| — | Tuner | |
| 2024 | Megalopolis | Nush 'The Fixer' Berman |
| 2022 | Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute to the Songs of Paul Simon | Self |
| — | Lucca Mortis | Jacob |
| — | The Many Faces of Dustin Hoffman | Himself |
| 2024 | Kung Fu Panda 4 | Shifu (voice) |
| 2023 | Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback | Benjamin Braddock (archive footage) |
| 2022 | Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight | Shifu (voice) |
| 2022 | Sam & Kate | Bill |
| 2022 | As They Made Us | Eugene |
| 2022 | PRIDE: To Be Seen - A Soul of a Nation Presentation | Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels (archive footage) |
| 2021 | Mr. Saturday Night | |
| 2020 | Billy Connolly: It’s Been a Pleasure... | Self |
| 2019 | L'uomo del labirinto | Dottor Green |
| 2019 | Hal | Self |
| 2019 | Alan Pakula: Going for Truth | Self |
| 2017 | The Meyerowitz Stories | Harold Meyerowitz |
| 2017 | Spielberg | Self |
| 2017 | The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee | Self (archive footage) |
| 2016 | Kung Fu Panda 3 | Shifu (voice) |
| 2016 | Medici: Masters of Florence | Giovanni de' Medici |
| 2016 | Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll | Shifu / Warrior (voice) |
| 2016 | All Governments Lie: Truth, Deception, and the Spirit of I.F. Stone | Carl Bernstein (archive footage) |
| 2016 | Mike Nichols: An American Master | Self |
| 2015 | The Program | Bob Hamman |
| 2015 | Roald Dahl's Esio Trot | Mr. Hoppy |
| 2015 | Warren Beatty, une obsession hollywoodienne | Self (archive footage) |
| 2015 | Arthur Miller – Ein ehrgeiziges Herz | Self - Actor |
| 2014 | Chef | Riva |
| 2014 | The Cobbler | Abraham Simkin |
| 2014 | Boychoir | Master Carvelle |
| 2014 | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self |
| 2014 | Led Zeppelin Played Here | Self (archive footage) |
| 2013 | All the President's Men Revisited | Self |
| 2012 | Luck | Chester Bernstein |
| 2012 | Casting By | Self (Archival Footage) |
| 2012 | Finding Your Roots | Self |
| 2012 | La Classe américaine | Self |
| 2012 | Close Up | Self (archive footage) |
| 2011 | Kung Fu Panda 2 | Shifu (voice) |
| 2011 | Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters | Shifu (voice) |
| 2011 | Paul Williams Still Alive | Self (archive footage) |
| 2010 | Little Fockers | Bernie Focker |
| 2010 | Barney's Version | Izzy Panofsky |
| 2010 | Kung Fu Panda Holiday | Shifu (voice) |
| 2010 | Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2010 | Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story | Narrator |
| 2009 | Against the Tide | Narrator |
| 2009 | Dustin! | |
| 2008 | Kung Fu Panda | Shifu (voice) |
| 2008 | The Tale of Despereaux | Roscuro (voice) |
| 2008 | Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five | Shifu (voice) |
| 2008 | Last Chance Harvey | Harvey Shine |
| 2008 | Visual Acoustics | Himself/Narrator |
| 2008 | A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie' | Self |
| 2008 | Michael Ballhaus - Eine Reise durch mein Leben | Self |
| 2007 | Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium | Mr. Edward Magorium |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self |
| 2007 | Trumbo | Self / Interviewee |
| 2006 | The Holiday | Dustin Hoffman (uncredited) |
| 2006 | Perfume: The Story of a Murderer | Giuseppe Baldini |
| 2006 | Stranger Than Fiction | Professor Jules Hilbert |
| 2006 | Rachael Ray | |
| 2006 | Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men" | Self |
| 2006 | Controversy and Acclaim: The Timelessness of a Groundbreaking Film | Self |
| 2005 | Racing Stripes | Tucker (voice) |
| 2005 | The Lost City | Meyer Lansky |
| 2005 | The Reichen Show | Self |
| 2005 | Earth to America | Self |
| 2005 | Nos Bastidores de Hollywood | Self |
| 2004 | Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events | The Critic (uncredited) |
| 2004 | Meet the Fockers | Bernie Focker |
| 2004 | Finding Neverland | Charles Frohman |
| 2004 | I ♥ Huckabees | Bernard Jaffe |
| 2004 | The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made | Chuck Clarke (archive footage) |
| 2003 | Runaway Jury | Wendell Rohr |
| 2003 | Confidence | Winston King |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self |
| 2003 | Mantrap – Straw Dogs: The Final Cut | Self (archive footage) |
| 2003 | The Shakespeare Sessions | |
| 2003 | Moonlight Mile: A Journey to Screen | Self / Ben Floss |
| 2003 | Now Showing: Unforgettable Moments from the Movies | Host |
| 2002 | Moonlight Mile | Ben Floss |
| 2002 | The Kid Stays in the Picture | Self (archive footage) |
| 2002 | Liberty's Kids | Benedict Arnold |
| 2002 | V Graham Norton | Self |
| 2002 | There's Only One Paul McCartney | Self |
| 2001 | Finding the Truth: The Making of 'Kramer vs. Kramer' | Self |
| 2001 | Big Brother's Little Brother | Self |
| 2001 | Going the Distance: Remembering 'Marathon Man' | Self |
| 2001 | Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies | Self - Narrator |
| 2001 | Tuesday | voice |
| 2000 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Guide #1 |
| 1999 | Joan of Arc | Joan's conscience |
| 1999 | The Devil's Arithmetic | Self (Introduces Film) (uncredited) |
| 1999 | Billy Connolly: Erect for 30 Years | |
| 1999 | The Directors | Self |
| 1999 | La Argentina de Tato | Arturo Puig |
| 1998 | Sphere | Dr. Norman Goodman |
| 1998 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies | Self |
| 1998 | Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary: No Guts, No Glory | Self - Host (segment "75 Years of Award Winners") |
| 1997 | Wag the Dog | Stanley Motss |
| 1997 | Mad City | Max Brackett |
| 1996 | Sleepers | Danny Snyder |
| 1996 | The Daily Show | Self |
| 1996 | American Buffalo | Walt 'Teach' Teacher |
| 1995 | Outbreak | Sam Daniels |
| 1995 | MADtv | Self |
| 1995 | The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | Self |
| 1994 | Jonas in the Desert | Self |
| 1993 | La Classe américaine | Peter (archive footage) |
| 1993 | Aretha Franklin: Duets | Self |
| 1992 | Hero | Bernard 'Bernie' Laplante |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | |
| 1992 | HBO First Look | |
| 1992 | Earth and the American Dream | Reader (voice) |
| 1992 | 'The Graduate' at 25 | Self |
| 1992 | Coucou c'est nous ! | Self |
| 1991 | Hook | Captain Hook |
| 1991 | Billy Bathgate | Dutch Schultz |
| 1991 | A Wish for Wings That Work | Milquetoast (voice) |
| 1990 | Dick Tracy | Mumbles |
| 1990 | The Earth Day Special | Every Lawyer |
| 1990 | Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey | Self |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Mr. Bergstrom (voice) |
| 1989 | Family Business | Vito McMullen |
| 1989 | Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt | Narrator (voice) |
| 1988 | Rain Man | Raymond Babbitt |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | |
| 1988 | This Morning | Self |
| 1987 | Ishtar | Chuck Clarke |
| 1986 | American Masters | Self |
| 1986 | Private Conversations: On the Set of ‘Death of a Salesman’ | Self / Willy Loman |
| 1985 | Death of a Salesman | Willy Loman |
| 1985 | Night of 100 Stars II | Self |
| 1984 | Terror in the Aisles | Babe (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1982 | Tootsie | Michael Dorsey / Dorothy Michaels |
| 1982 | Champs-Elysées | Self |
| 1982 | The Making of 'Tootsie' | Self |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Self |
| 1981 | Wetten, dass..? | Self |
| 1980 | The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's | Self (archive footage) |
| 1979 | Kramer vs. Kramer | Ted Kramer |
| 1979 | Agatha | Wally Stanton |
| 1978 | Straight Time | Max Dembo |
| 1977 | Bette Midler: Ol' Red Hair Is Back | Self |
| 1976 | All the President's Men | Carl Bernstein |
| 1976 | Marathon Man | Babe |
| 1976 | Pressure and the Press: The Making of 'All the President's Men' | Self |
| 1976 | The Magic of Hollywood... Is the Magic of People | Self |
| 1975 | Lost in the Garden of the World | Self |
| 1974 | Lenny | Lenny Bruce |
| 1974 | Free to Be… You and Me | Self (scenes deleted) |
| 1974 | Spécial cinéma | Self |
| 1973 | Papillon | Louis Dega |
| 1973 | El Rebelde Magnífico | Self |
| 1972 | Alfredo, Alfredo | Alfredo |
| 1971 | Straw Dogs | David Sumner |
| 1971 | The Point | Narrator / Father (first telecast) |
| 1971 | Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? | Georgie Soloway |
| 1971 | V.I.P. Schaukel | Self |
| 1971 | On Location: Dustin Hoffman | Self |
| 1970 | Little Big Man | Jack Crabb |
| 1970 | Arthur Penn: The Director | Self |
| 1970 | Treffpunkte | Self |
| 1969 | Midnight Cowboy | Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo |
| 1969 | John and Mary | John |
| 1969 | The Crowd Around the Cowboy | Self |
| 1968 | Un dollaro per 7 vigliacchi | Jason Fister |
| 1968 | The New Cinema | Self |
| 1967 | The Graduate | Ben Braddock |
| 1967 | The Tiger Makes Out | Hap |
| 1966 | ABC Stage 67 | J.J. Semmons |
| 1966 | The Star Wagon | Hanus Wicks |
| 1966 | Goldene Kamera Verleihung | Self |
| 1966 | The Journey of the Fifth Horse | Zoditch |
| 1962 | The Nurses | Larson |
| 1961 | The Defenders | Robert Burke |
| 1961 | The Defenders | Buddy |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self (archive footage) |
| 1958 | Naked City | Lester Stenton |
| 1958 | Naked City | Finney |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee/Presenter |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1952 | Today | Self |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee |
