Acting
Paul Winfield
EN, ES cinema · 78 credits
Born
22 May 1939
Died
7 March 2004 (aged 64)
Birthplace
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also known as Paul Edward Winfield · Paul E. Winfield · Пол Уинфилд
Paul Edward Winfield (born May 22, 1939) was an American 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
Filmography
Sounder
as The Teacher
A Life and Seth Situation: Commandments 5-6
as Shadi(voice)
Stolen Jewels, Stolen Hearts: Commandments 7-8
as Shadi(voice)
The Rest is Yet to Come: Commandments 3-4
as Shadi(voice)
Toying with the Truth: Commandments 9-10
as Shadi(voice)
The Not So Golden Calf: Commandments 1-2
as Shadi(voice)
Second to Die
as Detective Grady
Vegas, City of Dreams
as Edgar Jones
Knockout
as Ron Regent
The Unfinished Journey
as Narrator (voice)
Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
as Harold Williams
Strange Justice
as Thurgood Marshall
March to Freedom
as Narrator
Relax... It's Just Sex
as Auntie Mahalia
Assignment Berlin
as Al Spector
Strategic Command
as Rowan
Original Gangstas
as Reverend Dorsey
The Assassination File
as Senator Alan Laskey
Dead of Night
as Vernon
Mars Attacks!
as General Casey
Tyson
as Don King
In the Flesh
as William Stone
White Dwarf
as Dr. Akada
Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale
as The Old Man
Breathing Lessons
as Daniel Otis
The Killing Jar
as Judge
Cliffhanger
as Walter Wright
Irresistible Force
as Commander Toole
Dennis the Menace
as Chief of Police
The Wish That Changed Christmas
as Mr. Smith (voice)
Presumed Innocent
as Judge Larren Lyttle
83 Hours 'Til Dawn
as Doctor Dantley
The Women of Brewster Place
as Sam Michael
The Serpent and the Rainbow
as Lucien Celine
Death Before Dishonor
as Ambassador
Big Shots
as Johnnie Red
The Mighty Pawns
as Mr. Wright
Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story
as George Hairston
Blue City
as Chief Luther Reynolds
Under Siege
as Andrew Simon
The Terminator
as Traxler
Mike's Murder
as Phillip
Go Tell It on the Mountain
as Gabriel Grimes
On the Run
as Harry
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
as Captain Clark Terrell
White Dog
as Keys
Dreams Don't Die
as Charlie Banks
Sister, Sister
as Eddie Craven
Carbon Copy
as Bob Garvey
Only the Ball Was White
as Narrator
Damnation Alley
as Keegan
Twilight's Last Gleaming
as Willis Powell
The Greatest
as Draft Lawyer
Green Eyes
as Lloyd Dubeck
High Velocity
as Watson
Hustle
as Louis Belgrave
It's Good to Be Alive
as Roy Campanella
Conrack
as Mad Billy
The Horror at 37,000 Feet
as Dr. Enkalla
Gordon's War
as Gordon Hudson
Trouble Man
as Chalky Price
Sounder
as Nathan Lee Morgan
Brother John
as Henry Birkardt
R.P.M.
as Steve Dempsey
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
The Lost Man
as Orville Turner
The New Cinema
as Self - Interviewer / Narrator
Who's Minding the Mint?
as Garbage Man
The Perils of Pauline
as African Servant