Pressure Point
1963 · Drama
as Doctor
To Sir, with Love
1967 · Drama
as Mark Thackeray
The Slender Thread
1965 · Drama
as Alan Newell
In the Heat of the Night
as Det. Virgil Tibbs
Let's Do It Again
1975 · Action
as Clyde Williams
The Organization
1971 · Action
as Virgil Tibbs
Mandela and de Klerk
1997 · Drama
as Nelson Mandela
Buck and the Preacher
1972 · Adventure
as Buck
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
1999 · Drama
as Noah Dearborn
Uptown Saturday Night
1974 · Action
as Steve Jackson
Lilies of the Field
1963 · Comedy
as Homer Smith
Paul Robeson: A Film Tribute
1979 · Documentary
as Self - Narrator
Sidney
2022 · Documentary
as Self
Little Nikita
1988 · Drama
as Roy Parmenter
A Patch of Blue
as Gordon Ralfe
The Wilby Conspiracy
as Shack Twala
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
1970 · Crime
To Sir, with Love 2
1996 · Drama
For Love of Ivy
1968 · Comedy
as Jack Parks
A Raisin in the Sun
1961 · Drama
as Walter Lee Younger
The Defiant Ones
1958 · Crime
as Noah Cullen
Duel at Diablo
1966 · Drama
as Toller
Edge of the City
1957 · Drama
as Tommy Tyler
The Bedford Incident
as Ben Munceford
Cry, the Beloved Country
1952 · Drama
as Reverend Msimangu
The Long Ships
1964 · Adventure
as Aly Mansuh
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1967 · Comedy
as John Prentice
Paris Blues
as Eddie Cook
The Jackal
1997 · Action
as Preston
Sneakers
1992 · Comedy
as Crease
Something of Value
as Kimani Wa Karanja
Wolfgang
2021 · Documentary
Band of Angels
as Rau-Ru
No Way Out
1950 · Crime
as Dr. Luther Brooks
Red Ball Express
1952 · Action
as Cpl. Andrew Robertson
Blackboard Jungle
1955 · Crime
as Gregory W. Miller
Becoming Mike Nichols
2016 · Documentary
I Am Not Your Negro
2017 · Documentary
as Self - Various Roles