Obi-Wan Kenobi |
Darth Vader |
2022 |
The Comments Section with Brett Cooper |
Self |
2022 |
Behind the Groove: The Black Ice Documentary |
(archive footage) |
2022 |
On Broadway |
Self (archive footage) |
2021 |
Dark Side of the '90s |
Self |
2021 |
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street |
Self / Self (archive footage) |
2021 |
Coming 2 America |
King Jaffe Joffer |
2021 |
Giving Voice |
Troy Maxson / Self |
2020 |
Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker |
Darth Vader (voice) / Darth Vader |
2019 |
Them That Work |
Self |
2019 |
The Lion King |
Mufasa (voice) / Mufasa |
2019 |
Words from a Bear |
Self |
2019 |
Warning Shot |
Pendleton |
2018 |
Hollywood Insider |
Self |
2018 |
Will & Grace |
Self |
2017 |
The 71st Annual Tony Awards |
Self - Winner |
2017 |
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story |
Darth Vader (voice) / Darth Vader |
2016 |
The 70th Annual Tony Awards |
Self - Presenter |
2016 |
Muhammad Ali: The Greatest |
Self - Actor & Friend |
2016 |
Behind Closed Doors |
Self / Darth Vader |
2016 |
The 38th Annual Kennedy Center Honors |
Self - Presenter |
2015 |
The Lion Guard: Return of the Roar |
Mufasa (voice) / Mufasa |
2015 |
Agent X |
Chief Justice Caleb Thorne |
2015 |
I Am Your Father |
Self |
2015 |
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand |
|
2015 |
Star Wars Rebels |
Darth Vader (voice) / Darth Vader |
2014 |
Driving Miss Daisy: On Stage |
Hoke |
2014 |
The Angriest Man in Brooklyn |
Ruben / Ruben (Video store owner) |
2014 |
Milius |
Himself / Self |
2013 |
Gimme Shelter |
Frank McCarthy |
2013 |
Muse of Fire |
Self |
2013 |
Celebrity Page |
Self |
2013 |
New Day |
Self |
2013 |
Blackfish |
Himself (archive footage) / Self |
2013 |
Hollywood Health Report |
Self - Guest |
2013 |
Star Tours: The Adventures Continue |
Darth Vader |
2013 |
Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey |
Admiral (voice) / Admiral |
2012 |
The 66th Annual Tony Awards |
Self - Nominee |
2012 |
Joe Papp in Five Acts |
Self |
2012 |
The 84th Annual Academy Awards |
Self - Audience Member |
2012 |
The Loving Story |
Jack Jefferson |
2011 |
Death Battle |
Darth Vader |
2010 |
Jack and the Beanstalk |
The Giant (voice) / The Giant |
2009 |
Waking Sleeping Beauty |
Self |
2009 |
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon |
Himself |
2009 |
5 Second Movies |
Darth Vader / Mufasa |
2008 |
Welcome Home, Roscoe Jenkins |
Papa Jenkins |
2008 |
That Fellow in the Coat |
Mufasa |
2008 |
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness |
Older Kokumo |
2007 |
The Big Bang Theory |
James Earl Jones |
2007 |
Nostalgia Critic |
Darth Vader |
2007 |
Earth |
Narrator |
2007 |
The States |
Self |
2007 |
John, Paul, George & Ben |
Narrator |
2007 |
Rachael Ray |
Self - Guest |
2006 |
Click |
Narrator of Michael's Past |
2006 |
The 60th Annual Tony Awards |
Self - Presenter |
2006 |
The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays |
Jack Jefferson (segment "The Great White Hope") / Troy Maxson (segment "Fences") |
2006 |
Scary Movie 4 |
Narrator |
2006 |
The Benchwarmers |
Darth Vader (voice) / Darth Vader |
2006 |
The Trail of Tears: Cherokee Legacy |
Self - Narrator |
2006 |
The Reading Room |
William |
2005 |
20 to 1 |
Darth Vader |
2005 |
The 59th Annual Tony Awards |
Self - Nominee & Presenter |
2005 |
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith |
Darth Vader |
2005 |
The Sandlot 2 |
Mr. Mertle |
2005 |
Robots |
Voice Box at Hardware Store / Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice) |
2005 |
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' |
Narrator |
2005 |
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson |
Self |
2005 |
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson |
Self - Guest |
2005 |
House |
Dibala |
2004 |
No Fighting in the War Room or Dr. Strangelove and the Nuclear Threat |
Himself / Self |
2004 |
Nine Dog Christmas |
Narrator |
2004 |
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the 'Star Wars' Trilogy |
Self / Darth Vader / Himself |
2004 |
Black Indians: An American Story |
Narrator |
2004 |
Two and a Half Men |
James Earl Jones |
2003 |
The Great Year |
Narrator |
2003 |
A Century of Black Cinema |
Self |
2003 |
Beneath the Surface: The Making of 'The Hunt for Red October' |
Self |
2003 |
The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts |
Self - Honoree |
2002 |
Everwood |
Will Cleveland |
2002 |
Storyline Online |
Self |
2002 |
Muhammad Ali: Through the Eyes of the World |
|
2001 |
The Feast of All Saints |
Older Marcel |
2001 |
Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street |
Santa Claus / Mister (voice) |
2001 |
According to Jim |
Royal Flush Voice |
2001 |
American Legends |
Self - Host / Narrator |
2001 |
Finder's Fee |
Avery Phillips |
2001 |
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan' |
Himself / Self |
2000 |
Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb' |
Self / Lt. Lothar Zogg / Self - 'Lieutenant Lothar Zogg' |
2000 |
The Art of Stanley Kubrick: From Short Films to Strangelove |
Himself / Self |
2000 |
Tina Turner: One Last Time Live in Concert |
Announcer |
2000 |
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light |
|
2000 |
Fantasia 2000 |
Self - Host (segment "Carnival of the Animals") / Himself - Host |
1999 |
Santa and Pete |
James Earl Jones / Grandpa Nicholas |
1999 |
Undercover Angel |
The Judge |
1999 |
On the Q.T. |
Leo |
1999 |
Summer's End |
Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely |
1999 |
Our Friend, Martin |
Daddy King (voice) / Daddy King |
1999 |
The Annihilation of Fish |
Fish |
1999 |
The Directors |
Self |
1999 |
The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride |
Mufasa / Mufasa (voice) |
1998 |
Will & Grace |
Self |
1998 |
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies |
Self |
1998 |
The 52nd Annual Tony Awards |
Self |
1998 |
Merlin |
Mountain King |
1998 |
Primary Colors |
CNN Voiceover (voice) / CNN Voiceover |
1998 |
Alone |
Grey |
1997 |
What the Deaf Man Heard |
Archibald Thacker |
1997 |
Gang Related |
Arthur Baylor |
1997 |
Casper: A Spirited Beginning |
Kibosh (voice) / Kibosh |
1997 |
Recess |
Santa Claus |
1997 |
Stargate SG-1 |
Unas |
1997 |
Sports on the Silver Screen |
Self |
1997 |
The Second Civil War |
Jim Kalla |
1997 |
Good Luck |
James Bing |
1997 |
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery |
Self |
1997 |
Afro Promo |
Himself (archive footage) |
1997 |
Timepiece |
Lawrence |
1996 |
Looking for Richard |
Self - Interviewee / Himself/Interview |
1996 |
Corwin |
Self |
1996 |
The 50th Annual Tony Awards |
Self - Presenter |
1996 |
A Family Thing |
Ray Murdock |
1996 |
3rd Rock from the Sun |
Narrator |
1996 |
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault |
Dr. McDuffie |
1996 |
Cry, the Beloved Country |
Rev. Stephen Kumalo |
1995 |
Who's in Rabbit's House? |
Narrator / Narrator (voice) |
1995 |
Judge Dredd |
Narrator |
1995 |
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies |
Self |
1995 |
The Making of 'Jurassic Park' |
Host / Self - Host |
1995 |
Jefferson in Paris |
Madison Hemings |
1995 |
Under One Roof |
Neb Langston |
1995 |
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child |
King Dakkar |
1995 |
Signs and Wonders |
Diamond |
1995 |
People: A Musical Celebration |
The Storyteller |
1995 |
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' |
Self - Narrator / Ebenezer Scrooge |
1994 |
Touched by an Angel |
The Angel of Angels |
1994 |
Clear and Present Danger |
Admiral Greer / Admiral James Greer |
1994 |
The Lion King |
Mufasa / Mufasa (voice) |
1994 |
Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics |
Host / Self - Host |
1994 |
David Copperfield: 15 Years of Magic |
Self |
1994 |
Clean Slate |
John Dolby |
1994 |
Africa: The Serengeti |
Narrator |
1994 |
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult |
James Earl Jones |
1994 |
Confessions: Two Faces of Evil |
Charles Lloyd |
1994 |
The Vernon Johns Story |
Vernon Johns |
1994 |
Frasier |
Norman Royster |
1993 |
Late Night with Conan O'Brien |
Himself |
1993 |
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman |
Franklin Stern |
1993 |
Late Show with David Letterman |
Self - Guest |
1993 |
The Meteor Man |
Earnest Moses / Mr. Moses |
1993 |
Dreamrider |
William Perry / Bill Perry |
1993 |
The 47th Annual Tony Awards |
Self - Presenter |
1993 |
Excessive Force |
Jake |
1993 |
The Sandlot |
Mr. Mertle |
1993 |
Sommersby |
Judge Issacs / Judge Barry Conrad Issacs |
1993 |
Homicide: Life on the Street |
Felix Wilson |
1993 |
Dangerous: The Short Films |
Himself (Superbowl Heal The World) Voice / Self ('Superbowl Heal the World' video) |
1993 |
Lincoln |
Narrator (voice) / Narrator |
1992 |
Picket Fences |
Bryant Thomas |
1992 |
The Whoopi Goldberg Show |
Self - Guest |
1992 |
Sneakers |
Mr. Bernard Abbott |
1992 |
Freddie as F.R.O.7. |
Narrator (American version) |
1992 |
Patriot Games |
Admiral Greer / Adm. James Greer |
1992 |
Getaway |
Self |
1992 |
Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories |
Self - Narrator (segment "Millions of Cats") |
1992 |
The Magic of David Copperfield XIV: Flying - Live the Dream |
Self - Special Guest Host |
1992 |
The Dennis Miller Show |
Self - Guest star |
1992 |
Pros and Cons |
Gabriel Bird |
1991 |
The Chuck Woolery Show |
Self - Guest |
1991 |
One on One with John Tesh |
Self |
1991 |
True Identity |
Himself / Self |
1991 |
Scorchers |
Bear |
1991 |
Portrait of Castro's Cuba |
Host/Narrator |
1991 |
Visitors from the Unknown |
Self - Narrator / Narrator |
1991 |
Convicts |
Ben Johnson |
1991 |
Grim Prairie Tales |
Morrison |
1990 |
Law & Order |
Horace McCoy |
1990 |
Gabriel's Fire |
Gabriel Bird |
1990 |
Ivory Hunters |
Inspector Nkuru |
1990 |
Heat Wave |
Junius Johnson |
1990 |
The Ambulance |
Lt. Spencer |
1990 |
The 44th Annual Tony Awards |
Self - Presenter |
1990 |
Last Flight Out |
Al Topping |
1990 |
By Dawn's Early Light |
Looking Glass General - 'Alice' / Alice |
1990 |
The Hunt for Red October |
Admiral Greer / James Greer |
1990 |
Teach 109 |
Dr. Winston |
1990 |
The Simpsons |
Maggie Simpson / Moving Man / Serak the Preparer / Narrator |
1989 |
Best of the Best |
Frank Couzo |
1989 |
American Playwrights Theater: The One-Acts |
Willie |
1989 |
Saturday Night with Connie Chung |
Vernon Johns |
1989 |
The 43rd Annual Tony Awards |
Self - Presenter |
1989 |
Field of Dreams |
Terence Mann / Terrence Mann |
1989 |
Long Ago and Far Away |
Self - Host / Self - Narrator |
1989 |
Three Fugitives |
Dugan |
1989 |
The Arsenio Hall Show |
Himself |
1989 |
Garfield and Friends |
Diablo |
1988 |
Terrorgram |
Retribution / Retribution (voice) |
1988 |
Coming to America |
King Jaffe Joffer |
1988 |
Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues |
Self - Narrator / Narrator (voice) |
1988 |
Matewan |
'Few Clothes' Johnson / Few Clothes Johnson |
1987 |
Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night |
Emperor of the Night (voice) / Emperor of the Night |
1987 |
The 41st Annual Tony Awards |
Self - Winner & Performer |
1987 |
Gardens of Stone |
'Goody' Nelson / Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson |
1987 |
Mathnet |
Chief Thad Green / Chief Thad Greene (voice) |
1987 |
Square One Television |
Announcer / Chief Thad Green |
1987 |
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold |
Umslopogaas |
1986 |
Soul Man |
Professor Banks |
1986 |
L.A. Law |
Lee Atkins |
1986 |
My Little Girl |
Ike Bailey |
1986 |
American Masters |
Self - Actor / Self |
1986 |
Lone Star Kid |
M. Holmes / Holmes |
1986 |
The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible |
Pharoah |
1985 |
Me and Mom |
Lou Garfield |
1985 |
Night of 100 Stars II |
Self |
1985 |
The Atlanta Child Murders |
Major Walker |
1985 |
The Vegas Strip War |
Jack Madrid |
1984 |
Highway to Heaven |
Gabe Wilson |
1984 |
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears |
Narrator |
1984 |
City Limits |
Albert |
1984 |
Reading Rainbow |
Self |
1983 |
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi |
Darth Vader / Darth Vader (voice) |
1983 |
Freedom to Speak |
Self - Reader |
1983 |
Faerie Tale Theatre |
Genie of the Lamp / Genie of the Ring |
1982 |
Bloodtide |
Frye |
1982 |
The Flight of Dragons |
Ommadon |
1982 |
Conan the Barbarian |
Thulsa Doom |
1982 |
Night of 100 Stars |
Self |
1982 |
An Evening at the Improv |
Self - Host |
1982 |
American Playhouse |
Old Man Taylor |
1982 |
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones |
Father Divine |
1982 |
The Creation |
Narrator |
1981 |
The Bushido Blade |
The Prisoner |
1981 |
There Was Always Sun Shining Someplace: Life in the Negro Baseball Leagues |
Self - Narrator / himself, voice |
1981 |
Beauty and the Beast |
Narrator |
1981 |
God's Trombones |
Himself - Narrator (segment "The Creation") |
1981 |
The 34th Annual Tony Awards |
Self - Presenter |
1980 |
The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story |
Dane Oliver |
1980 |
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back |
Darth Vader |
1980 |
CBS Schoolbreak Special |
Detective Robb |
1980 |
Paris |
Woody Paris |
1979 |
Roots: The Next Generations |
Alex Haley |
1979 |
Paul Robeson |
Paul Robeson |
1979 |
Black Theatre: The Making of a Movement |
Self |
1978 |
The Star Wars Holiday Special |
Darth Vader (voice) / Darth Vader |
1978 |
A Piece of the Action |
Joshua Burke |
1977 |
Piece of the Action, A |
Joshua Burke |
1977 |
The Making of 'Star Wars' |
Darth Vader |
1977 |
Exorcist II: The Heretic |
Older Kokumo |
1977 |
The Last Remake of Beau Geste |
Sheikh |
1977 |
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope |
Darth Vader |
1977 |
The Greatest |
Malcolm X |
1977 |
Jesus of Nazareth |
Balthazar |
1977 |
ABC Weekend Specials |
|
1977 |
The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings |
Leon Carter, All-Star (C) / Leon |
1976 |
America at the Movies |
Lt. Lothar Zogg / Roop |
1976 |
Swashbuckler |
Nick Debrett |
1976 |
The River Niger |
Johnny Williams |
1976 |
Working in the Theatre |
Self |
1976 |
Deadly Hero |
Rabbit Shazam |
1975 |
The UFO Incident |
Barney Hill |
1975 |
Vegetable Soup |
Long John Spoilsport |
1975 |
Dinah! |
Self - Guest |
1974 |
The Cay |
Timothy |
1974 |
Bicentennial Minutes |
Self - Narrator |
1974 |
Claudine |
Roop / Rupert D. "Roop" Marshall |
1974 |
The American Parade |
Self - Narrator |
1974 |
Black Omnibus |
Self - Host |
1973 |
ABC Afterschool Specials |
Gabriel |
1972 |
The Man |
Douglass Dilman |
1972 |
The Man |
Douglass Dilman |
1972 |
Malcolm X |
Biographical Narration / Biographical Narration (voice) |
1972 |
The Great White Hope |
Jack Jefferson |
1970 |
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis |
Self |
1970 |
End of the Road |
Doctor D |
1970 |
Sesame Street |
Self / Lemming #30 |
1969 |
The David Frost Show |
Self - Guest |
1969 |
The Comedians |
Dr. Magiot |
1967 |
N.Y.P.D. |
Candy Lateen / Candy Latsen |
1967 |
Tarzan |
Chief Bella / Nerlan |
1966 |
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb |
Lt. Lothar Zogg |
1964 |
East Side/West Side |
Joe Goodwin |
1963 |
Channing |
Dr. Peter Cooke |
1963 |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson |
Himself - Guest |
1962 |
The Mike Douglas Show |
Himself - Actor / Himself - Co-Host / Self - Guest |
1961 |
Dr. Kildare |
Dr. Lou Rush |
1961 |
The Defenders |
Reverend Harris Bonham / Lieutenant Andrews |
1961 |
Monitor |
Prince of Morocco |
1958 |
The Ed Sullivan Show |
Jack Jefferson |
1948 |