Filmography209 titles
Importing filmography…
| Year | Title | Character | Age at release |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of AmericaSeries | Voiceover (voice) | 78 |
| 2025 | The American RevolutionSeries | Caesar Sarter / Lemuel Haynes / Boston King (voice) | 77 |
| 2025 | The Unholy TrinityMovie | St. Christopher | 77 |
| 2024 | The Garfield MovieMovie | Vic (voice) | 76 |
| 2024 | ArgylleMovie | Alfie | 76 |
| 2024 | The Piano LessonMovie | Doaker Charles | 76 |
| 2024 | American Music Awards 50th Anniversary SpecialMovie | Self | 76 |
| 2024 | 13 Steps - Die unglaubliche Karriere von Edwin MosesMovie | — | 76 |
| 2023 | Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil DinosaurSeries | Nick Fury (voice) | 75 |
| 2023 | Secret InvasionSeries | Nick Fury | 75 |
| 2023 | The Kill RoomMovie | Gordon | 75 |
| 2023 | The MarvelsMovie | Nick Fury | 75 |
| 2022 | The Jennifer Hudson ShowSeries | Self - Guest | 74 |
| 2022 | Tulsa KingSeries | Russell Lee Washington Jr. | 74 |
| 2022 | Paws of Fury: The Legend of HankMovie | Jimbo (voice) | 74 |
| 2022 | JANET JACKSON.Series | Self | 74 |
| 2021 | Marvel Studios LegendsSeries | Nick Fury (archive footage) (uncredited) | 73 |
| 2021 | What If...?Series | Nick Fury (voice) | 73 |
| 2021 | Hitman's Wife's BodyguardMovie | Darius Kincaid | 73 |
| 2021 | Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day SpecialMovie | Nick Fury (archive footage) | 73 |
| 2021 | Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood LegendMovie | Self (archive footage) | 73 |
| 2021 | An Audience with AdeleMovie | Self | 73 |
| 2021 | 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction CeremonyMovie | Self | 73 |
| 2021 | Spiral: From the Book of SawMovie | Marcus Banks | 73 |
| 2021 | Amend: The Fight for AmericaSeries | Self | 73 |
| 2020 | The Last Full MeasureMovie | Takoda | 72 |
| 2020 | Some Good NewsSeries | Voice Over | 72 |
| 2020 | Death to 2020Movie | Dash Bracket | 72 |
| 2020 | One World: Together at HomeMovie | Self | 72 |
| 2019 | Star Wars: The Rise of SkywalkerMovie | Mace Windu (voice) | 71 |
| 2019 | Avengers: EndgameMovie | Nick Fury | 71 |
| 2019 | Captain MarvelMovie | Nick Fury | 71 |
| 2019 | The BoysSeries | Xander the Shark (voice) | 71 |
| 2019 | GlassMovie | Elijah Price / Mr. Glass | 71 |
| 2019 | Spider-Man: Far From HomeMovie | Nick Fury | 71 |
| 2019 | The Movies That Made UsSeries | Self (archive footage) | 71 |
| 2019 | Tamron HallSeries | Self - Guest | 71 |
| 2019 | QT8: The First EightMovie | Self (uncredited) | 71 |
| 2019 | The Hateful EightSeries | Major Marquis Warren | 71 |
| 2019 | ShaftMovie | John Shaft | 71 |
| 2018 | Avengers: Infinity WarMovie | Nick Fury (uncredited) | 70 |
| 2018 | Incredibles 2Movie | Lucius Best / Frozone (voice) | 70 |
| 2017 | xXx: Return of Xander CageMovie | Agent Augustus Gibbons | 69 |
| 2017 | Kong: Skull IslandMovie | Lieutenant Colonel Preston Packard | 69 |
| 2017 | The Hitman's BodyguardMovie | Darius Kincaid | 69 |
| 2017 | I Am Not Your NegroMovie | Narrator (voice) | 69 |
| 2017 | John Travolta, le miraculé d'HollywoodMovie | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 69 |
| 2017 | Carpool Karaoke: The SeriesSeries | Self | 69 |
| 2017 | The Words That Built AmericaMovie | Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence | 69 |
| 2016 | Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar ChildrenMovie | Barron | 68 |
| 2016 | The Legend of TarzanMovie | George Washington Williams | 68 |
| 2016 | WIRED's Autocomplete InterviewsSeries | Self - Guest | 68 |
| 2016 | Eating You AliveMovie | Self | 68 |
| 2016 | BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama CelebrationMovie | Self | 68 |
| 2015 | Kingsman: The Secret ServiceMovie | Valentine | 67 |
| 2015 | Avengers: Age of UltronMovie | Nick Fury | 67 |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSeries | Self - Guest | 67 |
| 2015 | Barely LethalMovie | Hardman | 67 |
| 2015 | The Hateful EightMovie | Major Marquis Warren | 67 |
| 2015 | Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSeries | Self | 67 |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSeries | Self | 66 |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on ActorsSeries | Self | 66 |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth MeyersSeries | Self - Guest | 66 |
| 2014 | Captain America: The Winter SoldierMovie | Nick Fury | 66 |
| 2014 | Marvel Studios: Assembling a UniverseMovie | Self | 66 |
| 2014 | RoboCopMovie | Pat Novak | 66 |
| 2014 | KiteMovie | Lieutenant Karl Aker | 66 |
| 2014 | Big GameMovie | US President William Alan Moore | 66 |
| 2013 | Circus HalligalliSeries | — | 65 |
| 2013 | Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.Series | Nick Fury | 65 |
| 2013 | TurboMovie | Whiplash (voice) | 65 |
| 2013 | Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of FilmmakingMovie | Self | 65 |
| 2012 | The AvengersMovie | Nick Fury | 64 |
| 2012 | Final Cut: Ladies and GentlemenMovie | (archive footage) | 64 |
| 2012 | Django UnchainedMovie | Stephen | 64 |
| 2012 | Meeting EvilMovie | Richie | 64 |
| 2012 | Finding Your RootsSeries | Self | 64 |
| 2012 | I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie MacMovie | Self | 64 |
| 2012 | Marvel Studios: Building a Cinematic UniverseMovie | Self | 64 |
| 2012 | ZambeziaMovie | Tendai (voice) | 64 |
| 2011 | ThorMovie | Nick Fury (uncredited) | 63 |
| 2011 | Captain America: The First AvengerMovie | Nick Fury | 63 |
| 2011 | ProhibitionSeries | Reader (voice) | 63 |
| 2011 | Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody AffairMovie | Rufus | 63 |
| 2011 | Return to Jurassic ParkMovie | Self | 63 |
| 2011 | The Jonathan Ross ShowSeries | Self | 63 |
| 2011 | Young Jeezy: A Hustlerz AmbitionMovie | Narrator | 63 |
| 2011 | Dynamo: Magician ImpossibleSeries | Self | 63 |
| 2010 | Iron Man 2Movie | Nick Fury | 62 |
| 2010 | UnthinkableMovie | Henry Harold 'H' Humphries | 62 |
| 2010 | With Great Power: The Stan Lee StoryMovie | Self | 62 |
| 2009 | Inglourious BasterdsMovie | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 61 |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSeries | Self - Guest | 61 |
| 2009 | Alan Carr: Chatty ManSeries | Self | 61 |
| 2009 | Astro BoyMovie | Zog (voice) | 61 |
| 2008 | JumperMovie | Roland | 60 |
| 2008 | Iron ManMovie | Nick Fury (uncredited) | 60 |
| 2008 | Star Wars: The Clone WarsSeries | Mace Windu (voice) (archive sound) | 60 |
| 2008 | Star Wars: The Clone WarsMovie | Mace Windu (voice) | 60 |
| 2008 | Lakeview TerraceMovie | Abel Turner | 60 |
| 2008 | CriticMovie | Self | 60 |
| 2008 | The SpiritMovie | Octopus | 60 |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton ShowSeries | Self | 59 |
| 2007 | The WarSeries | Narrator (voice) | 59 |
| 2007 | Resurrecting the ChampMovie | Champ | 59 |
| 2007 | 1408Movie | Gerald Olin | 59 |
| 2007 | CleanerMovie | Tom Cutler | 59 |
| 2006 | FreedomlandMovie | Lorenzo Council | 58 |
| 2006 | Farce of the PenguinsMovie | Narrator (voice) | 58 |
| 2006 | 50 Films to See Before You DieMovie | Self | 58 |
| 2006 | Black Snake MoanMovie | Lazarus | 58 |
| 2006 | The Henry Rollins ShowSeries | — | 58 |
| 2005 | The Colbert ReportSeries | — | 57 |
| 2005 | ExtrasSeries | Samuel L. Jackson | 57 |
| 2005 | xXx: State of the UnionMovie | Agent Augustus Gibbons | 57 |
| 2005 | The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonSeries | Self | 57 |
| 2005 | Coach CarterMovie | Ken Carter | 57 |
| 2005 | My Date with DrewMovie | Self (uncredited) | 57 |
| 2005 | The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the WorldMovie | Self | 57 |
| 2005 | The BoondocksSeries | — | 57 |
| 2004 | Kill Bill: Vol. 2Movie | Rufus | 56 |
| 2004 | America Beyond the Color LineSeries | Self | 56 |
| 2004 | Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack JohnsonMovie | Jack Johnson (voice) | 56 |
| 2004 | The IncrediblesMovie | Lucius Best / Frozone (voice) | 56 |
| 2004 | Hollywood LegendenMovie | Self | 56 |
| 2004 | TwistedMovie | John Mills | 56 |
| 2003 | Real Time with Bill MaherSeries | Self | 55 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live!Series | Self - Guest | 55 |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSeries | Self | 55 |
| 2003 | BasicMovie | Drill Sgt. SFC Nathan West | 55 |
| 2002 | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the ClonesMovie | Mace Windu | 54 |
| 2002 | xXxMovie | Agent Augustus Gibbons | 54 |
| 2002 | No Good DeedMovie | Jack Friar | 54 |
| 2002 | Jackie Brown: How It Went DownMovie | Self | 54 |
| 2002 | BaadAsssss CinemaMovie | Self | 54 |
| 2002 | The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the MoviesMovie | Self - Narrator | 54 |
| 2001 | The 51st StateMovie | Elmo McElroy | 53 |
| 2001 | The Proud FamilySeries | Joseph (voice) | 53 |
| 2001 | Comic Books & SuperheroesMovie | Self | 53 |
| 2000 | ShaftMovie | John Shaft | 52 |
| 2000 | UnbreakableMovie | Elijah Price | 52 |
| 2000 | Rules of EngagementMovie | Col. Terry L. Childers | 52 |
| 1999 | Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom MenaceMovie | Mace Windu | 51 |
| 1999 | The Early ShowSeries | Self | 51 |
| 1999 | From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & MagicMovie | Narrator / Host | 51 |
| 1999 | Forever HollywoodMovie | Self | 51 |
| 1998 | TRLSeries | — | 50 |
| 1998 | SphereMovie | Dr. Harry Adams | 50 |
| 1998 | Out of SightMovie | Hejira Henry (uncredited) | 50 |
| 1998 | The NegotiatorMovie | Lt. Danny Roman | 50 |
| 1998 | Off the Menu: The Last Days of Chasen'sMovie | Self | 50 |
| 1998 | ParkinsonSeries | Self | 50 |
| 1998 | The Red ViolinMovie | Charles Morritz (Montréal) | 50 |
| 1998 | All Saints: The VideoMovie | Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) | 50 |
| 1997 | Jackie BrownMovie | Ordell Robbie | 49 |
| 1997 | The ViewSeries | Self | 49 |
| 1997 | Hard EightMovie | Jimmy | 49 |
| 1997 | Leute heuteSeries | Self | 49 |
| 1996 | A Time to KillMovie | Carl Lee Hailey | 48 |
| 1996 | The Daily ShowSeries | Self - Guest | 48 |
| 1996 | The Long Kiss GoodnightMovie | Mitch Henessey | 48 |
| 1996 | The Journey of the African-American AthleteMovie | Narrator | 48 |
| 1995 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every ChildSeries | The Mayor (voice) | 47 |
| 1995 | Die Hard: With a VengeanceMovie | Zeus Carver | 47 |
| 1995 | The Frank Skinner ShowSeries | Self | 47 |
| 1995 | Losing IsaiahMovie | Kadar Lewis | 47 |
| 1995 | The Actor Awards Presented by SAG-AFTRASeries | Self | 47 |
| 1995 | Kiss of DeathMovie | Calvin Hart | 47 |
| 1994 | Pulp FictionMovie | Jules Winnfield | 46 |
| 1994 | Against the WallMovie | Jamaal | 46 |
| 1994 | The Search for One-eye JimmyMovie | Colonel Ron | 46 |
| 1994 | Inside the Actors StudioSeries | Self | 46 |
| 1994 | The New AgeMovie | Dale Deveaux | 46 |
| 1993 | National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1Movie | Wes Luger | 45 |
| 1993 | Late Show with David LettermanSeries | Self - Guest | 45 |
| 1993 | True RomanceMovie | Big Don | 45 |
| 1993 | Jurassic ParkMovie | Arnold | 45 |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay LenoSeries | — | 44 |
| 1992 | Patriot GamesMovie | Lt. Cmdr. Robby Jackson | 44 |
| 1992 | HBO First LookSeries | — | 44 |
| 1992 | MTV Movie & TV AwardsSeries | Self - Presenter | 44 |
| 1992 | GhostwriterSeries | Reggie Jenkins | 44 |
| 1992 | White SandsMovie | Greg Meeker | 44 |
| 1992 | Fathers & SonsMovie | Marshall | 44 |
| 1991 | Johnny SuedeMovie | B-Bop | 43 |
| 1991 | Jungle FeverMovie | Gator Purify | 43 |
| 1991 | Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus FaraceMovie | Everett Hatcher | 43 |
| 1991 | Strictly BusinessMovie | Monroe | 43 |
| 1990 | Law & OrderSeries | Attorney Louis Taggert | 42 |
| 1990 | GoodFellasMovie | Stacks Edwards | 42 |
| 1990 | A Shock to the SystemMovie | Ulysses | 42 |
| 1990 | The Exorcist IIIMovie | Dream Blind Man | 42 |
| 1990 | Mo' Better BluesMovie | Madlock | 42 |
| 1990 | Betsy's WeddingMovie | Taxi Dispatcher (Mickey) | 42 |
| 1989 | Do the Right ThingMovie | Mister Señor Love Daddy | 41 |
| 1989 | Sea of LoveMovie | Black Guy | 41 |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and MarkSeries | — | 40 |
| 1988 | School DazeMovie | Leeds | 40 |
| 1988 | Coming to AmericaMovie | Hold-Up Man | 40 |
| 1987 | Magic SticksMovie | Bum | 39 |
| 1987 | The Days and Nights of Molly DoddSeries | Brother Elvis | 39 |
| 1987 | Eddie Murphy RawMovie | Eddie's Uncle | 39 |
| 1985 | Spenser: For HireSeries | — | 37 |
| 1981 | RagtimeMovie | Gang Member No. 2 | 33 |
| 1980 | The ExterminatorMovie | Extra (uncredited) | 32 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night LiveSeries | Self - Cameo (uncredited) | 27 |
| 1972 | Together for DaysMovie | Stan | 24 |
| 1953 | The OscarsSeries | Self | 5 |
| 1948 | BambiSeries | Self | — |