- Wilma (1977) - Robert Eldridge
- Carbon Copy (1981) - Roger Porter
- A Soldier's Story (1984) - Pfc. Melvin Peterson
- Licence to Kill (1984) - Martin Sawyer
- The George McKenna Story (1986) - George McKenna
- Power (1986) - Arnold Billings
- Cry Freedom (1987) - Steve Biko
- For Queen and Country (1988) - Reuben James
- The Mighty Quinn (1989) - Xavier Quinn
- Glory (1989) - Pvt. Trip
- Heart Condition (1990) - Napoleon Stone
- Mo' Better Blues (1990) - Bleek Gilliam
- Ricochet (1991) - Nick Styles
- Mississippi Masala (1992) - Demetrius Williams
- Malcolm X (1992) - Malcolm X
- The Pelican Brief (1993) - Gray Grantham
- Much Ado About Nothing (1993) - Don Pedro of Aragon
- Philadelphia (1993) - Joe Miller
- Crimson Tide (1995) - Lt. Commander Ron Hunter
- Virtuosity (1995) - Lt. Parker Barnes
- Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) - Easy Rawlins
- Courage Under Fire (1996) - Lt. Colonel Nathaniel Serling
- The Preacher's Wife (1996) - Dudley
- Fallen (1998) - Detective John Hobbes
- He Got Game (1998) - Jake Shuttlesworth
- The Siege (1998) - Special Agent Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard FBI
- ✔ The Bone Collector (1999) - Lincoln Rhyme
- The Hurricane (1999) - Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
- Remember the Titans (2000) - Coach Herman Boone
- The Loretta Claiborne Story (2000) - Zichzelf
- ✔ Training Day (2001) - Detective Alonzo Harris
- John Q (2002) - John Quincy Archibald
- Antwone Fisher (2002) - Dr. Jerome Davenport
- Out of Time (2003) - Police Chief Matthias Lee Whitlock
- Man on Fire (2004) - John Creasy
- The Manchurian Candidate (2004) - Major Ben Marco
- Inside Man (2006) - Detective Keith Frazier
- Déjà Vu (2006) - Special Agent Doug Carlin
- ✔ American Gangster (2007) - Frank Lucas
- The Great Debaters (2007) - Melvin B. Tolson
- The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009) - Walter Garber
- The Book of Eli (2010) - Eli
- ✔ Unstoppable (2010) - Frank Barnes
- ✔ Safe House (2012) - Tobin Frost
- ✔ Flight (2012) - Captain Whip Whitaker
- ✔ 2 Guns (2013) - Robert 'Bobby' Trench
- ✔ The Equalizer (2014) - Robert McCall
- The Magnificent Seven (2016) - Sam Chisolm
- Fences (2016) - Troy Maxson (tevens ook regie)
- Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017) - Roman J. Israel
- ✔ The Equalizer 2 (2018) - Robert McCall
- The Little Things (2021) - Deputy Sheriff Joe "Deke" Deacon
- The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021) - Lord Macbeth
- ✔ The Equalizer 3 (2023) - Robert McCall
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