

Paul Winfield
Known for exceptional acting in global cinema.
Profession
Acting
Birthday
22 May 1939
Age
87 Years
Born In
Los Angeles, California, USA
Total Projects
115
Years Active
46 Yrs
Avg Rating
6.6 ★
Overview
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...
Known For
Filmography

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A Life and Seth Situation: Commandments 5-6
A Life and Seth Situation: Commandments 5-6
as Shadi(voice)

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Stolen Jewels, Stolen Hearts: Commandments 7-8
Stolen Jewels, Stolen Hearts: Commandments 7-8
as Shadi(voice)

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Toying with the Truth: Commandments 9-10
Toying with the Truth: Commandments 9-10
as Shadi(voice)

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The Rest is Yet to Come: Commandments 3-4
The Rest is Yet to Come: Commandments 3-4
as Shadi(voice)

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The Not So Golden Calf: Commandments 1-2
The Not So Golden Calf: Commandments 1-2
as Shadi(voice)

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Sounder
Sounder
as The Teacher

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Second to Die
Second to Die
as Detective Grady

tv
Crossing Jordan
Crossing Jordan
as Phillip Sanders

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Vegas, City of Dreams
Vegas, City of Dreams
as Edgar Jones

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Knockout
Knockout
as Ron Regent

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The Unfinished Journey
The Unfinished Journey
as Narrator (voice)

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March to Freedom
March to Freedom
as Narrator

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Strange Justice
Strange Justice
as Thurgood Marshall

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Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
as Harold Williams

tv
Batman Beyond
Batman Beyond
as Sam Young (voice)

tv
City Confidential
City Confidential
as Self - Narrator (voice)

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Assignment Berlin
Assignment Berlin
as Al Spector

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Relax... It's Just Sex
Relax... It's Just Sex
as Auntie Mahalia

tv
Built to Last
Built to Last

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Strategic Command
Strategic Command
as Rowan

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Mars Attacks!
Mars Attacks!
as General Casey

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The Legend of Gator Face
The Legend of Gator Face
as Bob

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The Assassination File
The Assassination File
as Senator Alan Laskey

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Original Gangstas
Original Gangstas
as Reverend Dorsey

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Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden
Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden
as Horace

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Dead of Night
Dead of Night
as Vernon

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White Dwarf
White Dwarf
as Dr. Akada

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Tyson
Tyson
as Don King

tv
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Father (voice)

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In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man with One Eye Is King
In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man with One Eye Is King
as Papa Joe

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Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale
Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale
as The Old Man

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In the Flesh
In the Flesh
as William Stone

tv
Spider-Man
Spider-Man
as Omar Mosley / Black Marvel (voice)

tv
Scarlett
Scarlett
as Big Sam

tv
Gargoyles
Gargoyles
as Jeffrey Robbins (voice)

tv
Touched by an Angel
Touched by an Angel
as Sam

tv
Baseball
Baseball
as Various (voice)

tv
Baseball
Baseball
as (voice)

tv
The Magic School Bus
The Magic School Bus
as Mr. Ruhle (voice)

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The Killing Jar
The Killing Jar
as Judge

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Breathing Lessons
Breathing Lessons
as Daniel Otis

tv
Babylon 5
Babylon 5
as Gen. Richard Franklin

movie
Dennis the Menace
Dennis the Menace
as Chief of Police

movie
Cliffhanger
Cliffhanger
as Walter Wright

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Irresistible Force
Irresistible Force
as Commander Toole

tv
Alex Haley's Queen
Alex Haley's Queen
as Cap'n Jack

tv
Picket Fences
Picket Fences
as Judge Harold Nance

tv
Batman: The Animated Series
Batman: The Animated Series
as Earl Cooper (voice)

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The Wish That Changed Christmas
The Wish That Changed Christmas
as Mr. Smith (voice)

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83 Hours 'Til Dawn
83 Hours 'Til Dawn
as Doctor Dantley

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Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
as Jim Watson

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Presumed Innocent
Presumed Innocent
as Judge Larren Lyttle

tv
The Simpsons
The Simpsons
as Lucius Sweet (voice)

tv
Family Matters
Family Matters
as Jimmy Baines

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The Women of Brewster Place
The Women of Brewster Place
as Sam Michael

tv
The Women of Brewster Place
The Women of Brewster Place
as Sam Michael

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The Serpent and the Rainbow
The Serpent and the Rainbow
as Lucien Celine

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Big Shots
Big Shots
as Johnnie Red

tv
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Captain Dathon

tv
The Charmings
The Charmings
as The Mirror

movie
Death Before Dishonor
Death Before Dishonor
as Ambassador

movie
The Mighty Pawns
The Mighty Pawns
as Mr. Wright

movie
Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story
Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story
as George Hairston

tv
L.A. Law
L.A. Law
as Derron Holloway

movie
Blue City
Blue City
as Chief Luther Reynolds

movie
Under Siege
Under Siege
as Andrew Simon

tv
227
227
as Julian C. Barlow

movie
The Terminator
The Terminator
as Traxler

tv
Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote
as Starkey

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Go Tell It on the Mountain
Go Tell It on the Mountain
as Gabriel Grimes

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Mike's Murder
Mike's Murder
as Phillip

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On the Run
On the Run
as Harry

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For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers

tv
The Blue and the Gray
The Blue and the Gray
as Jonathan Henry

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White Dog
White Dog
as Keys

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Sister, Sister
Sister, Sister
as Eddie Craven

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Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
as Captain Clark Terrell

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Dreams Don't Die
Dreams Don't Die
as Charlie Banks

tv
The Fall Guy
The Fall Guy
as Bert Perkins

tv
The Sophisticated Gents
The Sophisticated Gents
as Richard 'Bubbles' Wiggins

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Carbon Copy
Carbon Copy
as Bob Garvey

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Sam Fuller: Writings with a Camera
Sam Fuller: Writings with a Camera
as Himself

movie
Angel City
Angel City
as Cy

movie
Only the Ball Was White
Only the Ball Was White
as Narrator

tv
Roots: The Next Generations
Roots: The Next Generations
as Dr. Horace Huguley

tv
Backstairs at the White House
Backstairs at the White House
as Emmett Rogers Sr.

tv
King
King
as Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

movie
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
as Butler

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Damnation Alley
Damnation Alley
as Keegan

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The Greatest
The Greatest
as Draft Lawyer

movie
Twilight's Last Gleaming
Twilight's Last Gleaming
as Willis Powell

movie
Green Eyes
Green Eyes
as Lloyd Dubeck

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High Velocity
High Velocity

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Hustle
Hustle
as Louis Belgrave

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Huckleberry Finn
Huckleberry Finn
as Jim

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Conrack
Conrack
as Mad Billy

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It's Good to Be Alive
It's Good to Be Alive
as Roy Campanella

movie
Gordon's War
Gordon's War
as Gordon Hudson

movie
The Horror at 37,000 Feet
The Horror at 37,000 Feet
as Dr. Enkalla

movie
Trouble Man
Trouble Man
as Chalky Price

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Sounder
Sounder
as Nathan Lee Morgan

tv
Nichols
Nichols
as Eddie Joe

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Brother John
Brother John
as Henry Birkardt

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R.P.M.
R.P.M.
as Steve Dempsey

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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)

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The Lost Man
The Lost Man
as Orville Turner

tv
The Name of the Game
The Name of the Game
as Barada

tv
Julia
Julia
as Paul Cameron

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The New Cinema
The New Cinema
as Self - Interviewer / Narrator

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Who's Minding the Mint?
Who's Minding the Mint?
as Garbage Man

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The Perils of Pauline
The Perils of Pauline
as African Servant

tv
Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible
as Klaus

tv
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as 1st M.P.

tv
The Mike Douglas Show
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self

tv
Perry Mason
Perry Mason
as Mitch