Credits

• 2007 · Smiley Face as Himself (voice)
• 2007 · Epic Movie as Narrator (voice)
• 2006 · Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties as Narrator
• 2005 · Spider-Man: The Venom Saga as Kingpin
• 2004 · July '64 as Self - Narrator (voice)
• 2003 · Daredevil vs. Spider-Man as Kingpin/Wilson Fisk (voice)
• 2003 · Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives as
• 2002 · Treasure Planet as Mr. Arrow (voice)
• 2002 · The Shield as Bryce Wyms
• 2001 · Morgan's Ferry as Peabo
• 2000 · Hamlet as Polonius
• 2000 · Static Shock as Dr. Anokye (voice)
• 2000 · The Tulsa Lynching of 1921: A Hidden Story as
• 1999 · Hard Time: The Premonition as Sebastian
• 1998 · Babe: Pig in the City as The Narrator (voice)
• 1998 · Will & Grace as Linus
• 1998 · Judas Kiss as Chief Bleeker
• 1998 · The Wild Thornberrys as Komodo Dragon (voice)
• 1998 · The Wild Thornberrys as Goulam (voice)
• 1996 · Forest Warrior as Clovis Madison
• 1996 · Dear God as Idris Abraham
• 1996 · EZ Streets as
• 1996 · Galapagos: Beyond Darwin as Narrator
• 1995 · Last Summer in the Hamptons as Freddy
• 1995 · Babe as Narrator (voice)
• 1995 · Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child as Friar Ferdinand (voice)
• 1995 · Brother Minister: The Assassination of Malcolm X as Narrator (voice)
• 1994 · Spider-Man as Kingpin (voice)
• 1994 · ER as Matthew Lynn
• 1994 · New York Undercover as
• 1993 · Naked in New York as Mr. Ried
• 1993 · seaQuest DSV as Dr. Raleigh Young
• 1993 · The John Larroquette Show as Mr. Davis
• 1992 · Noël as (voice)
• 1992 · Batman: The Animated Series as Dr. Wataki (voice)
• 1991 · Baby Talk as
• 1990 · Law & Order as Idris Balewa
• 1990 · Law & Order as Aaron Miller
• 1990 · Night Angel as Narrator
• 1990 · Moon 44 as Chairman Hall, Galactic Mining Corp. (uncredited)
• 1989 · Lady in a Corner as Omar DeLacy
• 1989 · Stuck with Each Other as Calhearn
• 1989 · Ring Raiders as
• 1988 · Oliver & Company as Francis (voice)
• 1988 · Disney's Sing-Along Songs: Very Merry Christmas Songs as Narrator (voice)
• 1987 · A Different World as Dr. Barnabus Foster
• 1987 · Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light as
• 1987 · The Nativity as Wise Man (voice)
• 1987 · Moments Without Proper Names as
• 1986 · Christmas as Ghost of Christmas Past
• 1986 · Jumpin' Jack Flash as Archer Lincoln
• 1986 · Legal Eagles as Judge Dawkins
• 1986 · Blacke's Magic as
• 1985 · 227 as
• 1985 · Space as Farquar
• 1984 · The Cosby Show as Dr. Barnabus Foster
• 1984 · Highway to Heaven as
• 1984 · Marcus Garvey: Toward Black Nationhood as Voice
• 1983 · For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers as Gloster Current
• 1981 · Falcon Crest as Rosemont
• 1981 · The Haunting of Harrington House as Diogenes 'D.C.' Chase
• 1980 · Magnum, P.I. as
• 1980 · Farewell to the Planet of the Apes as Hurton
• 1980 · Nothing Personal as Paxton
• 1979 · Benson as
• 1979 · Miss Winslow and Son as
• 1978 · A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court as Merlin
• 1978 · Dr. Scorpion as Dr. Cresus
• 1978 · King as Philip Harrison
• 1978 · Unknown Powers as Host
• 1977 · Soap as Saunders
• 1977 · Twilight's Last Gleaming as James Forrest
• 1977 · Meeting of Minds as
• 1976 · The Miracle Healers as Himself
• 1976 · Logan's Run as Box
• 1975 · Starsky & Hutch as
• 1975 · McCoy as Gideon Gibbs
• 1975 · Barney Miller as Charlie Evans Jeffers
• 1974 · Planet of the Apes as
• 1974 · Uptown Saturday Night as Congressman Lincoln
• 1974 · Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love as Mr. Secretary
• 1974 · Good Times as
• 1973 · Super Fly T.N.T. as Dr. Lamine Sonko
• 1973 · The World's Greatest Athlete as Gazenga
• 1972 · The Streets of San Francisco as
• 1972 · Maude as
• 1972 · The Ra Expeditions as Narrator
• 1972 · Sanford and Son as
• 1972 · Cisco Pike as Music Shop Proprietor
• 1972 · The Cowboys as Jebediah Nightlinger
• 1972 · The Breaking of Boys and the Making of Men in 'The Cowboys' as
• 1971 · Columbo as Dr. Steadman
• 1971 · All in the Family as Hugh Victor Thompson III
• 1970 · The Liberation of L.B. Jones as Lord Byron "L.B." Jones
• 1970 · Swing Out, Sweet Land as Frederick Douglas
• 1969 · Topaz as Philippe Dubois
• 1968 · Uptight as Clarence
• 1968 · The Outcasts as
• 1968 · The Name of the Game as Wamumba
• 1967 · The Comedians as Petit Pierre
• 1967 · Mannix as
• 1967 · The Invaders as Arnold Andrew Warren
• 1964 · Black Like Me as Christopher
• 1964 · Pie in the Sky as Preacher
• 1961 · The Connection as J. J. Burden (as Roscoe Brown)
• 1959 · Bonanza as Joshua