| Britain on Film: Black Britain (2017) Self (segment "Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11") |
| Fred Baker - filmmaker (2007) |
| Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson (2007) Self (archival footage) |
| Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States (2006) Self |
| AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies (2004) Joe |
| Paul Robeson: Here I Stand (1999) Self |
| Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am (1998) Himself (archive footage) |
| Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (1998) Self (archive footage) |
| Paul Robeson: 20th Century Renaissance Man, Entertainer & Activist (1994) Self (archive footage) |
| Большой концерт народов, или Дыхание чейн-стокса (1991) Self (speaking in Russian) (uncredited) (archive footage) |
| I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson (1990) |
| Musical Comedy Tonight III (1985) |
| Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist (1979) Himself (archive footage) |
| The Tallest Tree in Our Forest (1977) Self |
| Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975) Self (archive footage) |
| Black Shadows on a Silver Screen (1975) Self (archive footage) |
| Противоречивая Америка. Вера, надежда, любовь и ненависть. Фильм 2 (1973) Self/Cameo (archive footage) |
| Lied der Ströme (1954) Voice of Singer |
| South Africa Uncensored (1951) Narrator |
| Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11 (1949) Himself |
| Easy to Get (1947) Self |
| Tales of Manhattan (1942) Luke |
| Native Land (1942) Narrator |
| The Proud Valley (1940) David Goliath |
| Big Fella (1938) Joe |
| Jericho (1937) Cpl. Jericho Jackson |
| King Solomon's Mines (1937) Umbopa |
| My Song Goes Forth (1937) Self |
| Song of Freedom (1936) John 'Johnny' Zinga |
| Show Boat (1936) Joe |
| Sanders of the River (1935) Bosambo |
| The Emperor Jones (1933) Brutus Jones |
| Borderline (1930) Pete Varond |
| Camille (1926) Alexandre Dumas fils |
| Body and Soul (1925) Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother Sylvester |