Was an American television, film, and stage actor. He was known for his portrayal of a Louisiana sharecropper who struggles to support his family during the Great Depression in the landmark film Sounder which earned him an Academy Award nomination. Winfield also portrayed Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the television miniseries King, for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Winfield, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
| Birth Location | Los Angeles, California, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1939-05-22 |
| Died | 2004-03-07 |
Movies
Sounder
as The Teacher
2003
Second to Die
as Detective Grady
2002
Vegas, City of Dreams
as Edgar Jones
2001
Knockout
as Ron Regent
2000
The Unfinished Journey
as Narrator (voice)
1999
March to Freedom
as Narrator
1999
Strange Justice
as Thurgood Marshall
1999
Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
as Harold Williams
1999
Assignment Berlin
as Al Spector
1998
Relax... It's Just Sex
as Auntie Mahalia
1998
Strategic Command
as Rowan
1997
Mars Attacks!
as General Casey
1996
The Legend of Gator Face
as Bob
1996
The Assassination File
as Senator Alan Laskey
1996
Original Gangstas
as Reverend Dorsey
1996
1996
Dead of Night
as Vernon
1996
White Dwarf
as Dr. Akada
1995
Tyson
as Don King
1995
1995
Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale
as The Old Man
1995
The Killing Jar
as Judge
1994
Breathing Lessons
as Daniel Otis
1994
Dennis the Menace
as Chief of Police
1993
Cliffhanger
as Walter Wright
1993
Irresistible Force
as Commander Toole
1993
The Wish That Changed Christmas
as Mr. Smith (voice)
1991
83 Hours 'Til Dawn
as Doctor Dantley
1990
1990
Presumed Innocent
as Judge Larren Lyttle
1990
The Women of Brewster Place
as Sam Michael
1989
The Serpent and the Rainbow
as Lucien Celine
1988
Big Shots
as Johnnie Red
1987
Death Before Dishonor
as Ambassador
1987
The Mighty Pawns
as Mr. Wright
1987
Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story
as George Hairston
1987
Blue City
as Chief Luther Reynolds
1986
Under Siege
as Andrew Simon
1986
Go Tell It on the Mountain
as Gabriel Grimes
1985
The Terminator
as Lieutenant Ed Traxler
1984
Mike's Murder
as Phillip
1984
On the Run
as Harry
1983
White Dog
as Keys
1982
Sister, Sister
as Eddie Craven
1982
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
as Captain Clark Terrell
1982
Dreams Don't Die
as Charlie Banks
1982
Carbon Copy
as Bob Garvey
1981
Angel City
as Cy
1980
Only the Ball Was White
as Narrator
1980
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
as Butler
1977
Damnation Alley
as Keegan
1977
The Greatest
as Draft Lawyer
1977
Twilight's Last Gleaming
as Willis Powell
1977
Green Eyes
as Lloyd Dubeck
1977
1976
Hustle
as Louis Belgrave
1975
Huckleberry Finn
as Jim
1974
Conrack
as Mad Billy
1974
It's Good to Be Alive
as Roy Campanella
1974
Gordon's War
as Gordon Hudson
1973
The Horror at 37,000 Feet
as Dr. Enkalla
1973
Trouble Man
as Chalky Price
1972
Sounder
as Nathan Lee Morgan
1972
Brother John
as Henry Birkardt
1971
R.P.M.
as Steve Dempsey
1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
1970
The Lost Man
as Orville Turner
1969
The New Cinema
as Self - Interviewer / Narrator
1968
Who's Minding the Mint?
as Garbage Man
1967
The Perils of Pauline
as African Servant
1967
Paul Winfield hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows
