Filmography:
| Year | TV/Film | Name | Character |
| 1982 | TV | St. Elsewhere | |
| 1983 | TV | Quarterback Princess | Marvin |
| 1984 | Film | Toy Soldiers | Boe |
| 1984 | TV | Hill Street Blues | Lawrence Swan |
| 1984 | Film | No Small Affair | Nelson |
| 1985 | Film | The Sure Thing | Gary Cooper |
| 1985 | TV | Malice in Wonderland | |
| 1985 | Film | Fraternity Vacation | Larry "Mother" Tucker |
| 1986 | Film | Top Gun | Merlin |
| 1986 | Film | Howard the Duck | Phil Blumburtt |
| 1987 | Film | Five Corners | Harry |
| 1988 | Film | Twister | Jeff |
| 1988 | Film | Tapeheads | Josh Tager |
| 1988 | Film | Bull Durham | Ebby Calvin "Nuke" LaLoosh |
| 1989 | Film | Miss Firecracker | Delmount Williams |
| 1989 | Film | Erik the Viking | Erik |
| 1990 | Film | Jacob's Ladder | Jacob Singer |
| 1990 | Film | Cadillac Man | Larry |
| 1991 | Film | Jungle Fever | Jerry |
| 1992 | Film | The Player | Griffin Mill |
| 1992 | Film | Bob Roberts | Bob Roberts (also directed) |
| 1993 | Film | Short Cuts | Gene Shepard |
| 1994 | Film | The Shawshank Redemption | Andy Dufresne |
| 1994 | Film | Pr�t-�-Porter | Joe Flynn |
| 1994 | Film | I.Q. | Ed Walters |
| 1994 | Film | The Hudsucker Proxy | Norville Barnes |
| 1995 | Film | Dead Man Walking | director, producer, writer |
| 1996 | Film | The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera | Himself (also produced) |
| 1997 | Film | Nothing to Lose | Nick Beame |
| 1999 | Film | Arlington Road | Oliver Lang |
| 2000 | Film | The Moviegoer |