Acting

—		Milt & Honi as himself
—		Uncovering Wolfen as Self (archive footage)

2019

as Self (archive footage)

2018

as (archive footage)

2009

as Self (archive footage)

2004

as Jelly Roll Morton (segment "Jelly's Last Jam")

2003

as Self (archive footage)

2002		The Red Sneakers as Zeke
2002		It's Black Entertainment as Self

2001		Santa, Baby! as Noel (voice)
2001		Bojangles as Bojangles

2000		Once in the Life as Ruffhouse
2000		Who Killed Atlanta's Children? as Ron Larson
2000		The Tic Code as Tyrone Pike
2000		Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her as Robert (segment "Fantasies About Rebecca")

1997		Color of Justice as Reverend Walton
1997		Subway Stories as Jack (segment "Manhattan Miracle")
1997		Good Luck as Bernard 'Bern' Lemley

1996		The Cherokee Kid as The Undertaker / Jedediah Turner
1996		The Preacher's Wife as Joe Hamilton
1996		Mad Dog Time as Jules Flamingo

1995		Waiting to Exhale as Marvin
1995		A Stranger in Town as Barnes

1994		Dead Air as Mark Jannek / Jim Sheppard
1994		Renaissance Man as Sergeant Cass
1994		Kangaroo Court

1992		T Bone N Weasel as T Bone
1992		Jammin': Jelly Roll Morton on Broadway as Himself

1991		White Lie as Len Madison Jr.
1991		A Rage in Harlem as Goldy
1991		Eve of Destruction as Colonel Jim McQuade

1990

as Self

1989

as Max Washington

1988

as Albaby Perkins

1986

as Ray Hughes

1985		White Nights as Raymond Greenwood
1985		Puss in Boots as Edgar - Miller's Son
1985		Night of 100 Stars II as Self
1985		About Tap as Self

1984		The Cotton Club as Delbert 'Sandman' Williams
1984		The Muppets Take Manhattan as Rollerskater

1983

as Ray Kasternak

1982		Shirley MacLaine... Illusions as Self
1982		I Love Liberty as Self

1981		Steve Martin's Best Show Ever as Self / Lionel Foot
1981		Wolfen as Whittington
1981		History of the World: Part I as Josephus

1980

Directing

2002

… Director

1995

… Director