Filmography
| 2026 | |
| 2025 | Untitled Stuart Scott Story · as Self |
| 2024 | Black Comedy in America · as SelfNo Plex |
| 2024 | GOSPEL with Henry Louis Gates Jr. · as Self |
| 2023 | |
| 2022 | Sherri (2022) · as Self - Guest |
| 2022 | LIGHT & MAGIC · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | Symone · as Self |
| 2022 | Let the World See · as Self |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | Soul of a Nation · as Self |
| 2021 | The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This is Our Song · as Self - Georgetown University |
| 2020 | Obama · as Self |
| 2020 | The ReidOut · as Self |
| 2020 | Uncle Tom · as Self |
| 2020 | GMA3: What You Need to Know · as Self - Guest |
| 2020 | MS NOW Reports Jacob Soboroff Reports · as Self |
| 2019 | CBS Evening News · as Self - Vanderbilt University Distinguished Professor Of African American Studies |
| 2019 | Woman in Motion · as Self - Professor Of Sociology, Georgetown UniversityNo Plex |
| 2019 | 1st Annual Urban One Honors · as Self - Presenter |
| 2018 | Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj · as Self |
| 2018 | Black White & Blue · as Self |
| 2018 | Naked Hustle · as Self |
| 2018 | Rest In Power: The Trayvon Martin Story · as Self - Author |
| 2018 | Red Table Talk · as Self |
| 2017 | Laura Coates Live · as Self |
| 2017 | The Beat with Ari Melber · as Self |
| 2017 | |
| 2017 | The President Show · as Himself |
| 2016 | Undisputed · as Self - Author |
| 2015 | The Timeline · as Self |
| 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · as Self |
| 2015 | The Late Late Show with James Corden · as Self - Guest |
| 2014 | black-ish · as Self |
| 2014 | The Meredith Vieira Show · as Self |
| 2014 | America: Imagine the World Without Her · as Self |
| 2014 | Mobile in Black and White · as Self |
| 2014 | Unsung Hollywood · as Self |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · as Self |
| 2014 | At This Hour with Kate Bolduan · as Self |
| 2013 | Finding the Funk · as Self |
| 2013 | The Real Daytime · as Self |
| 2013 | CNN This Morning · as Self |
| 2012 | 20th Annual Trumpet Awards · as Self |
| 2012 | CBS Mornings · as Self |
| 2012 | CBS Mornings · as Self |
| 2011 | The West Block · as Self - Georgetown University |
| 2011 | PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton · as Self |
| 2010 | One Night in Vegas · as Self |
| 2009 | 30 for 30 · as Self |
| 2009 | The Ed Show · as Self |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | Without Bias · as Self - Author |
| 2008 | Unsung · as SelfNo Plex |
| 2008 | New Orleans Story · as Self |
| 2007 | BET Hip-Hop Awards · as Self |
| 2007 | Morning Joe · as Self |
| 2006 | American Gangster · as Self |
| 2006 | The Game · as Self |
| 2006 | |
| 2006 | Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes · as Self |
| 2005 | The Colbert Report · as Self |
| 2005 | The Tyra Banks Show · as Self |
| 2005 | Letter to the President · as Self - Professor |
| 2005 | Black in the 80s · as Himself |
| 2005 | This Week · as Self - Powerhouse Roundtable Panelist |
| 2004 | Tupac: Hip Hop Genius · as Self |
| 2004 | Tavis Smiley · as Self |
| 2003 | Real Time with Bill Maher · as Self |
| 2002 | Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel · as Self |
| 2002 | Def Poetry · as Self |
| 2002 | NOW · as Self |
| 2001 | Say It Loud: A Celebration of Black Music in America · as Self - Professor, Depaul Univ. |
| 2001 | Democracy Now! · as Self |
| 2001 | 32nd NAACP Image Awards · as Self |
| 2001 | Tupac Shakur: Before I Wake... · as SelfNo Plex |
| 2000 | When It Was a Game 3 · as Self (voice) |
| 2000 | Soul Food · as Self |
| 1999 | |
| 1997 | The View · as Self - Guest Co-Host |
| 1996 | No Spin News · as Self |
| 1994 | WGN Morning News · as Self |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose · as Self - Guest |
| 1985 | American Masters · as Self |
| 1983 | Frontline · as Self |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight · as Self |
| 1975 | Good Morning America · as Self |
| 1954 | Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan · as Self |
| 1952 | Today · as Self |
| 1947 | Meet the Press · as Self - Panelist |
| 2018 | |
| 2017 | Who Killed Tupac? · as Prof. Georgetown University |
| 2014 | The Leftovers · as Male Pundit |
| 2006 | Waist Deep · as Radio Guest |