| Year |
Title |
Role |
Other notes |
| 1986 |
Heartburn |
Subway Thief |
First Motion Picture |
| 1988 |
Working Girl |
Bob Speck |
|
| Rocket
Gibraltar |
Dwayne Hanson |
|
| Wiseguy |
Mel Profitt |
television series |
| 1989 |
Dad |
Mario |
|
| See No Evil,
Hear No Evil |
Kirgo |
|
| 1991 |
Henry &
June |
Richard Osborn |
|
| A Show of
Force |
Frank Curtin |
|
| 1992 |
Consenting
Adults |
Eddy Otis |
|
| Glengarry
Glen Ross |
John Williamson |
|
| 1994 |
The
Ref |
Lloyd Chasseur |
|
| Iron Will |
Harry Kingsley |
|
| 1995 |
Se7en |
John Doe |
MTV Movie Award for Best Villain |
| The Usual
Suspects |
Roger 'Verbal' Kint |
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| Swimming with
Sharks |
Buddy Ackerman |
co-producer |
| Outbreak |
Maj. Casey Schuler |
|
| 1996 |
Looking for
Richard |
Himself, Duke of Buckingham |
|
| A Time to
Kill |
D.A. Rufus Buckley |
|
| 1997 |
Midnight
in the Garden of Good and Evil |
James 'Jim' Williams |
|
| L.A.
Confidential |
Det. Sgt. Jack Vincennes |
|
| Albino
Alligator |
|
director only |
| 1998 |
Hurlyburly |
Mickey |
|
| The
Negotiator |
Lt. Chris Sabian |
|
| A Bug's Life |
Hopper (voice) |
|
| 1999 |
American Beauty |
Lester Burnham |
Academy Award for Best Actor |
| 2000 |
Pay It Forward |
Eugene Simonet |
|
| The Big
Kahuna |
Larry Mann |
also producer |
| 2001 |
The Shipping News |
Quoyle |
|
| K-PAX |
prot/Robert Porter |
|
| Shackleton's
Antarctic Adventure |
Narrator (voice) |
|
| 2002 |
Austin Powers in Gold Member |
Himself (playing Doctor Evil in a film) |
|
| 2003 |
The Life of
David Gale |
David Gale |
|
| Ordinary
Decent Criminal |
Michael Lynch |
also producer / direct-to-video release |
| 2004 |
Beyond the
Sea |
Bobby Darin |
also director/writer/producer |
| The United
States of Leland |
Albert T. Fitzgerald |
also producer |
| 2006 |
Edison Force |
Wallace |
direct-to-video |
| Superman Returns |
Lex Luthor |
|
| 2007 |
Fred Claus |
Clyde Northcut |
|
| 2008 |
21 |
Mickey Rosa |
|
| Telstar |
Major Banks |
|
| Recount |
Ron Klain |
|
| The Trial of the Chicago 7 |
TBA |
|
| 2009 |
Superman: The Man of Steel |
Lex Luthor |
|
