Forest Whitaker

Rose's Baby(2027)

Lucky Lu(2026)

The King of Kings(2025)

Peter (voice)

Havoc(2025)

Lawrence Beaumont

To Live and Die and Live(2025)

Seaweed Stories(2024)

Narrator (voice)

Fancy Dance(2024)

Transplant(2024)

Big George Foreman(2023)

Doc Broadus

to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour(2023)

Ghost Dog (archive footage)

Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look(2022)

Saw Gerrera (archive footage) (uncredited)

Prophets of Change(2022)

Narrator

For the Sake of Peace(2022)

Respect(2021)

C. L. Franklin

Passing(2021)

Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey(2020)

Jeronicus Jangle

Finding Steve McQueen(2019)

Howard Lambert

A Kid from Coney Island(2019)

Devil's Pie: D'Angelo(2019)

Black Panther(2018)

Zuri

Burden(2018)

Reverend Kennedy

City of Lies(2018)

Jack Jackson

The Forgiven(2018)

Desmond Tutu

Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace(2018)

Narrator (voice)

How It Ends(2018)

Tom

Sorry to Bother You(2018)

Roxanne Roxanne(2017)

Arrival(2016)

Colonel Weber

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story(2016)

Saw Gerrera

I Am You(2016)

Narrator (voice)

Southpaw(2015)

Titus 'Tick' Wills

Dope(2015)

Songs My Brothers Taught Me(2015)

Repentance(2014)

Angel

Two Men in Town(2014)

William Garnett

Taken 3(2014)

Inspector Frank Dotzler

Food Chains(2014)

The Last Stand(2013)

Agent John Bannister

The Butler(2013)

Cecil Gaines

Out of the Furnace(2013)

Chief Wesley Barnes

Pawn(2013)

Will

Zulu(2013)

Ali Sokhela

Black Nativity(2013)

Reverend Cornell Cobbs

Mysteries of the Unseen World(2013)

Narrator

Rising from Ashes(2013)

Making a Scene | 11 Performances(2013)

Fruitvale Station(2013)

Freelancers(2012)

Dennis Larue

A Dark Truth(2012)

Francisco Francis

Catch.44(2011)

Ronny

Serving Life(2011)

Monte Carlo(2011)

Repo Men(2010)

Jake

Hurricane Season(2010)

Al Collins

Our Family Wedding(2010)

Brad Boyd

The Experiment(2010)

Barris

My Own Love Song(2010)

Joey

Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life(2010)

Lion

Lullaby for Pi(2010)

George

2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift(2010)

(archive footage)

Winged Creatures(2009)

Charlie Archenault

Where the Wild Things Are(2009)

Ira (voice)

Crips and Bloods: Made in America(2009)

Narrator

Powder Blue(2009)

Kassim the Dream(2009)

Street Kings(2008)

Captain Jack Wander

Vantage Point(2008)

Howard Lewis

The Air I Breathe(2007)

Happiness

The Great Debaters(2007)

Dr. James Farmer Sr.

Even Money(2007)

Clyde Snow

Ripple Effect(2007)

The Last King of Scotland(2006)

Idi Amin

The Marsh(2006)

Geoffrey Hunt

Everyone's Hero(2006)

Lonnie Brewster (voice)

A Little Trip to Heaven(2005)

Abe Holt

American Gun(2005)

Mary(2005)

Ted Younger

Deacons for Defense(2005)

Marcus Clay

Odyssey in Rome(2005)

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood(2005)

Forest Whitaker

First Daughter(2004)

Phone Booth(2003)

Captain Ramey

Chasing Papi(2003)

Panic Room(2002)

Burnham

Door to Door(2002)

Green Dragon(2001)

Feast of All Saints(2001)

Daguerreotypist Picard

The Fourth Angel(2001)

Agent Jules Bernard

The Follow(2001)

The Employer

Ghost Dog: The Odyssey: The Journey Into the Life of a Samurai(2001)

Battlefield Earth(2000)

Ker

The Paperboy(2000)

Narrator

Four Dogs Playing Poker(2000)

Mr. Ellington

Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai(1999)

Ghost Dog

Light It Up(1999)

Officer Dante Jackson

Witness Protection(1999)

Steven Beck

Body Count(1998)

Crane

Hope Floats(1998)

Phenomenon(1996)

Nate Pope

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault(1996)

Mr. Rucker

Smoke(1995)

Cyrus Cole

Species(1995)

Dan Smithson, Empath

Mr. Holland's Opus(1995)

Bobby Tidd as an adult (uncredited)

Waiting to Exhale(1995)

Blown Away(1994)

Anthony Franklin

Prêt-à-Porter(1994)

Cy Bianco

Jason's Lyric(1994)

Maddog

The Enemy Within(1994)

Col. MacKenzie Casey

Body Snatchers(1993)

Major Collins

Last Light(1993)

Fred Whitmore

Lush Life(1993)

Buddy Chester

Bank Robber(1993)

Officer Battle

Strapped(1993)

The Crying Game(1992)

Jody

Article 99(1992)

Dr. Sid Handleman

Consenting Adults(1992)

David Duttonville

A Rage in Harlem(1991)

Diary of a Hitman(1991)

Dekker

Downtown(1990)

Dennis Curren

Criminal Justice(1990)

Jessie Williams

Johnny Handsome(1989)

Dr. Steven Fisher

Bloodsport(1988)

Rawlins

Bird(1988)

Charlie 'Bird' Parker

Good Morning, Vietnam(1987)

Edward Garlick

Stakeout(1987)

Det. Jack Pismo

Hands of a Stranger(1987)

Sergeant Delaney

The Color of Money(1986)

Amos

Platoon(1986)

Big Harold

A Little Off Mark(1986)

Vision Quest(1985)

Balldozer

The Grand Baby(1983)

Fast Times at Ridgemont High(1982)

Charles Jefferson

Tag: The Assassination Game(1982)

Gowdy's Bodyguard

Sewing Hope

Narrator (voice)

A Fall from Grace

Rosetta