| Blazing Samurai (2021) Jimbo |
| The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2021) Darius Kincaid |
| Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2021) Marcus |
| The Asset (2021) Moody |
| Death to 2020 (2020) Dash Bracket |
| A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote (2020) Self |
| The Banker (2020) Joe Morris |
| The Last Full Measure (2020) Takoda |
| Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) Mace Windu (voice) |
| QT8: The First Eight (2019) Himself - Actor |
| Spider-Man: Far from Home (2019) Nick Fury |
| Shaft (2019) John Shaft |
| Avengers: Endgame (2019) Nick Fury |
| Captain Marvel (2019) Nick Fury |
| Glass (2019) Elijah Price / Mr. Glass |
| Quincy (2018) Self |
| Life Itself (2018) Himself |
| Incredibles 2 (2018) Lucius Best / Frozone (voice) |
| Avengers: Infinity War (2018) Nick Fury (uncredited) |
| Unicorn Store (2017) The Salesman |
| The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017) Darius Kincaid |
| Creating a King: Summoning a God (2017) Himself |
| The Words That Built America (2017) Reader - Declaration of Independence |
| Kong: Skull Island (2017) Lieutenant Colonel Preston Packard |
| Smokey Robinson: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song (2017) Host |
| I Am Not Your Negro (2017) Narration (voice) |
| xXx: Return of Xander Cage (2017) Agent Augustus Gibbons |
| Eating You Alive (2016) Himself |
| BET Presents Love & Happiness: An Obama Celebration (2016) Himself |
| Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016) Barron |
| Cell (2016) Thomas 'Tom' McCourt |
| The Legend of Tarzan (2016) George Washington Williams |
| The Hateful Eight (2015) Major Marquis Warren |
| Star Wars: Evolution of the Lightsaber Duel (2015) Himself |
| Chi-Raq (2015) Dolmedes |
| Kingsman: The Secret Service Revealed (2015) Self |
| Barely Lethal (2015) Hardman |
| Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) Nick Fury |
| Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) Valentine |
| The Boomer List (2014) Himself |
| On the Front Line (2014) Self |
| Big Game (2014) President William Alan Moore |
| Life's Essentials with Ruby Dee (2014) Self |
| Kite (2014) Lieutenant Karl Aker |
| Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) Nick Fury |
| Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe (2014) Self |
| RoboCop (2014) Pat Novak |
| Reasonable Doubt (2014) Clinton Davis |
| Face of Unity (2014) Self |
| Oldboy (2013) Chaney |
| Everything Is Samuel L. Jackson's Fault (2013) Himself |
| Turbo (2013) Whiplash (voice) |
| Django Unchained (2012) Stephen |
| Quantum Quest: A Cassini Space Odyssey (2012) Fear (voice) |
| Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking (2012) Himself |
| Eddie Murphy: One Night Only (2012) Himself |
| Wake the Fuck Up (2012) Himself |
| Building the Dream: Assembling the Avengers (2012) Himself |
| The Avengers: A Visual Journey (2012) Himself |
| Zambezia (2012) Tendai (voice) |
| The Avengers (2012) Nick Fury |
| The Samaritan (2012) Foley |
| I Ain't Scared of You: A Tribute to Bernie Mac (2012) Himself |
| Meeting Evil (2012) Richie |
| Young Jeezy: A Hustlerz Ambition (2011) Narrator |
| Arena (2011) Logan |
| Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) Nick Fury |
| African Cats (2011) Narrator (voice) |
| Thor (2011) Nick Fury (uncredited) |
| Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2011) Rufus |
| The Sunset Limited (2011) Black |
| On the Shoulders of Giants (2011) |
| Return to Jurassic Park (2011) |
| Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible (2010) Himself |
| The Other Guys (2010) P.K. Highsmith |
| With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story (2010) Himself |
| Unthinkable (2010) Henry Harold 'H' Humphries |
| Iron Man 2 (2010) Nick Fury |
| In the Land of the Free... (2010) Narrator |
| Mother and Child (2009) Paul |
| Afro Samurai: Resurrection (2009) Afro Samurai (voice) / Ninja Ninja (voice) |
| Astro Boy (2009) Zog (voice) |
| Inglourious Basterds (2009) Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| The Face Is Familiar (2009) Himself |
| We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial (2009) Self |
| The Spirit (2008) Octopuss |
| Soul Men (2008) Louis Hinds |
| Lakeview Terrace (2008) Abel Turner |
| Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) Mace Windu (voice) |
| Iron Man (2008) Nick Fury (uncredited) |
| Jumper (2008) Roland |
| Gospel Hill (2008) Paul Malcolm |
| Crítico (2008) Himself |
| Cleaner (2007) Tom Cutler |
| Farce of the Penguins (2007) Narrator (voice) |
| 1408 (2007) Gerald Olin |
| AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Al Pacino (2007) Himself |
| Resurrecting the Champ (2007) Champ |
| Black Snake Moan (2006) Lazarus |
| Home of the Brave (2006) William Marsh |
| Snakes on a Plane (2006) Neville Flynn |
| Freedomland (2006) Lorenzo Council |
| Honor Deferred (2006) Narrator |
| The N Word (2006) Himself |
| The Man (2005) Derrick Vann |
| Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) Mace Windu |
| xXx: State of the Union (2005) Agent Augustus Gibbons |
| Mr. Incredible and Pals (2005) 'Real' Frozone |
| The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World (2005) Himself |
| Coach Carter (2005) Ken Carter |
| The Incredibles (2004) Lucius Best / Frozone (voice) |
| Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2004) Voice |
| Country of My Skull (2004) Langston Whitfield |
| John Travolta: The Inside Story (2004) Himself |
| Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) Rufus |
| Twisted (2004) John Mills |
| S.W.A.T. (2003) Sgt. Dan 'Hondo' Harrelson |
| Basic (2003) West |
| Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives (2003) |
| Jackie Brown: How It Went Down (2002) Himself |
| Pulp Fiction: The Facts (2002) Self (archive footage) |
| xXx (2002) Agent Augustus Gibbons |
| No Good Deed (2002) Jack Friar |
| The Art of Action: Martial Arts in the Movies (2002) Himself - Narrator |
| Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) Mace Windu |
| Changing Lanes (2002) Doyle Gipson |
| BaadAsssss Cinema (2002) Self |
| The 51st State (2001) Elmo McElroy |
| R2-D2: Beneath the Dome (2001) Self |
| Comic Books & Superheroes (2001) Self |
| The Making of 'Unbreakable' (2001) Himself |
| The Caveman's Valentine (2001) Romulus |
| Unbreakable (2000) Elijah Price |
| Shaft (2000) John Shaft |
| Rules of Engagement (2000) Col. Terry L. Childers |
| Any Given Wednesday (2000) Willie Nutter |
| Deep Blue Sea (1999) Russell Franklin |
| From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic (1999) Narrator, Host |
| Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) Mace Windu |
| Our Friend, Martin (1999) Turner (voice) |
| Forever Hollywood (1999) Himself |
| Le violon rouge (1998) Charles Morritz (Montréal) |
| The Negotiator (1998) Lt. Danny Roman |
| Out of Sight (1998) Hejirah Henry (uncredited) |
| Sphere (1998) Dr. Harry Adams |
| Eve's Bayou (1997) Louis Batiste |
| One Eight Seven (1997) Trevor Garfield |
| Jackie Brown (1997) Ordell Robbie |
| The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996) Mitch Henessey |
| A Time to Kill (1996) Carl Lee Hailey |
| Shaquille O'Neal: Larger than Life (1996) Narrator (voice) |
| Trees Lounge (1996) Wendell |
| The Great White Hype (1996) Rev. Fred Sultan |
| Hard Eight (1996) Jimmy |
| The Journey of the African-American Athlete (1996) Narrator |
| Fluke (1995) Rumbo (voice) |
| Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995) Zeus Carver |
| Kiss of Death (1995) Calvin Hart |
| Losing Isaiah (1995) Kadar Lewis |
| The Search for One-eye Jimmy (1994) Col. Ron |
| The New Age (1994) Dale Deveaux |
| Pulp Fiction (1994) Jules Winnfield |
| Fresh (1994) Sam |
| Hail Caesar (1994) Mailman |
| Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker (1994) Richard Greener |
| Against the Wall (1994) Jamaal |
| True Romance (1993) Big Don |
| Jurassic Park (1993) Arnold |
| Menace II Society (1993) Tat Lawson |
| Amos & Andrew (1993) Andrew Sterling |
| National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 (1993) Sgt. Wes Luger |
| Patriot Games (1992) Lt. Cmdr. Robby Jackson |
| White Sands (1992) Greg Meeker |
| Juice (1992) Trip |
| Jumpin' at the Boneyard (1992) Mr. Simpson |
| Fathers & Sons (1992) Marshall |
| Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace (1991) Hatcher |
| Strictly Business (1991) Monroe |
| Johnny Suede (1991) B-Bop |
| Jungle Fever (1991) Gator Purify |
| The Return of Superfly (1990) Nate Cabot |
| GoodFellas (1990) Stacks Edwards |
| The Exorcist III (1990) Dream Blind Man (uncredited) |
| Mo' Better Blues (1990) Madlock |
| Betsy's Wedding (1990) Taxi Dispatcher (Mickey) |
| Def by Temptation (1990) Minister Garth |
| A Shock to the System (1990) Ulysses |
| Spike Lee & Company: Do It a Cappella (1990) The Janitor |
| Making 'Do the Right Thing' (1989) Himself |
| Sea of Love (1989) Black Guy |
| Do the Right Thing (1989) Mister Señor Love Daddy |
| Dead Man Out (1989) Calvin Fredricks |
| Coming to America (1988) Hold-Up Man |
| School Daze (1988) Leeds |
| Eddie Murphy Raw (1987) Eddie's Uncle |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin (1987) George |
| Magic Sticks (1987) Bum |
| Ragtime (1981) Gang Member 2 |
| The Exterminator (1980) Extra (uncredited) |
| The Trial of the Moke (1978) Johnson Whittaker |
| The Displaced Person (1977) Sulk |
| Together for Days (1972) Stan |
| The Blob |
| Inversion |