 | Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues (2022)
Self (archive footage) |
 | The Peace! (2005)
Self |
 | The History Makers: Success (2005)
Self |
| | Unstoppable (2005)
Self |
 | By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' (2005)
Self |
 | She Hate Me (2004)
Judge Buchanan |
| | Proud (2004)
Lorenzo DuFau |
 | Baadasssss! (2004)
Granddad |
 | Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (2004)
Self |
 | The Evolution of an American Filmmaker (2003)
Self |
| | The Tuskegee Airmen: They Fought Two Wars (2003)
Narrator |
 | Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property (2003)
Himself |
 | Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives (2003)
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 | Deacons for Defense (2003)
Reverend 'Rev' Gregory |
 | Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun' (2002)
Self |
 | Bubba Ho-tep (2002)
John F. "Jack" Kennedy |
 | Feast of All Saints (2001)
Jean-Jacques |
 | Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore (2001)
Narrator |
 | The Legend of the Candy Cane (2001)
Julius (voice) |
 | Here's to Life! (2000)
Duncan Cox |
 | Dinosaur (2000)
Yar (voice) |
 | Finding Buck McHenry (2000)
Buck McHenry |
| | The Unfinished Journey (1999)
Narrator (voice) |
 | Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve (1999)
Caretaker |
 | The Soul Collector (1999)
Mordecai |
 | The Secret Path (1999)
Too Tall |
 | Paul Robeson: Here I Stand (1999)
Self |
 | A Vow to Cherish (1999)
Alexander Billman |
 | Doctor Dolittle (1998)
Archer Dolittle |
 | Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood (1998)
Self |
 | Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (1998)
Self |
 | 12 Angry Men (1997)
Juror 2 |
 | 4 Little Girls (1997)
Self - Actor and Playwright |
| | Jackie Robinson: Breaking Barriers (1997)
Narrator |
 | Miss Evers' Boys (1997)
Mr. Evers |
 | Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough (1997)
Self |
 | I'm Not Rappaport (1996)
Midge Carter |
 | Get on the Bus (1996)
Jeremiah |
 | The Android Affair (1995)
Dr. Winston |
 | Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder (1995)
Uncle Phil |
 | The Client (1994)
Harry Roosevelt |
 | Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice (1994)
Uncle Phil |
 | Malcolm X: Make It Plain (1994)
Self |
| | Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World (1994)
Narrator |
 | Grumpy Old Men (1993)
Chuck |
 | Cop and ½ (1993)
Detective in Squad Room |
 | Goin' Back to T-Town (1993)
Narrator |
 | The Ernest Green Story (1993)
Grandfather |
| | Lincoln (1992)
Frederick Douglas (voice) |
 | Malcolm X (1992)
Eulogy Performer (voice) |
 | Gladiator (1992)
Noah |
 | Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991)
Self |
 | Jungle Fever (1991)
Reverend Purify |
 | Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)
Marshall |
 | The Red Shoes (1990)
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| | Making 'Do the Right Thing' (1989)
Self |
 | Do the Right Thing (1989)
Da Mayor |
 | School Daze (1988)
Coach Odom |
 | Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories (1986)
Anansi the Spider (Sleepytime Songs and Stories) (voice) |
 | Avenging Angel (1985)
Capt. Harry Moradian |
| | Tyler Texas Black Film Collection (1985)
Himself |
 | Harry & Son (1984)
Raymond |
| | Marcus Garvey: Toward Black Nationhood (1984)
Narrator |
 | The House of God (1984)
Dr. Sanders |
 | Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige (1981)
Chuffy Russell |
 | Death of a Prophet (1981)
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 | All God's Children (1980)
Blaine Whitfield |
 | Freedom Road (1979)
Narrator |
 | Hot Stuff (1979)
Captain John Geiberger |
| | Freedom Man (1979)
Benjamin Banneker |
 | Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid (1977)
Dr. Fredericks |
 | The Tenth Level (1976)
Reed |
 | Countdown at Kusini (1976)
Ernest Motapo |
 | Let's Do It Again (1975)
Elder Johnson |
 | Black Shadows on a Silver Screen (1975)
Narrator |
 | Malcolm X (1972)
Eulogy (voice) |
 | The Sheriff (1971)
James Lucas |
 | Kongi's Harvest (1970)
Narrator |
 | Night Gallery (1969)
Osmond Portifoy |
 | Slaves (1969)
Luke |
 | Sam Whiskey (1969)
Jed Hooker |
 | Teacher, Teacher (1969)
Charles Carter |
 | The Fall (1969)
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 | The Scalphunters (1968)
Joseph Lee |
 | Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class (1968)
Narrator |
 | The Outsider (1967)
Lt. Wagner |
 | Black Liberation (1967)
Narrator |
 | A Man Called Adam (1966)
Nelson Davis |
| | The Sun... the Sand... the Hill (1965)
Jason King (archival footage) |
| | The Sun... the Sand... the Hill (1965)
Jason King (archive footage) |
 | The Hill (1965)
Jacko King |
 | Shock Treatment (1964)
Capshaw |
 | The Cardinal (1963)
Father Gillis |
 | Gone Are the Days! (1963)
Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson |
 | Hands of Inge (1962)
Narrator (voice) |
 | John Brown's Raid (1960)
Dangerfield Newby |
 | Fourteen Hours (1951)
Cab Driver (uncredited) |
 | No Way Out (1950)
John Brooks (uncredited) |
