Country music singer Willie Nelson, besides a varied musical career, has appeared in many films since his debut in The Electric Horseman (1979). His highlights include Barbarosa , Honeysuckle Rose and the film version of his album Red Headed Stranger .
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | The Electric Horseman | Wendell Hickson | |
| 1980 | Honeysuckle Rose | Buck Bonham | Nominated- Academy Award for Best Original Song (On the Road Again) |
| 1981 | Thief | David "Okla" Bertinneau | |
| 1982 | Barbarosa | Barbarosa | |
| 1982 | Coming Out of the Ice | "Red" Loon | |
| 1984 | Songwriter | "Doc" Jenkins | |
| 1986 | Red Headed Stranger | Reverend Julian Shay | |
| 1986 | The Last Days of Frank and Jesse James | General J.O. Shelby | |
| 1986 | Stagecoach | John "Doc" Holliday | |
| 1986 | Miami Vice | "El Viejo" | |
| 1987 | Saturday Night Live | Himself / Host / Musical Guest / Various | |
| 1988 | Once Upon a Texas Train | John Henry Lee | |
| 1988 | Where the Hell's That Gold?!!? | Cross | |
| 1990 | Pair Of Aces | Billy Roy Barker | |
| 1991 | Another Pair Of Aces | Billy Roy Barker | |
| 1994 | Dust to Dust | Lawyer Neil Morris | |
| 1995 | Big Dreams and Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Story | Himself | |
| 1996 | Starlight | Grampa Lium | |
| 1996 | Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | Elias Birch | |
| 1997 | Gone Fishin' | Billy "Catch" Pooler | |
| 1997 | Wag the Dog | Johnny Dean | |
| 1997 | King of the Hill | Himself | |
| 1997 | Nash Bridges | Earl Dobbs | |
| 1998 | Half Baked | Historian Smoker | |
| 1999 | The Long Kill | Lee Walker | |
| 1999 | Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | Himself | |
| 2000 | The Simpsons | Himself | |
| 2001 | Space Ghost Coast to Coast | Himself | |
| 2002 | The Country Bears | Himself | |
| 2002 | Monk | Himself | |
| 2003 | Space Ghost Coast to Coast | Himself | |
| 2003 | The Austin Disaster, 1911 | The Narrator | |
| 2004 | The Big Bounce | Joe Lurie | |
| 2005 | The Dukes of Hazzard | Uncle Jesse Duke | |
| 2006 | Beerfest | Himself | |
| 2006 | Broken Bridges | Himself | |
| 2007 | The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning | Uncle Jesse Duke | |
| 2007 | Blonde Ambition | Pap Paw | |
| 2007 | Fighting with Anger | Will | |
| 2008 | Beer for my Horses | Charlie | |
| 2008 | Swing Vote | Himself | |
| 2008 | Surfer, Dude | Farmer Bob | |
| 2008 | A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All! | Himself | |
| 2010 | Hempsters: Plant the Seed | Himself | |
| 2011 | Get a Job | Wedding Band Member | |
| 2011 | Toots and the Maytals: Reggae Got Soul | Himself [1] | |
| 2011 | Shoot Out of Luck | Unknown | |
| 2013 | When Angels Sing | Nick | |
| 2016 | Zoolander 2 | Himself | |
| 2016 | Waiting for the Miracle to Come | Jimmy Riggs | |
| 2017 | Pure Country: Pure Heart | Himself | |
| 2017 | The American Epic Sessions | Himself | |
| 2017 | Lost in London | Himself | |
| 2018 | Paradox | "Red" | |
| 2021 | Commercial for Omega Mart | Himself | |
| 2021 | Commercial for FedEx (Delivering For Earth) | Himself | |
| 2023 | Willie and Me | Bones / Himself |
