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Director
4 credits
Actor
50 credits
Sidney(2022)
Self
Film
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story(2022)
Self
Film
Wolfgang(2021)
Self
Film
Mr. Soul!(2018)
Self
Film
Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart(2017)
Self
Film
Becoming Mike Nichols(2016)
Self
Film
Sing Your Song(2011)
Self
FilmRalph Bunche: An American Odyssey(2001)
Narrator
Film
Afro Promo(1997)
Self
Film
The Jackal(1997)
Preston
Film
Sneakers(1992)
Crease
Film
Shoot to Kill(1988)
Warren Stantin
Film
Little Nikita(1988)
Roy Parmenter
Film
A Piece of the Action(1977)
Manny Durrell
Film
Let's Do It Again(1975)
Clyde Williams
Film
The Wilby Conspiracy(1975)
Shack Twala
Film
Uptown Saturday Night(1974)
Steve Jackson
Film
A Warm December(1973)
Dr. Matt Younger
Film
Buck and the Preacher(1972)
Buck
Film
The Organization(1971)
Virgil Tibbs
Film
Brother John(1971)
John Kane
Film
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!(1970)
Virgil Tibbs
Film
The Lost Man(1969)
Jason Higgs
Film
For Love of Ivy(1968)
Jack Parks
Film
In the Heat of the Night(1967)
Det. Virgil Tibbs
Film
To Sir, with Love(1967)
Mark Thackeray
Film
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner(1967)
John Prentice
Film
Duel at Diablo(1966)
Toller
Film
The Slender Thread(1965)
Alan Newell
Film
A Patch of Blue(1965)
Gordon Ralfe
Film
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