Ossie Davis

American Masters

Self

Run for Your Life

Frankie Morton

Run for Your Life

Dave Corbett

Run for Your Life

Sgt. Dave Corbett

Bonanza

Sam Davis

The Defenders

Nixie

The Defenders

Officer Bond

The Defenders

Assistant District Attorney

The Defenders

District Attorney

The Defenders

District Attorney Daniel Jackson

Hawaii Five-O

Ramon Borelle

JAG

Terrence Minnerly

Kraft Television Theatre

The Emperor Jones

Touched by an Angel

Gabriel

Touched by an Angel

Erasmus Jones

The L Word

Melvin Porter

Third Watch

Mr. Parker

The Name of the Game

Kubani

Tony Awards

Self - Presenter

The Fugitive

Lt. Johnny Gaines

Promised Land

Promised Land

Erasmus Jones

The Kennedy Center Honors

Self

Evening Shade

Ponder Blue

American Experience

Self - Harlem Resident

B.L. Stryker

Oz Jackson

The Stand

Judge Richard Farris

The Stand

Judge Richard Farris (credit only)

Baseball

Various (voice)

Baseball

(voice)

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Charles Carter

12 O'Clock High

Major Glenn Luke

The Great Adventure

John Ross

Reading Rainbow

Himself - Narrator (voice)

The Secret Path

Too Tall

Roots: The Next Generations

Dad Jones

Alex Haley's Queen

Parson Dick

The Client

Judge Harry Roosevelt

The West

Self

The West

Self / John R. Gills (voice)

Folk Britannia

Self (archival footage)

Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years

Narrator

King

Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.

Dinosaur

Yar (voice)

Christianity: The First 1000 Years

Himself - Narrator

The Client

Harry Roosevelt

Malcolm X

Eulogy Performer (voice)

Grumpy Old Men

Chuck

Thomas Jefferson

Narrator (voice)

Doctor Dolittle

Archer Dolittle

Do the Right Thing

Da Mayor

12 Angry Men

Juror 2

Gladiator

Noah

TV Revolution

Joe Versus the Volcano

Marshall

Jungle Fever

Reverend Purify

Cop & ½

Detective in Squad Room

School Daze

Coach Odom

The Scalphunters

Joseph Lee

The Hill

Jacko King

The Cardinal

Father Gillis

Bubba Ho-tep

John F. "Jack" Kennedy

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Self (archive footage)

Miss Evers' Boys

Mr. Evers

She Hate Me

Judge Buchanan

Lincoln

Frederick Douglas (voice)

Get on the Bus

Jeremiah

Harry & Son

Raymond

Night Gallery

Osmond Portifoy

Fourteen Hours

Cab Driver (uncredited)

Sam Whiskey

Jed Hooker

Avenging Angel

Capt. Harry Moradian

No Way Out

John Brooks (uncredited)

Let's Do It Again

Elder Johnson

Deacons for Defense

Reverend 'Rev' Gregory

Baadasssss!

Granddad

Freedom Road

Narrator

I'm Not Rappaport

Midge Carter

The Unfinished Journey

Narrator (voice)

Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker

Self

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives

A Vow to Cherish

Alexander Billman

Hot Stuff

Captain John Geiberger

The Sheriff

James Lucas

The Peace!

Self

Death of a Prophet

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

Self

4 Little Girls

Self - Actor and Playwright

Shock Treatment

Capshaw

Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property

Himself

A Man Called Adam

Nelson Davis

Wattstax

Self (uncredited)

The Ernest Green Story

Grandfather

The House of God

Dr. Sanders

The Soul Collector

Mordecai

Slaves

Luke

The Fall

Making 'Do the Right Thing'

Self

Paul Robeson: Here I Stand

Self

Finding Buck McHenry

Buck McHenry

The Legend of the Candy Cane

Julius (voice)

The Red Shoes

The Stand

Judge Richard Farris

The Evolution of an American Filmmaker

Self

Gone Are the Days!

Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson

Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories

Anansi the Spider (Sleepytime Songs and Stories) (voice)

Feast of All Saints

Jean-Jacques

Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice

Uncle Phil

By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'

Self

Malcolm X

Eulogy (voice)

The Outsider

Lt. Wagner

John Brown's Raid

Dangerfield Newby

The Tenth Level

Reed

Proud

Lorenzo DuFau

Teacher, Teacher

Charles Carter

Countdown at Kusini

Ernest Motapo

Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder

Uncle Phil

The Android Affair

Dr. Winston

The Sun... the Sand... the Hill

Jason King (archival footage)

The Sun... the Sand... the Hill

Jason King (archive footage)

Haití: Killing the Dream

Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood

Self

Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige

Chuffy Russell

Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough

Self

Kongi's Harvest

Narrator

Beah: A Black Woman Speaks

Self

All God's Children

Blaine Whitfield

Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve

Caretaker

Here's to Life!

Duncan Cox

Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid

Dr. Fredericks

Tyler Texas Black Film Collection

Himself

Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore

Narrator

The History Makers: Success

Self

Black Liberation

Narrator

Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'

Self

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

Narrator

Marcus Garvey: Toward Black Nationhood

Narrator

Malcolm X: Make It Plain

Self

Freedom Man

Benjamin Banneker

Jackie Robinson: Breaking Barriers

Narrator

Unstoppable

Self

Goin' Back to T-Town

Narrator

Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World

Narrator

The Tuskegee Airmen: They Fought Two Wars

Narrator

Hands of Inge

Narrator (voice)

Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class

Narrator