 | BFFs (2025) |
 | Crescent City (2024) as Brian Sutter |
 | Shirley (2024) as Arthur Hardwick Jr. |
 | Skeletons in the Closet (2024) as Mark |
 | A Look Through His Lens (2024) as Self |
 | Showdown at the Grand (2023) as George Fuller |
 | The System (2022) as Bones |
 | The Walk (2022) as Lamont Robbins |
 | Flowstate: The FPV Drone Documentary (2021) |
 | Gully (2021) as Mr. Christmas |
 | Triumph (2021) as Coach Cutting |
 | Cut Throat City (2020) as The Saint |
 | Terrence Howard's Fright Club (2018) |
 | Miracle on 42nd Street (2017) as Self |
 | Hada Madrina (2016) as Genio |
 | Cardboard Boxer (2016) as Pope |
 | Term Life (2016) as Sheriff Braydon |
 | St. Vincent (2014) as Zucko |
 | Lullaby (2014) as Dr. Crier |
 | Sabotage (2014) as Julius "Sugar" Edmonds |
 | Take Me to the River (2014) as Himself - Host |
 | The Best Man Holiday (2013) as Quentin |
 | Prisoners (2013) as Franklin Birch |
 | The Butler (2013) as Howard |
 | House of Bodies (2013) as Starks |
 | Dead Man Down (2013) as Alphonse |
 | Movie 43 (2013) as Coach Jackson (segment "Victory's Glory") |
 | The Company You Keep (2012) as FBI Agent Cornelius |
 | Croom (2012) as Narrator (voice) |
 | On the Road (2012) as Walter |
 | Red Tails (2012) as Col. A.J. Bullard |
 | Bob Ross: The Happy Painter (2011) as Self |
 | Winnie Mandela (2011) as Nelson Mandela |
 | The Ledge (2011) as Hollis Lucetti |
 | Little Murder (2011) as Drag Hammerman |
 | Magic in the Bayou: The Making of a Princess (2010) as Self |
 | The Princess and the Frog (2009) as James (voice) |
 | Dreams Come True: A Celebration of Disney Animation (2009) |
 | Fighting (2009) as Harvey Boarden |
 | B.B. King | Live (2009) as Self |
| | 2008 Philadelphia Phillies: The Official World Series Film (2008) as narrator |
 | I Am 'Iron Man' (2008) as Self |
 | Iron Man (2008) as Rhodey |
 | The Perfect Holiday (2007) as Bah Humbug |
 | Awake (2007) as Dr. Jack Harper |
 | August Rush (2007) as Richard Jeffries |
 | Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita (2007) as Self |
 | The Brave One (2007) as Detective Mercer |
 | The Hunting Party (2007) as Duck |
 | Pride (2007) as Jim Ellis |
 | Motherland Afghanistan (2007) as Narrator |
 | Idlewild (2006) as Trumpy |
 | Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005) as Bama |
 | Four Brothers (2005) as Lt. Green |
 | Hustle & Flow (2005) as Djay |
 | Crash (2005) as Cameron Thayer |
 | Animal (2005) as Darius Allen |
 | Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005) as Amos Hicks |
 | Lackawanna Blues (2005) as Bill Crosby |
 | The Salon (2005) as Patrick |
 | Ray (2004) as Gossie McGee |
 | Love Chronicles (2003) as T-Roy |
 | Biker Boyz (2003) as Chu Chu (as Terrence Dashon Howard) |
 | Intimate Affairs (2002) as Lorenz |
 | Hart's War (2002) as Lt. Lincoln A. Scott |
 | Glitter (2001) as Timothy Walker |
 | Angel Eyes (2001) as Robby |
 | Boycott (2001) as Ralph Abernathy |
 | Love Beat the Hell Outta Me (2000) as Chris |
 | Big Momma's House (2000) as Lester Vesco |
 | Muhammad Ali: King of the World (2000) as Cassius Clay |
 | The Best Man (1999) as Quentin |
 | Best Laid Plans (1999) as Jimmy |
 | Valerie Flake (1999) as Hitchhiker |
 | Butter (1998) as Dexter Banks |
 | The Players Club (1998) as K.C. |
 | Spark (1998) as Byron |
 | Double Tap (1997) as Ulysses |
 | Johns (1996) as Jimmy the Warlock |
 | Sunset Park (1996) as Spaceman |
 | Mr. Holland's Opus (1995) as Louis Russ |
 | Dead Presidents (1995) as Cowboy |
 | Lotto Land (1995) as Warren |
 | The O.J. Simpson Story (1995) as Young A.C. |
 | Who's the Man? (1993) as Customer |
| | Selfie |
| | Broken Ones as Benjamin Drake |
 | Miami Nights as David Wolfe |
| | The Movers as Robert Hartley |
| | Turnbuckle |
| | Skeletons in the Closet Writer |
| | Triumph Executive Producer |
| | Love Beat the Hell Outta Me Executive Producer |
| | Turnbuckle Executive Producer |
