Credits

• 2024 · Thelma as Ben
• 2023 · Moving On as Ralph
• 2021 · A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks as Self
• 2020 · Haunting of the Mary Celeste as Tulls
• 2020 · GAME ON: A Comedy Crossover Event as Grandpa
• 2019 · A Family Reunion Christmas as Jebidiah McKellan
• 2019 · Family Reunion as Grandpa
• 2019 · Harlem to Hollywood as Self
• 2019 · Shaft as John Shaft, Sr.
• 2019 · What Men Want as Skip Davis
• 2016 · Star as Charles Floyd
• 2016 · Lethal Weapon as Don Bennett
• 2015 · The Player as Samuel Letts
• 2015 · Collar as Alonzo Sparks
• 2013 · Being Mary Jane as Paul Patterson, Sr.
• 2012 · Chicago Fire as Wallace Boden, Sr.
• 2012 · Retreat! as Henshaw
• 2010 · The Confidant as Claude
• 2010 · Whatever She Wants as Theodore Wolf
• 2009 · Diary of a Single Mom as Lou Bailey
• 2009 · Set Apart as J.T.
• 2008 · Ladies of the House as Stan
• 2008 · The Mentalist as Floyd Benton
• 2008 · Final Approach as Gary Markash
• 2008 · Speed Racer as Ben Burns
• 2007 · Point of Entry as Miles Porter
• 2007 · Private Practice as Raymond McCray
• 2007 · All The Days Before Tomorrow as El Doctor
• 2007 · Lincoln Heights as
• 2006 · Heroes as Charles Deveaux
• 2006 · Blade: The Series as
• 2006 · Brick as Assistant V.P. Trueman
• 2006 · Wild Seven as Lee Marvin / Cleetus Woods
• 2005 · Painkiller Jane as Colonel Watts
• 2005 · Close to Home as
• 2005 · The Closer as Col. D.B. Walter
• 2005 · Grey's Anatomy as Donald Burke
• 2004 · Max Havoc: Curse Of The Dragon as Tahsi
• 2004 · Desperate Housewives as Mr. Shaw
• 2003 · Vegas Vampires as Rick Apping
• 2003 · Men Cry in the Dark as
• 2002 · Boat Trip as Felicia's Dad
• 2002 · The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow as Self - Narrator (voice)
• 2002 · BaadAsssss Cinema as Self
• 2002 · Al's Lads as Boom-Boom
• 2002 · Undercover Brother as John Shaft (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2002 · Joe and Max as Jack Blackburn
• 2001 · Hawaiian Gardens as M.O.
• 2001 · Corky Romano as Howard Shuster
• 2001 · Alias as Brill
• 2001 · Antitrust as Lyle Barton
• 2000 · Soul Food as Hardy Lester
• 2000 · Shaft as "Uncle" John Shaft
• 1999 · Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years as Booker T. Washington
• 1999 · Rescue 77 as Captain Durfee
• 1997 · 413 Hope St. as Phil Thomas
• 1997 · Steel as Uncle Joe
• 1997 · George of the Jungle as Kwame
• 1997 · Any Place But Home as Gil Oberman
• 1996 · Profiler as Det. James Henegar
• 1996 · Original Gangstas as Slick
• 1996 · Buddies as Henry Carlisle
• 1996 · Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored as Cleve
• 1995 · Theodore Rex as Commissioner Lynch
• 1995 · Se7en as Talbot
• 1995 · Ballistic as Harold
• 1995 · Bonanza: Under Attack as Jacob
• 1995 · The Wayans Bros. as Dr. Saunders
• 1994 · Touched by an Angel as Murray
• 1994 · Shadows of Desire as Dunc
• 1994 · Blind Man's Bluff as Gray
• 1994 · Mind Twister as Frank Webb
• 1994 · Black as the Heart as Rod
• 1993 · Sins of the Night as Les
• 1993 · Bonanza: The Return as Jacob Briscoe
• 1993 · Amityville: A New Generation as Pauli
• 1993 · Deadly Rivals as Agent Peterson
• 1993 · Body of Influence as Harry Reams
• 1993 · Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman as
• 1992 · Christmas in Connecticut as Prescott
• 1992 · Hangin' with Mr. Cooper as General (uncredited)
• 1992 · Renegade as
• 1992 · Vicki! as Self
• 1992 · Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight as Samuel Stark
• 1991 · A Time to Die as Captain Ralph Phipps
• 1991 · Roc as Russell Emerson
• 1990 · Beverly Hills, 90210 as
• 1990 · The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as Dr. Mumford
• 1990 · Dream On as Dr. Charles
• 1990 · Gypsy Angels as Dr. Carlson
• 1990 · Bad Jim as July
• 1989 · The Banker as Lloyd
• 1989 · Crack House as Lt. Johnson
• 1989 · Night Visitor as Captain Crane
• 1989 · Miami Cops as Gamble
• 1988 · Angel III: The Final Chapter as Lt. Doniger
• 1988 · Party Line as Captain Barnes
• 1988 · Getting Even as Dundee
• 1988 · Maniac Cop as Commissioner Pike
• 1988 · Daddy Can't Read as Jason Ruigh
• 1987 · Beauty and the Beast as
• 1987 · A Different World as Clinton Reese
• 1987 · 21 Jump Street as Ben Halley
• 1986 · Outlaws as
• 1986 · Jocks as Chip
• 1986 · Amen as
• 1986 · L.A. Law as Judge Ira Menday
• 1986 · Opposing Force as Stafford
• 1986 · The Fifth Missile as Cmdr. Frederick Bryce
• 1985 · MacGyver as R.T. Hines
• 1985 · Hollywood Beat as
• 1985 · A.D. as Serpenius
• 1984 · City Heat as Dehl Swift
• 1984 · The Baron and the Kid as Frosty
• 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Major Kevin Cooper
• 1984 · Killpoint as Agent Bill Bryant
• 1983 · Masquerade as Mean Willy
• 1983 · Young Warriors as Sergeant John Austin
• 1983 · Just an Overnight Guest as
• 1983 · The Big Score as Gordon
• 1982 · One Down, Two to Go as Ralph
• 1982 · Q as Powell
• 1981 · An Eye for an Eye as Capt. Stevens
• 1981 · Inchon as Sgt. Augustus Henderson
• 1980 · Magnum, P.I. as
• 1979 · Day of the Assassin as Fessler
• 1979 · Game for Vultures as Gideon Marunga
• 1979 · Escape to Athena as Nat Judson
• 1979 · Portrait of a Hitman as Coco Morrell
• 1977 · The Love Boat as Dave Wilbur
• 1977 · CHiPs as Sgt. Aikens
• 1977 · Roots as Sam Bennett
• 1975 · Diamonds as Archie
• 1975 · Man Friday as Friday
• 1974 · Earthquake as Miles Quade
• 1974 · Dinah! as Self
• 1973 · Shaft as
• 1973 · The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts as Self
• 1973 · Shaft in Africa as John Shaft
• 1973 · Charley-One-Eye as The Black Man
• 1973 · Firehouse as Shelly Forsythe
• 1972 · Nationtime as Self
• 1972 · Shaft's Big Score! as John Shaft
• 1972 · Embassy as Dick Shannon
• 1971 · Shaft as John Shaft
• 1971 · Soul in Cinema: Filming 'Shaft' on Location as Self
• 1970 · What Do You Say to a Naked Lady as Interracial Couple
• 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
• 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self