| Movie | 1982 | Tron | Kevin Flynn / Clu | |
| Movie | 1998 | The Big Lebowski | The Dude | |
| Movie | 2001 | K-PAX | Dr. Mark Powell | |
| Movie | 1991 | The Fisher King | Jack | |
| Movie | 1994 | Blown Away | James "Jimmy" Dove | |
| Movie | 1999 | Arlington Road | Michael Faraday | |
| Movie | 1982 | The Last Unicorn | Prince Lir (voice) | |
| Movie | 1993 | The Vanishing | Barney Cousins | |
| Movie | 1996 | White Squall | Christopher 'Skipper' Sheldon | |
| Movie | 2008 | Iron Man | Obadiah Stane | |
| Movie | 2009 | The Men Who Stare at Goats | Bill Django | |
| Movie | 2004 | The Door in the Floor | Ted Cole | |
| Movie | 2006 | Stick It | Burt Vickerman | |
| Movie | 1976 | King Kong | Jack F. Prescott | |
| Movie | 1993 | Fearless | Max Klein | |
| Movie | 1980 | Heaven's Gate | John L. Bridges | |
| Movie | 2003 | Seabiscuit | Charles Howard | |
| Movie | 1989 | The Fabulous Baker Boys | Jack Baker | |
| Movie | 1976 | Stay Hungry | Craig Blake | |
| Movie | 1986 | 8 Million Ways to Die | Matthew 'Matt' Scudder | |
| Movie | 2010 | TRON: Legacy | Kevin Flynn / Clu | |
| Movie | 2002 | Lost in La Mancha | Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 2002 | Scenes of the Crime | Jimmy Berg | |
| Movie | 1980 | The American Success Company | Harry | |
| Movie | 2000 | The Contender | President Jackson Evans | |
| Movie | 2005 | Tideland | Noah | |
| Movie | 1984 | Against All Odds | Terry Brogan | |
| Movie | 1972 | Bad Company | Jake Rumsey | |
| Movie | 1981 | Cutter's Way | Richard Bone | |
| Movie | 1974 | Thunderbolt and Lightfoot | Lightfoot | |
| Movie | 1973 | The Last American Hero | Elroy Jackson Jr. | |
| Movie | 2009 | The Open Road | Kyle | |
| Movie | 1992 | American Heart | Jack | |
| Movie | 2003 | Masked and Anonymous | Tom Friend | |
| Movie | 1986 | The Morning After | Turner Kendall | |
| Movie | 1971 | The Last Picture Show | Duane Jackson | |
| Movie | 1996 | The Mirror Has Two Faces | Gregory Larkin | |
| Movie | 2009 | Crazy Heart | Bad Blake | |
| Movie | 2007 | Surf's Up | Big Z / Geek (voice) | |
| Movie | 1985 | Jagged Edge | Jack Forrester | |
| Movie | 1984 | Starman | Starman / Scott Hayden | |
| Movie | 2008 | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | Clayton Harding | |
| Movie | 2004 | Hollywood Legenden | Self | |
| Movie | 1988 | Tucker: The Man and His Dream | Preston Tucker | |
| Movie | 1973 | The Iceman Cometh | Don Parritt | |
| Movie | 1979 | Winter Kills | Nick Kegan | |
| Movie | 1975 | Rancho Deluxe | Jack McKee | |
| Movie | 1987 | Nadine | Vernon Hightower | |
| Movie | 1999 | The Muse | Jack Warrick | |
| Movie | 2010 | True Grit | Rooster Cogburn | |
| Movie | 1972 | Fat City | Ernie | |
| Movie | 2006 | The Amateurs | Andy | |
| Movie | 1995 | Wild Bill | Wild Bill Hickok | |
| Movie | 2013 | R.I.P.D. | Roy Pulsipher | |
| Movie | 2014 | Seventh Son | Master John Gregory | |
| Movie | 1999 | Simpatico | Lyle Carter | |
| Movie | 1982 | Kiss Me Goodbye | Rupert | |
| Movie | 1990 | Texasville | Duane Jackson | |
| Movie | 2011 | TRON: The Next Day | Kevin Flynn | |
| Movie | 2002 | The Making of TRON | Himself | |
| Movie | 1975 | Hearts of the West | Lewis Tater | |
| Movie | 1970 | Halls of Anger | Doug | |
| Movie | 2012 | A Place at the Table | Self | |
| Movie | 1971 | In Search of America | Mike Olson | |
| Movie | 1970 | The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go | Nero Finnegan | |
| Movie | 2002 | Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West | Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 1978 | Somebody Killed Her Husband | Jerry Green | |
| Movie | 1989 | See You in the Morning | Larry Livingstone | |
| Movie | 2012 | Pablo | Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 1973 | Lolly-Madonna XXX | Zack Feather | |
| Movie | 2006 | Transformation: The Life and Legacy of Werner Erhard | Self - est Graduate (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2011 | Installing the Cast | Self | |
| Movie | 2011 | Visualizing TRON | Self | |
| Movie | 2014 | The Giver | The Giver | |
| Movie | 2014 | The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute to the Beatles | Self | |
| Movie | 2007 | The Pixar Story | Clu (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 1996 | Hidden in America | Vincent | |
| Movie | 2009 | A Dog Year | Jon Katz | |
| Movie | 2006 | Chasing the Lotus | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2022 | Travelin' Band: Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Royal Albert Hall | Self (Narrator) | |
| Movie | 2014 | From The Village to The Basement | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2012 | Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2019 | The Grand Unified Theory of Howard Bloom | Self | |
| Movie | 2008 | Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound | Self - Obadiah Stane / Iron Monger, Iron Man | |
| Movie | 1969 | Silent Night, Lonely Night | Young John | |
| Movie | 2019 | Words from a Bear | Self | |
| Movie | 2016 | Hell or High Water | Marcus Hamilton | |
| Movie | 1991 | Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas | Self | |
| Movie | 2004 | Beautiful Dreamer: Brian Wilson and the Story of Smile | Self | |
| Movie | 2000 | Raising the Mammoth | Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 1993 | Made in the USA | Self | |
| Movie | 1989 | Cold Feet | Bartender (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 2025 | TRON: Ares | Kevin Flynn | |
| Movie | N/A | Grendel | Grendel | |
| Movie | N/A | The Carnival at the End of Days | God | |
| Movie | 1999 | The Last Picture Show: A Look Back | Self | |
| Movie | 2023 | Zen Brownie | | |
| Movie | 2000 | Arista Records' 25th Anniversary Celebration | Self | |
| Movie | 2015 | The Little Prince | The Aviator (voice) | |
| Movie | 2015 | Pilchuck: A Dance with Fire | Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 2017 | Only the Brave | Duane Steinbrink | |
| Movie | 2017 | Kingsman: The Golden Circle | Champ | |
| Movie | 2021 | Bob Dylan: Odds and Ends | Self - Narrator | |
| Movie | 2016 | HyperNormalisation | Self (archival footage) | |
| Movie | 2017 | The Only Living Boy in New York | W.F. Gerald | |
| Movie | 2019 | Hal | Self | |
| Movie | 2017 | Dream Big: Engineering Our World | Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 2014 | The Girl Who Talked to Dolphins | Self | |
| Movie | 2008 | I Am Iron Man | Self | |
| Movie | 1951 | The Company She Keeps | Infant at Train Station (uncredited) | |
| Movie | 1986 | King Kong Lives | Jack Prescott (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2018 | Bad Times at the El Royale | Father Daniel Flynn / Dock O'Kelly | |
| Movie | 2018 | Living in the Future's Past | Self - Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 2014 | One Day Since Yesterday: Peter Bogdanovich & the Lost American Film | Self | |
| Movie | 2008 | The Cool School | Self - Narrator (voice) | |
| Movie | 1999 | Making of Arlington Road | Himself | |
| Movie | 1999 | Forever Hollywood | Self | |
| Movie | 2004 | Final Cut: The Making and Unmaking of Heaven's Gate | Self | |
| Movie | 1979 | Heroes of Rock and Roll | Himself | |
| Movie | 2003 | Who Killed 'Winter Kills'? | Self | |
| Movie | 2007 | The Making of 'Tideland' | Self | |
| Movie | 2014 | Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years | Self - Host | |
| Movie | 2020 | Time Warp Vol. 1: Midnight Madness | Self | |
| Movie | 1983 | Rapunzel | The Prince / Claude, Rapunzel's Father | |
| Movie | 2020 | Ringo Starr’s Big Birthday Show | Self - Performer | |
| Movie | 2019 | Valerie | Self | |
| Movie | 1986 | The Thanksgiving Promise | Neighbor | |
| Movie | 2019 | Alan Pakula: Going for Truth | Self | |
| Movie | 1998 | The Making of 'The Big Lebowski' | Self | |
| Movie | 1981 | The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories | Michael Loomis | |
| Movie | 2021 | Hot Money | Self | |
| Movie | 1999 | Hidden Vulnerability: A Look Into the Making of 'Arlington Road' | | |
| Movie | 2011 | Jeff Bridges: The Dude Abides | Self | |
| Movie | 2012 | Casting By | Self | |
| Movie | 2020 | Acting: The First Six Lessons | Interviews | |
| Movie | 1982 | The Man Who Married a French Wife and Other Stories | Michael Loomis | |
| Movie | 2023 | Return of the Grizzly | Narrator | |
| Movie | 2003 | The True Story of Seabiscuit | Self | |
| Movie | N/A | Third Eye | | |
| Movie | 2001 | Michael McDonald: A Gathering of Friends | Self | |
| Movie | 2019 | Spider-Man: Far From Home | Obadiah Stane (Uncredited) | |
| Movie | 2025 | Jeff Bridges: A Reluctant Star | Self (archive) | |
| TV Show | 1994 | Inside the Actors Studio | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | 3 |
| TV Show | 1965 | The F.B.I. | Terry Shelton | 1 |
| TV Show | 1997 | The View | Self | 2 |
| TV Show | 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | | 1 |
| TV Show | 2021 | The Eisen Hour | Self - Guest | 1 |
| TV Show | 1982 | Faerie Tale Theatre | Claude / Prince | 1 |
| TV Show | 2005 | The Colbert Report | | 1 |
| TV Show | 1958 | Sea Hunt | | 2 |
| TV Show | 1970 | The Most Deadly Game | Hawk | 12 |
| TV Show | 1970 | The Don Knotts Show | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1965 | The Loner | | 1 |
| TV Show | 1962 | The Lloyd Bridges Show | Dave Melkin | 34 |
| TV Show | 1953 | The Oscars | Self | 2 |
| TV Show | 2001 | Good Day Live | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1993 | GMTV | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2009 | Live from Studio Five | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | 2 |
| TV Show | 2018 | The Alec Baldwin Show | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1983 | Reading Rainbow | Himself - Narrator (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1974 | Flick Flack | | 1 |
| TV Show | 1997 | The View | Self - Guest | 1 |
| TV Show | 1996 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Self - Guest | 1 |
| TV Show | 1997 | Scene by Scene | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest | 1 |
| TV Show | 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | Neighbor (uncredited) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1954 | Lassie | Cal Baker (uncredited) | 1 |
| TV Show | 2015 | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2003 | Real Time with Bill Maher | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2014 | Off Camera with Sam Jones | Self | 2 |
| TV Show | 2018 | GQ Presents: Iconic Characters | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | 3 |
| TV Show | 1971 | Great Performances | Michael Loomis | 1 |
| TV Show | 2022 | The Old Man | Dan Chase | 15 |
| TV Show | 2010 | Conan | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2015 | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee / Presenter | 1 |
| TV Show | 1998 | Parkinson | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter | 2 |
| TV Show | 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2012 | Honest Trailers | Obadiah Stane (archive footage) | 1 |
| TV Show | 1974 | Playhouse | Michael Loomis | 1 |
