Ossie Davis

Love in Exile 2026

Deacons for Defense 2005 · Reverend 'Rev' Gregory

Baadasssss! 2004 · Granddad

Proud 2004 · Lorenzo DuFau

She Hate Me 2004 · Judge Buchanan The L Word 2004 · Melvin Porter

TV Revolution 2004

The Tuskegee Airmen: They Fought Two Wars 2003 · Narrator

Unchained Memories: Readings from the Slave Narratives 2003

Bubba Ho-tep 2002 · John F. "Jack" Kennedy

Christianity: The First Two Thousand Years 2002 · Narrator

Feast of All Saints 2001 · Jean-Jacques

Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore 2001 · Narrator

The Legend of the Candy Cane 2001 · Julius (voice)

Dinosaur 2000 · Yar (voice)

Finding Buck McHenry 2000 · Buck McHenry

Here's to Life! 2000 · Duncan Cox

A Vow to Cherish 1999 · Alexander Billman

The Secret Path 1999 · Too Tall

The Soul Collector 1999 · Mordecai

The Unfinished Journey 1999 · Narrator (voice)

Third Watch 1999 · Mr. Parker

Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Ghosts of Christmas Eve 1999 · Caretaker

Doctor Dolittle 1998 · Archer Dolittle 12 Angry Men 1997 · Juror 2

Jackie Robinson: Breaking Barriers 1997 · Narrator

Miss Evers' Boys 1997 · Mr. Evers

Thomas Jefferson 1997 · Narrator (voice)

Get on the Bus 1996 · Jeremiah / 'Pop'

I'm Not Rappaport 1996 · Midge Carter

Promised Land 1996 · Erasmus Jones

JAG 1995 · Terrence Minnerly

Ray Alexander: A Menu for Murder 1995 · Uncle Phil

The Android Affair 1995 · Dr. Winston

The Client 1995 · Judge Harry Roosevelt

Arthur Ashe: Citizen of the World 1994 · Narrator

Baseball 1994 · (voice)

Ray Alexander: A Taste For Justice 1994 · Uncle Phil

The Client 1994 · Harry Roosevelt The Stand 1994 · Judge Richard Farris (credit only) Touched by an Angel 1994 · Erasmus Jones

Alex Haley's Queen 1993 · Parson Dick

Cop & ½ 1993 · Detective in Squad Room

Goin' Back to T-Town 1993 · Narrator

Grumpy Old Men 1993 · Chuck

The Ernest Green Story 1993 · Grandfather

Gladiator 1992 · Noah

Haiti: Killing the Dream 1992

Lincoln 1992 · Frederick Douglas (voice)

Malcolm X 1992 · Eulogy Performer (voice)

The Real Malcolm X 1992

Jungle Fever 1991 · Reverend Purify

Evening Shade 1990 · Ponder Blue

Joe Versus the Volcano 1990 · Marshall

The Red Shoes 1990

B.L. Stryker 1989 · Oz Jackson

Do the Right Thing 1989 · Da Mayor School Daze 1988 · Coach Odom

Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories 1986 · Anansi the Spider (Sleepytime Songs and Stories) (voice)

Avenging Angel 1985 · Capt. Harry Moradian

Harry & Son 1984 · Raymond

Marcus Garvey: Toward Black Nationhood 1984 · Narrator

The House of God 1984 · Dr. Sanders

Death of a Prophet 1981

Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy "Satchel" Paige 1981 · Chuffy Russell

All God's Children 1980 · Blaine Whitfield

Freedom Man 1979 · Benjamin Banneker

Freedom Road 1979 · Narrator

Hot Stuff 1979 · Captain John Geiberger

Roots: The Next Generations 1979 · 'Dad' Jones

King 1978 · Rev. Martin Luther King Sr.

Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid 1977 · Dr. Fredericks

Countdown at Kusini 1976 · Ernest Motapo

The Tenth Level 1976 · Reed

Black Shadows on a Silver Screen 1975 · Narrator

Let's Do It Again 1975 · Elder Johnson

Malcolm X 1972 · Eulogy (voice)

The Sheriff 1971 · James Lucas

Kongi's Harvest 1970 · Narrator

Hawaii Five-O 1969 · Ramon Borelle

Night Gallery 1969 · Osmond Portifoy

Sam Whiskey 1969 · Jed Hooker

Slaves 1969 · Luke

Teacher, Teacher 1969 · Charles Carter

The Fall 1969

Still A Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class 1968 · Narrator

The Name of the Game 1968 · Kubani

The Scalphunters 1968 · Joseph Lee

Black Liberation 1967 · Narrator

The Outsider 1967 · Lt. Wagner

A Man Called Adam 1966 · Nelson Davis

Run for Your Life 1965 · Sgt. Dave Corbett

The Hill 1965 · Jacko King

The Sun... the Sand... the Hill 1965 · Jason King (archive footage)

12 O'Clock High 1964 · Major Glenn Luke

Shock Treatment 1964 · Capshaw

Gone Are the Days! 1963 · Reverend Purlie Victorious Judson

The Cardinal 1963 · Father Gillis

The Fugitive 1963 · Lt. Johnny Gaines

The Great Adventure 1963 · John Ross

Hands of Inge 1962 · Narrator (voice)

The Defenders 1961 · District Attorney Daniel Jackson

John Brown's Raid 1960 · Dangerfield Newby

Bonanza 1959 · Sam Davis

Fourteen Hours 1951 · Cab Driver (uncredited)

Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951 · Charles Carter

No Way Out 1950 · John Brooks (uncredited)

Kraft Television Theatre 1947 · The Emperor Jones

Countdown at Kusini 1976 · Director

Gordon's War 1973 · Director

Black Girl 1972 · Director

Cotton Comes to Harlem 1970 · Director

Kongi's Harvest 1970 · Director

Love in Exile 2026 · Writer

Purlie Victorious: A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch 2024 · Writer

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers 1983 · Writer

American Playhouse 1982 · Writer

Purlie 1981 · Musical

Countdown at Kusini 1976 · Screenplay

Cotton Comes to Harlem 1970 · Screenplay

East Side/West Side 1963 · Writer

Gone Are the Days! 1963 · Writer

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist 1998 · Thanks