Acting
Paul Winfield
Born 1939-05-22
Los Angeles, California, USA
Department: Acting
Biography
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
Prominent works featuring Paul Winfield
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The Terminator
1984
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The Simpsons
1989
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Mars Attacks!
1996
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Cliffhanger
1993
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Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987
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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1982
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Batman: The Animated Series
1992
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Dennis the Menace
1993
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Spider-Man
1994
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Babylon 5
1994
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (117 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | A Life and Seth Situation: Commandments 5-6 | Shadi(voice) | Movie | 2003 |
 | Stolen Jewels, Stolen Hearts: Commandments 7-8 | Shadi(voice) | Movie | 2003 |
 | Toying with the Truth: Commandments 9-10 | Shadi(voice) | Movie | 2003 |
 | The Rest is Yet to Come: Commandments 3-4 | Shadi(voice) | Movie | 2003 |
 | The Not So Golden Calf: Commandments 1-2 | Shadi(voice) | Movie | 2003 |
 | Sounder | The Teacher | Movie | 2003 |
 | Second to Die | Detective Grady | Movie | 2002 |
 | Crossing Jordan | Phillip Sanders | TV Series | 2001 |
 | Vegas, City of Dreams | Edgar Jones | Movie | 2001 |
 | Knockout | Ron Regent | Movie | 2000 |
 | The Unfinished Journey | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 1999 |
 | March to Freedom | Narrator | Movie | 1999 |
 | Strange Justice | Thurgood Marshall | Movie | 1999 |
 | Catfish in Black Bean Sauce | Harold Williams | Movie | 1999 |
 | Batman Beyond | Sam Young (voice) | TV Series | 1999 |
 | City Confidential | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV Series | 1998 |
 | Assignment Berlin | Al Spector | Movie | 1998 |
 | Relax... It's Just Sex | Auntie Mahalia | Movie | 1998 |
| Built to Last | Russell Watkins | TV Series | 1997 | |
 | Strategic Command | Rowan | Movie | 1997 |
 | Mars Attacks! | General Casey | Movie | 1996 |
 | The Legend of Gator Face | Bob | Movie | 1996 |
 | The Assassination File | Senator Alan Laskey | Movie | 1996 |
 | Original Gangstas | Reverend Dorsey | Movie | 1996 |
 | Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden | Horace | Movie | 1996 |
 | Dead of Night | Vernon | Movie | 1996 |
 | White Dwarf | Dr. Akada | Movie | 1995 |
 | Tyson | Don King | Movie | 1995 |
 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | Father (voice) | TV Series | 1995 |
 | In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man with One Eye Is King | Papa Joe | Movie | 1995 |
 | Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale | The Old Man | Movie | 1995 |
 | In the Flesh | William Stone | Movie | 1995 |
 | Spider-Man | Omar Mosley / Black Marvel (voice) | TV Series | 1994 |
 | Scarlett | Big Sam | TV Series | 1994 |
 | Gargoyles | Jeffrey Robbins (voice) | TV Series | 1994 |
 | Touched by an Angel | Sam | TV Series | 1994 |
 | Baseball | Various (voice) | TV Series | 1994 |
| Baseball | (voice) | TV Series | 1994 |
 | The Magic School Bus | Mr. Ruhle (voice) | TV Series | 1994 |
 | The Killing Jar | Judge | Movie | 1994 |
 | Breathing Lessons | Daniel Otis | Movie | 1994 |
 | Babylon 5 | Gen. Richard Franklin | TV Series | 1994 |
 | Dennis the Menace | Chief of Police | Movie | 1993 |
 | Cliffhanger | Walter Wright | Movie | 1993 |
 | Irresistible Force | Commander Toole | Movie | 1993 |
 | Alex Haley's Queen | Cap'n Jack | TV Series | 1993 |
 | Picket Fences | Judge Harold Nance | TV Series | 1992 |
 | Batman: The Animated Series | Earl Cooper (voice) | TV Series | 1992 |
 | The Wish That Changed Christmas | Mr. Smith (voice) | Movie | 1991 |
 | 83 Hours 'Til Dawn | Doctor Dantley | Movie | 1990 |
 | Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn | Jim Watson | Movie | 1990 |
 | Presumed Innocent | Judge Larren Lyttle | Movie | 1990 |
 | The Simpsons | Lucius Sweet (voice) | TV Series | 1989 |
 | Family Matters | Jimmy Baines | TV Series | 1989 |
 | The Women of Brewster Place | Sam Michael | Movie | 1989 |
 | The Women of Brewster Place | Sam Michael | TV Series | 1989 |
 | The Serpent and the Rainbow | Lucien Celine | Movie | 1988 |
 | Big Shots | Johnnie Red | Movie | 1987 |
 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Captain Dathon | TV Series | 1987 |
 | The Charmings | The Mirror | TV Series | 1987 |
 | Death Before Dishonor | Ambassador | Movie | 1987 |
 | The Mighty Pawns | Mr. Wright | Movie | 1987 |
 | Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story | George Hairston | Movie | 1987 |
 | L.A. Law | Derron Holloway | TV Series | 1986 |
 | Blue City | Chief Luther Reynolds | Movie | 1986 |
 | Under Siege | Andrew Simon | Movie | 1986 |
 | 227 | Julian C. Barlow | TV Series | 1985 |
 | The Terminator | Traxler | Movie | 1984 |
 | Murder, She Wrote | Starkey | TV Series | 1984 |
 | Go Tell It on the Mountain | Gabriel Grimes | Movie | 1984 |
 | Mike's Murder | Phillip | Movie | 1984 |
 | On the Run | Harry | Movie | 1983 |
 | For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1983 |
 | The Blue and the Gray | Jonathan Henry | TV Series | 1982 |
 | White Dog | Keys | Movie | 1982 |
 | Sister, Sister | Eddie Craven | Movie | 1982 |
 | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | Captain Clark Terrell | Movie | 1982 |
 | Dreams Don't Die | Charlie Banks | Movie | 1982 |
 | American Playhouse | Sampson | TV Series | 1982 |
| American Playhouse | Gabriel | TV Series | 1982 |
 | The Fall Guy | Bert Perkins | TV Series | 1981 |
 | The Sophisticated Gents | Richard 'Bubbles' Wiggins | TV Series | 1981 |
 | Carbon Copy | Bob Garvey | Movie | 1981 |
 | Sam Fuller: Writings with a Camera | Himself | Movie | 1981 |
 | Angel City | Cy | Movie | 1980 |
 | Only the Ball Was White | Narrator | Movie | 1980 |
 | Roots: The Next Generations | Dr. Horace Huguley | TV Series | 1979 |
 | Backstairs at the White House | Emmett Rogers Sr. | TV Series | 1979 |
 | King | Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. | TV Series | 1978 |
 | A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich | Butler | Movie | 1977 |
 | Damnation Alley | Keegan | Movie | 1977 |
 | The Greatest | Draft Lawyer | Movie | 1977 |
 | Twilight's Last Gleaming | Willis Powell | Movie | 1977 |
 | Green Eyes | Lloyd Dubeck | Movie | 1977 |
 | High Velocity | Watson | Movie | 1976 |
 | Hustle | Louis Belgrave | Movie | 1975 |
 | Huckleberry Finn | Jim | Movie | 1974 |
 | Conrack | Mad Billy | Movie | 1974 |
 | It's Good to Be Alive | Roy Campanella | Movie | 1974 |
 | Gordon's War | Gordon Hudson | Movie | 1973 |
 | The Horror at 37,000 Feet | Dr. Enkalla | Movie | 1973 |
 | Trouble Man | Chalky Price | Movie | 1972 |
 | Sounder | Nathan Lee Morgan | Movie | 1972 |
 | Nichols | Eddie Joe | TV Series | 1971 |
 | Brother John | Henry Birkardt | Movie | 1971 |
 | R.P.M. | Steve Dempsey | Movie | 1970 |
 | King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1970 |
 | The Lost Man | Orville Turner | Movie | 1969 |
 | The Name of the Game | Barada | TV Series | 1968 |
 | Julia | Paul Cameron | TV Series | 1968 |
 | The New Cinema | Self - Interviewer / Narrator | Movie | 1968 |
 | Who's Minding the Mint? | Garbage Man | Movie | 1967 |
 | The Perils of Pauline | African Servant | Movie | 1967 |
 | Mission: Impossible | Klaus | TV Series | 1966 |
 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | 1st M.P. | TV Series | 1964 |
 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV Series | 1961 |
 | Perry Mason | Mitch | TV Series | 1957 |