| 2025 | Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL MusicMovie | Self (archive footage) | 68 |
| 2025 | Mr. ScorseseSeries | Self | 68 |
| 2024 | Hollywood BlackSeries | Self (archive footage) | 67 |
| 2024 | 13 Steps - Die unglaubliche Karriere von Edwin MosesMovie | — | 67 |
| 2022 | They Call Me MagicSeries | Self | 65 |
| 2021 | This Is PopSeries | Self (archive footage) | 64 |
| 2021 | Directors on DirectorsSeries | Self | 64 |
| 2021 | A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon ParksMovie | Self | 64 |
| 2019 | Tamron HallSeries | Self - Guest | 62 |
| 2019 | Desus & MeroSeries | Self - Illustrious Guest | 62 |
| 2018 | Basketball: A Love StorySeries | Self (archive footage) | 61 |
| 2018 | Konbini Vidéo ClubSeries | — | 61 |
| 2017 | Plankton SalesmenMovie | Self (archive footage) | 60 |
| 2016 | Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the WallMovie | Self | 59 |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSeries | Self - Guest | 58 |
| 2015 | Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSeries | Self | 58 |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSeries | Self | 57 |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth MeyersSeries | Self - Guest | 57 |
| 2012 | Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’Movie | Self | 55 |
| 2012 | Bad 25Movie | Self | 55 |
| 2012 | Red Hook SummerMovie | Mr. Mookie | 55 |
| 2011 | A Man's StoryMovie | Self | 54 |
| 2010 | Who Do You Think You Are?Series | Self | 53 |
| 2010 | Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. The New York KnicksMovie | Self | 53 |
| 2009 | Do the Right Thing: 20 Years LaterMovie | Self | 52 |
| 2008 | 40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' FortnightMovie | Self | 51 |
| 2007 | Lights, Action, MusicMovie | Self | 50 |
| 2005 | By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'Movie | Self | 48 |
| 2005 | It's the ShoesSeries | Self | 48 |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live!Series | Self - Guest | 46 |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSeries | Self | 46 |
| 2003 | The Evolution of an American FilmmakerMovie | Self | 46 |
| 2002 | It's Black EntertainmentMovie | Self | 45 |
| 2002 | Johnny Vaughan TonightSeries | Self | 45 |
| 2001 | 3 A.M.Movie | Filmmaker | 44 |
| 2000 | Lisa Picard Is FamousMovie | Spike Lee | 43 |
| 1999 | The Early ShowSeries | Self | 42 |
| 1999 | Summer of SamMovie | John Jeffries | 42 |
| 1997 | The ViewSeries | Self | 40 |
| 1997 | 4 Little GirlsMovie | Interviewer (voice) (uncredited) | 40 |
| 1997 | The Chris Rock ShowSeries | Self | 40 |
| 1996 | The Daily ShowSeries | Self - Guest | 39 |
| 1996 | The Fine Art of Separating People from Their MoneyMovie | Self | 39 |
| 1996 | Girl 6Movie | Jimmy | 39 |
| 1995 | Lumière & CompanyMovie | Self (segment "Sarah Moon") | 38 |
| 1995 | ClockersMovie | Chucky | 38 |
| 1995 | Below the RimMovie | — | 38 |
| 1994 | Inside the Actors StudioSeries | Self | 37 |
| 1994 | Drop SquadMovie | Himself | 37 |
| 1994 | A Century of CinemaMovie | Self | 37 |
| 1993 | Late Show with David LettermanSeries | Self - Guest | 36 |
| 1992 | Malcolm XMovie | Shorty | 35 |
| 1992 | GhostwriterSeries | Special Agent Pete | 35 |
| 1991 | Jungle FeverMovie | Cyrus | 34 |
| 1991 | MTV's 10th Anniversary SpecialMovie | Self | 34 |
| 1990 | Mo' Better BluesMovie | Giant | 33 |
| 1990 | In Living ColorSeries | — | 33 |
| 1989 | Do the Right ThingMovie | Mookie | 32 |
| 1988 | School DazeMovie | Darrell 'Half-Pint' Dunlap | 31 |
| 1988 | Yo! MTV RapsSeries | Self | 31 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night LiveSeries | Mars Blackmon | 18 |
| 1973 | The American Film Institute Salute to ...Series | Self | 16 |
| 1953 | The OscarsSeries | Self - Audience Member | — |
