 | A Ressureição de Cristo (2026) |
 | Remembering Gene Wilder (2024) as Self (archive photos) |
 | Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback (2023) as Self (archive footage) |
 | Paul Newman, l'intranquille (2023) as Self |
 | Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte (2023) as Self (archive footage) |
 | A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story (2022) as Self |
 | Sidney (2022) as Self |
 | Poitier's Walter Lee (2018) as Self (archive footage) |
 | Mr. SOUL! (2018) as Self (archive footage) |
 | Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart (2017) as Self |
 | The Madding Crowd (2017) as Self (archive footage) |
 | Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley (2013) as Self |
 | Martin Luther King and the March on Washington (2013) as Self |
 | Sing Your Song (2012) as Self |
 | Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007) as Self |
 | Hollywood Legenden (2004) as Self |
 | The Making of ‘Sneakers’ (2003) as Self |
 | Quincy Jones: In the Pocket (2001) as Self |
 | The Last Brickmaker in America (2001) as Henry Cobb |
 | Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters (2000) as Self |
 | Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light (2000) |
 | The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn (1999) as Noah Dearborn |
 | Free of Eden (1999) as Will Cleamons |
 | David and Lisa (1998) as Dr. Jack Miller |
 | Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (1998) as Reverend Msimangu (archive footage) |
 | The Jackal (1997) as Carter Preston |
 | Mandela and de Klerk (1997) as Nelson Mandela |
 | Afro Promo (1997) as Self (archive footage) |
 | To Sir, with Love II (1996) as Mark Thackeray |
 | Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick (1995) as Self |
 | Sneakers (1992) as Crease |
 | Separate but Equal (1991) as Thurgood Marshall |
 | Little Nikita (1988) as Roy Parmenter |
 | Shoot to Kill (1988) as Warren Stantin |
 | Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night (1988) as Self - Audience Member |
 | The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn (1986) as Self |
 | Night of 100 Stars II (1985) as Self |
 | I Love Quincy (1984) as Self |
 | Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist (1979) as Narrator (voice) |
 | A Piece of the Action (1977) as Manny Durrell |
 | Let's Do It Again (1975) as Clyde Williams |
 | The Wilby Conspiracy (1975) as Shack Twala |
 | Uptown Saturday Night (1974) as Steve Jackson |
 | A Warm December (1973) as Dr. Matt Younger |
 | Nationtime: Gary (1972) as Self - Narrator |
 | Buck and the Preacher (1972) as Buck |
 | The Organization (1971) as Virgil Tibbs |
 | Brother John (1971) as John Kane |
 | They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970) as Virgil Tibbs |
 | King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970) as Self (archive footage) |
 | The Lost Man (1969) as Jason Higgs |
| | Three Young Americans in Search of Survival (1969) as Himself |
 | For Love of Ivy (1968) as Jack Parks |
 | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) as John Prentice |
 | In the Heat of the Night (1967) as Virgil Tibbs |
 | To Sir, with Love (1967) as Mark Thackeray |
 | Duel at Diablo (1966) as Toller |
 | The Strolling '20s (1966) as Self |
 | The Slender Thread (1965) as Alan Newell |
 | A Patch of Blue (1965) as Gordon Ralfe |
 | The Bedford Incident (1965) as Ben Munceford |
 | The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) as Simon of Cyrene |
 | A Cinderella Named Elizabeth (1965) as Self |
 | The Long Ships (1964) as Aly Mansuh |
 | Lilies of the Field (1963) as Homer Smith |
 | Pressure Point (1962) as Doctor |
 | Paris Blues (1961) as Eddie Cook |
 | A Raisin in the Sun (1961) as Walter Lee Younger |
 | All the Young Men (1960) as Sgt. Eddie Towler |
 | Virgin Island (1959) as Marcus |
 | Porgy and Bess (1959) as Porgy |
 | The Defiant Ones (1958) as Noah Cullen |
 | The Mark of the Hawk (1957) as Obam |
 | Band of Angels (1957) as Rau-Ru |
 | Something of Value (1957) as Kimani Wa Karanja |
 | Edge of the City (1957) as Tommy Tyler |
 | Good-bye, My Lady (1956) as Gates Watson |
 | A Man Is Ten Feet Tall (1955) as Tommy Tyler |
 | Blackboard Jungle (1955) as Gregory W. Miller |
 | Go Man Go (1954) as Inman Jackson |
 | The Red Ball Express (1952) as Robertson |
 | Cry, the Beloved Country (1951) as Reverend Msimangu |
 | No Way Out (1950) as Luther Brooks |
 | Sepia Cinderella (1947) as Nightclub Extra (uncredited) |
 | Ghost Dad Director |
 | Fast Forward Director |
 | Hanky Panky Director |
 | Stir Crazy Director |
| | A Piece of the Action Director |
| | Let's Do It Again Director |
| | Uptown Saturday Night Director |
| | A Warm December Director |
| | Buck and the Preacher Director |
| | Buck and the Preacher Producer |
| | For Love of Ivy Original Story |
