

| MOVIE TITLE | YEAR | MISC. INFO | CHARACTER |
| The Life of David Gale | 2002 | David Gale | |
| Austin Powers in Goldmember | 2002 | Himself | |
| The Shipping News | 2001 | One Favorite Actor Nomination | Quoyle |
| War Letters | 2001 | TV | Narrator |
| K-PAX | 2001 | Prot | |
| The 73rd Annual Academy Awards | 2001 | TV (Uncredited) | Presenter of Best Actress |
| Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure | 2001 | Voice | Narrator |
| Film-Fest DVD: Issue 3 - Toronto | 2000 | Himself (Interviewee) | |
| Playboy: The Party Continues | 2000 | TV (Archived Footage) | Himself |
| President Clinton: Final Days | 2000 | Himself | |
| My VH1 Music Awards | 2000 | TV | Himself |
| David Blaine: Frozen in Time | 2000 | TV | Himself |
| Pay It Forward | 2000 | One Favortie Actor Nomination | Eugene Simmonet |
| AFI's 100 Years, 100 Laughs: America's Funniest Movies | 2000 | TV | Himself |
| Film-Fest DVD: Issue 4 - Hawaii | 2000 | Himself | |
| Ordinary Decent Criminal | 2000 | Michael Lynch | |
| AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars | 1999 | TV | Himself |
| Forever Hollywood | 1999 | Himself | |
| Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius | 1999 | TV | Narrator |
| It's Tough to Be a Bug | 1999 | Voice | Hopper |
| Saturday Night Live: 25th Anniversary | 1999 | TV | Himself |
| The Big Kahuna | 1999 | Larry Mann | |
| American Beauty | 1999 | Won 13 Best Actor awards; Nominated for 4 others | Lester Burnham |
| A Bug's Life | 1998 | Voice | Hopper |
| Hurlyburly | 1998 | Mickey | |
| The Negotiator | 1998 | Lieutenant Chris Sabian | |
| Steve McQueen: The King of Cool | 1998 | TV (Voice) | Narrator |
| Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil | 1997 | Won a Best Supporting Actor Award | Jim Williams |
| L.A. Confidential | 1997 | Won 2 Best Supporting Actor Awards | Sergeant Jack Vincennes |
| A Time To Kill | 1996 | D.A. Rufus Buckley | |
| Looking for Richard | 1996 | Buckingham/ Himself | |
| A Salute to Clint Eastwood | 1996 | TV | Himself |
| The Usual Suspects | 1995 | Won 7 Best Supporting Actor Awards; Won 1 Best Actor Award; #5 Villian of All Time | Roger "Verbal" Kint |
| Se7en | 1995 | Won 1 Best Supporting Actor Award; 1 Best Villian Award; #10 Villian of All Time | John Doe |
| Outbreak | 1995 | Major Casey Schuler | |
| Doomsday Gun | 1994 | TV | Jim Price |
| Iron Will | 1994 | Harry Kingsley | |
| Swimming with Sharks | 1994 | Nominated for 1 Best Male Lead Award | Buddy Ackerman |
| The Ref | 1994 | Lloyd Chasseur | |
| Consenting Adults | 1992 | Eddy Otis | |
| Glengarry Glen Ross | 1992 | John Williamson | |
| Darrow | 1991 | TV | Clarence Darrow |
| When You Remember Me | 1990 | TV | Wade |
| Henry & June | 1990 | Richard Osborn | |
| A Show of Force | 1990 | Frank Curtin | |
| Fall from Grace | 1990 | TV | Jim Bakker |
| Dad | 1989 | Mario | |
| See No Evil, Hear No Evil | 1989 | Kirgo | |
| A Salute to Jack Lemmon | 1988 | TV | Himself |
| Working Girl | 1998 | Bob Speck | |
| Rocket Gibraltar | 1988 | Dwayne Hanson | |
| The Murder of Mary Phagan | 1988 | TV | Wes Brent |
| Wiseguy | 1987 | TV Series | Mel Profitt |
| Long Day's Journey Into Night | 1987 | TV | James 'Jamie' Tyrone, Jr. |
| Heartburn | 1986 | Subway Thief | |
| Larry King Live | June 28, 2001 | TV; Remembering Jack Lemmon | Himself |
| Inside the Actors Studio | July 2, 2000 | TV | Himself |
| Tribeca | 1993 | TV | Chris Boden |
| L.A. Law | January 1, 1987 | TV; Guess Who's Coming to Murder; Episode 6.9 | Giles Keenan |
| Crime Story | September 22, 1987 | TV; The Senator, the Movie Star, and the Mob; Episode 2.1 | Senator Rourke |
| The Equalizer | February, 18, 1987 | TV; Solo; Episode 2.17 | |
| A Night For John Lennon Music | 2001 | TV | Narrator and Performer(Mind Games) |