Filmography75 titles
Importing filmography…
| Year | Title | Character | Age at release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Highest 2 LowestMovie | David King | 71 |
| 2025 | Number One on the Call SheetSeries | Self | 71 |
| 2024 | Hollywood BlackSeries | Self (archive footage) | 70 |
| 2024 | Gladiator IIMovie | Macrinus | 70 |
| 2023 | The Equalizer 3Movie | Robert McCall | 69 |
| 2021 | Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood LegendMovie | Self (archive footage) | 67 |
| 2020 | Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a KingMovie | Self (archive footage) | 66 |
| 2018 | The Equalizer 2Movie | Robert McCall | 64 |
| 2017 | Chasing TraneMovie | John Coltrane (voice) | 63 |
| 2016 | The Magnificent SevenMovie | Sam Chisolm | 62 |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSeries | Self | 61 |
| 2015 | Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSeries | Self | 61 |
| 2014 | The EqualizerMovie | Robert McCall | 60 |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSeries | Self | 60 |
| 2013 | Circus HalligalliSeries | Self | 59 |
| 2013 | 2 GunsMovie | Robert 'Bobby' Trench | 59 |
| 2012 | FlightMovie | Whip Whitaker | 58 |
| 2012 | Safe HouseMovie | Tobin Frost | 58 |
| 2010 | The Book of EliMovie | Eli | 56 |
| 2009 | The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3Movie | Walter Garber | 55 |
| 2009 | We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln MemorialMovie | Self | 55 |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton ShowSeries | Self | 53 |
| 2007 | American GangsterMovie | Frank Lucas | 53 |
| 2006 | Déjà VuMovie | Doug Carlin | 52 |
| 2006 | Inside ManMovie | Keith Frazier | 52 |
| 2005 | The Reichen ShowSeries | Self - Guest | 51 |
| 2005 | By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'Movie | Self | 51 |
| 2004 | On Air with Ryan SeacrestSeries | Self | 50 |
| 2004 | Man on FireMovie | John W. Creasy | 50 |
| 2004 | The Manchurian CandidateMovie | Major Bennett Ezekiel Marco | 50 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live!Series | Self - Guest | 49 |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSeries | Self | 49 |
| 2003 | The Evolution of an American FilmmakerMovie | Self | 49 |
| 2002 | John QMovie | John Quincy Archibald | 48 |
| 2001 | Training DayMovie | Alonzo | 47 |
| 2000 | Remember the TitansMovie | Coach Herman Boone | 46 |
| 1999 | The Bone CollectorMovie | Lincoln Rhyme | 45 |
| 1999 | The Early ShowSeries | Self - Guest | 45 |
| 1999 | The HurricaneMovie | Rubin "Hurricane" Carter | 45 |
| 1998 | The SiegeMovie | Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard | 44 |
| 1998 | TRLSeries | Self | 44 |
| 1998 | FallenMovie | John Hobbes | 44 |
| 1998 | He Got GameMovie | Jake Shuttlesworth | 44 |
| 1997 | The ViewSeries | Self | 43 |
| 1997 | Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' SpecialMovie | Humpty Dumpty / The Crooked Man (voice) | 43 |
| 1995 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildSeries | Humpty Dumpty / Crooked Man (voice) | 41 |
| 1995 | VirtuosityMovie | Parker Barnes | 41 |
| 1995 | Devil in a Blue DressMovie | Easy Rawlins | 41 |
| 1993 | PhiladelphiaMovie | Joe Miller | 39 |
| 1993 | Late Show with David LettermanSeries | Self - Guest | 39 |
| 1993 | The Pelican BriefMovie | Gray Grantham | 39 |
| 1993 | Much Ado About NothingMovie | Don Pedro | 39 |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay LenoSeries | — | 38 |
| 1992 | Malcolm XMovie | Malcolm X | 38 |
| 1990 | Heart ConditionMovie | Napoleon Stone | 36 |
| 1990 | Mo' Better BluesMovie | Bleek Gilliam | 36 |
| 1989 | The Mighty QuinnMovie | Xavier Quinn | 35 |
| 1989 | GloryMovie | Pvt. Trip | 35 |
| 1989 | ZDF-MittagsmagazinSeries | Self | 35 |
| 1988 | American ExperienceSeries | Narrator (voice) | 34 |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and MarkSeries | Self | 34 |
| 1988 | Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday TributeMovie | Self | 34 |
| 1988 | The George McKenna StoryMovie | George McKenna | 34 |
| 1987 | Cry FreedomMovie | Steve Biko | 33 |
| 1986 | PowerMovie | Arnold Billings | 32 |
| 1984 | Goldene KameraSeries | Self | 30 |
| 1984 | A Soldier's StoryMovie | Private First Class Peterson | 30 |
| 1982 | St. ElsewhereSeries | Philip Chandler | 28 |
| 1981 | Wetten, dass..?Series | Self | 27 |
| 1981 | Carbon CopyMovie | Roger Porter | 27 |
| 1979 | Flesh & BloodMovie | Kirk | 25 |
| 1979 | CoriolanusMovie | Roman Soldier / Volscian Soldier | 25 |
| 1979 | CBS News Sunday MorningSeries | Self | 25 |
| 1973 | The American Film Institute Salute to ...Series | Self | 19 |
| 1953 | The OscarsSeries | Self | — |