| Movies (Videos, Films & Projects): |
Year |
Budget |
 2004: A Light Knight's Odyssey - The Professor (voice) |
2007 |
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| Click - Narrator of Michael's Past (uncredited) (voice) |
2006 |
$70M |
| Scary Movie 4 - Narrator (uncredited) |
2006 |
$50M |
| The Benchwarmers - Darth Vader (voice) |
2006 |
$33M |
| Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith - Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited) |
2005 |
$113M |
| The Sandlot 2 (video) - Mr. Mertle |
2005 |
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| Robots - Voice Box at Hardware Store (voice) |
2005 |
$75M |
| Nine Dog Christmas (video) - Narrator (voice) |
2001 |
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| Disney's American Legends (video short) - Host |
2001 |
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| Finder's Fee - Avery Phillips |
2001 |
|
| Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street (video) - Santa Claus |
2001 |
$5M |
| Our Friend, Martin (video) - Daddy King (voice) |
1999 |
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| On the Q.T. - Leo |
1999 |
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| Undercover Angel - The Judge |
1999 |
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| The Annihilation of Fish - Fish |
1999 |
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| The Lion King II: Simba's Pride (video) - Mufasa (voice) |
1998 |
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| Primary Colors - CNN Voiceover (voice) |
1998 |
$65M |
| Gang Related - Arthur Baylor |
1997 |
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| Good Luck - James Bing (uncredited) |
1996 |
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| A Family Thing - Ray Murdock |
1996 |
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| Jefferson in Paris - Madison Hemings |
1995 |
$14M |
| Judge Dredd - Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
1995 |
$90M |
| Cry, the Beloved Country - Rev Stephen Kumalo |
1995 |
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| Clear and Present Danger - Adm. James Greer |
1994 |
$65M |
| The Lion King - King Mufasa (voice) |
1994 |
$79.3M |
| Clean Slate - John Dolby |
1994 |
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| Dreamrider - William Perry |
1993 |
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| Sommersby - Judge Barry Conrad Issacs |
1993 |
|
| The Sandlot - Mr. Mertle |
1993 |
|
| Excessive Force - Jake |
1993 |
$13M |
| The Meteor Man - Earnest Moses |
1993 |
|
| The Second Coming (short) - Narrator |
1992 |
|
| Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama - Narrator |
1992 |
|
| Patriot Games - Adm. James Greer |
1992 |
$45M |
| Freddie as F.R.O.7 - Narrator - American Version (voice) |
1992 |
|
| Sneakers - Bernard Abbott, NSA |
1992 |
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| Scorchers - Bear |
1991 |
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| Convicts - Ben |
1990 |
|
| The Hunt for Red October - Admiral James Greer |
1990 |
$30M |
| The Ambulance - Lieutenant Spencer |
1990 |
|
| Grim Prairie Tales - Morrison |
1990 |
|
| The Hunting of the Snark - Narrator |
1989 |
|
| Three Fugitives - Dugan |
1989 |
$15M |
| Field of Dreams - Terence "Terry" Mann |
1989 |
|
| Best of the Best - Coach Couzo |
1989 |
|
| Coming to America - King Jaffe Joffer |
1988 |
$28M |
| Terrorgram - Voice of Retribution (voice) |
1988 |
|
| Gardens of Stone - Sgt. Maj.'Goody' Nelson |
1987 |
|
| Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold - Umslopogaas |
1987 |
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| My Little Girl - Ike Bailey |
1987 |
|
| Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night - Emperor of the Night (voice) |
1987 |
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| Matewan - 'Few Clothes' Johnson |
1987 |
$4M |
| Soul Man - Professor Banks |
1986 |
|
| City Limits - Albert |
1985 |
|
| Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi - Voice of Darth Vader (voice) |
1983 |
$32.5M |
| The Flight of Dragons - Ommadon (voice) |
1982 |
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| Conan the Barbarian - Thulsa Doom |
1982 |
$20M |
| Bloodtide - Frye |
1982 |
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| The Bushido Blade - The Prisoner |
1981 |
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| The Creation (short) - Narrator |
1981 |
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| Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back - Voice of Darth Vader (voice) (uncredited) |
1980 |
$18M |
| The Greatest - Malcolm X |
1977 |
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| Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope - Darth Vader (voice) |
1977 |
$13M |
| Exorcist II: The Heretic - Older Kokumo |
1977 |
$14M |
| The Last Remake of Beau Geste - Sheikh |
1977 |
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| A Piece of the Action - Joshua Burke |
1977 |
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| The River Niger - Johnny Williams |
1976 |
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| The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings - Leon Carter, All-Star (C) |
1976 |
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| Swashbuckler - Nick Debrett |
1976 |
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| Deadly Hero - Rabbit |
1976 |
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| Claudine - Roop |
1974 |
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| The Man - Douglass Dilman |
1972 |
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| The Great White Hope - Jack Jefferson |
1970 |
$6M |
| End of the Road - Doctor D |
1970 |
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| The Comedians - Dr. Magiot |
1967 |
|
| Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the B... - Lt. Lothar Zogg |
1964 |
$1.8M |
| TV appearance: |
| The Magic 7 (TV movie) - 5-Toe (voice) |
2006 |
|
| The Reading Room (TV movie) - William Campbell |
2005 |
|
| The Tipping Point - Will Cleveland |
2004 |
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| The L Word - Will Cleveland |
2004 |
|
| The Toilet - Royal Flush XP Toilet (voice) |
2004 |
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| Three Miners from Everwood - Will Cleveland |
2003 |
|
| Feast of All Saints (TV movie) - Older Marcel |
2001 |
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| Summer's End (TV movie) - Dr. William 'Bill' Blakely |
1999 |
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| Santa and Pete (TV movie) - Grandpa Nicholas |
1999 |
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| Merlin (TV movie) - Mountain King (voice) |
1998 |
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| Yes, Mikey, Santa Does Shave: Part 1 - Santa Claus (voice) |
1998 |
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| Yes, Mikey, Santa Does Shave: Part 2 - Santa Claus (voice) |
1998 |
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| Das Bus - Narrator (voice) |
1998 |
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| Blood Ties: Part 3 - Felix Wilson |
1997 |
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| Blood Ties: Part 2 - Felix Wilson |
1997 |
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| Blood Ties: Part 1 - Felix Wilson |
1997 |
|
| The Second Civil War (TV movie) - Jim Kalla |
1997 |
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| Thor's Hammer - Unas (voice) |
1997 |
|
| Clipped Wings - Angel of Angels |
1997 |
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| What the Deaf Man Heard (TV movie) - Archibald Thacker |
1997 |
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| Alone (TV movie) - Grey |
1997 |
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| Casper: A Spirited Beginning (TV movie) - Kibosh (voice) |
1997 |
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| Roz's Krantz & Gouldenstein Are Dead - Norman Royster |
1997 |
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| Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (TV movie) - Dr. McDuffie |
1996 |
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| Post-Nasal Dick - Narrator (uncredited) |
1996 |
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| Timepiece (TV movie) - Lawrence |
1996 |
|
| People: A Musical Celebration (TV movie) - The Storyteller |
1995 |
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| Signs and Wonders (TV movie) - Diamond |
1995 |
|
| Under One Roof (TV series) - Neb Langston (unknown episodes) |
1995 |
|
| Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (TV series) - Additional Voices (unknown episodes) |
1995 |
|
| Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'... (TV movie) - Narrator/Ebenezer Scrooge |
1994 |
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| Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics (TV movie) - Host |
1994 |
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| Confessions: Two Faces of Evil (TV movie) - Charles Lloyd |
1994 |
|
| System Down - Bryant Thomas |
1994 |
|
| The House of Luthor - Franklin W. Stern |
1994 |
|
| Treehouse of Horror V - Maggie Simpson (voice) (as James Earl Boggins Jones) |
1994 |
|
| The Road to Freedom: The Vernon Johns Story (TV movie) - Vernon Johns |
1994 |
|
| Hallelujah - Old Man Taylor |
1993 |
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| Profile - Horace McCoy |
1993 |
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| Percy & Thunder (TV movie) - Percy |
1993 |
|
| The Parsley Garden (TV movie) - Actor |
1993 |
|
| Ghost of a Chance - Diablo (voice) |
1992 |
|
| Pros and Cons (TV series) - Gabriel Bird (unknown episodes) |
1991 |
|
| Episode #4.6 - Chief Thad Greene |
1991 |
|
| Despair in Monterey Bay - Chief Thad Greene |
1991 |
|
| Last Flight Out (TV movie) - Al Topping |
1990 |
|
| To Catch a Con: Part 1 - Gabriel Bird |
1990 |
|
| Treehouse of Horror - Moving Man/Serak the Preparer/Narrator (voice) |
1990 |
|
| Ivory Hunters (TV movie) - Inspector Nkuru |
1990 |
|
| Teach 109 (TV short) - Dr. Winston |
1990 |
|
| By Dawn's Early Light (TV movie) - Looking Glass General - 'Alice' |
1990 |
|
| Heat Wave (TV movie) - Junius Johnson |
1990 |
|
| Long Ago and Far Away (TV series) - Host (unknown episodes) |
1989 |
|
| Victor/Victorious - Lee Atkins |
1989 |
|
| The Case of the Missing Air - Chief on Phone (voice) |
1988 |
|
| Chariots of Meyer - Lee Atkins |
1988 |
|
| Lone Star Kid (TV movie) - Actor |
1988 |
|
| The Case of the Deceptive Data - Chief Thad Green |
1988 |
|
| A Song of Songs - Gabe Wilson |
1987 |
|
| Soldier Boys (TV movie) - Actor |
1987 |
|
| The Trial of George Frankly - Chief Thad Green |
1987 |
|
| The Problem of the Passing Parade - Chief Thad Green |
1987 |
|
| Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp - Genie |
1986 |
|
| The Atlanta Child Murders (TV mini-series) - Major Walker |
1985 |
|
| Me and Mom (TV series) - Lou Garfield (unknown episodes) |
1985 |
|
| The Vegas Strip War (TV movie) - Jack Madrid |
1984 |
|
| Amy & the Angel (TV movie) - The Angel Gabriel |
1982 |
|
| Freedom to Speak (TV mini-series) - Frederick Douglass/Martin Luther King Jr |
1982 |
|
| The Golden Moment: An Olympic Love Story (TV movie) - Dane Oliver |
1980 |
|
| Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (TV movie) - Father Divine |
1980 |
|
| Roots: The Next Generations (TV mini-series) - Alex Haley |
1979 |
|
| Paris (TV series) - Detective Capt. Woodrow 'Woody' Paris (1979-8 |
1979 |
|
| Paul Robeson (TV movie) - Paul Robeson |
1979 |
|
| The 'Star Wars' Holiday Special (TV movie) - Darth Vader (voice) |
1978 |
|
| Jesus of Nazareth (TV mini-series) - Balthazar |
1977 |
|
| The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened (TV movie) - Morris Bird, Jr. |
1977 |
|
| Vegetable Soup (TV series) - Long John Spoilsport (unknown episodes) |
1976 |
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| Interrupted Journey (TV movie) - Barney Hill |
1975 |
|
| King Lear (TV movie) - King Lear |
1974 |
|
| The Cay (TV movie) - Timothy |
1974 |
|
| Black Omnibus (TV series) - Host (1973) |
1973 |
|
| N.Y.P.D. (TV series) - Actor (2 episodes, 1969 |
1969 |
|
| Candy Man: Part 1 - Actor |
1969 |
|
| The Convert - Nerlan |
1968 |
|
| To Steal the Rising Sun - Chief Bella |
1967 |
|
| A Cry from the Street - Dr. Lou Rush |
1966 |
|
| As the World Turns (TV series) - Dr. Jerry Turner (unknown episodes, 1966) |
1966 |
|
| Guiding Light (TV series) - Dr. Jim Frazier #2 (unknown episodes, 1966) |
1966 |
|
| These Hands That Heal - Dr. Lou Rush |
1966 |
|
| Adrift in a Sea of Confusion - Dr. Lou Rush |
1966 |
|
| Gratitude Won't Pay the Bills - Dr. Lou Rush |
1966 |
|
| The Non-Violent - Reverend Harris Bonham |
1964 |
|
| Freedom Is a Lovesome Thing God Wot - Dr. Peter Cooke |
1964 |
|
| Who Do You Kill? - Joe |
1963 |
|
| Along Came a Spider - Andrews |
1962 |
|
| East Side/West Side (TV series) - Joe (1 episode, 1963) |
|
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| Look Up and Live (TV series) - Book (1 episode) |
|
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| Channing (TV series) - Dr. Peter Cooke (1 episode, 1964) |
|
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| The Defenders (TV series) - Andrews / Reverend Harris Bonham (2 |
|
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| Tarzan (TV series) - Chief Bella / Nerlan (2 episodes, 1 |
|
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| Dr. Kildare (TV series) - Dr. Lou Rush (4 episodes, 1966) |
|
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| Room for Death - Book |
|
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| Homicide: Life on the Street (TV series) - Felix Wilson (3 episodes, 1997) |
|
|
| Garfield and Friends (TV series) - Diablo (1 episode, 1992) |
|
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| Stargate SG-1 (TV series) - Unas (1 episode, 1997) |
|
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| Frasier (TV series) - Norman Royster (1 episode, 1997) |
|
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| Law & Order (TV series) - Horace McCoy (1 episode, 1993) |
|
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| The Simpsons (TV series) - Narrator / Maggie Simpson / Moving |
|
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| American Playhouse (TV series) - Old Man Taylor (1 episode, 1993) |
|
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| Touched by an Angel (TV series) - Angel of Angels (1 episode, 1997) |
|
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| 3rd Rock from the Sun (TV series) - Narrator (1 episode, 1996) |
|
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| Square One TV (TV series) - Chief Thad Greene (1 episode, 1990-1991) |
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| Recess (TV series) - Santa Claus (2 episodes, 1998) |
|
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| Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre (TV series) - Genie (1 episode, 1986) |
|
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| Highway to Heaven (TV series) - Gabe Wilson (1 episode, 1987) |
|
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| L.A. Law (TV series) - Lee Atkins (2 episodes, 1988-1989) |
|
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| Gabriel's Fire (TV series) - Gabriel Bird (1 episode, 1990) |
|
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| Picket Fences (TV series) - Bryant Thomas (1 episode, 1994) |
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| Everwood (TV series) - Will Cleveland (3 episodes, 2003-2004) |
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| Mathnet (TV series) - Chief Thad Green / Chief Thad Greene |
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| According to Jim (TV series) - Royal Flush XP Toilet (1 episode, 2004) |
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| Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (TV series) - Franklin W. Stern (1 episode, 1994) |
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