Louis Gossett Jr.

Iron Eagle III

Movie • 1992

Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair

Freeman

Movie • 1977

Rex

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas

Movie • 2007

Self

The Principal

Movie • 1987

Jake Phillips

An Officer and a Gentleman

Movie • 1982

Sergeant Emil Foley

Toy Soldiers

Movie • 1991

Dean Parker

Momentum

Movie • 2003

Raymond Addison

The Deep

Movie • 1977

Henri Cloche

Iron Eagle

Movie • 1986

Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair

Delgo

Movie • 2008

King Zahn (voice)

Finders Keepers

Movie • 1984

Century

Skin Game

Movie • 1971

Jason O'Rourke

Travels with My Aunt

Movie • 1972

Wordsworth

The White Dawn

Movie • 1974

Portagee

The Inspectors 2: A Shred of Evidence

Movie • 2000

Frank

Iron Eagle II

Movie • 1988

Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair

Enemy Mine

Movie • 1985

Jeriba 'Jerry' Shigan

The Punisher

Movie • 1989

Jake Berkowitz

Firewalker

Movie • 1986

Leo Porter

The New Girl

Movie • 1960

Mary's Brother

Solar Attack

Movie • 2006

President Ryan Gordon

Iron Eagle on the Attack

Movie • 1995

Charles 'Chappy' Sinclair

Why Did I Get Married Too?

Movie • 2010

Porter

I Love Liberty

Movie • 1982

Self

The Laughing Policeman

Movie • 1973

Insp. James Larrimore SFPD

A Raisin in the Sun

Movie • 1961

George Murchison

Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy

Movie • 2009

Self

J.D.'s Revenge

Movie • 1976

Rev. Elija Bliss

Daddy's Little Girls

Movie • 2007

Willie

Left Behind: World at War

Movie • 2005

President Geral Fitzhugh

The Landlord

Movie • 1970

Copee Johnson

Y2K

Movie • 1999

Morgan

Club Soda

Movie • 2006

Doc

Jaws 3-D

Movie • 1983

Calvin Bouchard

The Least Among You

Movie • 2009

Samuel Benton

Miracle in East Texas

Movie • 2020

Irving Tanner Jr.

The Choirboys

Movie • 1977

Calvin Motts

All In

Movie • 2006

Caps

Diggstown

Movie • 1992

"Honey" Roy Palmer

Dog Jack

Movie • 2011

Grown up Jed

El Diablo

Movie • 1990

Van Leek

Cover

Movie • 2007

Detective Hicks

Three Months

Movie • 2022

Benny

Managua

Movie • 1996

Paul

The Perfect Game

Movie • 2009

Cool Papa Bell

The River Niger

Movie • 1976

Dr. Dudley Stanton

A Gathering of Old Men

Movie • 1987

Mathu

Smitty

Movie • 2012

Mr. Smith

Cover-Up

Movie • 1991

Lou Jackson

The Josephine Baker Story

Movie • 1991

Sidney Williams

Roots: The Gift

Movie • 1988

Fiddler

Gridiron Gang

Movie

Host

Deceived

Movie • 2002

Col. David Garrett

Monolith

Movie • 1993

Capt. MacCandless

The Color Purple

Movie • 2023

Ol' Mister

The Lazarus Syndrome

Movie • 1979

Dr. MacArthur St. Clair

Little Ladies of the Night

Movie • 1977

Russ Garfield

Carolina Skeletons

Movie • 1991

James Bragg

Black Bart

Movie • 1975

Black Bart

It's Good to Be Alive

Movie • 1974

Sam Brockington

Sudie and Simpson

Movie • 1990

Simpson

Lackawanna Blues

Movie • 2005

Ol'lem Taylor

In His Father's Shoes

Movie • 1997

Frank Crosby / Richard

Legend of the Mummy

Movie • 1998

Corbeck

Flashfire

Movie • 1994

Ben Durand

The Bushbaby

Movie • 1969

Tembo

IF

Movie • 2024

Lewis (voice)

Curse of the Starving Class

Movie • 1994

Ellis

Run for the Dream: The Gail Devers Story

Movie • 1996

Bob Kersee

Father & Son: Dangerous Relations

Movie • 1993

Leonard Clay

A Father for Charlie

Movie • 1995

Walter Osgood

The Color of Love: Jacey's Story

Movie • 2000

Lou Hastings

Sidekicks

Movie • 1974

Jason O'Rourke

The Guardian

Movie • 1984

John Mack

I Forgive

Movie • 2021

God (voice)

The Father Clements Story

Movie • 1987

The Inspectors

Movie • 1998

Inspector Frank Hughes

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies

Movie • 1995

Self

The Dependables

Movie • 2014

Lou Jones

Sidney

Movie • 2022

Self

Sam Found Out: A Triple Play

Movie • 1988

Sam

Delancey Street: The Crisis Within

Movie • 1975

Otis James

Blue Chips

Movie • 1994

Father Dawkins (uncredited)

Inside

Movie • 1996

Questioner

For Love of Olivia

Movie • 2001

Daniel Stewart

Miracle at Gate 213

Movie • 2013

Roy Peddington

It Rained All Night the Day I Left

Movie • 1980

Leo Garcia

Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth

Movie • 2008

Self

A Good Man in Africa

Movie • 1994

Prof. Sam Adekunle

Outlaw Johnny Black

Movie • 2023

Reverend Tharrington (voice) (uncredited)

Goodbye, Miss 4th of July

Movie • 1988

Big John Creed

Boiling Pot

Movie • 2015

Detective Haven

Companions in Nightmare

Movie • 1968

Lt. Adam McKay

Captive Heart: The James Mink Story

Movie • 1996

James Mink

Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II

Movie • 1992

Reader (voice)

A Fighting Man

Movie • 2014

Cubby

To Dance with Olivia

Movie • 1997

Daniel Stewart

Straight Up

Movie

Cosmo

Double Play

Movie • 2017

Coco

The Highwayman

Movie • 2000

Phil Bishop

Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing

Movie • 1995

Narrator

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

Movie • 2016

Self

Lawman Without a Gun

Movie • 1979

Tom Hayward

Undercover Grandpa

Movie • 2017

Mother

Breaking Brooklyn

Movie • 2018

Miles Bryant

Zora is My Name!

Movie • 1990

King of the Dancehall

Movie • 2017

The Bishop

Hal

Movie • 2019

Self

Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

Movie • 2017

Self

The Black List: Volume One

Movie • 2008

Self

Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice

Movie • 1994

Ray Alexander

Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder

Movie • 1995

Ray Alexander

Keeper of the City

Movie • 1991

Det. James Dela

Strange Justice

Movie • 1999

Vernon Jordan

What About Your Friends: Weekend Get-Away

Movie • 2002

Dr. Barnes

Supervized

Movie • 2019

Pendle

A.C. Green: Iron Virgin

Movie • 2016

Himself

Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige

Movie • 1981

Leroy 'Satchel' Paige

The Gang Activists

Movie • 2019

Self

Zooman

Movie • 1995

Rueben Tate

The Cuban

Movie • 2020

Luis Garcia

Jasper, Texas

Movie • 2003

R.C. Horn

Love Songs

Movie • 1999

Reuben

Benny's Place

Movie • 1982

Benny Moore

The Grace Card

Movie • 2011

George Wright

Foster Boy

Movie • 2019

Judge George Taylor

The Reason

Movie • 2020

Pastor Jim

A Love Story of Today

Movie • 2008

Self

A Special Kind of Love

Movie • 2008

Self

The Making of Jaws 3-D: Sharks Don't Die

Movie • 1983

narrator

Stories USA

Movie • 2007

Doc (segment "Club Soda")

Crimes of Violence

Movie

Self - Host

Forget to Remember

Movie

Not to Forget

Movie • 2021

Pastor John

To Kill a Cop

Movie • 1978

Everett Walker

The Undershepherd

Movie • 2012

Bishop Redford

Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood

Movie • 1998

Self

Amazing Racer

Movie • 2009

Max Donovan

Happy 100th Birthday, Hollywood

Movie • 1987

Self

Dr. Lucille

Movie • 2001

The Wall That Heals

Movie • 1998

Self - Host

Sin

Movie • 2025

Elijah

Unplugged

Movie

Amos Burton (voice)

Breaking at the Edge

Movie • 2013

Floyd

The Sentry Collection Presents Ben Vereen: His Roots

Movie • 1978

Self

Captain Planet and the Planeteers

TV • 1990

Commander Clash (voice)

Good Times

TV • 1974

The Rookies

TV • 1972

Half & Half

TV • 2002

Ray Willis

Family Guy

TV • 1999

Drill Sargent (voice)

The Dead Zone

TV • 2002

Pastor David Lewis

Little House on the Prairie

TV • 1974

Henry Hill

The Batman

TV • 2004

Lucius Fox (voice)

Early Edition

TV • 1996

Jim Matthews

The Jeffersons

TV • 1975

Alias Smith and Jones

TV • 1971

The Merv Griffin Show

TV • 1962

Self

The Bill Cosby Show

TV • 1969

Hurricane Smith

Stargate SG-1

TV • 1997

Gerak

Return to Lonesome Dove

TV • 1993

Isom Pickett

Backstairs at the White House

TV • 1979

Levi Mercer, Houseman

ER

TV • 1994

Leo Malcolm

Gideon Oliver

TV • 1989

Police Story

TV • 1973

McCloud

TV • 1970

The Young Rebels

TV • 1970

The Powers of Matthew Star

TV • 1982

Walter "Walt" Shepherd (D'Hai)

Roots

TV • 1977

Fiddler

Palmerstown, U.S.A.

TV • 1980

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

TV • 1973

Self

The Oscars

TV • 1953

Self

The Lazarus Syndrome

TV • 1979

MacArthur St. Clair

Black in the 80s

TV • 2005

Saturday Night Live

TV • 1975

Self - Host

Psych

TV • 2006

Lloyd Marr

Extant

TV • 2014

Quinn

Hawaii Five-0

TV • 2010

Lou's father

The Book of Negroes

TV • 2015

Daddy Moses

The Spoils Before Dying

TV • 2015

Duke Webster

The Good Fight

TV • 2017

Carl Reddick

The Ed Sullivan Show

TV • 1948

Self

The Six Million Dollar Man

TV • 1974

O'Flaherty

Sadat

TV • 1983

Anwar al-Sadat

Bonanza

TV • 1959

Buck Walter

Promised Land

TV • 1996

Anderson Walker

The Rockford Files

TV • 1974

Marcus Aurelius Hayes / O'Brien

The Rockford Files

TV • 1974

Marcus Aurelius 'Gabby' Hayes

Celebrity Ghost Stories

TV • 2009

Self

American Experience

TV • 1988

Narrator (voice)

Hercules

TV • 1998

Chiron (voice)

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

TV • 1971

Lt. Carl Fellows

The Partridge Family

TV • 1970

Sam Simon

Petrocelli

TV • 1974

Kurt Olson, DA

The Bold Ones: The New Doctors

TV • 1969

Dr. Karnes

Petrocelli

TV • 1974

District Attorney Kurt Olson

Love, American Style

TV • 1969

Freddy

Cowboy in Africa

TV • 1967

Fulah

The Mod Squad

TV • 1968

Smitty

The Mike Douglas Show

TV • 1961

Self

The Mod Squad

TV • 1968

Charley Jameson

Daktari

TV • 1966

Mkono

Cowboy in Africa

TV • 1967

Joseph Hemera

The Mod Squad

TV • 1968

Lloyd

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

TV • 1962

Self

The Invaders

TV • 1967

Ollie

The Critical List

TV • 1978

Lem Harper

Please Turn the Page

TV • 1977

Self

Ellen

TV • 1994

Sgt. Timko

Touched by an Angel

TV • 1994

Anderson Walker

Watchmen

TV • 2019

Old Man / Will Reeves

Golden Globe Awards

TV • 1944

Self - Nominee

Golden Globe Awards

TV • 1944

Self - Audience Member

Golden Globe Awards

TV • 1944

Self - Presenter

Golden Globe Awards

TV • 1944

Self - Host

Golden Globe Awards

TV • 1944

Self - Nominee / Presenter

Harry O

TV • 1974

Cleon Jackson

Madam Secretary

TV • 2014

Laurent Vasseur

Picket Fences

TV • 1992

Rick Jennings