Ossie Davis

Full filmography

• Love in Exile (2026)
• Love in Exile (2026) Writer
• Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch (2024) Writer
• Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues (2022) as Self (archive footage)
• Folk Britannia (2006) as Self (archival footage)
• The Peace! (2005) as Self
• Deacons for Defense (2005) as Reverend 'Rev' Gregory
• By Any Means Necessary: The Making of 'Malcolm X' (2005) as Self
• The History Makers: Success (2005) as Self
• Unstoppable (2005) as Self
• The L Word (2004) as Melvin Porter
• She Hate Me (2004) as Judge Buchanan
• TV Revolution (2004)
• Proud (2004) as Lorenzo DuFau
• Baadasssss! (2004) as Granddad
• Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (2004) as Self
• Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives (2003)
• The Evolution of an American Filmmaker (2003) as Self
• Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property (2003) as Himself
• The Tuskegee Airmen: They Fought Two Wars (2003) as Narrator
• Bubba Ho-tep (2002) as John F. "Jack" Kennedy
• Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years (2002) as Narrator
• Theater Talk: 'A Raisin in the Sun' (2002) as Self
• Feast of All Saints (2001) as Jean-Jacques
• The Legend of the Candy Cane (2001) as Julius (voice)
• Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore (2001) as Narrator
• Dinosaur (2000) as Yar (voice)
• Finding Buck McHenry (2000) as Buck McHenry
• Here's to Life! (2000) as Duncan Cox
• Third Watch (1999) as Mr. Parker
• The Secret Path (1999) as Too Tall
• The Unfinished Journey (1999) as Narrator (voice)
• The Soul Collector (1999) as Mordecai
• Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve (1999) as Caretaker
• A Vow to Cherish (1999) as Alexander Billman
• Paul Robeson: Here I Stand (1999) as Self
• Doctor Dolittle (1998) as Archer Dolittle
• Small Steps, Big Strides: The Black Experience in Hollywood (1998) as Self
• Christianity: The First 1000 Years (1998) as Himself - Narrator
• Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (1998) as Self
• Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (1998) Thanks
• 12 Angry Men (1997) as Juror 2
• Miss Evers' Boys (1997) as Mr. Evers
• 4 Little Girls (1997) as Self - Actor and Playwright
• Thomas Jefferson (1997) as Narrator (voice)
• Walter Matthau: Diamond in the Rough (1997) as Self
• Jackie Robinson: Breaking Barriers (1997) as Narrator
• Promised Land (1996)
• Promised Land (1996) as Erasmus Jones
• The West (1996) as Self
• The West (1996) as Self / John R. Gills (voice)
• Get on the Bus (1996) as Jeremiah / 'Pop'
• I'm Not Rappaport (1996) as Midge Carter
• JAG (1995) as Terrence Minnerly
• The Client (1995) as Judge Harry Roosevelt
• The Android Affair (1995) as Dr. Winston
• Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder (1995) as Uncle Phil
• Touched by an Angel (1994) as Gabriel
• Touched by an Angel (1994) as Erasmus Jones
• The Stand (1994) as Judge Richard Farris
• The Stand (1994) as Judge Richard Farris (credit only)
• The Client (1994) as Harry Roosevelt
• Baseball (1994) as Various (voice)
• Baseball (1994) as (voice)
• Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World (1994) as Narrator
• Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice (1994) as Uncle Phil
• Malcolm X: Make It Plain (1994) as Self
• Alex Haley's Queen (1993) as Parson Dick
• Grumpy Old Men (1993) as Chuck
• Cop & ½ (1993) as Detective in Squad Room
• The Ernest Green Story (1993) as Grandfather
• Goin' Back to T-Town (1993) as Narrator
• Malcolm X (1992) as Eulogy Performer (voice)
• Gladiator (1992) as Noah
• The Real Malcolm X (1992)
• Lincoln (1992) as Frederick Douglas (voice)
• Jungle Fever (1991) as Reverend Purify
• Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991) as Self
• Evening Shade (1990) as Ponder Blue
• Joe Versus the Volcano (1990) as Marshall
• The Red Shoes (1990)
• Do the Right Thing (1989) as Da Mayor
• B.L. Stryker (1989) as Oz Jackson
• Making 'Do the Right Thing' (1989) as Self
• American Experience (1988) as Self - Harlem Resident
• School Daze (1988) as Coach Odom
• American Masters (1986) as Self
• Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories (1986) as Anansi the Spider (Sleepytime Songs and Stories) (voice)
• Avenging Angel (1985) as Capt. Harry Moradian
• Tyler Texas Black Film Collection (1985) as Himself
• Harry & Son (1984) as Raymond
• The House of God (1984) as Dr. Sanders
• Marcus Garvey: Toward Black Nationhood (1984) as Narrator
• Reading Rainbow (1983) as Self - Narrator (voice)
• For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers (1983) Writer
• American Playhouse (1982) Writer
• Death of a Prophet (1981)
• Purlie (1981) Musical
• Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige (1981) as Chuffy Russell
• All God's Children (1980) as Blaine Whitfield
• Roots: The Next Generations (1979) as 'Dad' Jones
• Hot Stuff (1979) as Captain John Geiberger
• Freedom Road (1979) as Narrator
• Freedom Man (1979) as Benjamin Banneker
• The Kennedy Center Honors (1978) as Self
• King (1978) as Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.
• Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid (1977) as Dr. Fredericks
• The Tenth Level (1976) as Reed
• Countdown at Kusini (1976) as Ernest Motapo
• Countdown at Kusini (1976) Director
• Countdown at Kusini (1976) Screenplay
• Let's Do It Again (1975) as Elder Johnson
• Black Shadows on a Silver Screen (1975) as Narrator
• Wattstax (1973) as Self (uncredited)
• Gordon's War (1973) Director
• Black Girl (1972) Director
• Malcolm X (1972) as Eulogy (voice)
• The Sheriff (1971) as James Lucas
• Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970) Director
• Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970) Screenplay
• Kongi's Harvest (1970) as Narrator
• Kongi's Harvest (1970) Director
• Night Gallery (1969) as Osmond Portifoy
• Sam Whiskey (1969) as Jed Hooker
• Teacher, Teacher (1969) as Charles Carter
• Slaves (1969) as Luke
• The Fall (1969)
• Hawaii Five-O (1968) as Ramon Borelle
• The Name of the Game (1968) as Kubani
• The Scalphunters (1968) as Joseph Lee
• Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class (1968) as Narrator
• Black Liberation (1967) as Narrator
• The Outsider (1967) as Lt. Wagner
• Now is the Time (1967) as Self
• A Man Called Adam (1966) as Nelson Davis
• Run for Your Life (1965) as Frankie Morton
• Run for Your Life (1965) as Dave Corbett
• Run for Your Life (1965) as Sgt. Dave Corbett
• The Hill (1965) as Jacko King
• The Sun... the Sand... the Hill (1965) as Jason King (archival footage)
• The Sun... the Sand... the Hill (1965) as Jason King (archive footage)
• 12 O'Clock High (1964) as Major Glenn Luke
• Shock Treatment (1964) as Capshaw
• The Fugitive (1963) as Lt. Johnny Gaines
• The Great Adventure (1963) as John Ross
• East Side/West Side (1963) Writer
• The Cardinal (1963) as Father Gillis
• Gone Are the Days! (1963) as Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson
• Gone Are the Days! (1963) Writer
• Hands of Inge (1962) as Narrator (voice)
• The Defenders (1961) as Nixie
• The Defenders (1961) as Officer Bond
• The Defenders (1961) as District Attorney
• The Defenders (1961) as Assistant District Attorney
• The Defenders (1961) as District Attorney Daniel Jackson
• John Brown's Raid (1960) as Dangerfield Newby
• Bonanza (1959) as Sam Davis
• Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Presenter
• Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951) as Charles Carter
• Fourteen Hours (1951) as Cab Driver (uncredited)
• No Way Out (1950) as John Brooks (uncredited)
• Kraft Television Theatre (1947) as The Emperor Jones
• Haiti: Killing the Dream