Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
| 2024 | The Firing Squad (2024) | Samuel Wilson |
| 2023 | The Weapon (2023) | Actor |
| 2018 | Bayou Caviar | Rodney Jones |
| 2014 | Selma | Fred Gray |
| 2014 | Freedom | Samuel Woodward |
| 2013 | Lee Daniels' The Butler | Carter Wilson |
| 2013 | Machete Kills | El Camaleon 2 |
| 2013 | Life of a King | Eugene Brown |
| 2012 | Red Tails | Major Emanuelle Stance |
| 2011 | Sacrifice (2011) | John Hebron |
| 2009 | The Devil's Tomb | Mack |
| 2009 | Wrong Turn at Tahoe | Joshua |
| 2009 | Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story | Ben Carson |
| 2008 | Harold | Cromer |
| 2008 | Linewatch | Michael Dixon |
| 2007 | Norbit | Deion Hughes |
| 2007 | Daddy Day Camp | Charlie Hinton |
| 2007 | American Gangster | Nicky Barnes |
| 2007 | The Land Before Time: The Wisdom of Friends | Loofah |
| 2006 | End Game (2006) | Alex Thomas |
| 2006 | What Love Is | Tom |
| 2005 | Shadowboxer | Mikey |
| 2005 | Dirty (2005) | Salim Adel |
| 2004 | Home on the Range | Buck |
| 2003 | Radio | Radio |
| 2003 | Boat Trip | Jerry |
| 2003 | The Fighting Temptations | Darrin Hill |
| 2002 | Snow Dogs | Ted |
| 2001 | Pearl Harbor | Doris "Dorie" Miller |
| 2001 | Rat Race | Owen Templeton |
| 2000 | Men of Honor | Carl Brashear |
| 1999 | Chill Factor | Arlo |
| 1999 | Instinct | Theo Caulder |
| 1998 | What Dreams May Come | Albert Lewis |
| 1997 | As Good as It Gets | Frank Sachs |
| 1996 | Jerry Maguire | Rod Tidwell |
| 1995 | The Tuskegee Airmen | Billy Roberts |
| 1995 | Outbreak | Maj. Salt |
| 1993 | Judgment Night | Mike Peterson |
| 1992 | A Few Good Men | Cpl. Carl Hammaker |
| 1991 | Boyz N the Hood | Tre Styles |
