Morgan Freeman: movies and TV shows
Morgan Freeman has 300 credits in the archive: 219 films and 81 TV series, from 1944 to 2026. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1944 – 2026 · busiest year: 2005 (15 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | The Dinosaurs | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 7.9 | 89 |
| 2026 | The Gray House | TV | 4.3 | 89 | |
| 2025 | Now You See Me: Now You Don't | Thaddeus Bradley | Film | 6.5 | 88 |
| 2025 | Number One on the Call Sheet | Self | TV | 3.6 | 88 |
| 2025 | The American Revolution | (voice) | TV | 5.9 | 88 |
| 2025 | In Our Blood | Film | 4.8 | 88 | |
| 2025 | Clint Eastwood : la légende | Self | Film | — | 88 |
| 2025 | The Power of Chi | (narrator) | Film | — | 88 |
| 2024 | Gunner | Kendrick Ryker | Film | 5.3 | 87 |
| 2024 | My Dead Friend Zoe | Dr. Cole | Film | 6.3 | 87 |
| 2024 | Odysseus Returns | Narrator | Film | — | 87 |
| 2024 | From the Balkans | (narrator) | Film | — | 87 |
| 2023 | Lioness | Secretary of State Edwin Mullins | TV | 8.0 | 86 |
| 2023 | The Muppets Mayhem | Morgan Freeman | TV | 6.2 | 86 |
| 2023 | Life on Our Planet | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 86 |
| 2023 | 100 Years of Warner Bros. | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 7.6 | 86 |
| 2023 | 57 Seconds | Anton Burrell | Film | 6.1 | 86 |
| 2023 | The Ritual Killer | Dr. Mackles | Film | 5.8 | 86 |
| 2023 | A Good Person | Daniel | Film | 7.0 | 86 |
| 2023 | 761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers | Self | Film | 6.0 | 86 |
| 2023 | 761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers | Film | 6.0 | 86 | |
| 2022 | The Jennifer Hudson Show | Self - Guest | TV | 5.6 | 85 |
| 2022 | VM-krönika 2022 | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 85 |
| 2022 | Our Universe | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 7.8 | 85 |
| 2022 | The Minute You Wake Up Dead | Sheriff Thurmond Fowler | Film | 5.3 | 85 |
| 2022 | Paradise Highway | Gerick | Film | 5.9 | 85 |
| 2022 | Sidney | Self | Film | 7.0 | 85 |
| 2022 | Betty White: A Celebration | Self | Film | 8.0 | 85 |
| 2022 | Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.3 | 85 |
| 2022 | Ogun Óla: War is Coming | Film | 6.0 | 85 | |
| 2022 | Metro Boomin: Heroes & Villains | Film | — | 85 | |
| 2022 | Power of Chi | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 85 |
| 2021 | Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard | Senior | Film | 6.6 | 84 |
| 2021 | Coming 2 America | Morgan Freeman | Film | 6.3 | 84 |
| 2021 | Solos | Narrator (voice) | TV | 6.7 | 84 |
| 2021 | Solos | Stuart | TV | 6.7 | 84 |
| 2021 | Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy | Self | TV | 7.0 | 84 |
| 2021 | History's Greatest Escapes with Morgan Freeman | Self - Host | TV | 5.7 | 84 |
| 2021 | Vanquish | Damon | Film | 5.2 | 84 |
| 2021 | The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain | Film | 7.2 | 84 | |
| 2021 | Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It | Self | Film | 7.4 | 84 |
| 2021 | Oscar Micheaux: The Superhero of Black Filmmaking | Self | Film | 6.2 | 84 |
| 2021 | Morgan Freeman: Breaking Barriers | Self | Film | 6.6 | 84 |
| 2020 | The Comeback Trail | Reggie Fontaine | Film | 5.8 | 83 |
| 2020 | The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II | Self | Film | 6.9 | 83 |
| 2020 | Into Nature's Wild | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.0 | 83 |
| 2020 | Meeting the Beatles in India | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.5 | 83 |
| 2019 | Angel Has Fallen | Alan Trumbull | Film | 6.6 | 82 |
| 2019 | Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? | Morgan Freeman (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 82 |
| 2019 | The Poison Rose | Doc | Film | 4.7 | 82 |
| 2019 | Brian Banks | Jerome Johnson (uncredited) | Film | 7.2 | 82 |
| 2019 | Panama Canal: A Land Divided ~ A World United | Self | Film | 6.0 | 82 |
| 2018 | The Nutcracker and the Four Realms | Drosselmeyer | Film | 6.1 | 81 |
| 2018 | Die Clint Eastwood Story | Self | Film | 6.0 | 81 |
| 2018 | America's Musical Journey | Narrator (voice) | Film | 5.6 | 81 |
| 2017 | Going in Style | Willie Davis | Film | 6.7 | 80 |
| 2017 | March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step | Narrator (English voice) | Film | 6.9 | 80 |
| 2017 | Just Getting Started | Duke | Film | 4.9 | 80 |
| 2017 | Monochrome: Black, White & Blue | Self | TV | — | 80 |
| 2017 | The Words That Built America | Self - Reader: Declaration of Independence | Film | 6.0 | 80 |
| 2017 | The Story of Us with Morgan Freeman | Self - Host | TV | 6.8 | 80 |
| 2017 | Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies | Self | Film | 5.4 | 80 |
| 2017 | John G. Avildsen: King of the Underdogs | Self | Film | 6.7 | 80 |
| 2016 | Now You See Me 2 | Thaddeus Bradley | Film | 6.8 | 79 |
| 2016 | London Has Fallen | Alan Trumbull | Film | 6.2 | 79 |
| 2016 | Ben-Hur | Sheik Ilderim | Film | 5.8 | 79 |
| 2016 | The Story of God with Morgan Freeman | Self - Host | TV | 7.5 | 79 |
| 2016 | The C Word | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.8 | 79 |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | TV | 6.1 | 78 |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self - Guest | TV | 6.1 | 78 |
| 2015 | Ted 2 | Patrick Meighan | Film | 6.3 | 78 |
| 2015 | Last Knights | Bartok | Film | 6.4 | 78 |
| 2015 | Momentum | Senator | Film | 5.7 | 78 |
| 2015 | JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.0 | 78 |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self - Guest | TV | 5.8 | 77 |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | TV | 5.1 | 77 |
| 2014 | Madam Secretary | Chief Justice Frawley | TV | 7.0 | 77 |
| 2014 | Madam Secretary | Chief Justice Wilbourne (uncredited) | TV | 7.0 | 77 |
| 2014 | Madam Secretary | TV | 7.0 | 77 | |
| 2014 | Madam Secretary | TV | 7.0 | 77 | |
| 2014 | The Lego Movie | Vitruvius (voice) | Film | 7.4 | 77 |
| 2014 | Lucy | Professor Norman | Film | 6.5 | 77 |
| 2014 | Transcendence | Joseph Tagger | Film | 6.1 | 77 |
| 2014 | Dolphin Tale 2 | Dr. Cameron McCarthy | Film | 7.0 | 77 |
| 2014 | Wish Wizard | Maxwell Omni | Film | 3.7 | 77 |
| 2014 | 5 Flights Up | Alex Carver | Film | 6.0 | 77 |
| 2014 | 5 Flights Up | Film | 6.0 | 77 | |
| 2014 | Island of Lemurs: Madagascar | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.2 | 77 |
| 2014 | We the People | Narrator (voice) | Film | 3.5 | 77 |
| 2013 | Now You See Me | Thaddeus Bradley | Film | 7.3 | 76 |
| 2013 | Olympus Has Fallen | Alan Trumbull | Film | 6.4 | 76 |
| 2013 | Oblivion | Beech | Film | 6.7 | 76 |
| 2013 | Last Vegas | Archibald 'Archie' Clayton | Film | 6.4 | 76 |
| 2013 | Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story | Self | Film | 6.1 | 76 |
| 2013 | Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot | Self | Film | 6.8 | 76 |
| 2013 | JFK: A President Betrayed | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.4 | 76 |
| 2013 | The Editor and The Dragon: Horace Carter Fights the Klan | Narrator (voice) | Film | 8.2 | 76 |
| 2012 | The Dark Knight Rises | Fox | Film | 7.8 | 75 |
| 2012 | Ending the Knight | Self | Film | 7.1 | 75 |
| 2012 | The Magic of Belle Isle | Monte Wildhorn | Film | 7.0 | 75 |
| 2012 | Le frontiere dell'Astronomia - EP-7 Vite aliene nel cosmo | Narratore | Film | 4.0 | 75 |
| 2012 | B.B. King: The Life of Riley | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 75 |
| 2012 | Betty White's 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America's Golden Girl | Self | Film | 6.0 | 75 |
| 2012 | Echoes 'Cross the Tracks | Self | Film | 6.0 | 75 |
| 2011 | Conan the Barbarian | Narrator (voice) | Film | 5.3 | 74 |
| 2011 | Curiosity | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 7.1 | 74 |
| 2011 | Dolphin Tale | Dr. McCarthy | Film | 6.9 | 74 |
| 2011 | Clint Eastwood's West | Self | Film | 6.0 | 74 |
| 2011 | Breaking the Taboo | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.1 | 74 |
| 2011 | Born to Be Wild | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 74 |
| 2010 | RED | Joe Matheson | Film | 6.7 | 73 |
| 2010 | Through the Wormhole | Self - Host | TV | 7.7 | 73 |
| 2010 | Through the Wormhole | TV | 7.7 | 73 | |
| 2010 | Through the Wormhole | TV | 7.7 | 73 | |
| 2010 | The Eastwood Factor | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.0 | 73 |
| 2010 | The 16th Man | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.8 | 73 |
| 2010 | The 16th Man | Film | 6.8 | 73 | |
| 2010 | The President's Photographer: Fifty Years Inside the Oval Office | Narrator (voice) | Film | 5.8 | 73 |
| 2009 | 30 for 30 | TV | 7.5 | 72 | |
| 2009 | The Jay Leno Show | Self | TV | 3.3 | 72 |
| 2009 | Invictus | Nelson Mandela | Film | 7.2 | 72 |
| 2009 | Invictus | Film | 7.2 | 72 | |
| 2009 | The People Speak | Self | Film | 7.2 | 72 |
| 2009 | Thick as Thieves | Keith Ripley | Film | 6.0 | 72 |
| 2009 | The Maiden Heist | Charles Peterson | Film | 5.7 | 72 |
| 2009 | Live from Studio Five | Self | TV | 3.7 | 72 |
| 2009 | Prom Night in Mississippi | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.6 | 72 |
| 2008 | The Dark Knight | Lucius Fox | Film | 8.5 | 71 |
| 2008 | Wanted | Sloan | Film | 6.5 | 71 |
| 2008 | The Love Guru | Morgan Freemann (voice) (uncredited) | Film | 4.1 | 71 |
| 2008 | A Raisin in the Sun | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | Film | 6.1 | 71 |
| 2008 | Rob Reiner Interviews the Stars: Morgan Freeman | Self | Film | 6.0 | 71 |
| 2008 | Where the Water Meets the Sky | Film | 6.0 | 71 | |
| 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self | TV | 7.2 | 70 |
| 2007 | The Bucket List | Carter Chambers | Film | 7.2 | 70 |
| 2007 | Evan Almighty | God | Film | 5.6 | 70 |
| 2007 | Gone Baby Gone | Jack Doyle | Film | 7.3 | 70 |
| 2007 | Feast of Love | Harry Stevenson | Film | 6.2 | 70 |
| 2007 | All About Us | Self | Film | 4.4 | 70 |
| 2007 | AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition | Self | Film | 6.7 | 70 |
| 2006 | Lucky Number Slevin | The Boss | Film | 7.5 | 69 |
| 2006 | 10 Items or Less | 'Him' | Film | 6.2 | 69 |
| 2006 | The Contract | Frank Carden | Film | 5.8 | 69 |
| 2006 | The Best of The Tony Awards: The Plays | Jaques (segment "As You Like It") | Film | — | 69 |
| 2006 | Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters | Self | Film | 6.5 | 69 |
| 2006 | The Electric Company's Greatest Hits & Bits | Self | Film | 6.0 | 69 |
| 2006 | Greasy Rider | Film | — | 69 | |
| 2005 | The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | Self | TV | 6.8 | 68 |
| 2005 | Batman Begins | Lucius Fox | Film | 7.7 | 68 |
| 2005 | The Reichen Show | Self - Guest | TV | 4.8 | 68 |
| 2005 | War of the Worlds | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.6 | 68 |
| 2005 | Unleashed | Sam | Film | 6.9 | 68 |
| 2005 | Edison | Ashford | Film | 5.4 | 68 |
| 2005 | An Unfinished Life | Mitch Bradley | Film | 6.8 | 68 |
| 2005 | Nos Bastidores de Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | Film | 10.0 | 68 |
| 2005 | March of the Penguins | Narrator | Film | 7.1 | 68 |
| 2005 | Slavery and the Making of America | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 7.7 | 68 |
| 2005 | Born to Fight | Self | Film | 8.0 | 68 |
| 2005 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | Neil Armstrong (voice) | Film | 5.9 | 68 |
| 2005 | Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast | Self | Film | 2.0 | 68 |
| 2005 | James Lipton Takes on Three | Self | Film | 8.0 | 68 |
| 2005 | Blues Divas | Self | Film | 6.0 | 68 |
| 2004 | Million Dollar Baby | Eddie Scrap-Iron Dupris | Film | 8.0 | 67 |
| 2004 | The Big Bounce | Walter Crewes | Film | 5.0 | 67 |
| 2004 | America Beyond the Color Line | Self | TV | 7.5 | 67 |
| 2004 | Genius. A Night for Ray Charles | Self | Film | 7.4 | 67 |
| 2004 | The Hunting of the President | Narrator (voice) | Film | 5.7 | 67 |
| 2004 | Survivors of the Shoah: Visual History Foundation | Film | 6.6 | 67 | |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self - Guest | TV | 5.3 | 66 |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | TV | 5.5 | 66 |
| 2003 | Bruce Almighty | God | Film | 6.7 | 66 |
| 2003 | Dreamcatcher | Col. Abraham Curtis | Film | 5.6 | 66 |
| 2003 | Guilty by Association | Lt. Redding | Film | 3.0 | 66 |
| 2003 | Declaration of Independence | Self | Film | 7.7 | 66 |
| 2003 | Levity | Miles Evans | Film | 6.1 | 66 |
| 2003 | Levity | Film | 6.1 | 66 | |
| 2002 | The Sum of All Fears | DCI William Cabot | Film | 6.4 | 65 |
| 2002 | High Crimes | Charlie Grimes | Film | 6.4 | 65 |
| 2002 | Partners of the Heart | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.0 | 65 |
| 2002 | Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' | Self | Film | 7.4 | 65 |
| 2002 | All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger | Self | Film | 7.3 | 65 |
| 2001 | Along Came a Spider | Alex Cross | Film | 6.4 | 64 |
| 2001 | Along Came a Spider | Film | 6.4 | 64 | |
| 2001 | Shawshank: The Redeeming Feature | Self | Film | 8.4 | 64 |
| 2000 | Nurse Betty | Charlie | Film | 6.1 | 63 |
| 2000 | Under Suspicion | Captain Victor Benezet | Film | 6.1 | 63 |
| 2000 | Under Suspicion | Film | 6.1 | 63 | |
| 2000 | Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.3 | 63 |
| 1999 | Mark Twain Prize | Self | TV | 6.8 | 62 |
| 1999 | Stephen King: Shining in the Dark | Self | Film | 6.8 | 62 |
| 1999 | Mutiny | Film | 4.9 | 62 | |
| 1998 | Parkinson | Self | TV | — | 61 |
| 1998 | Deep Impact | President Tom Beck | Film | 6.2 | 61 |
| 1998 | Hard Rain | Jim | Film | 5.9 | 61 |
| 1998 | Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist | Self | Film | 8.3 | 61 |
| 1998 | Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist | Film | 8.3 | 61 | |
| 1997 | The View | Self | TV | 4.3 | 60 |
| 1997 | The Chris Rock Show | TV | 4.6 | 60 | |
| 1997 | Kiss the Girls | Det. Alex Cross | Film | 6.5 | 60 |
| 1997 | The Long Way Home | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.1 | 60 |
| 1997 | The Making of Se7en | Self | Film | 10.0 | 60 |
| 1997 | Amistad | Theodore Joadson | Film | 7.0 | 60 |
| 1996 | The Daily Show | Self | TV | 6.4 | 59 |
| 1996 | Chain Reaction | Paul Shannon | Film | 5.8 | 59 |
| 1996 | Moll Flanders | Hibble | Film | 6.1 | 59 |
| 1996 | Inside the White House | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.3 | 59 |
| 1996 | Cosmic Voyage | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.3 | 59 |
| 1996 | Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial | Edward G. Robinson | Film | 10.0 | 59 |
| 1995 | Se7en | Somerset | Film | 8.4 | 58 |
| 1995 | Outbreak | General Billy Ford | Film | 6.6 | 58 |
| 1994 | The Shawshank Redemption | Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding | Film | 8.7 | 57 |
| 1994 | Inside the Actors Studio | Self | TV | 7.6 | 57 |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | TV | 7.3 | 56 |
| 1993 | Bopha! | Film | 5.6 | 56 | |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | TV | 5.4 | 55 | |
| 1992 | HBO First Look | TV | 5.6 | 55 | |
| 1992 | Unforgiven | Ned Logan | Film | 7.9 | 55 |
| 1992 | Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories | Narrator (voice) | TV | 9.5 | 55 |
| 1992 | The Power of One | Geel Piet | Film | 7.5 | 55 |
| 1992 | Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' | Self | Film | — | 55 |
| 1991 | Pebble Mill | Self | TV | 4.1 | 54 |
| 1991 | Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves | Azeem | Film | 6.9 | 54 |
| 1991 | Robin Hood: The Myth, the Man, the Movie | Self | Film | 6.5 | 54 |
| 1991 | The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry | Narrator (voice) | Film | 4.3 | 54 |
| 1991 | The True Story of Glory Continues | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.8 | 54 |
| 1990 | The Civil War | Frederick Douglass / John Boston (voice) | TV | 7.9 | 53 |
| 1990 | The Bonfire of the Vanities | Judge Leonard White | Film | 5.6 | 53 |
| 1990 | The Earth Day Special | Walter Samson | Film | 6.1 | 53 |
| 1990 | Night of 100 Stars III | Self | Film | 4.0 | 53 |
| 1990 | Follow the Drinking Gourd | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 53 |
| 1990 | Rabbit Ears - The Savior is Born | Narrator (voice) | Film | 4.0 | 53 |
| 1989 | Glory | Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins | Film | 7.5 | 52 |
| 1989 | Johnny Handsome | Lt. A.Z. Drones | Film | 6.4 | 52 |
| 1989 | Driving Miss Daisy | Hoke Colburn | Film | 7.2 | 52 |
| 1989 | Lean On Me | Principal Joe Clark | Film | 7.3 | 52 |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | TV | 5.6 | 51 | |
| 1988 | American Experience | Narrator (voice) | TV | 6.5 | 51 |
| 1988 | Clean and Sober | Craig | Film | 6.3 | 51 |
| 1988 | Clinton and Nadine | Dorsey Pratt | Film | 3.7 | 51 |
| 1987 | Street Smart | Leo "Fast Black" Smalls, Jr. | Film | 6.0 | 50 |
| 1987 | Fight for Life | Dr. Sherard | Film | 6.0 | 50 |
| 1986 | American Masters | Narrator (voice) | TV | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1986 | Resting Place | Luther Johnson | Film | 6.3 | 49 |
| 1985 | The Twilight Zone | Tony (segment "Dealer's Choice") | TV | 7.7 | 48 |
| 1985 | The Atlanta Child Murders | Ben Shelter | TV | 5.8 | 48 |
| 1985 | That Was Then... This Is Now | Charlie Woods | Film | 5.7 | 48 |
| 1985 | Marie: A True Story | Charles Traughber | Film | 5.8 | 48 |
| 1985 | The Gospel at Colonus | Messenger | Film | — | 48 |
| 1985 | The Execution of Raymond Graham | Warden Pratt | Film | 6.6 | 48 |
| 1984 | Goldene Kamera | Self | TV | 5.7 | 47 |
| 1984 | Teachers | Lewis | Film | 5.7 | 47 |
| 1984 | Harry & Son | Siemanowski | Film | 5.9 | 47 |
| 1981 | Eyewitness | Lieutenant Black | Film | 5.6 | 44 |
| 1981 | The Marva Collins Story | Clarence Collins | Film | 7.4 | 44 |
| 1981 | Death of a Prophet | Malcolm X | Film | 4.5 | 44 |
| 1980 | Brubaker | Walter | Film | 7.1 | 43 |
| 1980 | Attica | Hap Richards | Film | 5.7 | 43 |
| 1979 | CBS News Sunday Morning | Self | TV | 6.8 | 42 |
| 1979 | Hollow Image | Sweet Talk | Film | 5.7 | 42 |
| 1978 | The Kennedy Center Honors | Self | TV | 7.4 | 41 |
| 1978 | Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry | Uncle Hammer | TV | 5.3 | 41 |
| 1978 | Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry | Uncle Hammer | Film | 8.0 | 41 |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Cameo (uncredited) | TV | 6.9 | 38 |
| 1974 | Spidey Super Stories | Police officer | TV | — | 37 |
| 1974 | Spidey Super Stories | Umpire | TV | — | 37 |
| 1974 | Spidey Super Stories | Count Dracula | TV | — | 37 |
| 1974 | Spidey Super Stories | Easy Reader | TV | — | 37 |
| 1974 | Out to Lunch | Self / Croupier | Film | 8.0 | 37 |
| 1974 | Energy Crisis | Self | Film | — | 37 |
| 1973 | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Self | TV | 6.3 | 36 |
| 1973 | Blade | Chris | Film | 5.5 | 36 |
| 1971 | Great Performances | Messenger | TV | 6.1 | 34 |
| 1971 | The Electric Company | Mark /Easy Reader /Mel Mounds /Count Dracula /Mad Scientist /The Cop /Marcello | TV | 7.3 | 34 |
| 1971 | Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow! | Afro | Film | 8.0 | 34 |
| 1970 | Caught in the Middle | Film | — | 33 | |
| 1968 | 60 Minutes | Self | TV | 6.5 | 31 |
| 1968 | Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? | Grand Central Commuter (uncredited) | Film | 5.3 | 31 |
| 1968 | Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? | Grand Central Commuter | Film | 5.3 | 31 |
| 1966 | A Man Called Adam | Party Guest (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 29 |
| 1965 | The Pawnbroker | Man on Street (Uncredited) | Film | 7.1 | 28 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Performer | TV | — | 19 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self - Presenter | TV | 7.0 | 16 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 16 |
| 1952 | Today | Self | TV | 5.6 | 15 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Clarence | TV | 8.8 | 14 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Luther | TV | 8.8 | 14 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | 7.1 | 7 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | 7.1 | 7 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self | TV | 7.1 | 7 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient | TV | 7.1 | 7 |
| CLINT | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | — | |
| The Promised Land | Narrator (voice) | TV | 7.5 | — | |
| The Little Bedroom | Film | — | — | ||
| Hate to See You Go | Sonny Bell | Film | — | — | |
| Hate to See You Go | Film | — | — | ||
| Last Meals | Film | — | — | ||
| Break Out | Film | — | — | ||
| A New Birth of Freedom | Narrator | Film | — | — | |
| The Blues Live On! The Delta Blues Museum | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | — | |
| Sniff | Joe Mulwray | Film | — | — |