Credits

• 2025 · The King of Kings as Peter (voice)
• 2024 · Seaweed Stories as Narrator
• 2024 · Emperor of Ocean Park as Oliver Garland
• 2023 · to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour as Ghost Dog (archive footage)
• 2023 · Big George Foreman as Doc Broadus
• 2023 · Extrapolations as Auggie Bolo
• 2022 · Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend as Self (archive footage)
• 2022 · Prophets of Change as Narrator
• 2022 · Star Wars: Andor as Saw Gerrera
• 2022 · Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look as Saw Gerrera (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2022 · Cannes Festival as Self - Guest
• 2021 · Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy as Self
• 2021 · Respect as C. L. Franklin
• 2020 · Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey as Jeronicus Jangle
• 2020 · Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times as Self
• 2020 · Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King as Self
• 2020 · Burden as Reverend Kennedy
• 2019 · Godfather of Harlem as Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson
• 2019 · Finding Steve McQueen as Howard Lambert
• 2018 · City of Lies as Jack Jackson
• 2018 · How It Ends as Tom
• 2018 · Sorry to Bother You as First Equisapien / Demarius
• 2018 · Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace as Narrator (voice)
• 2018 · The Forgiven as Desmond Tutu
• 2018 · Black Panther as Zuri
• 2017 · The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' as Self
• 2017 · Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival' as Self
• 2016 · Rogue One: A Star Wars Story as Saw Gerrera
• 2016 · I Am You as Narrator (voice)
• 2016 · Arrival as Colonel Weber
• 2016 · Star Wars: Go Rogue as Saw Gerrera (voice)
• 2016 · Roots as Fiddler
• 2015 · Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
• 2015 · Dope as The Narrator (voice)
• 2015 · Southpaw as Titus 'Tick' Wills
• 2015 · Empire as Eddie Barker
• 2014 · Taken 3 as Inspector Frank Dotzler
• 2014 · Star Wars Rebels as Saw Gerrera (voice)
• 2014 · Two Men in Town as William Garnett
• 2014 · Food Chains as
• 2014 · Repentance as Angel
• 2013 · Zulu as Ali Sokhela
• 2013 · Black Nativity as Reverend Cornell Cobbs
• 2013 · Making a Scene as Man
• 2013 · The Making of 'Making a Scene' as Self
• 2013 · Out of the Furnace as Chief Wesley Barnes
• 2013 · Mysteries of the Unseen World as Narrator
• 2013 · The Butler as Cecil Gaines
• 2013 · Rising from Ashes as Narrator
• 2013 · Pawn as Will
• 2013 · The Last Stand as Agent John Bannister
• 2012 · A Dark Truth as Francisco Francis
• 2012 · Freelancers as Dennis Larue
• 2011 · Catch.44 as Ronny
• 2011 · A Man's Story as Self
• 2011 · Serving Life as Narrator (voice)
• 2011 · Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior as Sam Cooper
• 2010 · Lullaby for Pi as George
• 2010 · 2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift as (archive footage)
• 2010 · The Experiment as Barris
• 2010 · My Own Love Song as Joey
• 2010 · Repo Men as Jake
• 2010 · Our Family Wedding as Brad Boyd
• 2010 · Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life as Lion
• 2009 · Hurricane Season as Al Collins
• 2009 · Where the Wild Things Are as Ira (voice)
• 2009 · Crips and Bloods: Made in America as Narrator
• 2009 · Winged Creatures as Charlie Archenault
• 2009 · Powder Blue as Charlie
• 2008 · Street Kings as Captain Jack Wander
• 2008 · Dragon Hunters as Lian-Chu (voice)
• 2008 · Mon Clown as Self (archive footage)
• 2008 · Vantage Point as Howard Lewis
• 2007 · The Great Debaters as Dr. James Farmer Sr.
• 2007 · Ripple Effect as Philip
• 2007 · Even Money as Clyde Snow
• 2007 · The Air I Breathe as Happiness
• 2006 · Before the Music Dies as Self - Narrator (voice)
• 2006 · Everyone's Hero as Lonnie Brewster (voice)
• 2006 · The Marsh as Geoffrey Hunt
• 2006 · The Last King of Scotland as Idi Amin
• 2005 · A Little Trip to Heaven as Abe Holt
• 2005 · Mary as Ted Younger
• 2005 · Odyssey in Rome as
• 2005 · Criminal Minds as Sam Cooper
• 2005 · American Gun as Carter
• 2005 · Jiminy Glick in Lalawood as Forest Whitaker
• 2005 · American Dad! as Turlington (voice)
• 2005 · The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson as Self
• 2004 · The Misbehavers as Self
• 2004 · First Daughter as Narrator (voice)
• 2004 · Shooting 'Panic Room' as Self
• 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
• 2003 · Phone Booth as Captain Ramey
• 2003 · Making of Phone Booth as Self
• 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as
• 2003 · Deacons for Defense as Marcus Clay
• 2002 · The Twilight Zone as Self - Host
• 2002 · American Idol as Self
• 2002 · Panic Room as Burnham
• 2002 · The Shield as Jon Kavanaugh
• 2002 · E! Live from the Red Carpet as Self
• 2001 · Feast of All Saints as Daguerreotypist Picard
• 2001 · The Fourth Angel as Agent Jules Bernard
• 2001 · Ghost Dog: The Odyssey: The Journey Into the Life of a Samurai as
• 2001 · The Follow as The Employer
• 2001 · Green Dragon as Addie
• 2001 · The Hire as The Employer
• 2001 · A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon' as Self
• 2000 · Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows as Self
• 2000 · Battlefield Earth as Ker
• 2000 · The Paperboy as Narrator
• 1999 · Witness Protection as Steven Beck
• 1999 · Light It Up as Officer Dante Jackson
• 1999 · The Early Show as Self
• 1999 · Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai as Ghost Dog
• 1999 · Where Are They Now? as Self
• 1998 · Body Count as Crane
• 1997 · The View as Self
• 1996 · Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault as Mr. Rucker
• 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
• 1996 · Phenomenon as Nate Pope
• 1995 · Mr. Holland's Opus as Bobby Tidd - Adult (uncredited)
• 1995 · Species as Dan Smithson, Empath
• 1995 · Smoke as Cyrus Cole
• 1994 · Prêt-à-Porter as Cy Bianco
• 1994 · Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso as Self
• 1994 · Jason's Lyric as Maddog
• 1994 · ER as Curtis Ames
• 1994 · The Enemy Within as Col. MacKenzie Casey
• 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
• 1994 · Blown Away as Anthony Franklin
• 1993 · Bank Robber as Officer Battle
• 1993 · Lush Life as Buddy Chester
• 1993 · Last Light as Fred Whitmore
• 1993 · Body Snatchers as Major Collins
• 1992 · Consenting Adults as David Duttonville
• 1992 · The Crying Game as Jody
• 1992 · The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as
• 1992 · Article 99 as Dr. Sid Handleman
• 1991 · Diary of a Hitman as Dekker
• 1991 · A Rage in Harlem as Jackson
• 1990 · Criminal Justice as Jessie Williams
• 1990 · Downtown as Dennis Curren
• 1989 · Johnny Handsome as Dr. Steven Fisher
• 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as
• 1988 · Bird as Charlie 'Bird' Parker
• 1988 · Bloodsport as Rawlins
• 1987 · Good Morning, Vietnam as Edward Garlick
• 1987 · Stakeout as Det. Jack Pismo
• 1987 · Hands of a Stranger as Sergeant Delaney
• 1986 · Platoon as Big Harold
• 1986 · The Color of Money as Amos
• 1985 · North and South as Cuffey
• 1985 · Amazing Stories as Jerry
• 1985 · Vision Quest as Balldozer
• 1982 · Fast Times at Ridgemont High as Charles Jefferson
• 1982 · Tag: The Assassination Game as Gowdy's Bodyguard
• 1982 · Cagney & Lacey as
• 1981 · Hill Street Blues as
• 1978 · Diff'rent Strokes as
• 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
• 1953 · The Oscars as Self - Presenter
• 1952 · Today as Self
• 2024 · Sewing Hope as Narrator (voice)
• 2024 · Havoc as
• 2024 · A Fall from Grace as