2026Love in Exile
2022Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues— Self (archive footage)
2005The Peace!— Self
2005By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'— Self
2005Unstoppable— Self
2005Deacons for Defense— Reverend 'Rev' Gregory
2005The History Makers: Success— Self
2004Baadasssss!— Granddad
2004Beah: A Black Woman Speaks— Self
2004Proud— Lorenzo DuFau
2003The Evolution of an American Filmmaker— Self
2003The Tuskegee Airmen: They Fought Two Wars— Narrator
2003Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property— Himself
2003Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
2002Bubba Ho-tep— John F. "Jack" Kennedy
2002Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'— Self
2001Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore— Narrator
2001Feast of All Saints— Jean-Jacques
2001The Legend of the Candy Cane— Julius (voice)
2000Finding Buck McHenry— Buck McHenry
2000Here's to Life!— Duncan Cox
1999The Secret Path— Too Tall
1999The Soul Collector— Mordecai
1999Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve— Caretaker
1999A Vow to Cherish— Alexander Billman
1999The Unfinished Journey— Narrator (voice)
1999Paul Robeson: Here I Stand— Self
1998Dr. Dolittle— Archer Dolittle
1998Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist— Self
1998Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood— Self
199712 Angry Men— Juror 2
1997Miss Evers' Boys— Mr. Evers
19974 Little Girls— Self - Actor and Playwright
1997Jackie Robinson: Breaking Barriers— Narrator
1997Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough— Self
1996I'm Not Rappaport— Midge Carter
1996Get on the Bus— Jeremiah / 'Pop'
1995The Android Affair— Dr. Winston
1995Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder— Uncle Phil
1994Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World— Narrator
1994Malcolm X: Make It Plain— Self
1994Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice— Uncle Phil
1993Goin' Back to T-Town— Narrator
1993İki Hınzır Adam— Chuck
1993The Ernest Green Story— Grandfather
1993Bir Buçuk Polis— Detective in Squad Room
1992Gladiator— Noah
1992Lincoln— Frederick Douglas (voice)
1992Haiti: Killing the Dream
1992The Real Malcolm X
1991Orman Ateşi— Reverend Purify
1991Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker— Self
1990Joe Yanardağa Karşı— Marshall
1990The Red Shoes
1989Doğruyu Seç— Da Mayor
1989Making 'Do the Right Thing'— Self
1988Okul Yılları— Coach Odom
1986Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories— Anansi the Spider (Sleepytime Songs and Stories) (voice)
1985Avenging Angel— Capt. Harry Moradian
1985Tyler Texas Black Film Collection— Himself
1984Harry & Son— Raymond
1984The House of God— Dr. Sanders
1984Marcus Garvey: Toward Black Nationhood— Narrator
1981Death of a Prophet
1981Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige— Chuffy Russell
1980All God's Children— Blaine Whitfield
1979Hot Stuff— Captain John Geiberger
1979Freedom Road— Narrator
1979Freedom Man— Benjamin Banneker
1977Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid— Dr. Fredericks
1976The Tenth Level— Reed
1976Countdown at Kusini— Ernest Motapo
1975Let's Do It Again— Elder Johnson
1975Black Shadows on a Silver Screen— Narrator
1972Malcolm X— Eulogy (voice)
1971The Sheriff— James Lucas
1970Kongi's Harvest— Narrator
1969Silah Altın ve Kadın— Jed Hooker
1969Teacher, Teacher— Charles Carter
1969Slaves— Luke
1969The Fall
1969Night Gallery— Osmond Portifoy
1968Kafatası Avcıları— Joseph Lee
1968Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class— Narrator
1967The Outsider— Lt. Wagner
1967Black Liberation— Narrator
1967Now is the Time— Self
1966A Man Called Adam— Nelson Davis
1965Tepe— Jacko King
1965The Sun... the Sand... the Hill— Jason King (archival footage)
1965The Sun... the Sand... the Hill— Jason King (archive footage)
1964Shock Treatment— Capshaw
1963Gone Are the Days!— Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson
1963The Cardinal— Father Gillis
1962Hands of Inge— Narrator (voice)
1960John Brown's Raid— Dangerfield Newby
1951Fourteen Hours— Cab Driver (uncredited)
1950No Way Out— John Brooks (uncredited)
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