| 2025 |
Newbies
MOVIE
|
Self |
| 2023 |
The Naughty Nine
MOVIE
|
Santa Claus |
| 2023 |
Double Soul
MOVIE
|
Michael Tedeschi |
| 2022 |
American Dreamer
MOVIE
|
Jerry |
| 2022 |
De Quanta Terra Precisa o Homem?
MOVIE
|
Self |
| 2022 |
Press Play
MOVIE
|
Cooper |
| 2021 |
A Night at the Academy Museum
MOVIE
|
Self |
| 2020 |
The Drummer
MOVIE
|
Mark Walker |
| 2020 |
Chuck Berry: Brown Eyed Handsome Man
MOVIE
|
Narrator (voice) |
| 2020 |
After Fact
MOVIE
|
Self |
| 2020 |
Worth the Price? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq War
MOVIE
|
Narrator (voice) |
| 2019 |
Jumanji: The Next Level
MOVIE
|
Milo |
| 2019 |
The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs
MOVIE
|
Narrator (voice) |
| 2019 |
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
MOVIE
|
Grandpa Allen |
| 2019 |
Strive
MOVIE
|
Self |
| 2019 |
The Dead Don't Die
MOVIE
|
Hank Thompson |
| 2019 |
Redeeming Uncle Tom: The Josiah Henson Story
MOVIE
|
Narrator |
| 2019 |
Always in Season
MOVIE
|
Narrator (voice) |
| 2019 |
The Robeson Effect
MOVIE
|
Self |
| 2018 |
Christmas Break-In
MOVIE
|
Ray |
| 2018 |
Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones
MOVIE
|
Self |
| 2018 |
Death Race: Beyond Anarchy
MOVIE
|
Baltimore Bob |
| 2018 |
The Old Man & the Gun
MOVIE
|
Teddy |
| 2018 |
Sorry to Bother You
MOVIE
|
Langston |
| 2018 |
Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey
MOVIE
|
Mr. Ocean |
| 2018 |
The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution
MOVIE
|
Narrator (voice) |
| 2018 |
Howard
MOVIE
|
Self (archive footage) |
| 2018 |
Survivor's Guide to Prison
MOVIE
|
Self |
| 2018 |
Come Sunday
MOVIE
|
Gilbert Pearson |
| 2018 |
Proud Mary
MOVIE
|
Benny |
| 2017 |
The Christmas Train
MOVIE
|
Max Powers |
| 2017 |
The Curse of Buckout Road
MOVIE
|
Dr. Powell |
| 2017 |
Vagabonds
MOVIE
|
Uncle Issa |
| 2017 |
The Good Catholic
MOVIE
|
Victor |
| 2017 |
Tour de Pharmacy
MOVIE
|
Slim Robinson Present Day |
| 2017 |
Agents of Change
MOVIE
|
Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 2017 |
Cold Case Files
TV
|
Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 2017 |
Birth of a Movement
MOVIE
|
Narrator (voice) |
| 2017 |
Extortion
MOVIE
|
Detective Constable Haagen |
| 2017 |
Abderrahmane Sissako: Beyond Territories
MOVIE
|
Self |
| 2016 |
Monster Trucks
MOVIE
|
Mr. Weathers |
| 2016 |
Almost Christmas
MOVIE
|
Walter |
| 2016 |
Pushing Dead
MOVIE
|
Bob |
| 2016 |
Complete Unknown
MOVIE
|
Roger |
| 2016 |
Mr. Pig
MOVIE
|
Ambrose |
| 2016 |
Gridlocked
MOVIE
|
Sully |
| 2016 |
Back in the Day
MOVIE
|
Eddie 'Rocks' Travor |
| 2016 |
Union Time: Fighting for Workers’ Rights
MOVIE
|
Narrator (voice) |
| 2016 |
93 Days
MOVIE
|
Dr. Benjamin Ohiaeri |
| 2016 |
Darkweb
MOVIE
|
The Boss |
| 2016 |
Dirty Grandpa
MOVIE
|
Stinky |
| 2016 |
Diablo
MOVIE
|
Benjamin Carver |
| 2015 |
Andron
MOVIE
|
Chancellor Gordon |
| 2015 |
Waffle Street
MOVIE
|
Edward Collins |
| 2015 |
Checkmate
MOVIE
|
Elohim |
| 2015 |
Consumed
MOVIE
|
Hal Westbrook |
| 2015 |
About Scout
MOVIE
|
Red |
| 2015 |
Bad Asses on the Bayou
MOVIE
|
Bernie Pope |
| 2015 |
Mississippi Inferno
MOVIE
|
Narrator (voice) |
| 2015 |
Caffeinated
MOVIE
|
Coffee Lover |
| 2015 |
Toxin
MOVIE
|
Dr. Locke |
| 2014 |
Beyond the Lights
MOVIE
|
Captain Nicol |
| 2014 |
Day of the Mummy
MOVIE
|
Carl |
| 2014 |
Yellowbird
MOVIE
|
Darius (voice) |
| 2014 |
black-ish
TV
|
Uncle Norman |
| 2014 |
Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee
MOVIE
|
Self |
| 2014 |
2047: Sights of Death
MOVIE
|
Sponge |
| 2014 |
Supremacy
MOVIE
|
Mr. Walker |
| 2014 |
We Are Many
MOVIE
|
Self |
| 2014 |
Rage
MOVIE
|
Detective St. John |
| 2014 |
Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses
MOVIE
|
Bernie Pope |
| 2014 |
The Ninja Immovable Heart
MOVIE
|
Ex Director Matthew Reynolds |
| 2014 |
We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama
MOVIE
|
Self |
| 2014 |
Mozart in the Jungle
TV
|
Mayor |
| 2014 |
Chasing Shakespeare
MOVIE
|
William Ward |
| 2013 |
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
MOVIE
|
Justice Thurgood Marshall |
| 2013 |
Ironside
TV
|
Frank Ironside |
| 2013 |
Extraction
MOVIE
|
Harding |
| 2013 |
Tula: The Revolt
MOVIE
|
Shinishi |
| 2013 |
Highland Park
MOVIE
|
Ed |
| 2013 |
Shuffleton's Barbershop
MOVIE
|
Charlie Shuffleton |
| 2013 |
Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
MOVIE
|
Self |
| 2013 |
Space Warriors
MOVIE
|
Commander Phillips |
| 2013 |
The Shift
MOVIE
|
Floyd |
| 2013 |
The Bouquet
MOVIE
|
Reverend John |
| 2013 |
LUV
MOVIE
|
Arthur |
| 2012 |
Casting By
MOVIE
|
Self |
| 2012 |
The Children's Republic
MOVIE
|
Dubem |
| 2012 |
The Lighthouse
MOVIE
|
Duncan |
| 2012 |
Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon'
MOVIE
|
Self |
| 2012 |
Shadows of Liberty
MOVIE
|
Self |
| 2012 |
Hannah's Law
MOVIE
|
Isom Dart |
| 2012 |
Sins
MOVIE
|
Father Leonard |
| 2012 |
Touch
TV
|
Professor Arthur Teller |
| 2011 |
Mysteria
MOVIE
|
Investigator |
| 2011 |
Rise Like Lions
MOVIE
|
Self (Occupy Oakland) |
| 2011 |
Donovan's Echo
MOVIE
|
Donovan Matheson |
| 2011 |
Age of the Dragons
MOVIE
|
Ahab |
| 2011 |
Son of Morning
MOVIE
|
Gabriel Peters |
| 2011 |
Mooz-lum
MOVIE
|
Dean Francis |
| 2010 |
I Want to Be a Soldier
MOVIE
|
School Director |
| 2010 |
Down for Life
MOVIE
|
Mr. Shannon |
| 2010 |
I'm Still Here
MOVIE
|
Danny Glover |
| 2010 |
Legendary
MOVIE
|
Harry 'Red' Newman |
| 2010 |
Dear Alice
MOVIE
|
Franzis |
| 2010 |
Alpha and Omega
MOVIE
|
Winston (voice) |
| 2010 |
Death at a Funeral
MOVIE
|
Uncle Russell |
| 2010 |
Five Minarets in New York
MOVIE
|
Marcus |
| 2010 |
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
MOVIE
|
Self |
| 2010 |
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
MOVIE
|
Self |
| 2010 |
Human Target
TV
|
Client |
| 2010 |
Sam Cooke: Crossing Over
MOVIE
|
Narrator (voice) |
| 2009 |
The People Speak
MOVIE
|
Self |
| 2009 |
2012
MOVIE
|
President Thomas Wilson |
| 2009 |
Nite Tales: The Series
TV
|
Jeremiah |
| 2009 |
PoliWood
MOVIE
|
Self |
| 2009 |
The Harimaya Bridge
MOVIE
|
Joseph Holder |
| 2009 |
Night Train
MOVIE
|
Miles |
| 2008 |
Leverage
TV
|
Charlie Lawson |
| 2008 |
Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare
MOVIE
|
Walter Tortoise (voice) |
| 2008 |
Fats Waller Was Born Here
MOVIE
|
"Fats" Waller's Father/Mr. Fletcher |
| 2008 |
Blindness
MOVIE
|
Man with Black Eye Patch |
| 2008 |
Be Kind Rewind
MOVIE
|
Mr. Fletcher |
| 2008 |
Gospel Hill
MOVIE
|
John Malcolm |
| 2008 |
Agent Crush
MOVIE
|
Major Rusty Gubbins |
| 2007 |
Honeydripper
MOVIE
|
Tyrone Purvis |
| 2007 |
Battle for Terra
MOVIE
|
President Chen (voice) |
| 2007 |
Francis Ford Coppola Directs 'John Grisham's the Rainmaker'
MOVIE
|
Self |
| 2007 |
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation
MOVIE
|
Father Elias |
| 2007 |
Shooter
MOVIE
|
Colonel Isaac Johnson |
| 2007 |
Poor Boy's Game
MOVIE
|
George |
| 2006 |
Dreamgirls
MOVIE
|
Marty Madison |
| 2006 |
Read You Like a Book
MOVIE
|
Self |
| 2006 |
Brothers and Sisters
TV
|
Isaac Marshall |
| 2006 |
Barnyard
MOVIE
|
Miles (voice) |
| 2006 |
Psych
TV
|
Mel Hornsby |
| 2006 |
Bamako
MOVIE
|
Cow-boy |
| 2006 |
The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
MOVIE
|
Brer Turtle (voice) |
| 2006 |
The Shaggy Dog
MOVIE
|
Ken Hollister |
| 2006 |
The Exonerated
MOVIE
|
David Keaton |
| 2005 |
The Reichen Show
TV
|
Self |
| 2005 |
Full Disclosure Report
MOVIE
|
David Tapp |
| 2005 |
Criminal Minds
TV
|
Hank Morgan |
| 2005 |
The Peace!
MOVIE
|
Self |
| 2005 |
My Name Is Earl
TV
|
Thomas |
| 2005 |
Manderlay
MOVIE
|
Wilhelm |
| 2005 |
American Dad!
TV
|
Minstrel Krampus (voice) |
| 2005 |
The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2'
MOVIE
|
Self (archive footage) |
| 2005 |
Missing in America
MOVIE
|
Jake Neely |
| 2005 |
P.N.O.K.
MOVIE
|
Col. Weldon |
| 2004 |
Legend of Earthsea
TV
|
Ogion |
| 2004 |
Saw
MOVIE
|
David Tapp |
| 2004 |
The Cookout
MOVIE
|
Judge Crowley |
| 2003 |
Real Time with Bill Maher
TV
|
Self |
| 2003 |
The John Garfield Story
MOVIE
|
Self |
| 2003 |
Good Fences
MOVIE
|
Tom Spader |
| 2002 |
The Real Eve
MOVIE
|
Narrator (voice) |
| 2001 |
The Royal Tenenbaums
MOVIE
|
Henry Sherman |
| 2001 |
3 A.M.
MOVIE
|
Hershey |
| 2000 |
Boesman and Lena
MOVIE
|
Boesman |
| 2000 |
Bàttu
MOVIE
|
Self |
| 2000 |
Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration
MOVIE
|
Self |
| 2000 |
Freedom Song
MOVIE
|
Will Walker |
| 1999 |
The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen
MOVIE
|
Self (archive footage) |
| 1999 |
The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong
MOVIE
|
Narrator (voice) |
| 1999 |
Scared Straight! 20 Years Later
MOVIE
|
Host |
| 1999 |
Our Friend, Martin
MOVIE
|
Train Conductor (voice) |
| 1998 |
The Prince of Egypt
MOVIE
|
Jethro (voice) |
| 1998 |
Beloved
MOVIE
|
Paul D |
| 1998 |
Antz
MOVIE
|
Barbatus (voice) |
| 1998 |
Can't You Hear the Wind Howl? The Life & Music of Robert Johnson
MOVIE
|
Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 1998 |
Hollywood Squares
TV
|
Self - Panelist |
| 1998 |
Lethal Weapon 4
MOVIE
|
Roger Murtaugh |
| 1998 |
Soldier Child
MOVIE
|
Self - Narrator |
| 1997 |
Buffalo Soldiers
MOVIE
|
Sgt. Washington Wyatt |
| 1997 |
The Rainmaker
MOVIE
|
Richter Tyrone Kipler |
| 1997 |
Switchback
MOVIE
|
Bob Goodall |
| 1997 |
The View
TV
|
Self |
| 1997 |
Wild America
MOVIE
|
Bigfoot the Mountain Man (Uncredited) |
| 1997 |
Gone Fishin'
MOVIE
|
Gus Green |
| 1996 |
America's Dream
MOVIE
|
Silas (segment "Long Black Song") |
| 1995 |
Red Wind
MOVIE
|
Philip Marlowe |
| 1995 |
Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities
MOVIE
|
Self |
| 1995 |
Operation Dumbo Drop
MOVIE
|
Capt. Sam Cahill |
| 1995 |
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
MOVIE
|
Self |
| 1995 |
Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain
TV
|
Isaac Jefferson (voice) |
| 1995 |
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
TV
|
The King (voice) |
| 1994 |
ER
TV
|
Charlie Pratt Sr. |
| 1994 |
Inside the Actors Studio
TV
|
Self |
| 1994 |
Angels in the Outfield
MOVIE
|
George Knox |
| 1994 |
Maverick
MOVIE
|
Bank Robber (uncredited) |
| 1993 |
The Saint of Fort Washington
MOVIE
|
Jerry |
| 1993 |
Bopha!
MOVIE
|
Micah Mangena |
| 1993 |
Civil War Journal
TV
|
Self - Host |
| 1993 |
Civil War Journal
TV
|
Host |
| 1993 |
Fallen Angels
TV
|
Marlowe |
| 1993 |
The Talking Eggs
MOVIE
|
Narrator (voice) |
| 1993 |
Alex Haley's Queen
TV
|
Alec Haley |
| 1992 |
Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and Boss Lion
MOVIE
|
Narrator (voice) |
| 1992 |
Lethal Weapon 3
MOVIE
|
Roger Murtaugh |
| 1991 |
Grand Canyon
MOVIE
|
Simon |
| 1991 |
Pure Luck
MOVIE
|
Raymond Campanella |
| 1991 |
A Rage in Harlem
MOVIE
|
Easy Money |
| 1991 |
Flight of the Intruder
MOVIE
|
Cmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli |
| 1990 |
Predator 2
MOVIE
|
Lieutenant Mike Harrigan |
| 1990 |
To Sleep with Anger
MOVIE
|
Harry |
| 1990 |
Captain Planet and the Planeteers
TV
|
Dr. Apollo (voice) |
| 1990 |
Rabbit Ears - Moses in Egypt
MOVIE
|
Narrator (voice) |
| 1990 |
Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and the Wonderful Tar Baby
MOVIE
|
Narrator (voice) |
| 1989 |
Rabbit Ears - How the Leopard Got His Spots
MOVIE
|
Narrator (voice) |
| 1989 |
Lethal Weapon 2
MOVIE
|
Roger Murtaugh |
| 1989 |
Dead Man Out
MOVIE
|
Dr. Alex Marsh |
| 1989 |
Lonesome Dove
TV
|
Joshua Deets |
| 1989 |
A Raisin in the Sun
MOVIE
|
Walter Lee Younger |
| 1989 |
Hollywood on Horses
MOVIE
|
Self |
| 1988 |
Bat★21
MOVIE
|
Capt. Bartholomew Clark |
| 1988 |
A Place at the Table
MOVIE
|
Mr. Scott |
| 1987 |
Mandela
MOVIE
|
Nelson Mandela |
| 1987 |
Lethal Weapon
MOVIE
|
Roger Murtaugh |
| 1986 |
John Henry
MOVIE
|
John Henry |
| 1985 |
The Color Purple
MOVIE
|
Albert |
| 1985 |
Tall Tales & Legends
TV
|
John Henry |
| 1985 |
Silverado
MOVIE
|
Malachi 'Mal' Johnson |
| 1985 |
The Stand-In
MOVIE
|
Apples Finnerty |
| 1985 |
Witness
MOVIE
|
McFee |
| 1985 |
And the Children Shall Lead
MOVIE
|
William |
| 1984 |
Places in the Heart
MOVIE
|
Moze |
| 1984 |
Iceman
MOVIE
|
Loomis |
| 1983 |
Memorial Day
MOVIE
|
Willie Monroe |
| 1983 |
Chiefs
TV
|
Marshall Peters |
| 1983 |
The Face of Rage
MOVIE
|
Gary |
| 1983 |
Keeping On
MOVIE
|
Lester Traylor |
| 1982 |
Out
MOVIE
|
Jojo / Roland |
| 1981 |
Gimme a Break!
TV
|
Self |
| 1981 |
Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
MOVIE
|
Morgan |
| 1981 |
Hill Street Blues
TV
|
Self |
| 1981 |
Oscar Micheaux, Film Pioneer
MOVIE
|
Oscar Micheaux |
| 1980 |
Great Railway Journeys
TV
|
Self - Presenter |
| 1980 |
Palmerstown, U.S.A.
TV
|
Self |
| 1979 |
Escape from Alcatraz
MOVIE
|
Inmate |
| 1975 |
Saturday Night Live
TV
|
Roger Murtaugh (uncredited) |
| 1973 |
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV
|
Self |
| 1969 |
San Francisco State: On Strike
MOVIE
|
self |
| 1962 |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV
|
Self |
| 1956 |
Tony Awards
TV
|
Self - Presenter |
| 1952 |
Today
TV
|
Self |
|
Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story
MOVIE
|
Narrator (voice) |
|
Lethal Weapon 5
MOVIE
|
Roger Murtaugh |
|
Grizzly Peak
MOVIE
|
Will |
|
Killing Winston Jones
MOVIE
|
Washington Carver |