| Movie | 2022 | Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song | Self | |
| Movie | 2007 | Days of Darkness | Le jeune prince / Le prince chantant | |
| Movie | 2008 | A Not So Silent Night | Self | |
| Movie | 2006 | Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man | Self | |
| Movie | 2004 | Rufus Wainwright: Live at the FiIlmore | Himself | |
| Movie | 2003 | Lance Loud!: A Death in An American Family | Self | |
| Movie | 2019 | Bolero: A Global Hit | Self | |
| Movie | 2013 | Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You: A Concert for Kate McGarrigle | Himself | |
| Movie | 2021 | Canadian Hits at the BBC | Self | |
| Movie | 2013 | Robbie Williams - One Night At the Palladium | Self | |
| Movie | 2012 | Rufus Wainwright - Montreux 2012 | | |
| Movie | 2007 | Rufus Wainwright - Milwaukee a Last !!! | | |
| Movie | 2023 | Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic | Self - Performer | |
| Movie | 2007 | Rufus! Rufus! Rufus! Does Judy! Judy! Judy! | | |
| Movie | 2024 | Imagine… Pet Shop Boys: Then and Now | Self - Interviewee | |
| Movie | 2014 | Rufus Wainwright - Live from the Artists Den | | |
| Movie | 2010 | Making Eyes | | |
| Movie | 2022 | George Michael: Portrait of an Artist | Self | |
| Movie | 2004 | The Aviator | Cocoanut Grove Vocalist #1 | |
| Movie | 2016 | Shakespeare Live! From the RSC | Self - Performer | |
| Movie | 2023 | Miley Cyrus - Endless Summer Vacation (Backyard Sessions) | Self | |
| Movie | 2005 | Heights | Jeremy | |
| Movie | 2016 | Tony Bennett Celebrates 90 | Self | |
| Movie | 2002 | Stormy Weather: The Music of Harold Arlen | Himself | |
| Movie | 2019 | Joni 75: A Birthday Celebration | Self | |
| Movie | 2005 | Kiki and Herb Reloaded | Self | |
| Movie | 2005 | Rufus Wainwright - All I Want | Himself | |
| Movie | 2020 | Rufus Wainwright: Unfollow the Rules | Himself | |
| Movie | 1988 | Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller | Singer | |
| Movie | 2020 | Rufus Wainwright - Austin City Limits | self | |
| Movie | 2021 | The Runaway Bunny | Singer | |
| Movie | 2019 | Heart: Live in Atlantic City | | |
| Movie | 2019 | Boléro, le refrain du monde | Self | |
| Movie | 2023 | Il était une fois... les Contes pour tous | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| Movie | N/A | Rufus Wainwright: Dream Requiem Featuring Meryl Streep | | |
| Movie | 2025 | It's Dorothy! | Self | |
| Movie | 2011 | Silver Bullets | | |
| Movie | 1999 | The McGarrigle Hour | self | |
| TV Show | 2001 | Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | Self - Guest | 1 |
| TV Show | 2004 | The Paul O'Grady Show | | 1 |
| TV Show | 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | 1 |
| TV Show | 2006 | The Henry Rollins Show | | 1 |
| TV Show | 1995 | The Frank Skinner Show | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2010 | Conan | Self - Musical Guest | 1 |
| TV Show | N/A | Le Grand spectacle de la Fête nationale à Montréal | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2020 | Royalties | Jacob Jewel | 1 |
| TV Show | 2007 | The Graham Norton Show | Self | 2 |
| TV Show | 1993 | Frasier | Jeremy (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2004 | The Culture Show | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2009 | Live from the Artists Den | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2014 | BoJack Horseman | Drinking Bird / The Overtones (voice) | 1 |
| TV Show | 2020 | Visible: Out on Television | Self | 5 |
| TV Show | 2019 | Bonsoir bonsoir! | Self | 1 |
| TV Show | 2020 | La semaine des 4 Julie | Self | 2 |
| TV Show | 2004 | Sarah Kuttner – Die Show | self - guest | 1 |
