| Year |
Title |
Role |
Notes |
| 1972 |
Fear Is the Key |
Royale |
|
| 1973 |
Hard Labour |
Naseem |
Television film |
| 1974 |
Antony and Cleopatra |
Thidias |
Television Film |
| 1982 |
Gandhi |
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi |
- Academy Award for Best Actor
- BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer
- BAFTA Award for Best Actor
- Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
- Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture – Male
- Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
- London Film Critics' Circle Award for Best Actor
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
- National Board of Review Award for Best Actor
- New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor
|
| 1983 |
Betrayal |
Robert |
- The film version of Harold Pinter's play
- Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor
|
| 1984 |
Oxbridge Blues |
Geoff Craven |
- Episode: "Sleeps Six"
- Nominated — CableACE Award for Actor in a Dramatic Series
|
| 1985 |
Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe |
Silas Marner |
Nominated — British Academy Television Award for Best Actor |
| 1985 |
Harem |
Selim |
|
| 1986 |
Turtle Diary |
William Snow |
Screenplay by Harold Pinter |
| 1987 |
Secret of the Sahara, TheThe Secret of the Sahara |
Sholomon |
Television film |
| 1987 |
Maurice |
Lasker-Jones |
|
| 1988 |
Pascali's Island |
Basil Pascali |
|
| 1988 |
Without a Clue |
Dr. John Watson |
|
| 1988 |
Lenin: The Train |
Vladimir Lenin |
Television film |
| 1988 |
Testimony — The Story of Shostakovich |
Dmitri Shostakovich |
|
| 1989 |
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story |
Simon Wiesenthal |
- Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor – Miniseries or a Movie
- Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
|
| 1990 |
5th Monkey, TheThe 5th Monkey |
Cunda |
|
| 1991 |
Bugsy |
Meyer Lansky |
- Nominated — Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
|
| 1992 |
Sneakers |
Cosmo |
|
| 1992 |
Freddie as F.R.O.7 |
Freddie The Frog |
Voice |
| 1993 |
Searching for Bobby Fischer |
Bruce Pandolfini |
|
| 1993 |
Dave |
Vice President Gary Nance |
|
| 1993 |
Schindler's List |
Itzhak Stern |
- Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Actor
- Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role
|
| 1994 |
Death and the Maiden |
Dr. Roberto Miranda |
|
| 1995 |
Species |
Xavier Fitch |
|
| 1995 |
Joseph |
Potiphar |
Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor – Miniseries or a Movie |
| 1995 |
Moses |
Moses |
|
| 1996 |
Twelfth Night |
Feste |
From the play by William Shakespeare |
| 1997 |
Weapons of Mass Distraction |
Julian Messenger |
Television film |
| 1997 |
Assignment, TheThe Assignment |
Amos |
|
| 1997 |
Photographing Fairies |
Minister Templeton |
|
| 1998 |
Tale of Sweeney Todd, TheThe Tale of Sweeney Todd |
Sweeney Todd |
- Television film
- Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
|
| 1999 |
Alice in Wonderland |
Major Caterpillar |
Television film |
| 1999 |
Confession, TheThe Confession |
Harry Fertig |
|
| 2000 |
Spooky House |
The Great Zamboni |
|
| 2000 |
What Planet Are You From? |
Graydon |
|
| 2000 |
Rules of Engagement |
Ambassador Mourain |
|
| 2000 |
Islam: Empire of Faith |
Narrator |
Voice |
| 2000 |
Sexy Beast |
Don Logan |
- Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor
- British Independent Film Award for Best Actor
- Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
- Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
- European Film Award for Best Actor
- Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor
- Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor
- San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor
- Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
- Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
- Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Performance, Male
- Nominated — Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor
- Nominated — Chlotrudis Award for Best Supporting Actor
- Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
- Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
|
| 2001 |
Anne Frank: The Whole Story |
Otto Frank |
- Television film
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
- Nominated — American Film Institute TV Award for AFI Actor of the Year – Male – Movie or Mini-Series
- Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor – Miniseries or a Movie
- Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
- Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
|
| 2001 |
AI: Artificial Intelligence |
Specialist |
Voice |
| 2002 |
Triumph of Love, TheThe Triumph of Love |
Hermocrates |
Marivaux's play |
| 2002 |
Tuck Everlasting |
Man in the Yellow Suit |
|
| 2003 |
House of Sand and Fog |
Massoud Behrani |
- Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
- Nominated — Academy Award for Best Actor
- Nominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
- Nominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
- Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
- Nominated — Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead
- Nominated — London Film Critics' Circle Award for British Actor of the Year
- Nominated — Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Actor
- Nominated — Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
- Nominated — Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor
|
| 2004 |
Thunderbirds |
"The Hood" |
loosely based on the super-marionation programme created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson |
| 2004 |
Suspect Zero |
Benjamin O'Ryan |
|
| 2005 |
Sound of Thunder, AA Sound of Thunder |
Charles Hatton |
|
| 2005 |
Oliver Twist |
Fagin |
|
| 2005 |
Mrs. Harris |
Herman Tarnower |
- Nominated — Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor – Miniseries or a Movie
- Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
- Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
|
| 2005 |
BloodRayne |
Kagan |
Nominated — Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor |
| 2006 |
Sopranos, TheThe Sopranos |
Himself |
- Television series
- Season 6, Episode 72 – "Luxury Lounge"
|
| 2006 |
Lucky Number Slevin |
The Rabbi |
|
| 2007 |
You Kill Me |
Frank Falenczyk |
- Nominated — Prism Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film
- Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
|
| 2007 |
Last Legion, TheThe Last Legion |
Ambrosinus |
|
| 2007 |
Ten Commandments, TheThe Ten Commandments |
Narrator |
Voice |
| 2008 |
Elegy |
David Kepesh |
Nominated — London Film Critics' Circle Award Best British Actor of the Year |
| 2008 |
War, Inc. |
Walken |
Nominated — Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor |
| 2008 |
Love Guru, TheThe Love Guru |
Guru Tugginmypudha |
Nominated — Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor |
| 2008 |
Wackness, TheThe Wackness |
Dr. Squires |
Nominated — Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor |
| 2008 |
Transsiberian |
Grinko |
|
| 2008 |
China's Stolen Children |
Narrator |
Voice |
| 2008 |
Fifty Dead Men Walking |
Fergus |
|
| 2009 |
Noah's Ark: The New Beginning |
Narrator |
Voice |
| 2009 |
Journey to Mecca |
Narrator |
Voice |
| 2010 |
Shutter Island |
Dr. John Cawley |
Nominated — Scream Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| 2010 |
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time |
Nizam |
|
| 2010 |
Teen Patti |
Perci Trachtenberg |
|
| 2011 |
Hugo |
Georges Méliès |
Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Actor |
| 2012 |
The Dictator |
Tamir |
|
| 2012 |
A Therapy |
Therapist |
|
| 2012 |
A Common Man |
|
| 2013 |
Ender's Game |
Mazer Rackham |
|
| 2013 |
Iron Man 3 |
The Mandarin |
|