| Year
|
Title
|
Role
|
نوت
|
| 1947
|
Sepia Cinderella
|
Extra
|
Uncredited
|
| 1949
|
From Whence Cometh My Help
|
Himself
|
Documentary
|
| 1950
|
No Way Out
|
Dr. Luther Brooks
|
|
| 1951
|
Cry, the Beloved Country
|
Reverend Msimangu
|
|
| 1952
|
Red Ball Express
|
Cpl. Andrew Robertson
|
|
| 1954
|
Go, Man, Go!
|
Inman Jackson
|
|
| 1955
|
Blackboard Jungle
|
Gregory W. Miller
|
|
| 1956
|
Good-bye, My Lady
|
Gates Watson
|
|
| 1957
|
Edge of the City
|
Tommy Tyler
|
Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
|
| 1957
|
Something of Value
|
Kimani Wa Karanja
|
|
| 1957
|
Band of Angels
|
Rau-Ru Ponce de Leon
|
|
| 1957
|
Mark of the Hawk, TheThe Mark of the Hawk
|
Obam
|
|
| 1958
|
Virgin Island
|
Marcus
|
|
| 1958
|
Defiant Ones, TheThe Defiant Ones
|
Noah Cullen
|
BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Silver Bear for Best Actor[۱]
Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actor
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
Nominated—Laurel Award for Top Male Dramatic Performance
|
| 1959
|
Porgy and Bess
|
Porgy
|
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
|
| 1960
|
All the Young Men
|
Sgt. Eddie Towler
|
|
| 1961
|
Raisin in the Sun, AA Raisin in the Sun
|
Walter Lee Younger
|
Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
|
| 1961
|
Paris Blues
|
Eddie Cook
|
|
| 1962
|
Pressure Point
|
Doctor (Chief Psychiatrist)
|
|
| 1963
|
Long Ships, TheThe Long Ships
|
Aly Mansuh
|
|
| 1963
|
Lilies of the Field
|
Homer Smith
|
Academy Award for Best Actor
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
Silver Bear for Best Actor[۲]
Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Nominated—Laurel Award for Top Male Dramatic Performance
Nominated—New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
|
| 1965
|
Bedford Incident, TheThe Bedford Incident
|
Ben Munceford
|
|
| 1965
|
Greatest Story Ever Told, TheThe Greatest Story Ever Told
|
Simon of Cyrene
|
|
| 1965
|
Patch of Blue, AA Patch of Blue
|
Gordon Ralfe
|
Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
Nominated—Laurel Award for Top Male Dramatic Performance
|
| 1965
|
Slender Thread, TheThe Slender Thread
|
Alan Newell
|
|
| 1966
|
Duel at Diablo
|
Toller (contract horse dealer)
|
Nominated—Laurel Award for Top Male Action Performance
|
| 1967
|
To Sir, with Love
|
Mark Thackeray
|
|
| 1967
|
In the Heat of the Night
|
Det. Virgil Tibbs
|
Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
Nominated—Laurel Award for Top Male Dramatic Performance
|
| 1967
|
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
|
Dr. John Wade Prentice
|
Fotogramas de Plata Award for Best Foreign Performer
|
| 1968
|
For Love of Ivy
|
Jack Parks
|
Prize San Sebastián for Best Actor
|
| 1969
|
Lost Man, TheThe Lost Man
|
Jason Higgs
|
|
| 1970
|
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
|
Narrator
|
Documentary
|
| 1970
|
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
|
Lt. Virgil Tibbs
|
|
| 1971
|
Brother John
|
John Kane
|
|
| 1971
|
Organization, TheThe Organization
|
Lt. Virgil Tibbs
|
|
| 1972
|
Buck and the Preacher
|
Buck
|
|
| 1973
|
Warm December, AA Warm December
|
Matt Younger
|
|
| 1974
|
Uptown Saturday Night
|
Steve Jackson
|
|
| 1975
|
Wilby Conspiracy, TheThe Wilby Conspiracy
|
Shack Twala
|
|
| 1975
|
Let's Do it Again
|
Clyde Williams
|
NAACP Image Award for Best Director
|
| 1977
|
Piece of the Action, AA Piece of the Action
|
Manny Durrell
|
|
| 1979
|
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
|
Narrator
|
Short subject
|
| 1988
|
Shoot to Kill
|
Warren Stantin
|
|
| 1988
|
Little Nikita
|
Roy Parmenter
|
|
| 1992
|
Sneakers
|
Donald Crease
|
Nominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
|
| 1994
|
Century of Cinema, AA Century of Cinema
|
Himself
|
Documentary
|
| 1996
|
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
|
Himself
|
Documentary
|
| 1996
|
To Sir, with Love II
|
Mark Thackeray
|
|
| 1997
|
Jackal, TheThe Jackal
|
FBI Deputy Director Carter Preston
|
Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actor – Suspense
|
| 2001
|
Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey
|
Narrator
|
Documentary
|
| 2004
|
Tell Them Who You Are
|
Himself
|
Documentary
|
| 2008
|
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
|
Himself
|
Documentary
|
