- The Wild Thornberrys Movie
2002 Jomo (voice)
- The Last Place on Earth
2002 Jack Field
- 10,000 Black Men Named George
2002 Leon Frey
- The Locket
2002 Henry McCord
- Park Day
1998 Heseeit Turner
- Ghosts of Mississippi
1996 Walter Williams
- Cosmic Slop
1994 Minister Coombs (segment 'Space Traders')
- Highway Heartbreaker
1992 Bert Quinn
- The Importance of Being Earnest
1992 Doctor Chasuble
- The Secret
1992 Thurgood 'Uncle T.' Carver III
- You Must Remember This
1992 Gus
- Feat of Clay
1992 Lucius Fox (voice)
- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
1991 Admiral Cartwright
- Alligator 2: The Mutation
1991 Chief Speed
- The Great Los Angeles Earthquake
1990 David Motubu
- Polly
1989 Mr. Pendergast
- To Heal a Nation
1988 Paul Turner
- Broken Angel
1988 Sgt. Mercurio
- Samson and Delilah
1986 Priest (voice)
- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
1986 Admiral Cartwright
- Puss in Boots
1985 Ogre
- A Caribbean Mystery
1983 Dr. Graham
- A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion
1982 Morris Brown
- SST: Death Flight
1978 Dr. Ralph Therman
- The Million Dollar Dixie Deliverance
1978 Zechariah
- Abe Lincoln: Freedom Fighter
1978 Henry
- The Devils' Coach
1977 Bump Willis
- Two-Minute Warning
1976 Paul
- Framed
1975 Sam Perry
- Mahalia
1975 Narrator
- Lost in the Stars
1974 Stephen Kumalo
- Tight as a Drum
1974 Bill Evans
- Soylent Green
1973 Chief Hatcher
- Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
1973 Reynolds
- Five on the Black Hand Side
1973 Producer
- Black Girl
1972 Earl
- Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol
1972 Berdahl
- The McMasters
1970 Benjie
- Jack Johnson
1970 Jack Johnson (voice)
- Ace High
1968 Thomas
- Daring Game
1968 Jonah
- P.J.
1968 Waterpark
- The Incident
1967 Arnold Robinson
- The Pawnbroker
1965 Rodriguez
- Major Dundee
1965 Aesop
- Heavens Above!
1963 Matthew Robinson
- Gone Are the Days!
1963 Producer
- To Kill a Mockingbird
1962 Tom Robinson
- The L-Shaped Room
1962 Johnny
- The Snows of Kilimanjaro
1960 Molo
- Porgy and Bess
1959 Crowne
- Bloomer Girl
1956 Alexander
- Carmen Jones
1954 Sergeant Brown
