1989

Do the Right Thing

Da Mayor

1998

Doctor Dolittle

Archer Dolittle

1991

Jungle Fever

Reverend Purify

2000

Dinosaur

Yar (voice)

2001

Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore

Narrator

1990

Joe Versus the Volcano

Marshall

1993

Goin' Back to T-Town

Narrator

1993

Grumpy Old Men

Chuck

1965

The Hill

Jacko King

1969

Sam Whiskey

Jed Hooker

1968

The Scalphunters

Joseph Lee

1997

12 Angry Men

Juror 2

2002

Bubba Ho-tep

John F. "Jack" Kennedy

2004

Baadasssss!

Granddad

1975

Let's Do It Again

Elder Johnson

1996

I'm Not Rappaport

Midge Carter

1985

Avenging Angel

Capt. Harry Moradian

1996

Get on the Bus

Jeremiah

1999

The Secret Path

Too Tall

1984

Harry & Son

Raymond

2001

Feast of All Saints

Jean-Jacques

1984

The House of God

Dr. Sanders

1979

Hot Stuff

Captain John Geiberger

2000

Finding Buck McHenry

Buck McHenry

1992

Malcolm X

Eulogy Performer (voice)

2000

Here's to Life!

Duncan Cox

2005

The Peace!

Self

1997

Miss Evers' Boys

Mr. Evers

1960

John Brown's Raid

Dangerfield Newby

2003

The Evolution of an American Filmmaker

Self

1990

The Red Shoes

1977

Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid

Dr. Fredericks

1966

A Man Called Adam

Nelson Davis

2003

The Tuskegee Airmen: They Fought Two Wars

Narrator

1969

Teacher, Teacher

Charles Carter

1963

Gone Are the Days!

Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson

1976

The Tenth Level

Reed

1968

Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class

Narrator

1999

The Soul Collector

Mordecai

1963

The Cardinal

Father Gillis

1994

Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World

Narrator

2005

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

Self

2005

Unstoppable

Self

1988

School Daze

Coach Odom

1995

The Android Affair

Dr. Winston

1976

Countdown at Kusini

Ernest Motapo

2005

Deacons for Defense

Reverend 'Rev' Gregory

2022

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Self (archive footage)

1984

Marcus Garvey: Toward Black Nationhood

Narrator

1969

Slaves

Luke

1951

Fourteen Hours

Cab Driver (uncredited)

1950

No Way Out

John Brooks (uncredited)

1998

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

Self

1967

The Outsider

Lt. Wagner

1997

4 Little Girls

Self - Actor and Playwright

1972

Malcolm X

Eulogy (voice)

1969

The Fall

1965

The Sun... the Sand... the Hill

Jason King (archive footage)

1965

The Sun... the Sand... the Hill

Jason King (archival footage)

1989

Making 'Do the Right Thing'

Self

1985

Tyler Texas Black Film Collection

Himself

1980

All God's Children

Blaine Whitfield

1979

Freedom Road

Narrator

1979

Freedom Man

Benjamin Banneker

2004

Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

Self

1993

The Ernest Green Story

Grandfather

1992

Gladiator

Noah

1967

Black Liberation

Narrator

2003

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

Himself

1999

Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve

Caretaker

2003

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

1999

A Vow to Cherish

Alexander Billman

1969

Night Gallery

Osmond Portifoy

1971

The Sheriff

James Lucas

1981

Death of a Prophet

2002

Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'

Self

1994

The Client

Harry Roosevelt

1997

Jackie Robinson: Breaking Barriers

Narrator

1991

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

Self

2005

The History Makers: Success

Self

1981

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

Chuffy Russell

1975

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

Narrator

2004

Proud

Lorenzo DuFau

1994

Malcolm X: Make It Plain

Self

2001

The Legend of the Candy Cane

Julius (voice)

1997

Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough

Self

1986

Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories

Anansi the Spider (Sleepytime Songs and Stories) (voice)

1962

Hands of Inge

Narrator (voice)

2004

She Hate Me

Judge Buchanan

1970

Kongi's Harvest

Narrator

1964

Shock Treatment

Capshaw

1999

The Unfinished Journey

Narrator (voice)

1999

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

Self

1995

Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder

Uncle Phil

1994

Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice

Uncle Phil

1993

Cop & ½

Detective in Squad Room

1992

Lincoln

Frederick Douglas (voice)

1998

Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood

Self

1973

Wattstax

Self (uncredited)

1994

The Stand

Judge Richard Farris

Haití: Killing the Dream

Third Watch

Mr. Parker

Evening Shade

Ponder Blue

The Great Adventure

John Ross

Touched by an Angel

Gabriel

Hawaii Five-O

Ramon Borelle

The L Word

Melvin Porter

JAG

Terrence Minnerly

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Charles Carter

The Stand

Judge Richard Farris

Run for Your Life

Frankie Morton

The Fugitive

Lt. Johnny Gaines

Promised Land

Roots: The Next Generations

Dad Jones

TV Revolution

Alex Haley's Queen

Parson Dick

The Defenders

Nixie

The Defenders

Officer Bond

The Defenders

District Attorney

The Defenders

Assistant District Attorney

The Defenders

District Attorney Daniel Jackson

The Kennedy Center Honors

Self

The West

Self

The Client

Judge Harry Roosevelt

Thomas Jefferson

Narrator (voice)

B.L. Stryker

Oz Jackson

Folk Britannia

Self (archival footage)

Kraft Television Theatre

The Emperor Jones

Reading Rainbow

Himself - Narrator (voice)

Christianity: The First 1000 Years

Himself - Narrator

The Name of the Game

Kubani

King

Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.

Run for Your Life

Dave Corbett

Run for Your Life

Sgt. Dave Corbett

Touched by an Angel

Erasmus Jones

Promised Land

Erasmus Jones

Baseball

Various (voice)

The West

Self / John R. Gills (voice)

Bonanza

Sam Davis

American Masters

Self

Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years

Narrator

Tony Awards

Self - Presenter

The Stand

Judge Richard Farris (credit only)

Baseball

(voice)

American Experience

Self - Harlem Resident

12 O'Clock High

Major Glenn Luke

1998

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

1973

Gordon's War

1972

Black Girl

1970

Cotton Comes to Harlem

1970

Kongi's Harvest

1976

Countdown at Kusini