Actor
Crescent City
2024
as Brian Sutter
Shirley
2024
as Arthur Hardwick Jr.
Skeletons in the Closet
2024
as Mark
Showdown at the Grand
2023
as George Fuller
The System
2022
as Bones
The Walk
2022
as Lamont Robbins
Gully
2021
as Mr. Christmas
Triumph
2021
as Coach Cutting
Cut Throat City
2020
as The Saint
Terrence Howard's Fright Club
2018
Cardboard Boxer
2016
as Pope
Term Life
2016
as Sheriff Braydon
St. Vincent
2014
as Zucko
Lullaby
2014
as Dr. Crier
Sabotage
2014
as Julius 'Sugar' Edmonds
The Best Man Holiday
2013
as Quentin
Prisoners
2013
as Franklin Birch
The Butler
2013
as Howard
House of Bodies
2013
as Starks
Dead Man Down
2013
as Alphonse
Movie 43
2013
as Coach Jackson (segment "Victory's Glory")
The Company You Keep
2012
as FBI Agent Cornelius
Croom
2012
On the Road
2012
as Walter
Red Tails
2012
as Col. A.J. Bullard
Winnie Mandela
2011
as Nelson Mandela
The Ledge
2011
as Hollis Lucetti
Little Murder
2011
as Drag Hammerman
The Princess and the Frog
2009
as James (voice)
Fighting
2009
as Harvey Boarden
B.B. King | Live
2009
as Self
Iron Man
2008
as Rhodey
The Perfect Holiday
2007
as Bah Humbug
Awake
2007
as Dr. Jack Harper
August Rush
2007
as Richard Jeffries
The Brave One
2007
as Detective Mercer
The Hunting Party
2007
as Duck
Pride
2007
as Jim Ellis
Motherland Afghanistan
2007
as Narrator
Idlewild
2006
as Trumpy
Get Rich or Die Tryin'
2005
as Bama
Four Brothers
2005
as Lt. Green
Hustle & Flow
2005
as Djay
Crash
2005
as Cameron Thayer
Animal
2005
as Darius Allen
Their Eyes Were Watching God
2005
as Amos Hicks
Lackawanna Blues
2005
as Bill Crosby
The Salon
2005
as Patrick
Ray
2004
as Gossie McGee
Love Chronicles
2003
as T-Roy
Biker Boyz
2003
as Chu Chu (as Terrence Dashon Howard)
Intimate Affairs
2002
as Lorenz
Hart's War
2002
as Lt. Lincoln A. Scott
Glitter
2001
as Timothy Walker
Angel Eyes
2001
as Robby
Boycott
2001
as Ralph Abernathy
Love Beat the Hell Outta Me
2000
as Chris
Big Momma's House
2000
as Lester Vesco
Muhammad Ali: King of the World
2000
as Cassius Clay
The Best Man
1999
as Quentin
Best Laid Plans
1999
as Jimmy
Valerie Flake
1999
as Hitchhiker
Butter
1998
as Dexter Banks (as Terrence Dashon Howard)
The Players Club
1998
as K.C.
Spark
1998
as Byron
Double Tap
1997
as Ulysses
Johns
1996
as Jimmy the Warlock
Sunset Park
1996
as Spaceman
Mr. Holland's Opus
1995
as Louis Russ
Dead Presidents
1995
as Cowboy
The O.J. Simpson Story
1995
as Young A.C.
Who's the Man?
1993
as Customer
Giving Thanks
as Calvin Turner
The Movers
Selfie
BFFs