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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues (2022) as Self (archive footage) |
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The Peace! (2005) as Self |
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Deacons for Defense (2005) as Reverend 'Rev' Gregory |
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The History Makers: Success (2005) as Self |
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Unstoppable (2005) as Self |
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By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' (2005) as Self |
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She Hate Me (2004) as Judge Buchanan |
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Proud (2004) as Lorenzo DuFau |
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Baadasssss! (2004) as Granddad |
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Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (2004) as Self |
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The Evolution of an American Filmmaker (2003) as Self |
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The Tuskegee Airmen: They Fought Two Wars (2003) as Narrator |
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Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property (2003) as Himself |
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Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives (2003) as |
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Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun' (2002) as Self |
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Bubba Ho-tep (2002) as John F. "Jack" Kennedy |
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Feast of All Saints (2001) as Jean-Jacques |
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Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore (2001) as Narrator |
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The Legend of the Candy Cane (2001) as Julius (voice) |
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Here's to Life! (2000) as Duncan Cox |
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Dinosaur (2000) as Yar (voice) |
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Finding Buck McHenry (2000) as Buck McHenry |
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The Unfinished Journey (1999) as Narrator (voice) |
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Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve (1999) as Caretaker |
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The Soul Collector (1999) as Mordecai |
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The Secret Path (1999) as Too Tall |
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Paul Robeson: Here I Stand (1999) as Self |
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A Vow to Cherish (1999) as Alexander Billman |
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Doctor Dolittle (1998) as Archer Dolittle |
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Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood (1998) as Self |
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Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (1998) as Self |
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12 Angry Men (1997) as Juror 2 |
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4 Little Girls (1997) as Self - Actor and Playwright |
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Jackie Robinson: Breaking Barriers (1997) as Narrator |
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Miss Evers' Boys (1997) as Mr. Evers |
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Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough (1997) as Self |
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I'm Not Rappaport (1996) as Midge Carter |
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Get on the Bus (1996) as Jeremiah / 'Pop' |
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The Android Affair (1995) as Dr. Winston |
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Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder (1995) as Uncle Phil |
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The Client (1994) as Harry Roosevelt |
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Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice (1994) as Uncle Phil |
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Malcolm X: Make It Plain (1994) as Self |
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Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World (1994) as Narrator |
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Grumpy Old Men (1993) as Chuck |
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Cop & ½ (1993) as Detective in Squad Room |
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Goin' Back to T-Town (1993) as Narrator |
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The Ernest Green Story (1993) as Grandfather |
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Lincoln (1992) as Frederick Douglas (voice) |
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The Real Malcolm X (1992) as |
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Malcolm X (1992) as Eulogy Performer (voice) |
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Gladiator (1992) as Noah |
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Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991) as Self |
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Jungle Fever (1991) as Reverend Purify |
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Joe Versus the Volcano (1990) as Marshall |
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The Red Shoes (1990) as |
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Making 'Do the Right Thing' (1989) as Self |
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Do the Right Thing (1989) as Da Mayor |
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School Daze (1988) as Coach Odom |
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Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories (1986) as Anansi the Spider (Sleepytime Songs and Stories) (voice) |
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Avenging Angel (1985) as Capt. Harry Moradian |
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Tyler Texas Black Film Collection (1985) as Himself |
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Harry & Son (1984) as Raymond |
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Marcus Garvey: Toward Black Nationhood (1984) as Narrator |
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The House of God (1984) as Dr. Sanders |
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Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige (1981) as Chuffy Russell |
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Death of a Prophet (1981) as |
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All God's Children (1980) as Blaine Whitfield |
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Freedom Road (1979) as Narrator |
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Hot Stuff (1979) as Captain John Geiberger |
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Freedom Man (1979) as Benjamin Banneker |
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Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid (1977) as Dr. Fredericks |
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The Tenth Level (1976) as Reed |
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Countdown at Kusini (1976) as Ernest Motapo |
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Let's Do It Again (1975) as Elder Johnson |
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Black Shadows on a Silver Screen (1975) as Narrator |
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Wattstax (1973) as Self (uncredited) |
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Malcolm X (1972) as Eulogy (voice) |
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The Sheriff (1971) as James Lucas |
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Kongi's Harvest (1970) as Narrator |
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Night Gallery (1969) as Osmond Portifoy |
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Slaves (1969) as Luke |
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Sam Whiskey (1969) as Jed Hooker |
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Teacher, Teacher (1969) as Charles Carter |
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The Fall (1969) as |
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The Scalphunters (1968) as Joseph Lee |
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Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class (1968) as Narrator |
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The Outsider (1967) as Lt. Wagner |
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Now is the Time (1967) as Self |
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Black Liberation (1967) as Narrator |
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A Man Called Adam (1966) as Nelson Davis |
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The Sun... the Sand... the Hill (1965) as Jason King (archival footage) |
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The Sun... the Sand... the Hill (1965) as Jason King (archive footage) |
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The Hill (1965) as Jacko King |
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Shock Treatment (1964) as Capshaw |
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The Cardinal (1963) as Father Gillis |
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Gone Are the Days! (1963) as Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson |
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Hands of Inge (1962) as Narrator (voice) |
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John Brown's Raid (1960) as Dangerfield Newby |
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Fourteen Hours (1951) as Cab Driver (uncredited) |
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No Way Out (1950) as John Brooks (uncredited) |
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Haiti: Killing the Dream () as |
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Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch (2024) Writer |
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Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (1998) Thanks |
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For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers (1983) Writer |
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Purlie (1981) Musical |
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Countdown at Kusini (1976) Director |
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Countdown at Kusini (1976) Screenplay |
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Gordon's War (1973) Director |
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Black Girl (1972) Director |
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Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970) Director |
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Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970) Screenplay |
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Kongi's Harvest (1970) Director |
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Gone Are the Days! (1963) Writer |