Devil in a Blue Dress 1995
Easy Rawlins
Ricochet 1991
Nick Styles
Highest 2 Lowest 2025
David King
Mo' Better Blues 1990
Bleek Gilliam
The Preacher's Wife 1996
Dudley
Cry Freedom 1987
Steve Biko
Val 2021
Self (archive footage)
A Soldier's Story 1984
Private First Class Peterson
The Mighty Quinn 1989
Xavier Quinn
A Journal for Jordan 2021
Director, Producer
Heart Condition 1990
Napoleon Stone
Mississippi Masala 1991
Demetrius Williams
The Piano Lesson 2024
Producer
Power 1986
Arnold Billings
Chasing Trane 2017
John Coltrane (voice)
Carbon Copy 1981
Roger Porter
And the Oscar Goes To... 2014
Self (archive footage)
For Queen & Country 1988
Reuben
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King 2020
Self (archive footage)
License to Kill 1986
Martin Sawyer
Sidney 2022
Self
The George McKenna Story 1988
George McKenna
Lynch/Oz 2023
Malcolm X (archive footage) (uncredited)
Giving Voice 2020
Self
Denzel Washington: A Model American 2022
Self (archive footage)
Wilma 1977
Robert Eldridge, age 18
Flesh & Blood 1979
Kirk
We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial 2009
Self
Denzel Washington: American Icon 2024
Self
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker 2003
Self
Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special 1997
Humpty Dumpty / The Crooked Man (voice)
Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act 2022
Self (archive footage)
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend 2021
Self (archive footage)
Straight from the Streets 2000
Self
Jammin': Jelly Roll Morton on Broadway 1992
Narrator
Coriolanus 1979
Roman Soldier / Volscian Soldier
The Making of Gladiator II 2024
Self
Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks 2000
Producer
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' 2005
Self
Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II 1992
Narrator