Credits

• 2023 · The Naughty Nine as Santa Claus
• 2023 · Double Soul as Michael Tedeschi
• 2022 · American Dreamer as Jerry
• 2022 · De Quanta Terra Precisa o Homem? as Ele mesmo
• 2022 · Press Play as Cooper
• 2021 · A Night at the Academy Museum as Self
• 2020 · The Drummer as Mark Walker
• 2020 · The Bee as Roger Murtaugh (archive footage)
• 2020 · Chuck Berry: Brown Eyed Handsome Man as Narrator (voice)
• 2020 · After Fact as Self
• 2020 · Worth the Price? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq War as Narrator (voice)
• 2019 · Jumanji: The Next Level as Milo
• 2019 · The Revolutionist: Eugene V. Debs as Narrator (voice)
• 2019 · The Last Black Man in San Francisco as Grandpa Allen
• 2019 · Strive as
• 2019 · The Dead Don't Die as Hank Thompson
• 2019 · Redeeming Uncle Tom: The Josiah Henson Story as Narrator
• 2019 · Always in Season as Narrator (voice)
• 2019 · The Robeson Effect as Self
• 2018 · Christmas Break-In as Ray
• 2018 · Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones as Self
• 2018 · Death Race: Beyond Anarchy as Baltimore Bob
• 2018 · The Old Man & the Gun as Teddy
• 2018 · Sorry to Bother You as Langston
• 2018 · Ulysses: A Dark Odyssey as Mr. Ocean
• 2018 · The Power to Heal: Medicare and the Civil Rights Revolution as Narrator (voice)
• 2018 · Howard as Self (archive footage)
• 2018 · Survivor's Guide to Prison as Self
• 2018 · Come Sunday as Gilbert Pearson
• 2018 · Proud Mary as Benny
• 2017 · The Christmas Train as Max Powers
• 2017 · The Curse of Buckout Road as Dr. Powell
• 2017 · Vagabonds as Uncle Issa
• 2017 · The Good Catholic as Victor
• 2017 · Tour de Pharmacy as Slim Robinson Present Day
• 2017 · Agents of Change as Self - Narrator (voice)
• 2017 · Cold Case Files as Narrator (voice)
• 2017 · Birth of a Movement as Narrator (voice)
• 2017 · Extortion as Constable Haagen
• 2017 · Abderrahmane Sissako: Beyond Territories as Self
• 2016 · Monster Trucks as Mr. Weathers
• 2016 · Almost Christmas as Walter
• 2016 · Pushing Dead as Bob
• 2016 · Complete Unknown as Roger
• 2016 · Mr. Pig as Ambrose
• 2016 · Gridlocked as Sully
• 2016 · Back in the Day as Eddie 'Rocks' Travor
• 2016 · Union Time: Fighting for Workers’ Rights as Narrator (voice)
• 2016 · 93 Days as
• 2016 · Darkweb as The Boss
• 2016 · Dirty Grandpa as Stinky
• 2016 · Diablo as Benjamin Carver
• 2015 · Andron as Chancellor Gordon
• 2015 · Waffle Street as Edward Collins
• 2015 · Checkmate as Elohim
• 2015 · Consumed as Hal Westbrook
• 2015 · About Scout as Red
• 2015 · Bad Asses on the Bayou as Bernie Pope
• 2015 · Mississippi Inferno as Narrator (voice)
• 2015 · Caffeinated as Coffee Lover
• 2015 · Toxin as Dr. Locke
• 2014 · Beyond the Lights as Captain Nicol
• 2014 · Day of the Mummy as Carl
• 2014 · Yellowbird as Darius (voice)
• 2014 · black-ish as Uncle Norman
• 2014 · Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee as Self
• 2014 · 2047: Sights of Death as Sponge
• 2014 · Supremacy as Mr. Walker
• 2014 · We Are Many as Self
• 2014 · Rage as Detective St. John
• 2014 · Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses as Bernie Pope
• 2014 · The Ninja Immovable Heart as Ex Director Matthew Reynolds
• 2014 · We the People: From Crispus Attucks to President Barack Obama as
• 2014 · Mozart in the Jungle as Mayor
• 2014 · Chasing Shakespeare as William Ward
• 2013 · Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight as Justice Thurgood Marshall
• 2013 · Ironside as Frank Ironside
• 2013 · Extraction as Harding
• 2013 · Tula: The Revolt as Shinishi
• 2013 · Highland Park as Ed
• 2013 · Shuffleton's Barbershop as Charlie Shuffleton
• 2013 · Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth as Self
• 2013 · Space Warriors as Commander Phillips
• 2013 · The Shift as Floyd
• 2013 · The Bouquet as Reverend John
• 2013 · LUV as Arthur
• 2012 · Casting By as Self
• 2012 · The Children's Republic as Dubem
• 2012 · The Lighthouse as Duncan
• 2012 · Maximum Impact: The Legacy of 'Lethal Weapon' as Self
• 2012 · Shadows of Liberty as Self
• 2012 · Hannah's Law as Isom Dart
• 2012 · Sins as Father Leonard
• 2012 · Touch as Professor Arthur Teller
• 2011 · Mysteria as Investigator
• 2011 · Rise Like Lions as Self (Occupy Oakland)
• 2011 · Donovan's Echo as Donovan Matheson
• 2011 · Age of the Dragons as Ahab
• 2011 · Son of Morning as Gabriel Peters
• 2011 · Mooz-lum as Dean Francis
• 2010 · I Want to Be a Soldier as School Director
• 2010 · Down for Life as Mr. Shannon
• 2010 · Alpha and Omega as Winston (voice)
• 2010 · I'm Still Here as Danny Glover
• 2010 · Legendary as Harry 'Red' Newman
• 2010 · Dear Alice as Franzis
• 2010 · Death at a Funeral as Uncle Russell
• 2010 · Five Minarets in New York as Marcus
• 2010 · 2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic as Self
• 2010 · The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective as Self
• 2010 · Sam Cooke: Crossing Over as Narrator (voice)
• 2009 · The People Speak as Self
• 2009 · 2012 as President Thomas Wilson
• 2009 · PoliWood as Self
• 2009 · The Harimaya Bridge as Joseph Holder
• 2009 · Night Train as Miles
• 2008 · Leverage as Charlie Lawson
• 2008 · Saw V as David Tapp (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2008 · Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare as Walter Tortoise (voice)
• 2008 · The Garden as Self
• 2008 · Blindness as Man with Black Eye Patch
• 2008 · Gospel Hill as John Malcolm
• 2008 · Be Kind Rewind as Mr. Fletcher
• 2007 · Honeydripper as Tyrone Purvis
• 2007 · Battle for Terra as President Chen (voice)
• 2007 · Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation as Father Elias
• 2007 · Shooter as Colonel Isaac Johnson
• 2007 · Poor Boy's Game as George
• 2006 · Dreamgirls as Marty Madison
• 2006 · Read You Like a Book as
• 2006 · Brothers and Sisters as Isaac Marshall
• 2006 · Barnyard as Miles the Mule (voice)
• 2006 · Psych as Mel Hornsby
• 2006 · Bamako as Cow-boy
• 2006 · The Adventures of Brer Rabbit as Brer Turtle (voice)
• 2006 · The Shaggy Dog as Ken Hollister
• 2006 · The Exonerated as David Keaton
• 2005 · The Reichen Show as Self
• 2005 · Full Disclosure Report as David Tapp
• 2005 · Criminal Minds as Hank Morgan
• 2005 · The Peace! as Self
• 2005 · My Name Is Earl as Thomas
• 2005 · Manderlay as Wilhelm
• 2005 · American Dad! as Minstrel Krampus (voice)
• 2005 · The Hunters and the Hunted: The Making of 'Predator 2' as Self (archive footage)
• 2005 · Missing in America as Jake Neely
• 2005 · P.N.O.K. as Col. Weldon
• 2004 · Legend of Earthsea as Ogion
• 2004 · Saw as David Tapp
• 2004 · The Cookout as Judge Crowley
• 2003 · Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
• 2003 · The John Garfield Story as Self
• 2003 · Good Fences as Tom Spader
• 2002 · The Real Eve as Narrator (voice)
• 2001 · The Royal Tenenbaums as Henry Sherman
• 2001 · 3 A.M. as Hershey
• 2000 · Boesman and Lena as Boesman
• 2000 · Bàttu as
• 2000 · Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration as Self
• 2000 · Freedom Song as Will Walker
• 1999 · The Prince of Egypt: From Dream to Screen as Self (archive footage)
• 1999 · The Wonderful World of Louis Armstrong as Narrator (voice)
• 1999 · Scared Straight! 20 Years Later as Host
• 1999 · Our Friend, Martin as Train Conductor (voice)
• 1998 · The Prince of Egypt as Jethro (voice)
• 1998 · Beloved as Paul D
• 1998 · Antz as Barbatus (voice)
• 1998 · Can't You Hear the Wind Howl? The Life & Music of Robert Johnson as Self - Narrator (voice)
• 1998 · Hollywood Squares as Self - Panelist
• 1998 · Hollywood Squares as
• 1998 · Lethal Weapon 4 as Roger Murtaugh
• 1997 · Buffalo Soldiers as Sgt. Washington Wyatt
• 1997 · The Rainmaker as Richter Tyrone Kipler
• 1997 · Switchback as Bob Goodall
• 1997 · The View as Self
• 1997 · Wild America as Bigfoot the Mountain Man (Uncredited)
• 1997 · Gone Fishin' as Gus Green
• 1996 · America's Dream as Silas (segment "Long Black Song")
• 1995 · Red Wind as Philip Marlowe
• 1995 · Encyclopedia of Martial Arts: Hollywood Celebrities as Self
• 1995 · Operation Dumbo Drop as Capt. Sam Cahill
• 1995 · The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies as Self
• 1995 · Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain as Isaac Jefferson (voice)
• 1995 · Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child as The King (voice)
• 1994 · ER as Charlie Pratt Sr.
• 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
• 1994 · Angels in the Outfield as George Knox
• 1994 · Maverick as Bank Robber (uncredited)
• 1993 · The Saint of Fort Washington as Jerry
• 1993 · Bopha! as Micah Mangena
• 1993 · Civil War Journal as Self - Host
• 1993 · Civil War Journal as Host
• 1993 · Fallen Angels as Marlowe
• 1993 · The Talking Eggs as Narrator (voice)
• 1993 · Alex Haley's Queen as Alec Haley
• 1992 · Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and Boss Lion as Narrator (voice)
• 1992 · Lethal Weapon 3 as Roger Murtaugh
• 1991 · Grand Canyon as Simon
• 1991 · Pure Luck as Raymond Campanella
• 1991 · A Rage in Harlem as Easy Money
• 1991 · Flight of the Intruder as Cmdr. Frank 'Dooke' Camparelli
• 1990 · Predator 2 as Lieutenant Mike Harrigan
• 1990 · To Sleep with Anger as Harry
• 1990 · Captain Planet and the Planeteers as Dr. Apollo (voice)
• 1990 · Rabbit Ears - Moses in Egypt as Narrator (voice)
• 1990 · Rabbit Ears - Brer Rabbit and the Wonderful Tar Baby as Narrator (voice)
• 1989 · Rabbit Ears - How the Leopard Got His Spots as Narrator (voice)
• 1989 · Lethal Weapon 2 as Roger Murtaugh
• 1989 · Liberian Girl as Danny Glover
• 1989 · Dead Man Out as Dr. Alex Marsh
• 1989 · Lonesome Dove as Joshua Deets
• 1989 · A Raisin in the Sun as Walter Lee Younger
• 1989 · Hollywood on Horses as Self
• 1988 · Bat★21 as Capt. Bartholomew Clark
• 1988 · A Place at the Table as Mr. Scott
• 1987 · Mandela as Nelson Mandela
• 1987 · Lethal Weapon as Roger Murtaugh
• 1986 · John Henry as John Henry
• 1985 · The Color Purple as Albert
• 1985 · Tall Tales & Legends as John Henry
• 1985 · Silverado as Malachi 'Mal' Johnson
• 1985 · The Stand-In as Apples Finnerty
• 1985 · Witness as McFee
• 1985 · And the Children Shall Lead as William
• 1984 · Places in the Heart as Moze
• 1984 · Iceman as Loomis
• 1983 · Memorial Day as Willie Monroe
• 1983 · The Face of Rage as Gary
• 1983 · Keeping On as Lester Traylor
• 1982 · Out as Jojo / Roland
• 1981 · Gimme a Break! as
• 1981 · Chu Chu and the Philly Flash as Morgan
• 1981 · Hill Street Blues as
• 1981 · Oscar Micheaux, Film Pioneer as Oscar Micheaux
• 1980 · Great Railway Journeys as Self - Presenter
• 1980 · Palmerstown, U.S.A. as
• 1979 · Escape from Alcatraz as Inmate
• 1973 · The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
• 1969 · San Francisco State: On Strike as self
• 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
• 1956 · Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
• 1952 · Today as Self
• 2024 · Lethal Weapon 5 as Roger Murtaugh
• 2024 · Dreadtown: The Steel Pulse Story as Narrator (voice)