| 2024 | Carville: Winning Is Everything, StupidMovie | Self | 70 |
| 2024 | James Brown: Say It LoudSeries | Self | 70 |
| 2023 | South to Black PowerMovie | Self | 69 |
| 2022 | SherriSeries | Self - Guest | 68 |
| 2022 | JANET JACKSON.Series | Self | 68 |
| 2022 | Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFLMovie | Self (archive footage) | 68 |
| 2022 | LoudmouthMovie | Self | 68 |
| 2021 | Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad AliMovie | Self | 67 |
| 2021 | Tuskegee Airmen: Legacy of CourageMovie | Self | 67 |
| 2020 | The Sunday Show with Jonathan CapehartSeries | Self | 66 |
| 2020 | American Trial: The Eric Garner StoryMovie | Self | 66 |
| 2020 | By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of HarlemSeries | Self | 66 |
| 2019 | The Black GodfatherMovie | Self | 65 |
| 2018 | Basketball: A Love StorySeries | Self | 64 |
| 2018 | Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the TapesMovie | Self | 64 |
| 2018 | Firing Line with Margaret HooverSeries | Self | 64 |
| 2018 | Martin Luther King by Trevor McdonaldMovie | Self | 64 |
| 2018 | I Am MLK Jr.Movie | Self | 64 |
| 2018 | United We Stand: The Ali SummitMovie | self | 64 |
| 2017 | Get Me Roger StoneMovie | Self (archive footage) | 63 |
| 2016 | StarSeries | Rev. Al Sharpton | 62 |
| 2016 | A Tale of James BrownMovie | Self | 62 |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSeries | Self - Guest | 61 |
| 2015 | EmpireSeries | Rev. Al Sharpton | 61 |
| 2014 | James Brown - The Man, The Music & The MessageMovie | Self | 60 |
| 2013 | Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. MovieMovie | Self | 59 |
| 2012 | Steve HarveySeries | Self | 58 |
| 2011 | Looking for LennyMovie | Self (archive footage) | 57 |
| 2011 | On the Shoulders of GiantsMovie | — | 57 |
| 2010 | America: The Story of UsSeries | Self | 56 |
| 2010 | Michael Jackson: The Inside Story - What Killed the King of Pop?Movie | Self (archive footage) | 56 |
| 2010 | RaceMovie | Self | 56 |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSeries | Self - Guest | 55 |
| 2009 | Good HairMovie | Self | 55 |
| 2009 | Joy Behar: Say Anything!Series | Himself | 55 |
| 2009 | Shooting Star(s): The Rise of Hip Hop Photographer Johnny NunezMovie | Self | 55 |
| 2009 | Abraham ObamaMovie | Self | 55 |
| 2008 | The Black List: Volume OneMovie | Self | 54 |
| 2006 | When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four ActsSeries | Self | 52 |
| 2006 | Out From Ali's Shadow: The Larry Holmes StoryMovie | Self | 52 |
| 2005 | The Colbert ReportSeries | Self (archive footage) | 51 |
| 2005 | Street FightMovie | Self | 51 |
| 2005 | The Untold Story of Emmett Louis TillMovie | — | 51 |
| 2004 | Boston LegalSeries | Reverend Al Sharpton | 50 |
| 2004 | Rescue MeSeries | — | 50 |
| 2004 | Celsius 41.11Movie | Self (archive footage) | 50 |
| 2003 | Anderson Cooper 360°Series | — | 49 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live!Series | Self | 49 |
| 2003 | Real Time with Bill MaherSeries | Self | 49 |
| 2003 | James Brown: Soul SurvivorMovie | — | 49 |
| 2002 | Mr. DeedsMovie | The Rhyme Master | 48 |
| 2001 | My Wife and KidsSeries | — | 47 |
| 2000 | GirlfriendsSeries | Al Sharpton | 46 |
| 2000 | BamboozledMovie | Himself | 46 |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims UnitSeries | Himself | 45 |
| 1999 | Cold FeetMovie | The Reverend | 45 |
| 1997 | The Chris Rock ShowSeries | — | 43 |
| 1996 | The Daily ShowSeries | Self | 42 |
| 1996 | Fox News SundaySeries | Self | 42 |
| 1994 | New York UndercoverSeries | Self | 40 |
| 1993 | RawSeries | Self | 39 |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'BrienSeries | Self - Guest | 39 |
| 1993 | The Last PartyMovie | Self | 39 |
| 1992 | Malcolm XMovie | Speaker #2 | 38 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night LiveSeries | Self - Cameo (uncredited) | 21 |
