2017Britain on Film: Black Britain— Self (segment "Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11")
2007Fred Baker - filmmaker
2007Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson— Self (archival footage)
2006Howard Zinn: Voices of a People's History of the United States— Self
2004AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies— Joe
2001White Sings Robeson
1999Paul Robeson: Here I Stand— Self
1998Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist— Self (archive footage)
1998Paul Robeson: Speak of Me as I Am— Himself (archive footage)
1994Paul Robeson: 20th Century Renaissance Man, Entertainer & Activist— Self (archive footage)
1991Большой концерт народов, или Дыхание чейн-стокса— Self (speaking in Russian) (uncredited) (archive footage)
1990I’m a Negro, I’m an American – Paul Robeson
1985Musical Comedy Tonight III
1979Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist— Himself (archive footage)
1977The Tallest Tree in Our Forest— Self
1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?— Self (archive footage)
1975Black Shadows on a Silver Screen— Self (archive footage)
1973Противоречивая Америка. Вера, надежда, любовь и ненависть. Фильм 2— Self/Cameo (archive footage)
1954Lied der Ströme— Voice of Singer
1951South Africa Uncensored— Narrator
1949Mining Review 2nd Year No. 11— Himself
1947Easy to Get— Self
1942Tales of Manhattan— Luke
1942Native Land— Narrator
1940The Proud Valley— David Goliath
1938Big Fella— Joe
1937King Solomon's Mines— Umbopa
1937Jericho— Cpl. Jericho Jackson
1937My Song Goes Forth— Self
1936Show Boat— Joe
1936Song of Freedom— John 'Johnny' Zinga
1935Sanders of the River— Bosambo
1933Emperor Jones— Brutus Jones
1930Borderline— Pete Varond
1926Camille— Alexandre Dumas fils
1925Body and Soul— Reverend Isaiah T. Jenkins / His brother Sylvester