| — | TED ALLAN: MINSTREL BOY OF THE 20TH CENTURY | Narrator |
| 2023 | Heroes of the Golden Masks | Rizzo (voice) |
| 2022 | Boris Karloff: The Rest of the Story | Self |
| 2021 | Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster | Self |
| 2021 | Mooseltoe | Mooseking |
| 2021 | Бондарчук. Battle | self |
| — | Madeline at the Ballet | Narrator (voice) |
| 2021 | Flut in der Kalahari | Narrator (voice) |
| 2020 | The Last Full Measure | Frank Pitsenbarger |
| 2019 | Knives Out - Mord ist Familiensache | Harlan Thrombey |
| 2019 | Departure | Howard Lawson |
| 2019 | Cliffs of Freedom | Thanasi |
| 2019 | Alan Pakula: Going for Truth | Self |
| 2018 | Boundaries | Jack Jaconi |
| 2018 | Howard Lovecraft and the Kingdom of Madness | Dr. Jeffrey West (voice) |
| 2017 | Alles Geld der Welt | Jean Paul Getty |
| 2017 | Charles Dickens - Der Mann der Weihnachten erfand | Scrooge |
| 2017 | Bo und der Weihnachtsstern | King Herod (voice) |
| 2017 | The Exception | Kaiser Wilhelm II |
| 2017 | Howard Lovecraft & the Undersea Kingdom | Dr. West (voice) |
| 2017 | The River of My Dreams | Himself |
| 2016 | Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom | Dr. West (voice) |
| 2015 | Remember - Vergiss nicht, dich zu erinnern | Zev Guttman |
| 2015 | Mr. Collins' zweiter Frühling | Frank Grubman |
| 2015 | Pixies | Pixie King (voice) |
| 2015 | The Untold Story of The Sound of Music: A Diane Sawyer Special | Self |
| 2014 | Hectors Reise oder die Suche nach dem Glück | Professor Coreman |
| 2014 | Der Auftrag | Joseph Cutter |
| 2014 | Elsa & Fred | Fred |
| 2013 | Muhammad Alis größter Kampf | John Marshall Harlan |
| 2013 | Die Legende von Sarila | Croolik (voice) |
| 2013 | Titans of the Ice Age | Narrator |
| 2013 | The Captains: Still Kicking | Himself |
| 2012 | Final Cut - Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) |
| 2012 | Barrymore | John Barrymore |
| 2012 | Kali, le petit vampire | Narrator (english version) |
| 2012 | The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: Hard Copy | |
| 2012 | Behind the Wall: The Making of Skyrim | Self |
| 2011 | Verblendung | Henrik Vanger |
| 2011 | Priest | Monsignor Orelas |
| 2011 | Beginners | Hal Fields |
| 2011 | Discovering Hamlet | Self |
| 2010 | My Dog Tulip | J.R. Ackerley (voice) |
| 2010 | Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood | Narrator |
| 2010 | The Tempest | Prospero |
| 2010 | Madeline's Christmas | Narrator |
| 2009 | Oben | Charles F. Muntz (voice) |
| 2009 | #9 | #1 (voice) |
| 2009 | Das Kabinett des Doktor Parnassus | Doctor Parnassus |
| 2009 | Ein russischer Sommer | Leo Tolstoy |
| 2009 | Caesar and Cleopatra | Caesar |
| 2008 | Emotional Arithmetic | David Winters |
| 2008 | The Summit - Todesvirus beim Gipfeltreffen | P.J. Aimes |
| 2007 | Closing the Ring | Jack |
| 2007 | Rache - Vergeltung hat ihren Preis | Dr. Heller |
| 2007 | Man in the Chair | Flash Madden |
| 2006 | Inside Man | Arthur Case |
| 2006 | Das Haus am See | Simon Wyler |
| 2006 | Das Nürnberger Tribunal der Alliierten | Kommentator |
| 2006 | Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film | Self |
| 2005 | Syriana | Dean Whiting |
| 2005 | The New World | Captain Newport |
| 2005 | Frau mit Hund sucht Mann mit Herz | Bill |
| 2005 | Our Fathers | Cardinal Bernard Law |
| 2005 | Four Minutes | Archie Mason |
| 2005 | Miracle Planet | Himself - Host |
| 2004 | Das Vermächtnis der Tempelritter | John Adams Gates |
| 2004 | Alexander | Aristotle |
| 2003 | Cold Creek Manor - Das Haus am Fluß | Mr. Massie |
| 2003 | Das Johannes-Evangelium | Narrator (voice) |
| 2003 | Blizzard - Das magische Rentier | Santa Claus |
| 2003 | The Life Of Jesus | Narrator |
| 2002 | Nicholas Nickleby | Ralph Nickleby |
| 2002 | Ararat | David |
| 2002 | Agent of Influence | John Watkins |
| 2002 | Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages | Self |
| 2002 | Night Flight | 'Flash' Harry Peters |
| 2001 | A Beautiful Mind - Genie und Wahnsinn | Dr. Rosen |
| 2001 | Lucky Break | Graham Mortimer |
| 2001 | Full Disclosure | Robert Lecker |
| 2001 | On Golden Pond | Norman Thayer |
| 2000 | Wes Craven präsentiert Dracula | Matthew Van Helsing |
| 2000 | Nürnberg - Im Namen der Menschlichkeit | Sir David Maxwell Fyfe |
| 2000 | Vom Teufel besessen | Archbishop Hume |
| 2000 | Der Schatz der Dinosaurier | Hump Hinton |
| 2000 | American Tragedy | F. Lee Bailey |
| 1999 | Insider | Mike Wallace |
| 1999 | Madeline: Lost in Paris | Narrator (voice) |
| 1999 | Das Todeskomplott | Ulrich Steiner |
| 1998 | The Clown at Midnight | Mr. Caruthers |
| 1998 | Winchell | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| 1998 | Blackheart | Holmes |
| 1998 | The First Christmas | Narrator (voice) |
| 1997 | Babes in Toyland | Barnaby Crookedman (voice) |
| 1997 | The Arrow | George Hees |
| 1997 | Skeletons | Reverend Carlyle |
| 1996 | The Hamster Factor and Other Tales of Twelve Monkeys | Self |
| 1996 | The Conspiracy of Fear | Wakeman |
| 1995 | 12 Monkeys | Dr. Goines |
| 1995 | Dolores | John Mackey |
| 1995 | I.Q.-Runner - Aufstand der Untermenschen | John Klaxon |
| 1994 | Wolf - Das Tier im Manne | Raymond Alden |
| 1994 | Cracker Jack | Ivan Getz |
| 1994 | Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold | Self (archive footage) |
| 1993 | Ben-Hur: The Making of an Epic | Narrator |
| 1993 | A Stranger in the Mirror | Clifton Lawrence |
| 1992 | Malcolm X | Chaplain Gill |
| 1992 | Secrets | Mel Wexler |
| 1992 | Liar's Edge | Harry Weldon |
| 1992 | Impolite | Naples O'Rorke |
| 1991 | Star Trek VI - Das unentdeckte Land | General Chang |
| 1991 | Rock-A-Doodle | Grand Duke (voice) |
| 1991 | Die junge Katharina | Sir Charles |
| 1991 | Firehead | Col. Garland Vaughn |
| 1991 | Money | Martin Yahl |
| 1991 | Madeline and the Gypsies | Narrator (voice) |
| 1991 | Madeline and the Bad Hat | Narrator (voice) |
| 1991 | Madeline in London | Narrator (voice) |
| 1991 | Berlin Lady | Wilhelm Speer |
| 1990 | Die Zeit der bunten Vögel | Shitty |
| 1990 | Dreamliners | Dr. John Alcore |
| 1990 | Ein Phantom in Monte Carlo | The Grand Duke Ivan |
| 1990 | Auf eigene Faust | Alexander Addington |
| 1990 | The Little Crooked Christmas Tree | Narrator |
| 1989 | Mindfield | Doctor Satorius |
| 1989 | The First Emperor of China | Narrator |
| 1989 | Souvenir | Ernst Kestner |
| 1989 | Nabokov on Kafka | Vladimir Nabokov |
| 1988 | Nosferatu in Venedig | Professor Paris Catalano |
| 1988 | Madeline | Narrator (voice) |
| 1988 | American Experience | Narrator |
| 1988 | The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind | Narrator (voice) |
| 1988 | Shadow Dancing | Edmund Beaumont |
| 1988 | Madeline | Narrator (voice) |
| 1987 | Schlappe Bullen beißen nicht | Reverend Jonathan Whirley |
| 1987 | Wagnis der Liebe | Sir Giles Staverley |
| 1987 | I Love N.Y. | John Robertson Yeats |
| 1987 | The Nightingale | Narrator (voice) |
| 1986 | Feivel der Mauswanderer | Henri (voice) |
| 1986 | Finish - Endspurt bis zum Sieg | Knox |
| 1986 | Die Frau vom Boß | Mr. Roalvang |
| 1986 | Im Feuer der Gefühle | Armand DeVilliers |
| 1986 | The Tin Soldier | Narrator (voice) |
| 1986 | Spearfield's Daughter | Lord Jack Cruze |
| 1985 | The Velveteen Rabbit | Narrator (voice) |
| 1985 | Rumpelstiltskin | Narrator |
| 1984 | Die Bill Cosby Show | Jonathan Lawrence |
| 1984 | Dreamscape – Höllische Träume | Bob Blair |
| 1984 | Tödlicher Irrtum | Leo Argyle |
| 1984 | Lily in Love | Fitzroy Wynn / Roberto Terranova |
| 1983 | Die Dornenvögel | Archbishop Vittorio Contini-Verchese |
| 1983 | Im Wendekreis des Kreuzes | Col. Herbert Kappler |
| 1983 | SuperTed | |
| 1983 | Prototype | Dr. Carl Forrester |
| 1982 | Nature | Narrator (voice) |
| 1982 | Little Gloria... Happy at Last | Reggie Vanderbilt |
| 1982 | Am Highpoint flippt die Meute aus | James Hatcher |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Self |
| 1981 | Der Augenzeuge | Joseph |
| 1981 | Der zweite Mann | Professor Lakos |
| 1981 | Bei Anruf Mord | Tony Wendice |
| 1981 | Being Different | Self (Narrator) (voice) |
| 1981 | When the Circus Came to Town | Duke Royal |
| 1980 | Ein tödlicher Traum | William Fawcett Robinson |
| 1980 | The Shadow Box | Brian |
| 1980 | Killer-Piraten greifen an | Jacques Burrifous |
| 1979 | Mord an der Themse | Sherlock Holmes |
| 1979 | Das tödliche Dreieck | Paul Sellinger |
| 1978 | Star Crash - Sterne im Duell | The Emperor |
| 1978 | Dein Partner ist der Tod | Reikle |
| 1978 | Alles Glück dieser Erde | John Seaton |
| 1977 | Jesus von Nazareth | Herod Antipas |
| 1977 | Sein letzter Mord | Deverell |
| 1977 | Der Auftrag | Kaptain Behounek |
| 1977 | Silver Blaze | Sherlock Holmes |
| 1976 | Schlacht in den Wolken | Capt. 'Uncle' Sinclair |
| 1976 | Die Bankiers | Roscoe Heyward |
| 1975 | Der Mann, der König sein wollte | Rudyard Kipling |
| 1975 | Der rosarote Panther kehrt zurück | Sir Charles Litton |
| 1975 | Die Schande des Regiments | Maggiore Alastair Wimbourne |
| 1975 | Das Geheimnis der Wendeltreppe | Dr. Sherman |
| 1975 | Der Tag, der die Welt veränderte | Archduke Ferdinand |
| 1974 | The Happy Prince | The Happy Prince (voice) |
| 1974 | After the Fall | Quentin |
| 1973 | The Pyx | Dt. Sgt. Jim Henderson |
| 1970 | Waterloo | Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington |
| 1969 | Luftschlacht um England | Squadron Leader Colin Harvey |
| 1969 | Der Untergang des Sonnenreiches | Atahualpa |
| 1969 | Leigh Mcnally | Lord Foppington |
| 1968 | Der Haftbefehl | Sir James Quentin |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest |
| 1968 | König Oedipus | Oedipus |
| 1967 | Die Nacht der Generale | Field Marshal Rommel |
| 1966 | Spion zwischen zwei Fronten | Freddie Chapman |
| 1965 | Meine Lieder, meine Träume | Captain Georg von Trapp |
| 1965 | Verdammte süße Welt | Raymond Swan |
| 1965 | Salzburg Sight and Sound | Self |
| 1964 | Der Untergang des Römischen Reiches | Commodus |
| 1964 | Hamlet at Elsinore | Hamlet |
| 1963 | 30 Minutes, Mister Plummer | Himself |
| 1963 | Trans-Canada Journey | Narrator (voice) |
| 1960 | Captain Brassbound's Conversion | Captain Brassbound |
| 1959 | A Doll's House | Torvald |
| 1959 | NBC Sunday Showcase | |
| 1958 | Sumpf unter den Füßen | Walt Murdock |
| 1958 | Stage Struck | Joe Sheridan |
| 1958 | Johnny Belinda | Dr. Jack Pelletier |
| 1958 | Little Moon of Alban | Kenneth Boyd |
| 1957 | DuPont Show of the Month | Sir Miles Hendon |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Winner |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Nominee/Presenter |
| 1953 | Oscar Verleihung | Self |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Walter Shelley |
| 1952 | Omnibus | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Dr. Jack Pelletier |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Torvald Helmer |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Captain Brassbound |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Prince Albert |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Cyrano de Bergerac |
| 1949 | Suspense | |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self / Mark Anthony |
| 1948 | Studio One | Dick |
