Clarke Peters: movies and TV shows
Clarke Peters has 115 credits in the archive: 63 films and 52 TV series, from 1970 to 2026. Highest rated: The Wire (8.6/10).
Career timeline
1970 – 2026 · busiest year: 2015 (8 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | The Boroughs | Art Daniels | TV | 7.3 | 74 |
| 2025 | Watson | Hamish Watson | TV | 4.6 | 73 |
| 2025 | Towards Zero | Frederick Treves | TV | 6.2 | 73 |
| 2025 | Small Town, Big Story | Chet Donald | TV | 6.7 | 73 |
| 2024 | Testament: The Story of Moses | God (voice) | TV | 7.3 | 72 |
| 2024 | Eric | George | TV | 7.0 | 72 |
| 2024 | Truelove | Ken | TV | 6.4 | 72 |
| 2024 | Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin | Reverend Powell Sr. | Film | 6.8 | 72 |
| 2023 | Royal Crackers | Deshaun (voice) | TV | 5.7 | 71 |
| 2022 | The Man Who Fell to Earth | Josiah Falls | TV | 7.4 | 70 |
| 2022 | Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody | John Houston | Film | 7.0 | 70 |
| 2022 | BBC Proms - The Golden Age of Broadway | Singer | Film | — | 70 |
| 2021 | Foundation | Abbas | TV | 7.7 | 69 |
| 2021 | La Fortuna | Jonas Pierce | TV | 6.7 | 69 |
| 2021 | The Irregulars | Linen Man | TV | 7.1 | 69 |
| 2021 | Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall | Film | 7.5 | 69 | |
| 2021 | The Royale | Wynton | Film | — | 69 |
| 2021 | Cameron Mackintosh - The First 50 Years | Self | Film | — | 69 |
| 2020 | Da 5 Bloods | Otis | Film | 6.4 | 68 |
| 2020 | Come Away | Mad Hatter | Film | 5.8 | 68 |
| 2020 | Bumps | Charles | Film | — | 68 |
| 2020 | Count Basie: Through His Own Eyes | Voice of Count Basie | Film | 7.0 | 68 |
| 2019 | His Dark Materials | The Master | TV | 7.8 | 67 |
| 2019 | Harriet | Ben Ross | Film | 7.3 | 67 |
| 2019 | The Mandela Effect | Dr. Fuchs | Film | 6.3 | 67 |
| 2019 | An Acceptable Loss | Phillip Lamm | Film | 6.2 | 67 |
| 2019 | Christmas Under the Stars | Clem Marshwell | Film | 6.5 | 67 |
| 2019 | The Opera Game | Narrator | Film | 10.0 | 67 |
| 2018 | The Big Narstie Show | Self | TV | 4.3 | 66 |
| 2018 | Bulletproof | Ronald Pike Snr | TV | 6.4 | 66 |
| 2018 | Love Is___ | "Wiser" Yasir | TV | 6.3 | 66 |
| 2017 | The Blacklist: Redemption | Richard Whitehall | TV | 6.6 | 65 |
| 2017 | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Abercrombie | Film | 8.1 | 65 |
| 2017 | Division 19 | Perelman | Film | 5.8 | 65 |
| 2016 | Chance | Carl | TV | 6.9 | 64 |
| 2016 | Chance | Carl Allan | TV | 6.9 | 64 |
| 2016 | Jericho | Ralph Coates | TV | 6.3 | 64 |
| 2016 | Rebirth in New Orleans | Narrator | Film | 9.0 | 64 |
| 2016 | Fats Domino and The Birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll | Narrator | Film | 5.0 | 64 |
| 2015 | Marvel's Jessica Jones | Det. Oscar Clemons | TV | 7.5 | 63 |
| 2015 | London Spy | The American | TV | 7.0 | 63 |
| 2015 | Show Me a Hero | Robert Mayhawk | TV | 7.0 | 63 |
| 2015 | Partners in Crime | Julius Hersheimmer | TV | 7.1 | 63 |
| 2015 | The Benefactor | Dr. Romano | Film | 4.8 | 63 |
| 2015 | The Bad Education Movie | Commander Andrews | Film | 5.7 | 63 |
| 2015 | Roy Orbison: One of the Lonely Ones | Roy Orbison (Voice) | Film | 8.5 | 63 |
| 2015 | Sean Connery: In His Own Words | Self | Film | 6.0 | 63 |
| 2014 | True Detective | Minister | TV | 8.3 | 62 |
| 2014 | John Wick | Harry | Film | 7.5 | 62 |
| 2014 | Forever | Jerry Charters | TV | 7.8 | 62 |
| 2014 | The Best of Me | Morgan Dupree | Film | 7.5 | 62 |
| 2014 | The Divide | Isaiah Page | TV | 6.6 | 62 |
| 2014 | Grace | Father Michael | Film | 5.0 | 62 |
| 2012 | Red Hook Summer | Da Good Bishop Enoch Rouse | Film | 5.4 | 60 |
| 2011 | Person of Interest | Alonzo Quinn | TV | 8.1 | 59 |
| 2011 | Death in Paradise | Marlon Croft | TV | 7.5 | 59 |
| 2011 | Searching for Sonny | The Narrator | Film | 3.9 | 59 |
| 2010 | Blue Bloods | Nathan Anderson | TV | 7.8 | 58 |
| 2010 | Treme | Albert "Big Chief" Lambreaux | TV | 7.6 | 58 |
| 2010 | Locked In | Frank | Film | 4.0 | 58 |
| 2010 | Legacy | Ola Adenuga | Film | 4.7 | 58 |
| 2009 | Archer | Popeye (voice) | TV | 7.9 | 57 |
| 2009 | Chess in Concert | Walter de Courcy | Film | 6.6 | 57 |
| 2009 | Nativity! | Studio Boss | Film | 6.4 | 57 |
| 2009 | Brief Interviews with Hideous Men | Subject #31 | Film | 5.1 | 57 |
| 2009 | Turnipseed | A.B. Turnipseed | Film | — | 57 |
| 2009 | Doctor Who: Dreamland | Night Eagle (voice) | TV | 5.4 | 57 |
| 2009 | Endgame | Nelson Mandela | Film | 5.9 | 57 |
| 2008 | In Plain Sight | Norman Baker / Norman Danzer | TV | 7.1 | 56 |
| 2008 | Life on Mars | Captain Bellow | TV | 6.4 | 56 |
| 2008 | Sympathetic Details | Carson | Film | 8.0 | 56 |
| 2008 | Marley & Me | Editor | Film | 7.2 | 56 |
| 2008 | The Poker House | Maurice | Film | 6.2 | 56 |
| 2008 | Gigantic | Roger Stovall | Film | 5.6 | 56 |
| 2007 | Damages | Dave Pell | TV | 7.4 | 55 |
| 2007 | The Wire Odyssey | Self | Film | 6.6 | 55 |
| 2007 | Meadowlands | Professor Campbell | TV | 6.5 | 55 |
| 2007 | The Wire: The Last Word | Self | Film | 1.5 | 55 |
| 2007 | Tapping the Wire | Self | Film | 7.8 | 55 |
| 2006 | Freedomland | Reverend Longway | Film | 5.2 | 54 |
| 2005 | Law & Order: Trial by Jury | Rex da Silva | TV | 8.1 | 53 |
| 2003 | James Brown: Soul Survivor | Film | 7.7 | 51 | |
| 2003 | Head of State | Fundraiser Demo-Tape Man | Film | 5.6 | 51 |
| 2002 | The Wire | Lester Freamon | TV | 8.6 | 50 |
| 2001 | Waking the Dead | Howard Boorstin | TV | 7.2 | 49 |
| 2001 | K-PAX | Homeless Veteran | Film | 7.2 | 49 |
| 2000 | The Corner | Fat Curt | TV | 7.8 | 48 |
| 1999 | Notting Hill | 'Helix' Lead Actor | Film | 7.3 | 47 |
| 1998 | Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh | Moe | Film | 6.7 | 46 |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Frank Wainwright | TV | 7.5 | 45 |
| 1997 | Oz | Afsana | TV | 8.0 | 45 |
| 1997 | Jonathan Creek | Hewie Harper | TV | 7.6 | 45 |
| 1994 | Chandler & Co | Jasper | TV | 8.0 | 42 |
| 1993 | Death Train | Whitlock | Film | 5.0 | 41 |
| 1992 | Between the Lines | TV | 5.5 | 40 | |
| 1992 | A Masculine Ending | Theo Sykes | Film | 8.0 | 40 |
| 1992 | The Nicholas Brothers: We Sing and We Dance | Narrator | Film | — | 40 |
| 1991 | Murder Most Horrid | American | TV | 6.9 | 39 |
| 1989 | Red King, White Knight | Jones | Film | 6.4 | 37 |
| 1989 | A Casualty of War | Grover T. Fleming | Film | — | 37 |
| 1988 | Menace Unseen | Mark Hallstrom | TV | 8.0 | 36 |
| 1987 | Up Line | Alex du Bois | Film | — | 35 |
| 1986 | American Masters | Self - Narrator | TV | 7.0 | 34 |
| 1986 | Mona Lisa | Anderson | Film | 6.9 | 34 |
| 1984 | Travelling Man | Alan Downing | TV | 6.5 | 32 |
| 1984 | Facelift | Bob Jangles | Film | 10.0 | 32 |
| 1984 | King | Stevie | Film | 10.0 | 32 |
| 1983 | Saigon: Year of the Cat | Soldier | Film | 5.3 | 31 |
| 1981 | Outland | Sgt. Ballard | Film | 6.4 | 29 |
| 1980 | Silver Dream Racer | Cider Jones | Film | 5.6 | 28 |
| 1980 | Number on End | Yankee Billy | Film | 10.0 | 28 |
| 1979 | The Music Machine | Laurie | Film | 10.0 | 27 |
| 1977 | The Professionals | President Ojuka | TV | 7.6 | 25 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Stevie | TV | 6.6 | 18 |
| Sexual Healing | Harvey Fuqua | Film | — | — |