Filmography
Forest Whitaker
Criminal Minds
2005 · Sam Cooper
The Daily Show
1996 · Self
Empire
2015 · Eddie Barker
American Dad!
2005 · Turlington (voice)
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005 · Self
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Host
The View
1997 · Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self - Guest
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · Self
ER
1994 · Curtis Ames
American Idol
2002 · Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992 · Actor
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Self
The Shield
2002 · Jon Kavanaugh
Andor
2022 · Saw Gerrera
Hill Street Blues
1981 · Actor
Star Wars Rebels
2014 · Saw Gerrera (voice)
Steve
2017 · Self
Cagney & Lacey
1982 · Night Manager
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · Self
Godfather of Harlem
2019 · Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson, Executive Producer
Today
1952 · Self
The Twilight Zone
2002 · Self - Host
Arrival
2016 · Colonel Weber
Black Panther
2018 · Zuri
The Oscars
1953 · Self - Presenter, Self
Amazing Stories
1985 · Jerry
Live from E!
2002 · Self
North and South
1985 · Cuffey
Taken 3
2014 · Inspector Frank Dotzler
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
2016 · Saw Gerrera
Where Are They Now?
1999 · Self
Platoon
1986 · Big Harold
Southpaw
2015 · Titus 'Tick' Wills
Extrapolations
2023 · Auggie Bolo
The Early Show
1999 · Self
Bloodsport
1988 · Rawlins
Havoc
2025 · Lawrence Beaumont
The Hire
2001 · The Employer
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
2011 · Sam Cooper
Roots
2016 · Fiddler
Species
1995 · Dan Smithson, Empath
Panic Room
2002 · Burnham
The Emperor of Ocean Park
2024 · Judge Oliver Garland
The Last Stand
2013 · Agent John Bannister
Phone Booth
2003 · Captain Ramey
Good Morning, Vietnam
1987 · Edward Garlick
Sorry to Bother You
2018 · First Equisapien / Demarius, Producer
The Butler
2013 · Cecil Gaines
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
1982 · Charles Jefferson
The Color of Money
1986 · Amos
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy
2021 · Self
The Last King of Scotland
2006 · Idi Amin
Where the Wild Things Are
2009 · Ira (voice)
Street Kings
2008 · Captain Jack Wander
Phenomenon
1996 · Nate Pope
Vantage Point
2008 · Howard Lewis
Hollywood Black
2024 · Self, Executive Producer
Out of the Furnace
2013 · Chief Wesley Barnes
First Daughter
2004 · Narrator (voice), Director
The King of Kings
2025 · Peter (voice)
Film Independent Spirit Awards
1996 · Self - Presenter
Blown Away
1994 · Anthony Franklin
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
1999 · Ghost Dog
Everyone's Hero
2006 · Lonnie Brewster (voice)
The Great Debaters
2007 · Dr. James Farmer Sr.
Repo Men
2010 · Jake
Vision Quest
1985 · Balldozer
Big George Foreman
2023 · Doc Broadus
Stakeout
1987 · Det. Jack Pismo
How It Ends
2018 · Tom
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
2020 · Jeronicus Jangle
The Crying Game
1992 · Jody
Diff'rent Strokes
1978 · Actor
Dope
2015 · The Narrator (voice), Producer
Mr. Holland's Opus
1995 · Bobby Tidd as an adult (uncredited)
Respect
2021 · C. L. Franklin
By Whatever Means Necessary: The Times of Godfather of Harlem
2020 · Self, Executive Producer
The Air I Breathe
2007 · Happiness
Battlefield Earth
2000 · Ker
Body Snatchers
1993 · Major Collins
City of Lies
2018 · Jack Jackson
Johnny Handsome
1989 · Dr. Steven Fisher
Prêt-à-Porter
1994 · Cy Bianco
Smoke
1995 · Cyrus Cole
The Experiment
2010 · Barris
Bird
1988 · Charlie 'Bird' Parker
Pawn
2013 · Will
Consenting Adults
1992 · David Duttonville
Cannes Festival
2022 · Self - Guest
Diary of a Hitman
1991 · Dekker
My Generation
2024 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Powder Blue
2009 · Charlie, Producer
Bring Me the Horizon: L.I.V.E. in São Paulo
2026 · Self (archive footage)
Winged Creatures
2009 · Charlie Archenault
Inside the Actors Studio
1994 · Self
Two Men in Town
2014 · William Garnett
Zulu
2013 · Ali Sokhela
Even Money
2007 · Clyde Snow
Freelancers
2012 · Dennis Larue
Catch.44
2011 · Ronny
Star Wars: Go Rogue
2016 · Saw Gerrera (voice)
Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Jason's Lyric
1994 · Maddog
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020 · Self
Our Family Wedding
2010 · Brad Boyd
Article 99
1992 · Dr. Sid Handleman
Feast of All Saints
2001 · Daguerreotypist Picard
The Enemy Within
1994 · Col. MacKenzie Casey
Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
2005 · Forest Whitaker
A Dark Truth
2012 · Francisco Francis
2Everything2Terrible2: Tokyo Drift
2010 · (archive footage)
A Little Trip to Heaven
2005 · Abe Holt
A Rage in Harlem
1991 · Jackson, Co-Producer
Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
2022 · Saw Gerrera (archive footage) (uncredited)
Green Dragon
2001 · Addie, Executive Producer
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault
1996 · Mr. Rucker
My Own Love Song
2010 · Joey
Hurricane Season
2010 · Al Collins
Mary
2005 · Ted Younger
The Forgiven
2018 · Desmond Tutu
Light It Up
1999 · Officer Dante Jackson
Black Nativity
2013 · Reverend Cornell Cobbs
Finding Steve McQueen
2019 · Howard Lambert
The Stories: The Making of 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story'
2017 · Self
Food Chains
2014 · Actor
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
2020 · Self
Four Dogs Playing Poker
2000 · Mr. Ellington
Downtown
1990 · Dennis Curren
Hands of a Stranger
1987 · Sergeant Delaney
Burden
2018 · Reverend Kennedy
Up Against It
2027 · Actor
Body Count
1998 · Crane
Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life
2010 · Lion
Repentance
2014 · Angel
The Fourth Angel
2001 · Agent Jules Bernard
Bank Robber
1993 · Officer Battle
Tag: The Assassination Game
1982 · Gowdy's Bodyguard
A Man's Story
2011 · Self
Crips and Bloods: Made in America
2009 · Narrator
Making a Scene | 11 Performances
2013 · Actor
Mysteries of the Unseen World
2013 · Narrator
Witness Protection
1999 · Steven Beck
American Gun
2005 · Carter, Executive Producer
The Marsh
2006 · Geoffrey Hunt
The Paperboy
2000 · Narrator
Before the Music Dies
2006 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
1994 · Self
Ripple Effect
2007 · Philip, Executive Producer
Criminal Justice
1990 · Jessie Williams
Lush Life
1993 · Buddy Chester
Serving Life
2011 · Narrator (voice), Executive Producer
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000 · Self
The Follow
2001 · The Employer
Lullaby for Pi
2010 · George
Odyssey in Rome
2005 · Actor
Deacons for Defense
2005 · Marcus Clay
Shooting 'Panic Room'
2004 · Self
Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace
2018 · Narrator (voice)
Last Light
1993 · Fred Whitmore
Ghost Dog: The Odyssey: The Journey Into the Life of a Samurai
2001 · Actor
A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'
2001 · Self
Xenolinguistics: Understanding 'Arrival'
2017 · Self
The Grand Baby
1983 · Actor
The Misbehavers
2004 · Self
I Am You
2016 · Narrator (voice)
Rising from Ashes
2013 · Narrator, Executive Producer
Prophets of Change
2022 · Narrator
Making of Phone Booth
2003 · Self
Seaweed Stories
2024 · Self - Narrator (voice)
Sewing Hope
TBA · Narrator (voice)