Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Crazy Mama | John | |
| 1980 | Fish Heads | Main Character | Short |
| 1981 | Stripes | Soldier | |
| 1983 | Night Warning | Eddie | |
| 1983 | Taking Tiger Mountain | Billy Hampton | |
| 1983 | Deadly Lessons | Eddie Fox | Television film |
| 1983 | Mortuary | Paul Andrews | |
| 1983 | Lords of Discipline, TheThe Lords of Discipline | Gilbreath | |
| 1984 | Impulse | Eddie | |
| 1984 | Streets of Fire | Clyde the Bartender | |
| 1984 | Terminator, TheThe Terminator | Punk Leader | |
| 1985 | Early Frost, AnAn Early Frost | Bob Maracek | |
| 1985 | Atlanta Child Murders, TheThe Atlanta Child Murders | Campbell | Television miniseries |
| 1985 | Commando | Intercept Officer | |
| 1985 | Weird Science | Chet Donnelly | |
| 1986 | Miami Vice | Detective Vic Romano | TV series (1 episode) |
| 1986 | Fresno | Billy Joe Bobb | |
| 1986 | Aliens | Private Hudson | Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| 1987 | Near Dark | Severen | |
| 1989 | Slipstream | Matt Owens | |
| 1989 | Next of Kin | Gerald Gates | |
| 1989 | Back to Back | Bo Brand | Main role |
| 1990 | Brain Dead | Jim Reston | Main Role |
| 1990 | Last of the Finest, TheThe Last of the Finest | Howard 'Hojo' Jones | |
| 1990 | Navy SEALs | Dane | |
| 1990 | Predator 2 | Jerry Lambert | |
| 1991 | Dark Backward, TheThe Dark Backward | Gus | |
| 1992 | Vagrant, TheThe Vagrant | Graham Krakowski | Main role |
| 1992 | One False Move | Dale 'Hurricane' Dixon | Main role |
| 1992 | Trespass | Vince | Main role |
| 1993 | Monolith | Tucker | Main role |
| 1993 | Indian Summer | Jack Belston | |
| 1993 | Boxing Helena | Ray O'Malley | Supporting role |
| 1993 | Tombstone | Morgan Earp | Supporting role |
| 1994 | Frank and Jesse | Frank James | Main role |
| 1994 | True Lies | Simon | |
| 1994 | Future Shock | Vince | |
| 1995 | Last Supper, TheThe Last Supper | Zachary Cody | |
| 1995 | Apollo 13 | Fred Haise | Main role Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |
| 1996 | Twister | Bill Harding | Main role |
| 1996 | Evening Star, TheThe Evening Star | Jerry Bruckner | Main role |
| 1997 | Titanic | Brock Lovett | Supporting role |
| 1997 | Traveller | Bokky | Main role |
| 1998 | Bright Shining Lie, AA Bright Shining Lie | John Paul Vann | Television film |
| 1998 | Simple Plan, AA Simple Plan | Hank | Main role |
| 1998 | Mighty Joe Young | Professor Gregory 'Gregg' O'Hara | |
| 2000 | U-571 | Lt. Commander Mike Dahlgren | |
| 2000 | Vertical Limit | Elliot Vaughn | |
| 2001 | Frailty | Dad Meiks | Director |
| 2002 | Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams | Dinky Winks | |
| 2003 | Ghosts of the Abyss | Narrator | |
| 2003 | Resistance | Major Theodore 'Ted' Brice | |
| 2003 | Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over | Dinky Winks | |
| 2004 | Club Dread | Coconut Pete | |
| 2004 | Haven | Carl Ridley | |
| 2004 | Thunderbirds | Jeff Tracy | Main role |
| 2005 | Greatest Game Ever Played, TheThe Greatest Game Ever Played | Director | |
| 2006–11 | Big Love | Bill Henrickson | |
| 2007 | Good Life, TheThe Good Life | Robbie | |
| 2011 | Haywire | John Kane | |
| 2011 | Tattoo | Director | |
| 2012 | Hatfields & McCoys | Randolph "Ole Ran'l" McCoy | Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie |
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