
Filmography151 titles
| Year | Title | Character | Age at release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Now You See Me: Now You Don'tMovie | Thaddeus Bradley | 88 |
| 2025 | The American RevolutionSeries | (voice) | 88 |
| 2025 | Number One on the Call SheetSeries | Self | 88 |
| 2024 | How to Rob a BankMovie | Azeem (archive footage) | 87 |
| 2023 | The Ritual KillerMovie | Dr. Mackles | 86 |
| 2023 | LionessSeries | Secretary of State Edwin Mullins | 86 |
| 2023 | The Muppets MayhemSeries | Morgan Freeman | 86 |
| 2023 | A Good PersonMovie | Daniel | 86 |
| 2023 | LEGENDSeries | — | 86 |
| 2023 | 100 Years of Warner Bros.Series | Self - Narrator (voice) | 86 |
| 2022 | The Jennifer Hudson ShowSeries | Self - Guest | 85 |
| 2022 | Clint Eastwood: The Last LegendMovie | Self (archive footage) | 85 |
| 2022 | VM-krönika 2022Movie | Self (archive footage) | 85 |
| 2021 | Hitman's Wife's BodyguardMovie | Senior | 84 |
| 2021 | VanquishMovie | Damon | 84 |
| 2021 | Coming 2 AmericaMovie | Morgan Freeman | 84 |
| 2021 | Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for ItMovie | Self | 84 |
| 2021 | Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black FilmmakingMovie | Self | 84 |
| 2020 | The Comeback TrailMovie | Reggie Fontaine | 83 |
| 2019 | Angel Has FallenMovie | Alan Trumbull | 82 |
| 2019 | The Poison RoseMovie | Doc | 82 |
| 2019 | Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?Series | Morgan Freeman (voice) | 82 |
| 2018 | The Nutcracker and the Four RealmsMovie | Drosselmeyer | 81 |
| 2017 | Going in StyleMovie | Willie Davis | 80 |
| 2017 | John G. Avildsen: King of the UnderdogsMovie | Self | 80 |
| 2017 | Laddie: The Man Behind the MoviesMovie | Self | 80 |
| 2017 | The Words That Built AmericaMovie | Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence | 80 |
| 2017 | Just Getting StartedMovie | Duke | 80 |
| 2016 | Now You See Me 2Movie | Thaddeus Bradley | 79 |
| 2016 | London Has FallenMovie | Alan Trumbull | 79 |
| 2016 | WIRED's Autocomplete InterviewsSeries | Self - Guest | 79 |
| 2016 | Ben-HurMovie | Sheik Ilderim | 79 |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSeries | Self | 78 |
| 2015 | Ted 2Movie | Patrick Meighan | 78 |
| 2015 | Last KnightsMovie | Bartok | 78 |
| 2014 | LucyMovie | Professor Norman | 77 |
| 2014 | TranscendenceMovie | Joseph Tagger | 77 |
| 2014 | The Lego MovieMovie | Vitruvius (voice) | 77 |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSeries | Self - Guest | 77 |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth MeyersSeries | Self | 77 |
| 2014 | Madam SecretarySeries | Chief Justice Wilbourne (uncredited) | 77 |
| 2014 | Wish WizardMovie | Maxwell Omni | 77 |
| 2014 | Dolphin Tale 2Movie | Dr. Cameron McCarthy | 77 |
| 2013 | Now You See MeMovie | Thaddeus Bradley | 76 |
| 2013 | OblivionMovie | Beech | 76 |
| 2013 | Olympus Has FallenMovie | Alan Trumbull | 76 |
| 2013 | Last VegasMovie | Archibald 'Archie' Clayton | 76 |
| 2013 | Tales from the Warner Bros. LotMovie | Self | 76 |
| 2012 | The Dark Knight RisesMovie | Fox | 75 |
| 2012 | B.B. King: The Life of RileyMovie | Narrator (voice) | 75 |
| 2011 | Conan the BarbarianMovie | Narrator (voice) | 74 |
| 2011 | Breaking the TabooMovie | Narrator (voice) | 74 |
| 2010 | REDMovie | Joe Matheson | 73 |
| 2009 | InvictusMovie | Nelson Mandela | 72 |
| 2009 | The Maiden HeistMovie | Charles Peterson | 72 |
| 2009 | The Jay Leno ShowSeries | Self | 72 |
| 2008 | The Dark KnightMovie | Lucius Fox | 71 |
| 2008 | WantedMovie | Sloan | 71 |
| 2008 | The Love GuruMovie | Morgan Freemann (voice) (uncredited) | 71 |
| 2008 | A Raisin in the SunMovie | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 71 |
| 2007 | The Bucket ListMovie | Carter Chambers | 70 |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton ShowSeries | Self | 70 |
| 2007 | Evan AlmightyMovie | God | 70 |
| 2007 | Gone Baby GoneMovie | Jack Doyle | 70 |
| 2007 | Feast of LoveMovie | Harry Stevenson | 70 |
| 2007 | AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary EditionMovie | Self | 70 |
| 2006 | Lucky Number SlevinMovie | The Boss | 69 |
| 2006 | The Best of The Tony Awards: The PlaysMovie | Jaques (segment "As You Like It") | 69 |
| 2005 | Batman BeginsMovie | Lucius Fox | 68 |
| 2005 | War of the WorldsMovie | Narrator (voice) | 68 |
| 2005 | UnleashedMovie | Sam | 68 |
| 2005 | The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonSeries | Self | 68 |
| 2005 | The Reichen ShowSeries | Self - Guest | 68 |
| 2005 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the MoonMovie | Neil Armstrong (voice) | 68 |
| 2005 | Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf CoastMovie | Self | 68 |
| 2005 | EdisonMovie | Ashford | 68 |
| 2005 | Slavery and the Making of AmericaSeries | Self - Narrator (voice) | 68 |
| 2004 | Million Dollar BabyMovie | Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris | 67 |
| 2004 | America Beyond the Color LineSeries | Self | 67 |
| 2004 | The Big BounceMovie | Walter Crewes | 67 |
| 2004 | The Hunting of the PresidentMovie | Narrator (voice) | 67 |
| 2003 | Bruce AlmightyMovie | God | 66 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live!Series | Self - Guest | 66 |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSeries | Self | 66 |
| 2003 | DreamcatcherMovie | Col. Abraham Curtis | 66 |
| 2003 | LevityMovie | Miles Evans | 66 |
| 2003 | Declaration of IndependenceMovie | Self | 66 |
| 2002 | The Sum of All FearsMovie | DCI William Cabot | 65 |
| 2002 | High CrimesMovie | Charlie Grimes | 65 |
| 2002 | Partners of the HeartMovie | Narrator (voice) | 65 |
| 2001 | Along Came a SpiderMovie | Alex Cross | 64 |
| 1999 | Mark Twain PrizeSeries | Self | 62 |
| 1998 | Deep ImpactMovie | President Tom Beck | 61 |
| 1998 | ParkinsonSeries | Self | 61 |
| 1997 | The ViewSeries | Self | 60 |
| 1997 | Kiss the GirlsMovie | Det. Alex Cross | 60 |
| 1997 | AmistadMovie | Theodore Joadson | 60 |
| 1997 | The Chris Rock ShowSeries | — | 60 |
| 1996 | The Daily ShowSeries | Self | 59 |
| 1996 | Chain ReactionMovie | Paul Shannon | 59 |
| 1996 | Moll FlandersMovie | Hibble | 59 |
| 1995 | Se7enMovie | Somerset | 58 |
| 1995 | OutbreakMovie | General Billy Ford | 58 |
| 1994 | The Shawshank RedemptionMovie | Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding | 57 |
| 1994 | Inside the Actors StudioSeries | Self | 57 |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay LenoSeries | — | 55 |
| 1992 | UnforgivenMovie | Ned Logan | 55 |
| 1992 | HBO First LookSeries | — | 55 |
| 1992 | The Power of OneMovie | Geel Piet | 55 |
| 1991 | Robin Hood: Prince of ThievesMovie | Azeem | 54 |
| 1991 | Pebble MillSeries | Self | 54 |
| 1991 | Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the MovieMovie | Self | 54 |
| 1990 | The Civil WarSeries | Frederick Douglass | 53 |
| 1990 | The Earth Day SpecialMovie | Walter Samson | 53 |
| 1990 | The Bonfire of the VanitiesMovie | Judge Leonard White | 53 |
| 1990 | Night of 100 Stars IIIMovie | Self | 53 |
| 1989 | Johnny HandsomeMovie | Lt. A.Z. Drones | 52 |
| 1989 | GloryMovie | Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins | 52 |
| 1989 | Lean On MeMovie | Principal Joe Clark | 52 |
| 1988 | American ExperienceSeries | Narrator (voice) | 51 |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and MarkSeries | — | 51 |
| 1988 | Clean and SoberMovie | Craig | 51 |
| 1987 | Street SmartMovie | Leo "Fast Black" Smalls, Jr. | 50 |
| 1986 | American MastersSeries | Narrator (voice) | 49 |
| 1986 | Resting PlaceMovie | Luther Johnson | 49 |
| 1985 | The Twilight ZoneSeries | Tony (segment "Dealer's Choice") | 48 |
| 1985 | The Atlanta Child MurdersSeries | Ben Shelter | 48 |
| 1985 | Marie: A True StoryMovie | Charles Traughber | 48 |
| 1985 | That Was Then... This Is NowMovie | Charlie Woods | 48 |
| 1984 | TeachersMovie | Lewis | 47 |
| 1984 | Goldene KameraSeries | Self | 47 |
| 1981 | Death of a ProphetMovie | Malcolm X | 44 |
| 1981 | EyewitnessMovie | Lieutenant Black | 44 |
| 1980 | BrubakerMovie | Walter | 43 |
| 1979 | Hollow ImageMovie | Sweet Talk | 42 |
| 1979 | CBS News Sunday MorningSeries | Self | 42 |
| 1978 | The Kennedy Center HonorsSeries | Self | 41 |
| 1978 | Roll of Thunder, Hear My CrySeries | Uncle Hammer | 41 |
| 1978 | Roll of Thunder, Hear My CryMovie | Uncle Hammer | 41 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night LiveSeries | Self - Cameo (uncredited) | 38 |
| 1974 | Out to LunchMovie | Self / Croupier | 37 |
| 1973 | BladeMovie | Chris | 36 |
| 1973 | The American Film Institute Salute to ...Series | Self | 36 |
| 1971 | Great PerformancesSeries | Messenger | 34 |
| 1971 | The Electric CompanySeries | Mark /Easy Reader /Mel Mounds /Count Dracula /Mad Scientist /The Cop /Marcello | 34 |
| 1971 | Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow!Movie | Afro | 34 |
| 1968 | 60 MinutesSeries | Self | 31 |
| 1968 | Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?Movie | Grand Central Commuter | 31 |
| 1968 | Where Were You When the Lights Went Out?Movie | Grand Central Commuter (uncredited) | 31 |
| 1953 | The OscarsSeries | Self - Presenter | 16 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of FameSeries | Luther | 14 |