| Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP (2025) Narrator |
| Trinity's Triumph (2023) Monsignor Heck |
| Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) Silas Stone |
| Between the World and Me (2020) Self |
| Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi (2020) Self |
| Mr. Tornado (2020) Narrator (voice) |
| A Million Eyes (2019) Fern |
| Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) Dr. Houston Brooks |
| T2: Reprogramming The Terminator (2017) Self |
| Justice League (2017) Silas Stone |
| Brett Gelman's Dinner in America (2016) Himself |
| All the Way (2016) Roy Wilkins |
| Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) Silas |
| Cleveland Abduction (2015) Agent Solano |
| Home (2013) Donald Hall |
| Halves of a Dream: Making Trouble in Mind (2010) Self |
| La Linea (2009) Hodges |
| Grand Central (2008) Narrator |
| Lifelines (2008) Dr. Livingston |
| Badland (2007) Max Astin |
| American Gangster (2007) Charlie Williams |
| The Night Listener (2006) Ashe |
| The Nuremberg Trials (2006) Narrator (voice) |
| Lenny The Wonder Dog (2005) Dr. Island |
| Stealth (2005) Dick Marshfield |
| Timescapes: A Multimedia Portrait of New York, 1609-Today (2005) Additional Voices |
| Back in the Day (2005) Reverend Packer |
| Building the Alaska Highway (2005) Narrator (voice) |
| Gone But Not Forgotten (2005) Reggie Stewart |
| Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004) Other Voices (voice) |
| Paycheck (2003) Agent Dodge |
| Jasper, Texas (2003) Walter Diggles |
| Thoughtcrimes (2003) Jon Harper |
| Dragonfly (2002) Hugh Campbell |
| Ali (2001) Chauncey Eskridge |
| Africa: The Leopards of Zanzibar (2001) Narrator |
| Beyond Human (2001) Narrator |
| Bounce (2000) Jim Willer |
| Ali: An American Hero (2000) Malcom X |
| What Lies Beneath (2000) Dr. Drayton |
| Y2K (1999) Martin Lowell |
| The Astronaut's Wife (1999) Sherman Reese |
| The Black Press: Soldiers Without Swords (1999) Self - Narrator |
| Apt Pupil (1998) Dan Richler |
| Blues Brothers 2000 (1998) Cab Chamberlain |
| Trouble on the Corner (1997) Detective Bill |
| Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997) Lt. Herb 'Mac' McMahon (uncredited) |
| Miss Evers' Boys (1997) Dr. Sam Brodus |
| The Pest (1997) Mr. Kent |
| Jack Reed: Death and Vengeance (1996) Gordon Thomas |
| Lone Star (1996) Del |
| Executive Decision (1996) Cappy |
| The Walking Dead (1995) Sgt. Barkley |
| In the Shadow of Evil (1995) Lt. Royce |
| American Cinema (1995) Narrator |
| Speed (1994) Capt. McMahon |
| The Inkwell (1994) Kenny Tate |
| Against the Odds: The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance (1994) Narrator |
| T2: More Than Meets the Eye (1993) Self |
| The Great Depression: A Job at Ford's (1993) Narrator |
| Forever Young (1992) Cameron |
| Of Mice and Men (1992) Crooks |
| Legacy of Lies (1992) Samuel Flowers |
| City of Hope (1991) Winn |
| Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) Miles Dyson |
| The Good Policeman (1991) Sweets Montgomery |
| The Lost Platoon (1990) World War II soldier |
| Challenger (1990) Dr. Ronald McNair |
| Making a Case for Murder (1989) Cederic Sandiford |
| Tap (1989) Nicky |
| Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami (1988) Tandy |
| Police Story: Burnout (1988) Sgt. Jeff Allen |
| The Good Mother (1988) Frank Williams |
| Zelly & Me (1988) Earl |
| Alone in the Neon Jungle (1988) Ken Fraker |
| Stranded (1987) Sheriff McMahon |
| Crossroads (1986) Scratch's Assistant |
| Trouble in Mind (1985) Solo |
| The Brother from Another Planet (1984) The Brother |
| A Good Sport (1984) Lionel Zachary |
| Curse of the Pink Panther (1983) Charlie |
| The Clairvoyant (1982) Detective Rich |
| We're Fighting Back (1981) Elgin Jones |
| Death Penalty (1980) William Terry |
| ...And Justice for All (1979) Prison Doctor |
| Lawman Without a Gun (1979) Louis |
| Between the Lines (1977) Ahmed |
| War Birds: Diary of an Unknown Aviator Narrator |
| NOVA: Addiction |