| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1958 | Let's Rock | Himself | |
| 1959 | Verboten! | Self, behind opening credits | Sang "Verboten!" |
| 1959 | Girls Town | Jimmy Parlow | Wrote and Sang "Lonely Boy" |
| 1960 | The Private Lives of Adam & Eve | Pinkie Parker | Wrote and Sung "Adam and Eve" |
| 1961 | Look in Any Window | Craig Fowler | |
| 1961 | The Seasons of Youth | Self | TV documentary |
| 1961 | Make Room for Daddy | Paul Pryor | Season 8, episode 25: "Old Man Danny" |
| 1962 | The Longest Day | Army Ranger | |
| 1964 | Valentine's Day | Gerald Larson | TV series |
| 1965 | The Red Skelton Hour | Bonnie Prince Gorgeous | Episode 25: "Nuts of the Round Table" |
| 1974 | Kojak | Buddy Maus | Season 2, episode 14: "The Betrayal" |
| 1977 | Lindsay Wagner: Another Side of Me | Self | TV special |
| 1977 | Elvis in Concert | No role – Soundtrack : My Way written by Paul Anka | TV special |
| 1982 | The Paul Anka Show | Host | TV series |
| 1983 | The Fall Guy | Vic Madison | Season 3, episode 7: "Dirty Laundry" |
| 1987 | Crime Story | Anthony 'Tony' Dio | Season 1, episode 20: "Top of the World" |
| 1991 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Maligned Mobster | Nick Angel | TV movie |
| 1991 | Prince of the Hit Parade | Himself | |
| 1992 | Captain Ron | Yacht Broker Donaldson | |
| 1993 | Ordinary Magic | Joey Dean | |
| 1994 | Shake, Rattle and Rock! | Himself | TV movie; Special appearance |
| 1995 | The Simpsons | Himself (voice) | Season 7, episode 6: "Treehouse of Horror VI |
| 1996 | Mad Dog Time | Danny Marks | |
| 1999 | That '70s Show | Himself | Season 2, episode 2: "Red's Last Day" |
| 2001 | 3000 Miles to Graceland | Pit Boss | |
| 2005 | Las Vegas | Himself | Season 3, episode 2: "Fake the Money and Run" |
| 2006 | Gilmore Girls | Himself | Season 6, episode 18: "The Real Paul Anka" |
| 2016 | Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life | Himself | Miniseries, episode 2: "Spring" |
| 2020 | The Masked Singer | Broccoli | Season 4; Eliminated in episode 9 |
| 2020 | Jay Sebring....Cutting to the Truth | Himself | Documentary |
| 2024 | Times Square Ball | Himself | Sang John Lennon’s Imagine before the ball drop |
