Other works

(1998) TV commercial: Garden Burger (voice)

Co-founder and member of the Just Us Theatre Company in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

(2000) TV commercial: hotjobs.com (voice)

(5/81-6/81): Stage: Appeared (as "Cephus Miles") in "Home" by Samm-Art Williams. Theatre Four, New York City.

(1990) Music video: Appeared in the video for "911 Is a Joke" by Public Enemy.

(2001-02) TV commercials (voice; UK): KFC restaurants.

(2002) TV commercials (UK): Barclays Bank.

(1975) TV commercial: Krystal Burger

(2000) Print ads (as his character John Shaft from Shaft (2000)): Reebok Classic athletic shoes

Music video: Appeared in The Winans / Phase2 "It's Alright (Send Me)" video

(2004) TV commercial (voice): Adidas.

(2004) TV commercial (voice): Pontiac automobiles.

(1999) DVD commentary: Commentary track for Deep Blue Sea (1999) with director Renny Harlin.

(2005) Music video: Appears in Twista video "Hope"

(2005) Featured in an episode of the interview series "Hollywood Stars" about Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005). Others interviewed include Natalie Portman, Ian McDiarmid, Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, George Lucas, Rick McCallum, Trisha Biggar, Bruce Spence and Jimmy Smits.

(2006) Music video: Appeared in Cobra Starship's music video for their song "Snakes on a Plane" from the film Snakes on a Plane (2006).

(11/87) Stage: Appeared (as "Boy Willie") in "The Piano Lesson" by August Wilson. Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, CT.

(2006) Audio book: Plays the voice of God in an audio Bible entitled "The Bible Experience," which also features Angela Bassett, Alfre Woodard, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Blair Underwood as Jesus.

(2006) TV commercial: NBA Finals for ESPN with Chinese-American actress Linda Wang

(1985) Stage: Appeared (as "Lyons") in "Fences" by August Wilson. Seattle Repertory Theatre, Seattle, WA.

(12/84-1/85) Stage: Appeared (as "Actor 7") in "District Line" by Joseph A. Walker. Theatre Four, New York City.

(11/81-1/83) Stage: Appeared (as "Pvt. Louis Henson") in "A Soldier's Play" by Charles Fuller. Lucille Lortel Theatre, New York City.

(5/80-6/80) Stage: Appeared in "Mother Courage and Her Children" by Bertolt Brecht, adapted by Ntozake Shange. Joseph Papp Public Theater, New York City.

(3/90) Stage: Appeared (as "Wolf") in "Two Trains Running" by August Wilson. Yale Repertory Theatre, New Haven, CT.

(1/08) TV commercial (UK): Virgin Media.

(2008) TV commercial (PSA): No on Prop. 8.

TV commercial: Appears (as guy crawling out from under a car on jacks) in "Project Safe".

(2011) TV commercial (narrator): Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow SuperPAC, founded by Stephen Colbert

(April 2012) TV commercial: "Siri Date Night" for the Apple iPhone 4S.

(2013) TV commercials (Australia): Bet365 online betting website.

(2013) TV commercial: Capital One Quicksilver cash-back credit card.

(2014) TV commercial: Stand Up to Cancer and St. Baldricks.

(2014) TV commercial: Capital One Quicksilver cash-back credit card.

(August 2012) TV commercial Bet365 Australia Commercial. RealtimeUK

(June 2016) TV commercial Bet365 for Swedish Television

(August 2015) TV commercial Bet365 for Premier League

(1996) Appeared in Semisonic's music video "FNT" (footage only)

(2020) Capital One commercial as himself with John Travolta as Santa.

(2022) Stage play: The Piano Lesson - playing Doaker Charles opposite John David Washington (Boy Willie) and Danielle Brooks (Berniece Charles), etc. Written by August Wilson. Directed by LaTanya Richardson Jackson (Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York)

(2023) TV commercial: Warburton's "Mad About The Bread", plays the role of chairman Jonathan Warburton.