Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Leadbelly | Unknown role | |
| The Human Tornado | Bo | credited as Louis Hudson | |
| 1977 | Mad Bull | Black Bart | TV film |
| 1978 | King | Jack Corbin | TV mini-series |
| Last of the Good Guys | El Coliph | TV film | |
| 1979 | The Main Event | Killer | |
| 1980 | Skag | unknown role | TV |
| The $5.20 an Hour Dream | Homer Burden | TV film | |
| White Mama | Counsellor | TV film | |
| Joni | Earl | ||
| The Octagon | Quinine | ||
| The Jazz Singer | Heckler | ||
| 1981 | Underground Aces | African General | |
| A Matter of Life and Death | Mr. Harrison | TV film | |
| Crazy Times | Harold 'Jazzman' Malloy | TV film | |
| 1982 | The Dukes of Hazzard | Avery | TV series "Dear Diary" |
| Penitentiary II | Half Dead | ||
| 1983 | Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone | Washington | |
| The A-Team | Cal Freeman | TV series "The Taxicab Wars" | |
| Going Berserk | Jerome Willy Muhammed | ||
| Two of a Kind | Det. Skaggs | ||
| 1984 | Ghostbusters | Winston Zeddemore | |
| National Lampoon's Joy of Sex | Mr. Porter | ||
| St. Elsewhere | Jerry Close | TV | |
| 1985 | California Girls | Ernie | TV film |
| Love on the Run | Lamar | TV film | |
| The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians | Cyborg (Victor Stone) | TV voice | |
| 1986 | The Last Precinct | Sergeant Night Train Lane | TV |
| 1987 | Weeds | Bagdad | |
| 1988 | The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission | Joe Hamilton | TV film |
| The Wrong Guys | Dawson | ||
| 1989 | Trapper County War | Jefferson Carter | |
| Leviathan | Justin Jones | ||
| Collision Course | Shortcut | ||
| Ghostbusters II | Winston Zeddemore | ||
| 1992 | Angel Street | Thurman Nickens | TV |
| The Hand That Rocks the Cradle | Solomon | ||
| The Ben Stiller Show | The Tennis Captain | TV | |
| 1993 | Wild Palms | Tommy Lazlo | TV mini-series |
| Tales from the Crypt | Zambini | TV | |
| 1994 | Sugar Hill | Lolly Jonas | |
| No Escape | Hawkins | ||
| The Crow | Sergeant Albrecht | ||
| The Cowboy Way | Officer Sam 'Mad Dog' Shaw | ||
| Airheads | Sergeant O'Malley | ||
| Speechless | Ventura | ||
| 1995 | The Basketball Diaries | Reggie | |
| Congo | Captain Munro Kelly | ||
| 1996 | The Substitute | Principal Claude Rolle | |
| Tornado! | Dr. Joe Branson | TV film | |
| For Which He Stands | DEA Agent Baxter | ||
| Just Your Luck | Willie | ||
| The Cherokee Kid | Nat Love aka Deadwood Dick | TV film | |
| 1997 | Fakin' Da Funk | Joe Lee | |
| Clover | Gaten Hill | TV film | |
| Operation Delta Force | Tipton | TV film | |
| Mr. Magoo | Agent Gus Anders, CIA | ||
| Levitation | Downbeat | ||
| 1998 | Butter | Curtis "8 Ball" Harris | |
| Stranger in the Kingdom | Rev. Walter Andrews | ||
| Best of the Best: Without Warning | Detective Gresko | ||
| October 22 | Arthur | ||
| 1999 | Lillie | Larry Miller | |
| Michael Jordan: An American Hero | James R. Jordan, Sr. | TV film | |
| Shark Attack | Lawrence Rhodes | ||
| The Last Siege | Senator Douglas Wilson | ||
| Interceptors | Major McKenzie | ||
| Stealth Fighter | President Westwood | ||
| Miracle on the 17th Green | Earl Fielder | TV film | |
| 2000 | Red Letters | Detective Glen Teal | |
| The Watcher | Ibby | ||
| Paper Bullets | Detective Ron Mills | ||
| Miss Congeniality | FBI Asst. Director Harry McDonald | ||
| Everything's Jake | Jake | ||
| 2001 | Walking Shadow | Hawk | TV film |
| A Town Without Christmas | Ted | TV film | |
| 2003 | Oz (1997–2003) | Warden Leo Glynn | TV |
| Anne B. Real | Principal Davis | ||
| 10-8: Officers on Duty | Senior Deputy John Henry Barnes | ||
| 2004 | Clifford's Really Big Movie | P.T. | voice |
| 2005 | Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing & Charm School | Blake Rische | |
| Lackawanna Blues | Dick Barrymore | TV film | |
| Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous | FBI Asst. Director Harry McDonald | ||
| Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story | Perry Beasley | TV film | |
| Everwood | Bill Hoover | ||
| Halfway Decent | Tom | ||
| 2006 | Hood of Horror | Roscoe | |
| The Ron Clark Story | Principal Turner | TV film | |
| 2007 | Desperate Housewives (2006–2007) | Detective Ridley | TV |
| Certifiably Jonathan | Museum Guard | ||
| Nobel Son | Sgt. Bill Canega | ||
| All Hat | Jackson Jones | ||
| Final Approach | Agent Lorenzo Dawson | TV | |
| 2008 | The Man in the Silo | Marcus Wells | |
| Pie'n Burger | Cedric | ||
| Psych | Gus' Father | ||
| Las Vegas | Bob Casey | TV | |
| The Secret Life of the American Teenager | Dr. Ken Fields | TV | |
| Private Practice | Captain Frank | TV | |
| Balancing the Books | Detective Carter | ||
| 2009 | Dragonball Evolution | Sifu Norris | |
| Meteor | Gen. Brasser | TV mini-series | |
| Ghostbusters: The Video Game | Winston Zeddemore | voice | |
| Lonely Street | Capt. Morgan | ||
| Heroes | Captain Lubbock | TV | |
| Machete Joe | Sheriff Taylor | ||
| Pastor Brown | Deacon Harold Todd | ||
| 2010 | Law & Order (2009–2010) | Frank Gibson | TV |
| Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball | Anthony Vejar | ||
| Childrens Hospital | |||
| Criminal Minds | Lt. Al Garner | TV Series | |
| STASIS | short film | ||
| Game of Death | Catholic Priest | ||
| Bossom Friend (2010-2011) | Robert Knight | TV series | |
| 2011 | Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 | Pedro | (voice) |
| Bossom Friend | Robert Kight | Tv séries | |
| Torchwood: Miracle Day | Stewart Owens | TV series | |
| Transformers: Prime | Agent William "Bill" Fowler | animated TV series | |
| Rizzoli & Isles | Admiral Frost | TV series | |
| How I Met Your Mother | Himself | TV series | |
| 2012 | Modern Family | Miles | TV series |
| Turning Point | Joe Johnson | film | |
| Transformers: Prime | Agent William "Bill" Fowler | animated TV series | |
| Hart of Dixie | Ernie Hayes | TV series | |
| Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Conspiracy | Ivan Stumpwater | Film | |
| Franklin & Bash | Hon. Lawrence Perry | TV series |
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