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Movie Release Date Character Age at Release
Captain America: Brave New World 02/12/25 Isaiah Bradley 73
The Life of Chuck 09/06/24 Sam Yarbrough 73
I'm Charlie Walker 06/10/22 Willie 70
Marvel Studios' 2021 Disney+ Day Special 11/12/21 Isaiah Bradley (archive footage) 70
Doctor Sleep 10/30/19 Dick Halloran 68
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool 08/23/19 Miles Davis (voice) 68
A Cure for Wellness 02/15/17 Mr. Wilson 65
Love Twice 01/01/16 Rodrigo 64
Justice League: Gods and Monsters 06/18/15 Silas Stone (voice) 63
Quitters 03/16/15 Dr. Weiss 63
Justice League: Doom 02/28/12 J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter / Ma'alefa'ak (voice) 60
Black Panther 01/18/10 Uncle S'Yan 58
Nominated 01/01/10 Ray Cowan 58
The Alphabet Killer 11/07/08 Dr. Ellis Parks 57
Namibia: The Struggle for Liberation 06/27/07 Samuel Nujoma 55
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson 09/04/04 Other Voices (voice) 53
Justice League: Starcrossed - The Movie 07/13/04 J'onn J'onzz (voice) 52
Justice League: Paradise Lost 07/22/03 J'onn J'onzz / Martian Manhunter (voice) 51
Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property 02/16/03 Nat Turner - Gray 51
Sounder 01/19/03 The Father 51
Just a Dream 03/16/02 J.M. Hoagland 50
Justice League: Secret Origins 11/17/01 J'onn J'onzz (voice) 50
Men of Honor 09/13/00 Mac Brashear 49
Little Richard 02/20/00 Bud Penniman 48
The Color of Friendship 02/05/00 Ron Dellums 48
Border Line 02/22/99 Detective Mollo 47
How Stella Got Her Groove Back 08/14/98 Judge Spencer Boyle 47
The Wedding 02/22/98 Lute McNeil 46
Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero 02/11/98 Additional Voices (voice) 46
Buffalo Soldiers 12/07/97 John Horse 46
The Ditchdigger's Daughters 02/23/97 Donald Thornton 45
Nightjohn 06/01/96 Nightjohn 44
America's Dream 02/17/96 Cal (segment "The Boy Who Painted Christ Black") 44
Cagney & Lacey: The Return 11/06/94 Marcus Petrie 43
On Promised Land 04/17/94 Floyd Ween 42
M.A.N.T.I.S. 01/24/94 Dr. Miles Hawkins 42
Out of Darkness 01/16/94 Addison 42
South Central 09/18/92 Ali 41
Back to the Streets of San Francisco 01/27/92 Charlie Walker 40
Eyes of a Witness 03/30/91 Mambulu 39
Brother Future 02/03/91 Denmark Vessy 39
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry 01/01/91 Self 39
To Sleep with Anger 10/12/90 Junior 39
Pacific Heights 09/28/90 Lieutenant Lou Baker 39
Moe's World 07/14/90 38
Everybody's All-American 11/04/88 Narvel Blue 37
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 05/16/87 Bobby Seale 35
The Bedroom Window 01/16/87 Quirke 35
The Gospel at Colonus 11/08/85 Theseus 34
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension 08/10/84 John Parker 32
Caveman 04/17/81 Bork 29
Lifepod 01/01/81 Keshah 29
Undercover with the KKK 10/23/79 Rev. Lowell 28
Escape from Alcatraz 06/22/79 Inmate 27
Warming by the Devil's Fire None Narrator 73