Filmoteka

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

as Self (archive footage)

The Peace!

as Self

Deacons for Defense

as Reverend 'Rev' Gregory

The History Makers: Success

as Self

Unstoppable

as Self

By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'

as Self

She Hate Me

as Judge Buchanan

Proud

as Lorenzo DuFau

Baadasssss!

as Granddad

Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

as Self

The Evolution of an American Filmmaker

as Self

The Tuskegee Airmen: They Fought Two Wars

as Narrator

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

as Himself

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'

as Self

Bubba Ho-tep

as John F. "Jack" Kennedy

Feast of All Saints

as Jean-Jacques

Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore

as Narrator

The Legend of the Candy Cane

as Julius (voice)

Here's to Life!

as Duncan Cox

Dinosaur

as Yar (voice)

Finding Buck McHenry

as Buck McHenry

The Unfinished Journey

as Narrator (voice)

Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve

as Caretaker

The Soul Collector

as Mordecai

The Secret Path

as Too Tall

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

as Self

A Vow to Cherish

as Alexander Billman

Doctor Dolittle

as Archer Dolittle

Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood

as Self

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

as Self

12 Angry Men

as Juror 2

4 Little Girls

as Self - Actor and Playwright

Jackie Robinson: Breaking Barriers

as Narrator

Miss Evers' Boys

as Mr. Evers

Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough

as Self

I'm Not Rappaport

as Midge Carter

Get on the Bus

as Jeremiah / 'Pop'

The Android Affair

as Dr. Winston

Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder

as Uncle Phil

The Client

as Harry Roosevelt

Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice

as Uncle Phil

Malcolm X: Make It Plain

as Self

Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World

as Narrator

Grumpy Old Men

as Chuck

Cop & ½

as Detective in Squad Room

Goin' Back to T-Town

as Narrator

The Ernest Green Story

as Grandfather

Lincoln

as Frederick Douglas (voice)

Malcolm X

as Eulogy Performer (voice)

The Real Malcolm X

Gladiator

as Noah

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

as Self

Jungle Fever

as Reverend Purify

Joe Versus the Volcano

as Marshall

The Red Shoes

Making 'Do the Right Thing'

as Self

Do the Right Thing

as Da Mayor

School Daze

as Coach Odom

Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories

as Anansi the Spider (Sleepytime Songs and Stories) (voice)

Avenging Angel

as Capt. Harry Moradian

Tyler Texas Black Film Collection

as Himself

Harry & Son

as Raymond

Marcus Garvey: Toward Black Nationhood

as Narrator

The House of God

as Dr. Sanders

Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige

as Chuffy Russell

Death of a Prophet

All God's Children

as Blaine Whitfield

Freedom Road

as Narrator

Hot Stuff

as Captain John Geiberger

Freedom Man

as Benjamin Banneker

Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid

as Dr. Fredericks

The Tenth Level

as Reed

Countdown at Kusini

as Ernest Motapo

Let's Do It Again

as Elder Johnson

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

as Narrator

Wattstax

as Self (uncredited)

Malcolm X

as Eulogy (voice)

The Sheriff

as James Lucas

Kongi's Harvest

as Narrator

Night Gallery

as Osmond Portifoy

Slaves

as Luke

Sam Whiskey

as Jed Hooker

Teacher, Teacher

as Charles Carter

The Fall

The Scalphunters

as Joseph Lee

Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class

as Narrator

The Outsider

as Lt. Wagner

Black Liberation

as Narrator

Now is the Time

as Self

A Man Called Adam

as Nelson Davis

The Sun... the Sand... the Hill

as Jason King (archive footage)

The Sun... the Sand... the Hill

as Jason King (archival footage)

The Hill

as Jacko King

Shock Treatment

as Capshaw

The Cardinal

as Father Gillis

Gone Are the Days!

as Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson

Hands of Inge

as Narrator (voice)

John Brown's Raid

as Dangerfield Newby

Fourteen Hours

as Cab Driver (uncredited)

No Way Out

as John Brooks (uncredited)

Haiti: Killing the Dream

Third Watch

as Mr. Parker

Evening Shade

as Ponder Blue

The Great Adventure

as John Ross

Touched by an Angel

as Gabriel

Hawaii Five-O

as Ramon Borelle

The L Word

as Melvin Porter

JAG

as Terrence Minnerly

Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Charles Carter

The Stand

as Judge Richard Farris

Run for Your Life

as Frankie Morton

The Fugitive

as Lt. Johnny Gaines

Promised Land

TV Revolution

Alex Haley's Queen

as Parson Dick

The Defenders

as Nixie

The Defenders

as Officer Bond

The Defenders

as District Attorney

The Defenders

as Assistant District Attorney

The Defenders

as District Attorney Daniel Jackson

The Kennedy Center Honors

as Self

The West

as Self

The Client

as Judge Harry Roosevelt

Thomas Jefferson

as Narrator (voice)

B.L. Stryker

as Oz Jackson

Folk Britannia

as Self (archival footage)

Kraft Television Theatre

as The Emperor Jones

Reading Rainbow

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Christianity: The First 1000 Years

as Himself - Narrator

The Name of the Game

as Kubani

King

as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.

Run for Your Life

as Dave Corbett

Run for Your Life

as Sgt. Dave Corbett

Touched by an Angel

as Erasmus Jones

Promised Land

as Erasmus Jones

Baseball

as Various (voice)

The West

as Self / John R. Gills (voice)

Bonanza

as Sam Davis

American Masters

as Self

Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years

as Narrator

The Stand

as Judge Richard Farris (credit only)

Baseball

as (voice)

American Experience

as Self - Harlem Resident

12 O'Clock High

as Major Glenn Luke

Roots: The Next Generations

as 'Dad' Jones

Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch

as Writer

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

as Thanks

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers

as Writer

Purlie

as Musical

Countdown at Kusini

as Director

Countdown at Kusini

as Screenplay

Gordon's War

as Director

Black Girl

as Director

Cotton Comes to Harlem

as Director

Cotton Comes to Harlem

as Screenplay

Kongi's Harvest

as Director

Gone Are the Days!

as Writer

East Side/West Side

as Writer