highest rated
acting
- Black Panther 3
- Here Comes the Flood
- American Gangster Special → Self
- Untitled Hannibal Film → Hannibal
- Number One on the Call Sheet (TV) → Self
- Highest 2 Lowest → David King
- Denzel Washington: Falling Forward
- Gladiator II → Macrinus
- Hollywood Black (TV) → Self (archive footage)
- The Making of Gladiator II → Self
- Denzel Washington: American Icon → Self
- The Piano Lesson: Legacy and a Vision → Self
- The Equalizer 3 → Robert McCall
- Sidney → Self
- Whoopi Goldberg: The Winning Act → Self (archive footage)
- The Little Things → Joe 'Deke' Deacon
- The Tragedy of Macbeth → Macbeth
- Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend → Self (archive footage)
- Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King → Self (archive footage)
- Giving Voice → Self
- The Equalizer 2 → Robert McCall
- Denzel Washington: Reel Life → Self
- Roman J. Israel, Esq. → Roman J. Israel
- Chasing Trane → John Coltrane (voice)
- The Magnificent Seven → Sam Chisolm
- Fences → Troy Maxson
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (TV) → Self
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (TV) → Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV) → Self
- The Equalizer → Robert McCall
- Circus Halligalli (TV) → Self
- 2 Guns → Robert 'Bobby' Trench
- Flight → Whip Whitaker
- Safe House → Tobin Frost
- The Book of Eli → Eli
- Unstoppable → Frank Barnes
- The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 → Walter Garber
- We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial → Self
- Live from Studio Five (TV) → Self
- Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster' → Self
- The Graham Norton Show (TV) → Self
- American Gangster → Frank Lucas
- The Great Debaters → Melvin B. Tolson
- Déjà Vu → Doug Carlin
- Inside Man → Keith Frazier
- The Reichen Show (TV) → Self - Guest
- By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' → Self
- Man on Fire → John W. Creasy
- On Air with Ryan Seacrest (TV) → Self
- The Manchurian Candidate → Major Bennett Ezekiel Marco
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV) → Self - Guest
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV) → Self
- Out of Time → Matt Lee Whitlock
- The Evolution of an American Filmmaker → Self
- John Q → John Quincy Archibald
- Antwone Fisher → Dr. Jerome Davenport
- Training Day → Alonzo
- Remember the Titans → Coach Herman Boone
- Straight from the Streets → Self
- The Bone Collector → Lincoln Rhyme
- The Hurricane → Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
- The Early Show (TV) → Self - Guest
- TRL (TV) → Self
- Fallen → John Hobbes
- The Siege → Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard
- He Got Game → Jake Shuttlesworth
- The View (TV) → Self
- Mother Goose: A Rappin' and Rhymin' Special → Humpty Dumpty / The Crooked Man (voice)
- The Preacher's Wife → Dudley
- Courage Under Fire → Lieutenant Colonel Nathaniel Serling
- NBA at 50 → Self - Host
- Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (TV) → King Omar (voice)
- Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (TV) → Humpty Dumpty / Crooked Man (voice)
- The Making of 'Crimson Tide' → Self
- Crimson Tide → Lt. Commander Ronald "Ron" Hunter
- Virtuosity → Parker Barnes
- Devil in a Blue Dress → Easy Rawlins
- Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! → Self (archive footage)
- Late Show with David Letterman (TV) → Self - Guest
- Philadelphia → Joe Miller
- The Pelican Brief → Gray Grantham
- Much Ado About Nothing → Don Pedro
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV)
- Malcolm X → Malcolm X
- Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II → Narrator (voice)
- Jammin': Jelly Roll Morton on Broadway → Narrator (voice)
- Ricochet → Nick Styles
- Mississippi Masala → Demetrius Williams
- Rabbit Ears - Anansi → Narrator (voice)
- Mo' Better Blues → Bleek Gilliam
- Heart Condition → Napoleon Stone
- Rabbit Ears - John Henry → Narrator (voice)
- ZDF-Mittagsmagazin (TV) → Self
- Glory → Pvt. Trip
- The Mighty Quinn → Xavier Quinn
- American Experience (TV) → Narrator (voice)
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV) → Self
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV) → Self - Guest
- The George McKenna Story → George McKenna
- For Queen & Country → Reuben
- Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute → Self
- Cry Freedom → Steve Biko
- Power → Arnold Billings
- License to Kill → Martin Sawyer
- Goldene Kamera (TV) → Self
- A Soldier's Story → Private First Class Peterson
- St. Elsewhere (TV) → Philip Chandler
- Wogan (TV) → Self
- Wetten, dass..? (TV) → Self
- Carbon Copy → Roger Porter
- CBS News Sunday Morning (TV) → Self
- Flesh & Blood → Kirk
- Flesh & Blood (TV) → Kirk
- Coriolanus → Roman Soldier / Volscian Soldier
- Wilma → Robert Eldridge, age 18
- The American Film Institute Salute to ... (TV) → Self
- The American Film Institute Salute to ... (TV) → Self - Honoree
- Great Performances (TV) → Self
- Tony Awards (TV) → Self - Presenter
- Tony Awards (TV) → Self - Winner / Presenter
- Tony Awards (TV) → Self - Nominee
- The Oscars (TV) → Self
- Today (TV) → Self
- Golden Globe Awards (TV) → Self - Presenter
- Golden Globe Awards (TV) → Self - Nominee