| — | Amazing Stories: The Movie II | John Walters (archive footage) |
| — | Jimpa | Jimpa |
| 2024 | Cabrini | Mayor Gould |
| 2024 | Conclave | Cardinal Tremblay |
| 2024 | Spellbound | Minister Bolinar (voice) |
| 2024 | The Rule of Jenny Pen | |
| 2024 | Art Happens Here with John Lithgow | Self |
| 2023 | Killers of the Flower Moon | Prosecutor Peter Leaward |
| 2023 | Sharper | Richard Hobbes |
| 2023 | Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic | Self |
| 2023 | Liv Ullmann: A Road Less Travelled | Self |
| 2022 | The Bubble | Tom the Studio Chairman |
| 2022 | The Old Man | Harold Harper |
| 2022 | Sherri | Self - Guest |
| 2022 | Chez Bob | |
| 2021 | Dexter: New Blood | Arthur Mitchell |
| 2021 | Ultra City Smiths | Ol' Gregory Timms |
| 2021 | Live in Front of a Studio Audience: The Facts of Life and Diff'rent Strokes | Philip Drummond |
| 2021 | Myths and Hymns | |
| 2021 | Emily @ the Edge of Chaos | Sir Isaac Newton (voice) |
| 2020 | Perry Mason | Elias Birchard 'E.B.' Jonathan |
| 2020 | Disclosure - Hollywoods Bild von Transgender | Self (archive footage) |
| 2020 | Give My Regards to Broadway | Self |
| 2020 | Stars in the House | Self - Special Guest |
| 2019 | Friedhof der Kuscheltiere | Jud Crandall |
| 2019 | Bombshell - Das Ende des Schweigens | Roger Ailes |
| 2019 | Late Night - Die Show Ihres Lebens | Walter Lovell |
| 2019 | The Tomorrow Man | Ed Hemsler |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self |
| 2019 | The Investigation: A Search for the Truth in Ten Acts | President Donald J. Trump |
| 2019 | On Broadway | Self |
| 2018 | James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction | Self |
| 2018 | Mister Rogers: It's You I Like | Self |
| 2018 | The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer | Self - Guest |
| 2018 | Pet Sematary: The Tale of Timmy Baterman | Jud Crandall |
| 2018 | Firing Line with Margaret Hoover | |
| 2017 | Pitch Perfect 3 | Fergus |
| 2017 | Daddy's Home 2 - Mehr Väter, mehr Probleme! | Don |
| 2017 | Beatriz at Dinner | Doug Strutt |
| 2017 | Trial & Error | Larry Henderson |
| 2017 | The Pulitzer At 100 | Self |
| 2017 | Broadway: The Next Generation | Self |
| 2017 | They All Saw a Cat | |
| 2017 | Hickory Dickory Doc | Himself |
| 2016 | The Accountant | Lamar Blackburn |
| 2016 | The Crown | Winston Churchill |
| 2016 | Die Erfindung der Wahrheit | Senator Ronald Sperling |
| 2016 | Shakespeare Live! From the RSC | Self - Performer |
| 2016 | Ode to Joy: Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 | Narrator |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self - Guest |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self |
| 2015 | Best of Enemies | Self |
| 2015 | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter | Self |
| 2015 | Inside 'Interstellar' | Self |
| 2015 | Projections of America | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 2015 | Lord John | |
| 2014 | Interstellar | Donald |
| 2014 | The Homesman | Reverend Alfred Dowd |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | |
| 2014 | Liebe geht seltsame Wege | Ben |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self |
| 2014 | 9 Kisses | Man in Club |
| 2014 | Die Roosevelts - Eine amerikanische Saga | James Roosevelt (voice) |
| 2014 | Die Dschungelhelden - Operation Piratenschatz | Maurice (voice) |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self |
| 2013 | Once Upon a Time in Wonderland | The White Rabbit (voice) |
| 2013 | Shrek - Geschichten aus dem Sumpf | Lord Farquaad (voice) |
| 2013 | Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love | Himself |
| 2013 | Timms Valley | Ol' Gregory Timms |
| 2013 | National Theatre Live: The Magistrate | Posket |
| 2012 | Immer Ärger mit 40 | Oliver |
| 2012 | Die Qual der Wahl | Glen Motch |
| 2012 | Casting By | Self |
| 2012 | Finding Your Roots | Self |
| 2011 | Planet der Affen - Prevolution | Charles Rodman |
| 2011 | Happy New Year - Neues Jahr, neues Glück | Jonathan Cox (uncredited) |
| 2011 | Prohibition - Eine amerikanische Erfahrung | Reader / H.L. Mencken (voice) |
| 2011 | Shrek: Once Upon a Time | Self |
| 2010 | Verlobung auf Umwegen | Jack Brady |
| 2010 | Conan | Self |
| 2009 | Shopaholic - Die Schnäppchenjägerin | Edgar West |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest |
| 2009 | The Macabre World of Lavender Williams | God |
| 2009 | Miracle in a Box: A Piano Reborn | Narrator |
| 2008 | Car of the Future | Narrator |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self |
| 2007 | ShowBusiness: The Road to Broadway | Self |
| 2006 | Dexter | Arthur Mitchell |
| 2006 | Dreamgirls | Jerry Harris |
| 2006 | 30 Rock | John Lithgow |
| 2006 | Twenty Good Years | |
| 2006 | Sangre | Cafe chef and owner |
| 2006 | The Great Robot Race: The DARPA Grand Challenge | Narrator |
| 2006 | The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays | René Gallimard (segment "M. Butterfly") |
| 2005 | How I Met Your Mother | Jerry Whittaker |
| 2005 | The Colbert Report | |
| 2005 | E=mc² – Einsteins große Idee | Narrator (voice) U.S. edition |
| 2005 | The Apprentice: Martha Stewart | |
| 2004 | Kinsey - Die Wahrheit über Sex | Alfred Seguine Kinsey |
| 2004 | Der Geist von Lord Farquaad | Ghost of Farquaad (voice) |
| 2004 | The Life and Death of Peter Sellers | Blake Edwards |
| 2004 | The Tony Danza Show | Self |
| 2004 | Dogs and More Dogs | Narrator |
| 2003 | VH1 Goes Inside | |
| 2003 | Bark, George | |
| 2002 | Nix wie raus aus Orange County | Bud Brumder |
| 2002 | Live vom Roten Teppich | Self |
| 2002 | Buckaroo Banzai Declassified | Self |
| 2001 | Shrek - Der tollkühne Held | Lord Farquaad (voice) |
| 2001 | Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party | Lord Farquaad (singing voice) |
| 2000 | Rugrats in Paris: Der Film | Jean-Claude (voice) |
| 2000 | Don Quichotte | Don Quixote de La Mancha / Alonso Quixano |
| 2000 | 95 Worlds and Counting | Narrator |
| 1999 | The Early Show | Self |
| 1999 | Tales from the Crypt: The Robert Zemeckis Collection | Dr. Oscar Charles |
| 1998 | Zivilprozess | Judge Walter J. Skinner |
| 1998 | Homegrown | Malcolm / Robert Stockman |
| 1998 | Skidmarks - Blutspuren | Sergeant Larry Skovik |
| 1997 | The View | Self |
| 1997 | The View | Self - Guest |
| 1997 | Officer Buckle and Gloria | Narrator (voice) |
| 1996 | The Daily Show | Self |
| 1996 | Hinterm Mond gleich links | Dick Solomon |
| 1996 | Lethal Point - Zwei gnadenlose Profis | Thomas Livingston |
| 1996 | Cosby | John Lithgow |
| 1996 | The West | Self |
| 1996 | The West | Self / Uriah Oblinger (voice) |
| 1996 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Self - Guest |
| 1996 | Special Effects: Anything Can Happen | Narrator |
| 1995 | Die Ehre zu fliegen - Tuskegee Airmen | Senator Conyers |
| 1995 | Redwood Curtain | Laird Riordan |
| 1995 | My Brother's Keeper | Tom Bradley / Bob Bradley |
| 1995 | American Cinema | Narrator |
| 1994 | Stummer Schrei | Dr. Rene Harlinger |
| 1994 | A Good Man in Africa | Arthur Fanshawe, British High Commissioner |
| 1994 | Prinzessin Caraboo | Professor Wilkinson |
| 1994 | World War II: When Lions Roared | Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| 1994 | American Cinema | |
| 1993 | Cliffhanger | Eric Qualen |
| 1993 | Die Akte | Smith Keen |
| 1993 | Frasier | Madman Martinez (voice) |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest |
| 1993 | Schatten der Leidenschaft | Phillip Mills |
| 1993 | Böse Schatten | Paul Harrington |
| 1993 | Sylvester and the Magic Pebble | Narrator |
| 1993 | The Country Mouse & the City Mouse: A Christmas Tale | Alexander (voice) |
| 1992 | Mein Bruder Kain | Carter Nix / Cain / Dr. Nix / Josh / Margo |
| 1991 | Ricochet - Der Aufprall | Earl Talbott Blake |
| 1991 | Ein Pfeil in den Himmel | Leslie Huben |
| 1991 | The Boys | |
| 1990 | Memphis Belle | Bruce Derringer |
| 1990 | Safari des Todes | Robert Carter |
| 1990 | Night of 100 Stars III | Self |
| 1990 | John Lithgow's Kid-Sized Concert | |
| 1989 | Die Simpsons | Gus (voice) |
| 1989 | Die Simpsons | John Lithgow (voice) |
| 1989 | Geschichten aus der Gruft | Dr. Oscar Charles |
| 1989 | Tau mich auf, Liebling | Dave |
| 1989 | Traveling Man | Ben Cluett |
| 1988 | Distant Thunder | Mark Lambert |
| 1987 | Bigfoot und die Hendersons | George Henderson |
| 1987 | Baby Girl Scott | Neil Scott |
| 1987 | The Amazing Bone | Narrator |
| 1986 | Manhattan Project - Der atomare Alptraum | John Mathewson |
| 1986 | Letzte Ruhe | Maj. Kendall Laird |
| 1985 | Santa Claus | B.Z. |
| 1985 | Unglaubliche Geschichten | John Walters |
| 1985 | In guten und in schlechten Zeiten | Oliver Thompson |
| 1985 | Santa Claus: The Making of the Movie | Self |
| 1984 | Footloose | Rev. Shaw Moore |
| 1984 | 2010 - Das Jahr, in dem wir Kontakt aufnehmen | Dr. Walter Curnow |
| 1984 | Buckaroo Banzai - Die 8. Dimension | Lord John Whorfin |
| 1984 | Glitter Dome - Im Würgegriff der Glitzerwelt | Sgt. Marty Wellborn |
| 1984 | Goldilocks and the Three Bears | Goldilocks' Father |
| 1983 | Zeit der Zärtlichkeit | Sam Burns |
| 1983 | Twilight Zone - Unheimliche Schattenlichter | Valentine |
| 1983 | The Day After - Der Tag danach | Joe Huxley |
| 1982 | Garp und wie er die Welt sah | Roberta Muldoon |
| 1982 | Große Märchen mit großen Stars | Goldilocks' Father |
| 1982 | Die Jagd nach dem Leben | Mr. Brunner |
| 1982 | Not in Front of the Children | Richard Carruthers |
| 1981 | Blow Out - Der Tod löscht alle Spuren | Burke |
| 1980 | Big Blonde | Herbie Morse |
| 1980 | The Oldest Living Graduate | Clarence |
| 1980 | Mom, the Wolfman and Me | Wally |
| 1979 | Hinter dem Rampenlicht | Lucas Sergeant |
| 1979 | Nicht von schlechten Eltern | Paul Philips |
| 1978 | Der große Trick | Sam Sebastian |
| 1977 | Secret Service | Capt. Thorne |
| 1976 | Schwarzer Engel | Robert Lasalle |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host |
| 1974 | NOVA | Narrator |
| 1974 | The Country Girl | Paul Unger |
| 1972 | Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues | John |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Capt. Thorne |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee & Performer |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Winner |
| 1952 | Today | Self |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Paul Unger |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Major Kendall Laird |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Laird Riordan |
