Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Mad Dog Coll | Policeman | uncredited |
| 1964 | Lilith | Norman | |
| 1966 | Hawaii | Dr. John Whipple | |
| 1967 | Banning | Tommy Del Gaddo | |
| 1967 | Community Shelter Planning | Donald Ross—Regional Civil Defense Officer | |
| 1967 | Covenant with Death, AA Covenant with Death | Harmsworth | |
| 1967 | First to Fight | Sgt. Tweed | |
| 1967 | Bonnie & Clyde | Buck Barrow | National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| 1968 | Split, TheThe Split | Detective Lt. Walter Brill | |
| 1969 | Riot | Red Fraker | |
| 1969 | Gypsy Moths, TheThe Gypsy Moths | Joe Browdy | |
| 1969 | Downhill Racer | Eugene Claire | |
| 1969 | Marooned | Buzz Lloyd | |
| 1970 | I Never Sang for My Father | Gene Garrison | Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| 1971 | Doctors' Wives | Dr. Dave Randolph | |
| 1971 | Hunting Party, TheThe Hunting Party | Brandt Ruger | |
| 1971 | French Connection, TheThe French Connection | NYPD Det. Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle | Academy Award for Best Actor BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor National Board of Review Award for Best Actor New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor |
| 1972 | Prime Cut | Mary Ann | |
| 1972 | Poseidon Adventure, TheThe Poseidon Adventure | Reverend Frank Scott | BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role |
| 1972 | Cisco Pike | Sergeant Leo Holland | |
| 1973 | Scarecrow | Max Millan | |
| 1974 | Conversation, TheThe Conversation | Harry Caul | National Board of Review Award for Best Actor Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Sant Jordi Award for Best Foreign Actor |
| 1974 | Young Frankenstein | The Blindman (Harold) | |
| 1974 | Zandy's Bride | Zandy Allan | |
| 1975 | French Connection II | NYPD Det. Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle | Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama |
| 1975 | Lucky Lady | Kibby Womack | |
| 1975 | Night Moves | Harry Moseby | Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role |
| 1975 | Bite the Bullet | Sam Clayton | |
| 1977 | Domino Principle, TheThe Domino Principle | Roy Tucker | |
| 1977 | Bridge Too Far, AA Bridge Too Far | Maj Gen. Stanisław Sosabowski | |
| 1977 | March or Die | Maj. William Sherman Foster | |
| 1978 | Superman | Lex Luthor | Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role |
| 1980/2006 | Superman II/Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut | Lex Luthor | |
| 1981 | All Night Long | George Dupler | |
| 1981 | Reds | Pete Van Wherry | |
| 1983 | Under Fire | Alex Grazier | Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture |
| 1983 | Two of a Kind | God | uncredited voice role |
| 1983 | Uncommon Valor | Col. Jason Rhodes, USMC (ret) | |
| 1984 | Eureka | Jack McCann | |
| 1984 | Misunderstood | Ned Rawley | |
| 1985 | Twice in a Lifetime | Harry MacKenzie | Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama |
| 1985 | Target | Walter Lloyd/Duncan (Duke) Potter | |
| 1986 | Power | Wilfred Buckley | |
| 1986 | Hoosiers | Coach Norman Dale | |
| 1987 | No Way Out | Defense Secretary David Brice | |
| 1987 | Superman IV: The Quest for Peace | Lex Luthor / voice of Nuclear Man | |
| 1988 | Bat*21 | Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton, USAF | |
| 1988 | Mississippi Burning | FBI Special Agent Rupert Anderson | National Board of Review Award for Best Actor Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama |
| 1988 | Another Woman | Larry Lewis | |
| 1988 | Full Moon in Blue Water | Floyd | |
| 1988 | Split Decisions | Dan McGuinn | |
| 1989 | Package, TheThe Package | Sgt. Johnny Gallagher | |
| 1990 | Loose Cannons | MacArthur Stern | |
| 1990 | Postcards from the Edge | Lowell Kolchek | |
| 1990 | Narrow Margin | Robert Caulfield | |
| 1991 | Class Action | Jedediah Tucker Ward | |
| 1991 | Company Business | Sam Boyd | |
| 1992 | Unforgiven | Little Bill Daggett | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| 1993 | Firm, TheThe Firm | Avery Tolar | |
| 1993 | Geronimo: An American Legend | Brig. Gen. George Crook | |
| 1994 | Wyatt Earp | Nicholas Earp | |
| 1995 | Quick and the Dead, TheThe Quick and the Dead | John Herod | |
| 1995 | Crimson Tide | Capt. Frank Ramsey | |
| 1995 | Get Shorty | Harry Zimm | Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| 1996 | Birdcage, TheThe Birdcage | Senator Kevin Keeley | Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
| 1996 | Extreme Measures | Dr. Lawrence Myrick | |
| 1996 | Chamber, TheThe Chamber | Sam Cayhall | |
| 1997 | Absolute Power | President Allen Richmond | |
| 1998 | Twilight | Jack Ames | |
| 1998 | Enemy of the State | Edward 'Brill' Lyle | |
| 1998 | Antz | General Mandible | Voice only |
| 1999 | Black and the White, TheThe Black and the White | Grant Ritchie | |
| 2000 | Under Suspicion | Henry Hearst | Executive Producer |
| 2000 | Replacements, TheThe Replacements | Jimmy McGinty | |
| 2001 | Heartbreakers | William B. Tensy | |
| 2001 | Heist | Joe Moore | |
| 2001 | Mexican, TheThe Mexican | Arnold Margolese (uncredited) | |
| 2001 | Royal Tenenbaums, TheThe Royal Tenenbaums | Royal Tenenbaum | AFI Award for Best Supporting Actor Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy |
| 2001 | Behind Enemy Lines | Admiral Leslie McMahon Reigart | |
| 2003 | Runaway Jury | Rankin Fitch | |
| 2004 | Welcome to Mooseport | Monroe Cole |
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