Ossie Davis · Actor
The Man Who Loved the Stars
Sealed
TBA
The Man Who Loved the Stars
Benjamin Banneker
Love in Exile
Sealed
2026
Love in Exile
Sealed
2022
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Self (archive footage)
Unstoppable
Sealed
2005
Unstoppable
Self
The Peace!
Sealed
2005
The Peace!
Self
Sealed
2005
The History Makers: Success
Self
Sealed
2005
Deacons for Defense
Reverend 'Rev' Gregory
Sealed
2005
By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X'
Self
Sealed
2004
She Hate Me
Judge Buchanan
Sealed
2004
Proud
Lorenzo DuFau
Sealed
2004
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks
Self
Sealed
2004
Baadasssss!
Granddad
Sealed
2003
Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives
The Tuskegee Airmen: They Fought Two Wars
Sealed
2003
The Tuskegee Airmen: They Fought Two Wars
Narrator
Sealed
2003
The Evolution of an American Filmmaker
Self
Sealed
2003
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
Himself
Sealed
2002
Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun'
Self
Sealed
2002
Bubba Ho-tep
John F. "Jack" Kennedy
Sealed
2001
The Legend of the Candy Cane
Julius (voice)
Sealed
2001
Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore
Narrator
Sealed
2001
Feast of All Saints
Jean-Jacques
Sealed
2000
Here's to Life!
Duncan Cox
Sealed
2000
Finding Buck McHenry
Buck McHenry
Sealed
2000
Dinosaur
Yar (voice)
Sealed
1999
Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve
Caretaker
Sealed
1999
The Unfinished Journey
Narrator (voice)
Sealed
1999
The Soul Collector
Mordecai
Sealed
1999
The Secret Path
Too Tall
Sealed
1999
Paul Robeson: Here I Stand
Self
Sealed
1999
A Vow to Cherish
Alexander Billman
Sealed
1998
Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood
Self
Sealed
1998
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
Self
Sealed
1998
Doctor Dolittle
Archer Dolittle
Sealed
1997
Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough
Self
Sealed
1997
Miss Evers' Boys
Mr. Evers
Jackie Robinson: Breaking Barriers
Sealed
1997
Jackie Robinson: Breaking Barriers
Narrator
Sealed
1997
4 Little Girls
Self - Actor and Playwright
Sealed
1997
12 Angry Men
Juror 2
Sealed
1996
I'm Not Rappaport
Midge Carter
Sealed
1996
Get on the Bus
Jeremiah / 'Pop'
Sealed
1995
The Android Affair
Dr. Winston
Sealed
1995
Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder
Uncle Phil
Sealed
1994
The Client
Harry Roosevelt
Sealed
1994
Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice
Uncle Phil
Sealed
1994
Malcolm X: Make It Plain
Self
Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World
Sealed
1994
Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World
Narrator
Sealed
1993
The Ernest Green Story
Grandfather
Sealed
1993
Grumpy Old Men
Chuck
Sealed
1993
Goin' Back to T-Town
Narrator
Sealed
1993
Cop & ½
Detective in Squad Room
Sealed
1992
The Real Malcolm X
Sealed
1992
Malcolm X
Eulogy Performer (voice)
Lincoln
Sealed
1992
Lincoln
Frederick Douglas (voice)
Sealed
1992
Haiti: Killing the Dream
Sealed
1992
Gladiator
Noah
Sealed
1991
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
Self
Sealed
1991
Jungle Fever
Reverend Purify
Sealed
1990
The Red Shoes
Sealed
1990
Joe Versus the Volcano
Marshall
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
Sealed
1989
Making 'Do the Right Thing'
Self
Sealed
1989
Do the Right Thing
Da Mayor
Sealed
1988
School Daze
Coach Odom
Sealed
1986
Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories
Anansi the Spider (Sleepytime Songs and Stories) (voice)
Sealed
1985
Tyler Texas Black Film Collection
Himself
Sealed
1985
Avenging Angel
Capt. Harry Moradian
Sealed
1984
The House of God
Dr. Sanders
Marcus Garvey: Toward Black Nationhood
Sealed
1984
Marcus Garvey: Toward Black Nationhood
Narrator
Sealed
1984
Harry & Son
Raymond
Sealed
1981
Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige
Chuffy Russell
Sealed
1981
Death of a Prophet
Sealed
1980
All God's Children
Blaine Whitfield
Sealed
1979
Hot Stuff
Captain John Geiberger
Sealed
1979
Freedom Road
Narrator
Freedom Man
Sealed
1979
Freedom Man
Benjamin Banneker
Sealed
1977
Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid
Dr. Fredericks
Sealed
1976
The Tenth Level
Reed
Sealed
1976
Countdown at Kusini
Ernest Motapo
Sealed
1975
Let's Do It Again
Elder Johnson
Sealed
1975
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
Narrator
Sealed
1973
Wattstax
Self (uncredited)
Sealed
1972
Malcolm X
Eulogy (voice)
Sealed
1971
The Sheriff
James Lucas
Sealed
1970
Kongi's Harvest
Narrator
Sealed
1969
The Fall
Sealed
1969
Teacher, Teacher
Charles Carter
Sealed
1969
Slaves
Luke
Sealed
1969
Sam Whiskey
Jed Hooker
Sealed
1969
Night Gallery
Osmond Portifoy
Sealed
1968
The Scalphunters
Joseph Lee
Sealed
1968
Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class
Narrator
Sealed
1967
The Outsider
Lt. Wagner
Now is the Time
Sealed
1967
Now is the Time
Self
Sealed
1967
Black Liberation
Narrator
Sealed
1966
A Man Called Adam
Nelson Davis
The Sun... the Sand... the Hill
Sealed
1965
The Sun... the Sand... the Hill
Jason King (archival footage)
Sealed
1965
The Hill
Jacko King
Sealed
1964
Shock Treatment
Capshaw
Sealed
1963
The Cardinal
Father Gillis
Sealed
1963
Gone Are the Days!
Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson
Sealed
1962
Hands of Inge
Narrator (voice)
Sealed
1960
John Brown's Raid
Dangerfield Newby
Sealed
1951
Fourteen Hours
Cab Driver (uncredited)
Sealed
1950
No Way Out
John Brooks (uncredited)