voice) |
 | Firehead (1991) as Col. Garland Vaughn |
 | The Little Crooked Christmas Tree (1990) as Narrator |
 | Madeline's Christmas (1990) as Narrator (voice) |
 | Red Blooded American Girl (1990) as Dr. John Alcore |
 | A Ghost in Monte Carlo (1990) as The Grand Duke Ivan |
 | Where the Heart Is (1990) as Shitty |
 | Mindfield (1989) as Doctor Satorius |
 | Nabokov on Kafka (1989) as Vladimir Nabokov |
 | Souvenir (1989) as Ernst Kestner |
 | The First Emperor of China (1989) as Self - Narrator (voice) |
 | Shadow Dancing (1988) as Edmund Beaumont |
 | Madeline (1988) as Narrator (voice) |
 | The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind (1988) as Narrator (voice) |
 | Nosferatu a Venezia (1988) as Professor Paris Catalano |
 | A Hazard of Hearts (1987) as Sir Giles Staverley |
 | Dragnet (1987) as Reverend Jonathan Whirley |
 | I Love N.Y. (1987) as John Robertson Yeats |
| | Portraits of Canada (1987) as Narrator (voice) |
 | The Nightingale (1987) as Narrator (voice) |
 | An American Tail (1986) as Henri (voice) |
 | Spearfield's Daughter (1986) as Lord Jack Cruze |
 | The Boy in Blue (1986) as Knox |
 | The Tin Soldier (1986) as Narrator (voice) |
 | The Boss' Wife (1986) as Mr. Roalvang |
 | Rumpelstiltskin (1985) as Narrator |
 | The Velveteen Rabbit (1985) as Narrator (voice) |
 | Lily in Love (1984) as Fitzroy Wynn / Roberto Terranova |
 | Dreamscape (1984) as Bob Blair |
 | Ordeal by Innocence (1984) as Leo Argyle |
 | Prototype (1983) as Dr. Carl Forrester |
 | The Scarlet and the Black (1983) as Col. Herbert Kappler |
 | Highpoint (1982) as James Hatcher |
 | Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady (1982) |
 | Night of 100 Stars (1982) as Self |
 | The Amateur (1981) as Professor Lakos |
 | Being Different (1981) as Self (Narrator) (voice) |
 | Dial M for Murder (1981) as Tony Wendice |
 | Eyewitness (1981) as Joseph |
 | When the Circus Came to Town (1981) as Duke Royal |
 | Desperate Voyage (1980) as Jacques Burrifous |
 | Somewhere in Time (1980) as William Fawcett 'W.F.' Robinson |
 | The Shadow Box (1980) as Brian |
 | Arthur Miller on Home Ground (1979) |
 | Hanover Street (1979) as Paul Sellinger |
 | Riel (1979) as Prime Minister John A. Macdonald |
 | Murder by Decree (1979) as Sherlock Holmes |
 | Starcrash (1978) as The Emperor |
 | The Silent Partner (1978) as Reikle |
 | International Velvet (1978) as John Seaton |
 | The Disappearance (1977) as Deverell |
 | Uppdraget (1977) as Kaptain Behounek |
 | Silver Blaze (1977) as Sherlock Holmes |
 | Aces High (1976) as Capt. 'Uncle' Sinclair |
 | The Man Who Would Be King (1975) as Rudyard Kipling |
 | Sarajevski atentat (1975) as Archduke Ferdinand |
 | Conduct Unbecoming (1975) as Maggiore Alastair Wimbourne |
 | The Return of the Pink Panther (1975) as Sir Charles Litton |
 | The Spiral Staircase (1975) as Dr. Joe Sherman |
 | After the Fall (1974) as Quentin |
 | The Happy Prince (1974) as The Happy Prince (voice) |
 | The Pyx (1973) as Dt. Sgt. Jim Henderson |
 | Waterloo (1970) as Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington |
 | The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969) as Atahualpa |
 | Battle of Britain (1969) as Squadron Leader Colin Harvey |
 | Lock Up Your Daughters (1969) as Lord Foppington |
 | Nobody Runs Forever (1968) as Sir James Quentin |
 | Oedipus the King (1968) as Oedipus |
 | The Night of the Generals (1967) as Field Marshal Rommel |
 | Triple Cross (1966) as Freddie Chapman |
 | Inside Daisy Clover (1966) as Raymond Swan |
 | The Sound of Music (1965) as Captain Georg von Trapp |
 | Salzburg Sight and Sound (1965) as Self |
 | An Essay on Death: A Memorial to John F. Kennedy (1964) as Narrator (voice) |
 | Hamlet at Elsinore (1964) as Hamlet |
 | The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) as Commodus |
| | Trans-Canada Journey (1963) as Narrator (voice) |
| | 30 Minutes, Mister Plummer (1963) as Himself |
| | Cyrano De Bergerac (1962) as Cyrano de Bergerac |
| | Captain Brassbound's Conversion (1960) as Captain Brassbound |
 | A Doll's House (1959) as Torvald |
| | Johnny Belinda (1958) as Dr. Jack Pelletier |
 | Wind Across the Everglades (1958) as Walt Murdock |
 | Stage Struck (1958) as Joe Sheridan |
 | Little Moon of Alban (1958) as Kenneth Boyd |
| | Ted Allan: Minstrel Boy of the 20th Century as Narrator (voice) |
| | Madeline at the Ballet as Narrator (voice) |
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