The New Girl

(1960)

Mary's Brother

A Raisin in the Sun

(1961)

George Murchison

Companions in Nightmare

(1968)

Lt. Adam McKay

The Bushbaby

(1969)

Tembo

The Landlord

(1970)

Copee Johnson

Skin Game

(1971)

Jason O'Rourke

Travels with My Aunt

(1972)

Wordsworth

The Laughing Policeman

(1973)

Insp. James Larrimore SFPD

The White Dawn

(1974)

Portagee

It's Good to Be Alive

(1974)

Sam Brockington

Sidekicks

(1974)

Jason O'Rourke

Black Bart

(1975)

Black Bart

Delancey Street: The Crisis Within

(1975)

Otis James

J.D.'s Revenge

(1976)

Rev. Elija Bliss

The River Niger

(1976)

Dr. Dudley Stanton

The Deep

(1977)

Henri Cloche

The Choirboys

(1977)

Calvin Motts

Little Ladies of the Night

(1977)

Russ Garfield

Freeman

(1977)

Rex

The Lazarus Syndrome

(1978)

Dr. MacArthur St. Clair

To Kill a Cop

(1978)

Everett Walker

Lawman Without a Gun

(1979)

Tom Hayward

It Rained All Night the Day I Left

(1980)

Leo Garcia

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

(1981)

Leroy 'Satchel' Paige

An Officer and a Gentleman

(1982)

Sergeant Emil Foley

Benny's Place

(1982)

Benny Moore

I Love Liberty

(1982)

Self

Jaws 3-D

(1983)

Calvin Bouchard

The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die

(1983)

narrator

Finders Keepers

(1984)

Century

The Guardian

(1984)

John Mack

Enemy Mine

(1985)

Jeriba 'Jerry' Shigan

Iron Eagle

(1986)

Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair

Firewalker

(1986)

Leo Porter

The Principal

(1987)

Jake Phillips

A Gathering of Old Men

(1987)

Mathu

The Father Clements Story

(1987)

Iron Eagle II

(1988)

Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair

Roots: The Gift

(1988)

Fiddler

Goodbye, Miss 4th of July

(1988)

Big John Creed

Sam Found Out: A Triple Play

(1988)

Sam

The Punisher

(1989)

Jake Berkowitz

El Diablo

(1990)

Van Leek

Sudie and Simpson

(1990)

Simpson

Zora is My Name!

(1990)

Toy Soldiers

(1991)

Dean Parker

Cover-Up

(1991)

Lou Jackson

The Josephine Baker Story

(1991)

Sidney Williams

Carolina Skeletons

(1991)

James Bragg

Keeper of the City

(1991)

Det. James Dela

Iron Eagle III

(1992)

Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair

Diggstown

(1992)

"Honey" Roy Palmer

Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II

(1992)

Reader

Monolith

(1993)

Capt. MacCandless

Father & Son: Dangerous Relations

(1993)

Flashfire

(1994)

Ben Durand

Blue Chips

(1994)

Father Dawkins (uncredited)

Curse of the Starving Class

(1994)

Ellis

A Good Man in Africa

(1994)

Prof. Sam Adekunle

Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice

(1994)

Ray Alexander

Iron Eagle on the Attack

(1995)

Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair

A Father for Charlie

(1995)

Walter Osgood

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

(1995)

Self

Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing

(1995)

Narrator

Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder

(1995)

Ray Alexander

Zooman

(1995)

Rueben Tate

Managua

(1996)

Paul

Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story

(1996)

Bob Kersee

Inside

(1996)

Questioner

Captive Heart: The James Mink Story

(1996)

James Mink

In His Father's Shoes

(1997)

Frank Crosby / Richard

To Dance With Olivia

(1997)

Daniel Stewart

Legend of the Mummy

(1998)

Corbeck

The Inspectors

(1998)

Inspector Frank Hughes

Y2K

(1999)

Morgan

Strange Justice

(1999)

Vernon Jordan

Love Songs

(1999)

Reuben

The Color of Love: Jacey's Story

(2000)

Lou Hastings

The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence

(2000)

Frank

The Highwayman

(2000)

Phil Bishop

For Love of Olivia

(2001)

Daniel Stewart

Deceived

(2002)

Col. David Garrett

What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away

(2002)

Dr. Barnes

Momentum

(2003)

Raymond Addison

Jasper, Texas

(2003)

R.C. Horn

Left Behind: World at War

(2005)

President Geral Fitzhugh

Lackawanna Blues

(2005)

Ol'lem Taylor

Solar Attack

(2006)

President Ryan Gordon

All In

(2006)

Caps

Club Soda

(2006)

Doc

Daddy's Little Girls

(2007)

Willie

Cover

(2007)

Detective Hicks

Stories USA

(2007)

Doc (segment "Club Soda")

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

(2007)

Self

Delgo

(2008)

King Zahn (voice)

The Black List: Volume One

(2008)

Himself

A Love Story of Today

(2008)

Self

A Special Kind of Love

(2008)

Self

Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth

(2008)

Self

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

(2009)

Self

The Least Among You

(2009)

Samuel Benton

The Perfect Game

(2009)

Cool Papa Bell

Why Did I Get Married Too?

(2010)

Porter

Dog Jack

(2011)

Grown up Jed

The Grace Card

(2011)

George Wright

Smitty

(2012)

Mr. Smith

The Undershepherd

(2012)

Bishop Redford

Miracle at Gate 213

(2013)

Roy Peddington

Pride of Lions

(2014)

Lou Jones

A Fighting Man

(2014)

Cubby

And the Oscar Goes To...

(2014)

Self (archive footage)

Boiling Pot

(2015)

Detective Haven

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

(2016)

Himself

A.C. Green: Iron Virgin

(2016)

Himself

Double Play

(2017)

Coco

Undercover Grandpa

(2017)

Mother

King of the Dancehall

(2017)

The Bishop

Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

(2017)

Self

Breaking Brooklyn

(2018)

Miles Bryant

Hal

(2019)

Self

Supervized

(2019)

Pendle

The Gang Activists

(2019)

Himself

Foster Boy

(2019)

Judge George Taylor

The Cuban

(2020)

Luis Garcia

The Reason

(2020)

Pastor Jim

Miracle in East Texas

(2020)

Irving Tanner Jr.

Not to Forget

(2021)

Pastor John

I Forgive

(2021)

God (voice)

Three Months

(2022)

Benny

Sidney

(2022)

Self

The Color Purple

(2023)

Ol' Mister

Outlaw Johnny Black

(2023)

Reverend Tharrington (voice) (uncredited)

IF

(2024)

Lewis (voice)

A Father for Charlie

(1995)

Executive Producer

Inside

(1996)

Executive Producer

In His Father's Shoes

(1997)

Executive Producer

To Dance With Olivia

(1997)

Executive Producer

The Color of Love: Jacey's Story

(2000)

Executive Producer

For Love of Olivia

(2001)

Executive Producer

Love Songs

(1999)

Director