| Best of Enemies (2015) Self |
| Salinger (2013) Self - Writer |
| Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia (2013) Self |
| Valentino's Ghost (2013) Self |
| Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open (2013) Self |
| Norman Mailer: The American (2012) Self |
| Public Speaking (2010) Self (archive footage) |
| Standing Army (2010) Self |
| Shrink (2009) George Charles |
| Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press (2008) Self |
| Zero: An Investigation Into 9/11 (2008) Self |
| The U.S. vs. John Lennon (2006) Self |
| Global Haywire (2006) Self |
| Revisiting Brideshead (2005) Self |
| One Bright Shining Moment (2005) Self |
| Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal's Caligula (2005) Self |
| Middle Sexes: Redefining He and She (2005) Narrator (Voice) |
| Inside Deep Throat (2005) Self |
| Why We Fight (2005) Self - Author, "Imperial America" |
| High Tech Lincoln (2005) Self |
| Thinking XXX (2004) Self |
| The Education of Gore Vidal (2003) Self |
| Federico Fellini - Mit den Augen der Anderen (2003) Self |
| Igby Goes Down (2002) First School Headmaster (uncredited) |
| The Cockettes (2002) Self (archive footage) |
| Rescued from the Closet (2001) Self |
| Gattaca (1997) Director Josef |
| Shadow Conspiracy (1997) Page |
| The Celluloid Closet (1996) Self |
| Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage (1994) Self |
| In Search of Oz (1994) Self |
| With Honors (1994) Prof. Pitkannan |
| The Great Depression: A Job at Ford's (1993) Self |
| Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic (1993) Self - Author |
| Bob Roberts (1992) Senator Brickley Paiste |
| Billy the Kid (1989) Preacher (uncredited) |
| Gore Vidal: The Man Who Said No (1984) Self |
| A Documentary on the Making of 'Gore Vidal's Caligula' (1981) Self - Writer |
| Roma (1972) Gore Vidal (uncredited) |
| The Homosexuals (1967) Self |
| The Best Man (1964) Delegate (uncredited) |
| Suddenly, Last Summer (1959) Audience Member at Operation (uncredited) |
| Ritual in Transfigured Time (1946) Man (uncredited) |
| Ten Year Old Boy Pilot (1936) Himself |