Credits

• 2025 · Superman as Perry White
• 2024 · Elsbeth as Captain C.W. Wagner
• 2022 · Becoming Frederick Douglass as Frederick Douglass (voice)
• 2022 · Don't Hang Up as Chris Daniels
• 2021 · Some Old Black Man as Calvin Jones
• 2021 · The Watch as DEATH
• 2020 · Between the World and Me as Self
• 2019 · Clemency as Jonathan Williams
• 2019 · Tamron Hall as Self - Guest
• 2019 · Burning Cane as Reverend Tillman
• 2019 · Piercing as The Doctor
• 2018 · 27 Years: The Exoneration of Valentino Dixon as Self - Narrator
• 2018 · Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan as James Greer
• 2018 · One Last Thing as Dylan
• 2018 · Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G. as Detective Lee Tucker
• 2017 · Rodents of Unusual Size as Self - Narrator (voice)
• 2017 · The Forever Tree as Doctor Willow
• 2016 · Bad Moms as Principal Daryl Burr
• 2016 · Confirmation as Clarence Thomas
• 2016 · Grease Live as Coach Calhoun
• 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as
• 2015 · The Runner as Frank Legrand
• 2015 · The Gift as Detective Mills
• 2015 · Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band as Andy Kirk (voice)
• 2015 · The Odd Couple as Teddy
• 2014 · Selma as Rev. Hosea Williams
• 2014 · The Night Shift as Walt
• 2014 · Elsa & Fred as Armande
• 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
• 2014 · Foreclosure as Virgil
• 2014 · Chicago P.D. as Ray Price
• 2014 · Runaway Hearts as Paul
• 2013 · The Michael J. Fox Show as Harris Green
• 2013 · Four as Joe
• 2013 · Ray Donovan as Ronald Keith
• 2013 · Möbius as Bob
• 2013 · Parker as Carlson
• 2012 · The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 as J. Jenks
• 2012 · Lay the Favorite as Dave the Rave
• 2011 · Horrible Bosses as Detective Hagan
• 2011 · Suits as Robert Zane
• 2011 · The Mortician as Clinger
• 2010 · Night Catches Us as David Gordon
• 2010 · Love Ranch as Naasih Mohammed
• 2010 · New Orleans: A Living Museum of Music as Narrator
• 2010 · Treme as Antoine Batiste
• 2009 · Beyond All Boundaries as Sgt. Thomas McPhatter
• 2009 · Archer as Verl (voice)
• 2009 · Drop Dead Diva as Neal David
• 2008 · Fear Itself as Wiilbur Orwell
• 2008 · In Plain Sight as
• 2007 · The Wire: The Last Word as Himself
• 2007 · The Wire Odyssey as Self
• 2007 · Women's Murder Club as
• 2007 · Tapping the Wire as Self
• 2007 · Pariah as Arthur
• 2007 · Life Support as Slick
• 2007 · I Think I Love My Wife as Sean
• 2007 · Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! as Detective
• 2006 · When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts as Self
• 2006 · Stay Alive as Detective Thibodeaux
• 2005 · Close to Home as
• 2005 · Law & Order: Trial by Jury as Richard Link
• 2005 · Numb3rs as
• 2004 · Ray as Wilbur Brassfield
• 2004 · Land of Plenty as Henry
• 2004 · A Hole in One as Dan
• 2003 · The Fighting Temptations as Reverend Lewis
• 2003 · Real Time with Bill Maher as Self
• 2002 · Brown Sugar as Simon
• 2002 · The Wire as Bunk Moreland
• 2001 · My Wife and Kids as Dr. Boucher
• 2001 · The Gilded Six Bits as Otis D. Slimmons
• 2000 · The Weber Show as
• 2000 · Girlfriends as
• 2000 · God, the Devil and Bob as Mike (voice)
• 1999 · Third Watch as
• 1999 · Judging Amy as Harry Benton
• 1999 · Abilene as Reverend Tillis
• 1999 · The 24 Hour Woman as Roy Labelle
• 1998 · The Brian Benben Show as
• 1998 · Bulworth as Fred
• 1997 · The Advocate's Devil as Justin
• 1997 · The Gregory Hines Show as
• 1996 · Sleepers as Little Caesar
• 1996 · Get on the Bus as Wendell
• 1996 · Moloney as Calvin Patterson
• 1996 · Never Give Up: The Jimmy V Story as John Saunders
• 1995 · Waiting to Exhale as Michael
• 1995 · New York News as
• 1995 · Hackers as S.S. Agent Richard Gill
• 1995 · Bye Bye Love as Hector
• 1994 · New York Undercover as
• 1994 · It Could Happen to You as Bo Williams
• 1993 · Strapped as District Attorney
• 1993 · Manhattan Murder Mystery as Policeman
• 1992 · Malcolm X as Ben Thomas
• 1992 · Unnatural Pursuits as Cabbie
• 1991 · A Matter of Degrees as Wells Dennard
• 1991 · A Rage in Harlem as Louis
• 1991 · The 10 Million Dollar Getaway as Parnell "Stacks" Edwards
• 1990 · Law & Order as Civil Rights Attorney Jerome Bryant
• 1990 · Law & Order as Mr. Wade
• 1990 · Law & Order as Ola-Gimju Nwaka
• 1990 · Law & Order as Roger Porter
• 1990 · Capital News as
• 1989 · Family Business as Prosecutor
• 1989 · Casualties of War as MacIntire
• 1986 · The Money Pit as Paramedic
• 1985 · The Equalizer as Dr. Wolff
• 2024 · Great Museums as
• 2024 · The Thrill Is On as B.B. King
• 2024 · King of the South as