| — | Vegetable Soup | Long John Spoilsport |
| — | The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror | |
| 2024 | Butterfly in the Sky | Guest Narrator (archive footage) |
| 2022 | 오비완 케노비 | Darth Vader (voice) |
| 2021 | 커밍 2 아메리카 | King Jaffe Joffer |
| 2021 | 스트리트 갱: 하우 위 갓 투 세서미 스트리트 | Self (archive footage) |
| 2019 | 라이온 킹 | Mufasa (voice) |
| 2019 | 스타워즈 에피소드 9: 라이즈 오브 스카이워커 | Darth Vader (voice) |
| 2019 | 무비: 우리가 사랑한 영화들 | Self (archive footage) |
| 2019 | On Broadway | Self (archive footage) |
| 2019 | The Space: Theatre of Survival | Narrator |
| 2019 | Words from a Bear | Self |
| 2019 | Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage | Self |
| 2018 | 워닝 쇼트: 아이 엠 마더 | Pendleton |
| 2017 | Broadway: The Next Generation | Self |
| 2017 | The Lion Guard: Life In The Pride Lands | Mufasa (voice) |
| 2016 | 로그 원: 스타워즈 스토리 | Darth Vader (voice) |
| 2016 | God Bless You, Mr Rosewater | Kilgore Trout |
| 2015 | 라이온 수호대: 돌아온 전설 | Mufasa (voice) |
| 2015 | Star Wars Rebels: The Siege of Lothal | Darth Vader (voice) |
| 2015 | Driving Miss Daisy | Hoke Colburn |
| 2015 | August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand | |
| 2014 | 스타워즈 반란군 | Darth Vader (voice) |
| 2014 | 스타워즈 반란군 | Anakin Skywalker (voice) |
| 2014 | 앵그리스트맨 | Ruben |
| 2014 | Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion | Darth Vader (voice) |
| 2013 | 블랙피쉬: 노토리어스 킬러 | Self (archive footage) |
| 2013 | 작은 영혼의 쉼터 | Frank McCarthy |
| 2013 | 밀리어스 | Self |
| 2013 | 뮤즈 오브 파이어 | Self |
| 2012 | Joe Papp in Five Acts | Self |
| 2012 | An Amazing Time: A Conversation About End of the Road | Self |
| 2010 | Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey | Admiral (voice) |
| 2009 | Waking Sleeping Beauty | Self (archive footage) |
| 2009 | 잭과 콩나무 | The Giant (voice) |
| 2008 | 웰컴 홈 로스코 젠킨스 | Papa Jenkins |
| 2007 | 빅뱅 이론 | Self |
| 2007 | 지구 | Narrator (voice) |
| 2007 | John, Paul, George and Ben | Narrator |
| 2007 | Our Paul: Remembering Paul Robeson | Self |
| 2006 | 클릭 | Narrator of Michael's Past (voice) (uncredited) |
| 2006 | 무서운 영화 4 | Narrator (uncredited) |
| 2006 | 벤치워머스 | Darth Vader (voice) |
| 2006 | The One Show | Self - Guest |
| 2006 | Searching for Orson | Self |
| 2006 | The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays | Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences") |
| 2005 | 스타워즈 에피소드 3: 시스의 복수 | Darth Vader (voice - uncredited) |
| 2005 | 로봇 | Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice) |
| 2005 | The Sandlot 2 | Mr. Mertle |
| 2005 | The Reading Room | William |
| 2005 | By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' | Narrator |
| 2005 | Hollywood's Greatest Villains | Self |
| 2004 | 하우스 | Dibala |
| 2004 | 꿈의 제국: 스타워즈 3부작 이야기 | Self |
| 2004 | The Story of Star Wars | Darth Vader (archive footage) |
| 2004 | Nine Dog Christmas | Narrator |
| 2004 | No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat | Self |
| 2004 | Black Indians: An American Story | Narrator |
| 2003 | 두 남자와 1/2 | Himself |
| 2003 | Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October' | Self |
| 2003 | The Great Year | Narrator |
| 2003 | The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror | Maggie Simpson (voice) |
| 2002 | 에버우드 | Will Cleveland |
| 2002 | Fredericksburg: A Documentary Film | Narrator |
| 2001 | According to Jim | Royal Flush Voice (voice) |
| 2001 | 파인더스 피 | Avery Phillips |
| 2001 | Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street | Mister (voice) |
| 2001 | Disney's American Legends | Narrator |
| 2001 | Feast of All Saints | Older Marcel |
| 2001 | Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World | Self |
| 2000 | 환타지아 2000 | Self - Host |
| 2000 | Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb' | Self - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg' |
| 2000 | Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan' | Self |
| 2000 | The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove | Self |
| 2000 | Summer's End | Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely |
| 2000 | Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light | |
| 2000 | Antietam: A Documentary Film | Narrator |
| 1999 | Undercover Angel | The Judge |
| 1999 | Our Friend, Martin | Daddy King (voice) |
| 1999 | The Annihilation of Fish | Fish |
| 1999 | Santa and Pete | James Earl Jones |
| 1999 | On the Q.T. | Leo |
| 1998 | 라이온 킹 2 | Mufasa (voice) |
| 1998 | 윌 앤 그레이스 | Self |
| 1998 | 프라이머리 컬러스 | CNN Voiceover (voice) |
| 1998 | Merlin | Rock of Ages |
| 1998 | AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies | Self |
| 1997 | 스타게이트 SG-1 | Unas (Voice) |
| 1997 | Casper: A Spirited Beginning | Kibosh (voice) |
| 1997 | 갱 릴레이션 | Arthur Baylor |
| 1997 | The Second Civil War | Jim Kalla |
| 1997 | What the Deaf Man Heard | Archibald Thacker |
| 1997 | 호턴 푸트의 홀로서기 | Grey |
| 1997 | The Second Civil War | Jim Kalla |
| 1997 | Sports on the Silver Screen | Self (archive footage) |
| 1997 | Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery | Self |
| 1997 | Hitler's Forgotten Victims | Narrator (voice) (DVD version) |
| 1997 | Afro Promo | Self (archive footage) |
| 1996 | 뉴욕 광시곡 | Self - Interviewee |
| 1996 | 브라더 스토리 | Ray Murdock |
| 1996 | Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault | Dr. McDuffie |
| 1996 | Timepiece | Lawrence |
| 1995 | 저지 드레드 | Narrator (uncredited) |
| 1995 | 대통령의 연인들 | Madison Hemings |
| 1995 | 비성 | Rev. Stephen Kumalo |
| 1995 | The Making of 'Jurassic Park' | Host |
| 1995 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | King Dakkar (voice) |
| 1995 | Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable | Mufasa (voice) |
| 1995 | The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | Self |
| 1995 | People: A Musical Celebration | The Storyteller (voice) |
| 1995 | Who's in Rabbit's House? | Narrator (voice) |
| 1995 | Under One Roof | Neb Langston |
| 1995 | Signs and Wonders | Diamond |
| 1994 | 라이온 킹 | Mufasa (voice) |
| 1994 | 총알탄 사나이 3 | James Earl Jones (uncredited) |
| 1994 | 해리슨 포드의 긴급명령 | Admiral James Greer |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel | The Angel of Angels |
| 1994 | 탐정 포그와 애완견 애꾸 | John Dolby |
| 1994 | Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics | Host |
| 1994 | Africa: The Serengeti | Narrator |
| 1994 | The Vernon Johns Story | Vernon Johns |
| 1994 | Confessions: Two Faces of Evil | Charles Lloyd |
| 1994 | The Making of the Lion King | Self |
| 1994 | Gangs: Turning the Corner | Self |
| 1994 | Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' | Narrator |
| 1993 | 리틀 야구왕 | Mr. Mertle |
| 1993 | 프레이저 | Norman Royster |
| 1993 | 로이스 앤 클락 | Franklin Stern |
| 1993 | 써머스비 | Judge Barry Conrad Issacs |
| 1993 | 유성맞은 슈퍼맨 | Earnest Moses |
| 1993 | Homicide: Life on the Street | |
| 1993 | Michael Jackson: Dangerous - The Short Films | Self [Superbowl Heal The World] (voice) |
| 1993 | Excessive Force | Jake |
| 1993 | Dreamrider | Bill Perry |
| 1993 | Percy & Thunder | Percy Banks |
| 1993 | Hallelujah | Old Man Taylor |
| 1992 | 패트리어트 게임 | Adm. James Greer |
| 1992 | 스니커즈 | Mr. Bernard Abbott |
| 1992 | Lincoln | Narrator (voice) |
| 1992 | Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories | Narrator (Voice) |
| 1991 | True Identity | Himself |
| 1991 | Convicts | Ben Johnson |
| 1991 | 청춘의 빛 | Bear |
| 1991 | Visitors from the Unknown | Narrator |
| 1991 | Pros and Cons | Gabriel Bird |
| 1991 | Portrait of Castro's Cuba | Host/Narrator |
| 1990 | 붉은 10월 | Admiral Greer |
| 1990 | 로 앤 오더 | Defense Attorney Horace McCoy |
| 1990 | 엠브런스 | Lt. Spencer |
| 1990 | By Dawn's Early Light | Alice |
| 1990 | Grim Prairie Tales | Morrison |
| 1990 | Ivory Hunters | Inspector Nkuru |
| 1990 | Gabriel's Fire | Gabriel Bird |
| 1990 | Heat Wave | Junius Johnson |
| 1990 | Teach 109 | Dr. Winston |
| 1990 | Last Flight Out | Al Topping |
| 1989 | 심슨 가족 | Narrator (voice) |
| 1989 | 심슨 가족 | Moving Man / Serak the Preparer / Narrator (voice) |
| 1989 | 심슨 가족 | Maggie Simpson (voice) |
| 1989 | 꿈의 구장 | Terrence Mann |
| 1989 | 베스트 오브 더 베스트 | Frank Couzo |
| 1989 | 3인의 탈주자 | Dugan |
| 1989 | Stories to Remember: Noah's Ark | Narrator |
| 1989 | Long Ago and Far Away | Host |
| 1989 | 11-22-63: The Day the Nation Cried | Narrator |
| 1989 | The Hunting of the Snark | Narrator (voice) |
| 1989 | Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast | Narrator (voice) |
| 1988 | 구혼 작전 | King Jaffe Joffer |
| 1988 | Terrorgram | Retribution (voice) |
| 1988 | Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues | Narrator (voice) |
| 1987 | 병사의 낙원 | Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson |
| 1987 | 메이트완 | 'Few Clothes' Johnson |
| 1987 | Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night | Emperor of the Night (voice) |
| 1987 | Mathnet | Chief Thad Green (voice) |
| 1987 | Mathnet | Chief Thad Green |
| 1987 | A House Divided | |
| 1986 | 쿼터메인 | Umslopogaas |
| 1986 | 소울 맨 | Professor Banks |
| 1986 | L.A. Law | Lee Atkins |
| 1986 | 나의 작은 소녀 | Ike Bailey |
| 1986 | Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp | Genie / Narrator |
| 1986 | The Lone Star Kid | Holmes |
| 1985 | City Limits | Albert |
| 1985 | The Atlanta Child Murders | Major Walker |
| 1985 | Night of 100 Stars II | Self |
| 1985 | Me and Mom | |
| 1985 | Visual Pathfinders: Robert Abel & Associates | |
| 1984 | The Flight of Dragons | Ommadon (voice) |
| 1984 | CBS Schoolbreak Special | Detective Robb |
| 1984 | The Vegas Strip War | Jack Madrid |
| 1984 | Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears | Narrator |
| 1983 | 스타워즈 에피소드 6: 제다이의 귀환 | Darth Vader (voice) |
| 1983 | Reading Rainbow | Himself - Narrator (voice) |
| 1982 | 코난: 바바리안 | Thulsa Doom |
| 1982 | Blood Tide | Frye |
| 1982 | Faerie Tale Theatre | Genie / Narrator (voice) |
| 1982 | Amy and the Angel | Gabriel |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Self |
| 1981 | The Bushido Blade | The Prisoner |
| 1981 | The Creation | Narrator (voice) |
| 1981 | Beauty and the Beast | Narrator (voice) |
| 1981 | God's Trombones | Himself - Narrator (segment "The Creation") |
| 1981 | There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues | himself, voice |
| 1980 | 스타워즈 에피소드 5: 제국의 역습 | Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1980 | Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones | Father Divine |
| 1980 | The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story | Dane Oliver |
| 1980 | The Me Nobody Knows | Self |
| 1979 | Roots: The Next Generations | Alex Haley |
| 1979 | Paris | Woody Paris |
| 1979 | Paul Robeson | Paul Robeson |
| 1979 | A Walking Tour of Sesame Street | Self - Host |
| 1978 | 스타 워즈 홀리데이 스페셜 | Darth Vader (voice) |
| 1978 | The Kennedy Center Honors | Self |
| 1978 | The Magic of David Copperfield | |
| 1978 | Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement | Self |
| 1977 | 스타워즈 에피소드 4: 새로운 희망 | Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1977 | 엑소시스트 2 | Older Kokumo |
| 1977 | 나자렛 예수 | Balthazar |
| 1977 | The Last Remake of Beau Geste | Sheikh |
| 1977 | The Making of Star Wars | Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1977 | The Greatest | Malcolm X |
| 1977 | 피스 오브 더 액션 | Joshua Burke |
| 1977 | The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened | Morris Bird, Jr. |
| 1976 | 카리브해의 대해적 | Nick Debrett |
| 1976 | The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings | Leon |
| 1976 | The River Niger | Johnny Williams |
| 1975 | The UFO Incident | Barney Hill |
| 1975 | Deadly Hero | Rabbit Shazam |
| 1974 | 클로딘 | Rupert D. "Roop" Marshall |
| 1974 | The Cay | Timothy |
| 1974 | King Lear | King Lear |
| 1973 | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Self |
| 1973 | Black Omnibus | Self - Host |
| 1972 | Malcolm X | Biographical Narration (voice) |
| 1972 | The Man | Douglass Dilman |
| 1971 | Great Performances | King Lear |
| 1971 | Martin Luther King, Jr.: Legacy of a Dream | Narrator |
| 1970 | The Great White Hope | Jack Jefferson |
| 1970 | 킹: 어 필름드 리코드... 몽고메리 투 멤피스 | Self (archive footage) |
| 1970 | End of the Road | Doctor D |
| 1969 | 세서미 스트리트 | |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest |
| 1968 | Film Night | |
| 1967 | The Comedians | Dr. Magiot |
| 1966 | Tarzan | |
| 1964 | 닥터 스트레인지러브 | Lt. Lothar Zogg |
| 1963 | East Side/West Side | |
| 1961 | Dr. Kildare | Dr. Lou Rush |
| 1961 | The Defenders | Lieutenant Andrews |
| 1961 | The Defenders | Reverend Harris Bonham |
| 1956 | 토니상 | Self - Presenter |
| 1956 | 토니상 | Self - Nominee / Performer |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Archibald Thacker |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Jack Jefferson (archive footage) |
| 1948 | Lamp Unto My Feet | |
