Paul Winfield

Actor

Born: May 22, 1939
Died: March 7, 2004 (age 64)
From: Los Angeles, California, USA

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.…

Filmography (78)

A Life and Seth Situation: Commandments 5-6 (2003)
Shadi(voice)
Stolen Jewels, Stolen Hearts: Commandments 7-8 (2003)
Shadi(voice)
Toying with the Truth: Commandments 9-10 (2003)
Shadi(voice)
The Rest is Yet to Come: Commandments 3-4 (2003)
Shadi(voice)
The Not So Golden Calf: Commandments 1-2 (2003)
Shadi(voice)
Sounder (2003)
The Teacher
Second to Die (2002)
Detective Grady
Vegas, City of Dreams (2001)
Edgar Jones
Knockout (2000)
Ron Regent
The Unfinished Journey (1999)
Narrator (voice)
March to Freedom (1999)
Narrator
Strange Justice (1999)
Thurgood Marshall
Catfish in Black Bean Sauce (1999)
Harold Williams
Assignment Berlin (1998)
Al Spector
Relax... It's Just Sex (1998)
Auntie Mahalia
Strategic Command (1997)
Rowan
Mars Attacks! (1996)
General Casey
The Legend of Gator Face (1996)
Bob
The Assassination File (1996)
Senator Alan Laskey
Original Gangstas (1996)
Reverend Dorsey
Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden (1996)
Horace
Dead of Night (1996)
Vernon
White Dwarf (1995)
Dr. Akada
Tyson (1995)
Don King
In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man with One Eye Is King (1995)
Papa Joe
Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale (1995)
The Old Man
In the Flesh (1995)
William Stone
The Killing Jar (1994)
Judge
Breathing Lessons (1994)
Daniel Otis
Dennis the Menace (1993)
Chief of Police