Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
| 2019 | Dark Waters (2019) | Tom Terp |
| 2017 | Marjorie Prime | Jon |
| 2017 | Straws | Narrator |
| 2015 | A Perfect Day (2006) | B |
| 2014 | Welcome to Me | Dr. Daryl Moffet |
| 2013 | Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia | Self |
| 2013 | Life of Crime | Frank Dawson |
| 2012 | Back to 1942 | Father Thomas Morgan |
| 2012 | Thanks for Sharing | Mike |
| 2011 | Cinema Verite | Bill Loud |
| 2011 | Green Lantern | Senator Hammond |
| 2011 | Revenge of the Electric Car | Narrator |
| 2011 | The Big Fix | Executive Producer |
| 2008 | The Lucky Ones | Cheaver |
| 2008 | City of Ember | Loris |
| 2008 | Noise | David Owen |
| 2006 | Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny | The Stranger |
| 2006 | Catch a Fire | Nic Vos |
| 2005 | War of the Worlds | Harlan Ogilvy |
| 2005 | Zathura | Dad |
| 2005 | The Secret Life of Words | Josef |
| 2003 | Mystic River | Dave Boyle |
| 2003 | Code 46 | William Geld |
| 2003 | Tibet: Cry of the Snow Lion | Tibetan Voiceovers |
| 2003 | The Day My God Died | Narrator |
| 2002 | The Truth About Charlie | Mr. Bartholomew |
| 2001 | Antitrust | Gary Winston |
| 2001 | Human Nature (2002) | Nathan Bronfman |
| 2000 | High Fidelity | Ian |
| 2000 | Mission to Mars | Woody Blake |
| 1999 | Cradle Will Rock | Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
| 1999 | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | The President |
| 1999 | Arlington Road | Oliver Lang |
| 1997 | Nothing To Lose (1997) | Nick Beam |
| 1995 | Dead Man Walking (1995) | Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
| 1994 | The Hudsucker Proxy | Norville Barnes |
| 1994 | The Shawshank Redemption (1995) | Andy Dufresne |
| 1994 | Pret-a-Porter | Joe Flynn |
| 1994 | I.Q. | Ed Walters |
| 1993 | Short Cuts | Gene Shepard |
| 1993 | Luck, Trust and Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country | Actor |
| 1992 | Bob Roberts | Bob Roberts |
| 1992 | The Player (1992) | Griffin Mill |
| 1990 | Jacob's Ladder (1990) | Jacob Singer |
| 1989 | Miss Firecracker | Delmount Williams |
| 1988 | Bull Durham | Ebby Calvin 'Nuke' LaLoosh |
| 1988 | Tapeheads | Josh Tager |
| 1987 | Five Corners | Harry |
| 1987 | Made in Heaven | Mario the Toymaker |
| 1986 | Top Gun (1986) | Lt. Sam "Merlin" Wells |
| 1986 | Howard the Duck | Phil Blumburtt |
| 1985 | The Sure Thing | Gary Cooper |
| 1984 | No Small Affair | Nelson |
