Filmography
| 1978 | The Rockford Files | Officer Rudy Kempner | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Coma | Pathology Resident No. 2 | |
| 1980 | Borderline | Hotchkiss | |
| 1980 | The Aliens Are Coming | Chuck Polcheck | Unsold TV Series Pilot |
| 1981 | Knightriders | Billy | |
| 1981 | Dream On! | ||
| 1982 | Creepshow | Hank Blaine | |
| 1983 | The Right Stuff | John Glenn | |
| 1983 | Under Fire | Oates | |
| 1984 | Swing Shift | Jack Walsh | |
| 1984 | Places in the Heart | Wayne Lomax | |
| 1984 | A Flash of Green | Jimmy Wing | |
| 1985 | Code Name: Emerald | Gus Lang | |
| 1985 | Alamo Bay | Shang | |
| 1985 | Sweet Dreams | Charlie Dick | |
| 1987 | Walker | William Walker | |
| 1987 | The Last Innocent Man | Harry Nash | |
| 1988 | To Kill a Priest | Stefan | |
| 1989 | Jacknife | David 'High School' Flannigan | Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture |
| 1989 | The Abyss | Virgil 'Bud' Brigman | Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Actor |
| 1990 | State of Grace | Frankie Flannery | |
| 1991 | Paris Trout | Harry Seagraves | |
| 1992 | Glengarry Glen Ross | Dave Moss | Valladolid International Film Festival Award for Best Actor |
| 1992 | Running Mates | Hugh Hathaway | |
| 1993 | The Firm | Wayne Tarrance | |
| 1993 | Needful Things | Sheriff Alan Pangborn | |
| 1994 | Milk Money | Tom Wheeler | |
| 1994 | China Moon | Kyle Bodine | |
| 1994 | The Stand | General Starkey | |
| 1995 | Nixon | E. Howard Hunt | |
| 1995 | Apollo 13 | Gene Kranz | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated - Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated - Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated - Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture |
| 1995 | Just Cause | Blair Sullivan | |
| 1996 | The Rock | Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel | |
| 1996 | Eye for an Eye | Mack McCann | |
| 1996 | Riders of the Purple Sage | Jim Lassiter | |
| 1997 | Absolute Power | Seth Frank | |
| 1998 | Physical Graffiti | ||
| 1998 | Stepmom | Luke Harrison | |
| 1998 | The Truman Show | Christof | Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actor — Drama Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated - Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated - BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated - Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated - Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| 1999 | The Third Miracle | Frank Shore | |
| 2000 | Pollock | Jackson Pollock | Also director Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama |
| 2000 | The Prime Gig | Kelly Grant | |
| 2000 | Waking the Dead | Jerry Charmichael | |
| 2001 | A Beautiful Mind | Parcher | Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |
| 2001 | Buffalo Soldiers | Colonel Berman | |
| 2001 | Enemy at the Gates | Major König | |
| 2002 | The Hours | Richard Brown | Nominated – Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Nominated – London Film Critics Circle Award for Actor of the Year Nominated – Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role |
| 2003 | Radio | Coach Jones | |
| 2003 | The Human Stain | Lester Farley | |
| 2003 | Masked and Anonymous | Oscar Vogel | |
| 2005 | Empire Falls | Miles Roby | Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie |
| 2005 | Winter Passing | Don Holden | |
| 2005 | A History of Violence | Carl Fogarty | National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| 2006 | Two Tickets to Paradise | Melville | |
| 2006 | Copying Beethoven | Ludwig van Beethoven | |
| 2006 | The Armenian Genocide | US Consul Leslie Davis | Documentary |
| 2007 | Gone Baby Gone | Remy Bressant | |
| 2007 | Cleaner | Eddie Lorenzo | |
| 2007 | National Treasure: Book of Secrets | Mitch Wilkinson | |
| 2008 | Touching Home | Charlie Winston | |
| 2008 | Appaloosa | Virgil Cole | (also Writer-Director) |
| 2009 | Once Fallen | Liam | |
| 2010 | The Way Back | Mr. Smith | |
| 2010 | Call of Duty: Black Ops | Jason Hudson | (video game; voice only) |
| 2011 | That's What I Am | Mr. Simon | |
| 2011 | Salvation Boulevard | Dr. Paul Blaylock | |
| 2012 | Man on a Ledge | David Englander | |
| 2012 | Game Change | Sen. John McCain | TV Movie Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie |
| 2012 | Virginia | Sheriff Tipton | |
| 2013 | Pain & Gain | Ed Du Bois | pre-production |
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