2010 | Appeared in the action thriller "Salt," starring Angelina Jolie in the title role as a CIA officer accused of being a Russian spy |
2009 | Portrayed Thabo Mbeki, director of information for the African National Congress, during the final days of apartheid in South Africa, in the Channel 4 TV movie, "Endgame"; earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a TV movie |
2009 | Played a scientific advisor to the President in Roland Emmerich's disaster film, "2012" |
2008 | Cast as a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu practitioner and self-defense instructor in David Mamet's "Redbelt" |
2007 | Played Frank Lucas' brother in Ridley Scott's "American Gangster," co-starring Denzel Washington as Lucas |
2007 | Co-starred with Don Cheadle in "Talk to Me" |
2007 | Cast with Ray Liotta in the thriller, "Slow Burn" |
2006 | Joined an ensemble cast for "Tsunami, the Aftermath," a two-part HBO/BBC joint production; earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a TV Movie |
2006 | Portrayed the the leader of a resistance movement in Alfonso Cuaron's futuristic tale, "The Children of Men" |
2006 | Played a flamboyant transvestite cabaret star in "Kinky Boots"; earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor |
2005 | Cast in Woody Allen's "Melinda and Melinda" opposite Radha Mitchell |
2003 | Featured with an ensemble cast in Richard Curtis' romantic comedy "Love Actually" |
2002 | Appeared in the thriller "Dirty Pretty Things" |
2000 | Earned critical praise for his performance in "Blue/Orange" at the Royal National Theatre |
1997 | Feature film debut in Steven Spielberg's "Amistad" |
