| 2026 | Hulk Hogan: Real AmericanSeries | Self | 84 |
| 2026 | Soccer Meets AmericaSeries | Self | 84 |
| 2021 | Hannelore Elsner: More Than One LifeMovie | Self (archive footage) | 79 |
| 2021 | Meteor: Sohrab Shahid SalessMovie | Self | 79 |
| 2021 | The Extravagant Little Life of Jean-Claude D. DreyfusMovie | Self (archive footage) | 79 |
| 2020 | The AGFA Mystery Mixtape VaultMovie | (archive footage) | 78 |
| 2020 | Wim Wenders, DesperadoMovie | Self | 78 |
| 2019 | The MandalorianSeries | The Client | 77 |
| 2019 | Meeting GorbachevMovie | Self | 77 |
| 2019 | Jihad in HollywoodMovie | Self | 77 |
| 2019 | 90 Years of the Music Box TheatreMovie | Self | 77 |
| 2018 | The Great Buster: A CelebrationMovie | Self | 76 |
| 2018 | Film Beyond Cinema: The Dumpster Kid Experiment and Other UtopiasMovie | Self | 76 |
| 2017 | One Hundred Years with Juan RulfoMovie | Self | 75 |
| 2017 | Ballad of a Righteous MerchantMovie | Self | 75 |
| 2016 | Into the InfernoMovie | Self | 74 |
| 2016 | Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected WorldMovie | Self | 74 |
| 2016 | Jihad in HollywoodMovie | Self | 74 |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen ColbertSeries | Self - Guest | 73 |
| 2015 | Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSeries | Self | 73 |
| 2015 | Freaks of NatureMovie | Perfect Being (voice) | 73 |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth MeyersSeries | Self - Guest | 72 |
| 2014 | Penguins of MadagascarMovie | Documentary Filmmaker (voice) | 72 |
| 2014 | Alfonso Sansone: Producer by ChanceMovie | Self (archive footage) | 72 |
| 2014 | Lemonade WarMovie | Neighborhood Hero | 72 |
| 2013 | Rick and MortySeries | Shrimply Pibbles (voice) | 71 |
| 2013 | The UnbelieversMovie | Self | 71 |
| 2013 | Home from Home – Chronicle of a VisionMovie | Alexander von Humboldt | 71 |
| 2013 | Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes AroundMovie | Self | 71 |
| 2012 | Jack ReacherMovie | Zec Chelovek | 70 |
| 2012 | Close UpMovie | Self (archive footage) | 70 |
| 2012 | StrawberryfieldsMovie | Turnlehrer | 70 |
| 2012 | The Killers: UnstagedMovie | Self | 70 |
| 2011 | Champions: A Comic TaleMovie | Self | 69 |
| 2011 | On Borrowed TimeMovie | Self | 69 |
| 2011 | Into the AbyssMovie | Narrator (voice) | 69 |
| 2011 | Hans Zimmer: The Sound of HollywoodMovie | Self | 69 |
| 2010 | Anyone who dares will take the cold off their horseMovie | Self | 68 |
| 2009 | Parks and RecreationSeries | Keg Jennings | 67 |
| 2008 | Counter Shot: Departure of the FilmmakersMovie | Self | 66 |
| 2008 | 40 x 15: The Forty Years of the Directors' FortnightMovie | Self | 66 |
| 2008 | Capturing RealityMovie | Self | 66 |
| 2008 | Back to Room 666Movie | Self (archive footage) | 66 |
| 2008 | BierbichlerMovie | Self | 66 |
| 2007 | The GrandMovie | The German | 65 |
| 2007 | Munich (Filmfest) Stories - 25 years of Munich FilmfestMovie | Self | 65 |
| 2007 | Making of a True Story: Rescue DawnMovie | Self | 65 |
| 2007 | Pierre Rissient: Man of CinemaMovie | Self | 65 |
| 2006 | 50 Films to See Before You DieMovie | Self | 64 |
| 2006 | MetalocalypseSeries | — | 64 |
| 2006 | The Henry Rollins ShowSeries | — | 64 |
| 2005 | The Colbert ReportSeries | — | 63 |
| 2005 | American Dad!Series | Werner Herzog (voice) | 63 |
| 2005 | The BoondocksSeries | Himself (voice) | 63 |
| 2005 | Grizzly ManMovie | Self / Narrator (voice) | 63 |
| 2004 | Incident at Loch NessMovie | Self | 62 |
| 2003 | Wheel of TimeMovie | Narrator (voice) | 61 |
| 2002 | The Boxing PrinceMovie | Self | 60 |
| 2000 | The Last DocumentaryMovie | Self | 58 |
| 2000 | Klaus Kinski: I'm not an actorMovie | Self | 58 |
| 1999 | Julien Donkey-BoyMovie | Father | 57 |
| 1998 | What Dreams May ComeMovie | Face | 56 |
| 1998 | Sternstunde PhilosophieSeries | Self | 56 |
| 1997 | StoryvilleSeries | — | 55 |
| 1996 | Stardust Stricken: Mohsen Makhmalbaf, A PortraitMovie | Self | 54 |
| 1996 | The Transformation of the World Into MusicMovie | Self | 54 |
| 1995 | Gesualdo: Death for Five VoicesMovie | Narrator (voice) | 53 |
| 1994 | Placido Domingo's Tales from the OperaSeries | Self - Director | 52 |
| 1993 | Dangerous GameMovie | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 51 |
| 1991 | SnowwhiteRoseredMovie | Self | 49 |
| 1991 | Scream of StoneMovie | TV-Regisseur | 49 |
| 1991 | Film LessonSeries | Self | 49 |
| 1990 | Hard to Be a GodMovie | Mita / Richard | 48 |
| 1990 | Echoes from a Sombre EmpireMovie | Self | 48 |
| 1989 | The SimpsonsSeries | Walter Hotenhoffer (voice) | 47 |
| 1989 | The Heart and the LegsMovie | Self | 47 |
| 1989 | Bride of the OrientMovie | Businger | 47 |
| 1985 | The Dark Glow of the MountainsMovie | Self (voice) | 43 |
| 1985 | SonntagsgesprächSeries | Self | 43 |
| 1984 | Where the Green Ants DreamMovie | Lawyer (uncredited) | 42 |
| 1983 | Man of FlowersMovie | The Father | 41 |
| 1982 | Burden of DreamsMovie | Self - Filmmaker | 40 |
| 1979 | OkaySeries | Self | 37 |
| 1979 | Bavarian Film AwardsSeries | Self | 37 |
| 1979 | The Making of 'Nosferatu'Movie | Self | 37 |
| 1978 | Ciné regardsSeries | Self | 36 |
| 1977 | Journey Through HistoryMovie | Self | 35 |
| 1976 | Signs of Vigorous Life: The New German CinemaMovie | Self | 34 |
| 1976 | Heart of GlassMovie | Glass Transporter | 34 |
| 1975 | Midi PremièreSeries | Self | 33 |
| 1974 | Spécial cinémaSeries | Self | 32 |
| 1971 | Handicapped FutureMovie | Interviewer (voice) (uncredited) | 29 |
| 1968 | 60 MinutesSeries | Self | 26 |
| 1968 | Die Erben von Papas KinoMovie | — | 26 |
| 1968 | Signs of LifeMovie | Soldier (uncredited) | 26 |
| 1964 | Grimme AwardSeries | Self | 22 |
| 1951 | German Film AwardSeries | Self | 9 |
