Actor profile

Paul Winfield

22nd May 1939 Los Angeles, California, USA Acting

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.

78 Movies 36 TV Shows 114 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

A Life and Seth Situation: Commandments 5-6 poster

A Life and Seth Situation: Commandments 5-6 1st June 2003 as Shadi(voice)

Stolen Jewels, Stolen Hearts: Commandments 7-8 poster

Stolen Jewels, Stolen Hearts: Commandments 7-8 1st June 2003 as Shadi(voice)

Toying with the Truth: Commandments 9-10 poster

Toying with the Truth: Commandments 9-10 1st June 2003 as Shadi(voice)

The Rest is Yet to Come: Commandments 3-4 poster

The Rest is Yet to Come: Commandments 3-4 27th March 2003 as Shadi(voice)

The Not So Golden Calf: Commandments 1-2 poster

The Not So Golden Calf: Commandments 1-2 1st February 2003 as Shadi(voice)

Sounder poster

Sounder 19th January 2003 as The Teacher

Second to Die poster

Second to Die 23rd April 2002 as Detective Grady

Vegas, City of Dreams poster

Vegas, City of Dreams 1st April 2001 as Edgar Jones

Knockout poster

Knockout 4th February 2000 as Ron Regent

The Unfinished Journey poster

The Unfinished Journey 31st December 1999 as Narrator (voice)

March to Freedom poster

March to Freedom 31st August 1999 as Narrator

Strange Justice poster

Strange Justice 29th August 1999 as Thurgood Marshall

Catfish in Black Bean Sauce poster

Catfish in Black Bean Sauce 14th April 1999 as Harold Williams

Assignment Berlin poster

Assignment Berlin 30th September 1998 as Al Spector

Relax... It's Just Sex poster

Relax... It's Just Sex 28th June 1998 as Auntie Mahalia

Strategic Command poster

Strategic Command 6th January 1997 as Rowan

Mars Attacks! poster

Mars Attacks! 13th December 1996 as General Casey

The Legend of Gator Face poster

The Legend of Gator Face 8th August 1996 as Bob

The Assassination File poster

The Assassination File 22nd June 1996 as Senator Alan Laskey

Original Gangstas poster

Original Gangstas 10th May 1996 as Reverend Dorsey

Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden poster

Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden 7th January 1996 as Horace

Dead of Night poster

Dead of Night 1st January 1996 as Vernon

White Dwarf poster

White Dwarf 23rd May 1995 as Dr. Akada

Tyson poster

Tyson 29th April 1995 as Don King

In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man with One Eye Is King poster

In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man with One Eye Is King 1st March 1995 as Papa Joe

Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale poster

Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale 25th February 1995 as The Old Man

In the Flesh poster

In the Flesh 1st January 1995 as William Stone

The Killing Jar poster

The Killing Jar 31st August 1994 as Judge

Breathing Lessons poster

Breathing Lessons 6th February 1994 as Daniel Otis

Dennis the Menace poster

Dennis the Menace 9th June 1993 as Chief of Police

Cliffhanger poster

Cliffhanger 28th May 1993 as Walter Wright

Irresistible Force poster

Irresistible Force 7th May 1993 as Commander Toole

The Wish That Changed Christmas poster

The Wish That Changed Christmas 20th December 1991 as Mr. Smith (voice)

83 Hours 'Til Dawn poster

83 Hours 'Til Dawn 4th November 1990 as Doctor Dantley

Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn poster

Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn 21st October 1990 as Jim Watson

Presumed Innocent poster

Presumed Innocent 27th July 1990 as Judge Larren Lyttle

The Women of Brewster Place poster

The Women of Brewster Place 19th March 1989 as Sam Michael

The Serpent and the Rainbow poster

The Serpent and the Rainbow 5th February 1988 as Lucien Celine

Big Shots poster

Big Shots 2nd October 1987 as Johnnie Red

Death Before Dishonor poster

Death Before Dishonor 20th February 1987 as Ambassador

The Mighty Pawns poster

The Mighty Pawns 14th February 1987 as Mr. Wright

Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story poster

Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story 3rd February 1987 as George Hairston

Blue City poster

Blue City 2nd May 1986 as Chief Luther Reynolds

Under Siege poster

Under Siege 9th February 1986 as Andrew Simon

The Terminator poster

The Terminator 26th October 1984 as Traxler

Go Tell It on the Mountain poster

Go Tell It on the Mountain 31st August 1984 as Gabriel Grimes

Mike's Murder poster

Mike's Murder 9th March 1984 as Phillip

On the Run poster

On the Run 2nd September 1983 as Harry

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

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers 22nd March 1983

White Dog poster

White Dog 7th July 1982 as Keys

Sister, Sister poster

Sister, Sister 7th June 1982 as Eddie Craven

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan poster

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 4th June 1982 as Captain Clark Terrell

Dreams Don't Die poster

Dreams Don't Die 21st May 1982 as Charlie Banks

Carbon Copy poster

Carbon Copy 6th August 1981 as Bob Garvey

Sam Fuller: Writings with a Camera poster

Sam Fuller: Writings with a Camera 1st January 1981 as Himself

Angel City poster

Angel City 12th November 1980 as Cy

Only the Ball Was White poster

Only the Ball Was White 21st February 1980 as Narrator

A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich poster

A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich 14th December 1977 as Butler

Damnation Alley poster

Damnation Alley 10th September 1977 as Keegan

The Greatest poster

The Greatest 17th May 1977 as Draft Lawyer

Twilight's Last Gleaming poster

Twilight's Last Gleaming 9th February 1977 as Willis Powell

Green Eyes poster

Green Eyes 3rd January 1977 as Lloyd Dubeck

High Velocity poster

High Velocity 1st September 1976

Hustle poster

Hustle 25th December 1975 as Louis Belgrave

Huckleberry Finn poster

Huckleberry Finn 24th May 1974 as Jim

Conrack poster

Conrack 27th March 1974 as Mad Billy

It's Good to Be Alive poster

It's Good to Be Alive 22nd February 1974 as Roy Campanella

Gordon's War poster

Gordon's War 9th August 1973 as Gordon Hudson

The Horror at 37,000 Feet poster

The Horror at 37,000 Feet 13th February 1973 as Dr. Enkalla

Trouble Man poster

Trouble Man 1st November 1972 as Chalky Price

Sounder poster

Sounder 24th September 1972 as Nathan Lee Morgan

Brother John poster

Brother John 15th August 1971 as Henry Birkardt

R.P.M. poster

R.P.M. 16th September 1970 as Steve Dempsey

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis poster

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis 24th March 1970 as Self (archive footage)

The Lost Man poster

The Lost Man 11th July 1969 as Orville Turner

The New Cinema poster

The New Cinema 1st January 1968 as Self - Interviewer / Narrator

Who's Minding the Mint? poster

Who's Minding the Mint? 26th September 1967 as Garbage Man

The Perils of Pauline poster

The Perils of Pauline 2nd August 1967 as African Servant

Crossing Jordan poster

Crossing Jordan 24th September 2001 as Phillip Sanders

Batman Beyond poster

Batman Beyond 10th January 1999 as Sam Young (voice)

City Confidential poster

City Confidential 7th November 1998 as Self - Narrator (voice)

Built to Last 24th September 1997

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child poster

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child 12th March 1995 as Father (voice)

Spider-Man poster

Spider-Man 19th November 1994 as Omar Mosley / Black Marvel (voice)

Scarlett poster

Scarlett 13th November 1994 as Big Sam

Gargoyles poster

Gargoyles 24th October 1994 as Jeffrey Robbins (voice)

Touched by an Angel poster

Touched by an Angel 21st September 1994 as Sam

Baseball poster

Baseball 18th September 1994 as (voice)

The Magic School Bus poster

The Magic School Bus 10th September 1994 as Mr. Ruhle (voice)

Babylon 5 poster

Babylon 5 26th January 1994 as Gen. Richard Franklin

Alex Haley's Queen poster

Alex Haley's Queen 14th February 1993 as Cap'n Jack

Picket Fences poster

Picket Fences 18th September 1992 as Judge Harold Nance

Batman: The Animated Series poster

Batman: The Animated Series 5th September 1992 as Earl Cooper (voice)

The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons 17th December 1989 as Lucius Sweet (voice)

Family Matters poster

Family Matters 22nd September 1989 as Jimmy Baines

The Women of Brewster Place poster

The Women of Brewster Place 19th March 1989 as Sam Michael

Star Trek: The Next Generation poster

Star Trek: The Next Generation 28th September 1987 as Captain Dathon

The Charmings poster

The Charmings 20th March 1987 as The Mirror

L.A. Law poster

L.A. Law 15th September 1986 as Derron Holloway

227 poster

227 14th September 1985 as Julian C. Barlow

Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote 30th September 1984 as Starkey

The Blue and the Gray poster

The Blue and the Gray 14th November 1982 as Jonathan Henry

The Fall Guy poster

The Fall Guy 4th November 1981 as Bert Perkins

The Sophisticated Gents poster

The Sophisticated Gents 29th September 1981 as Richard 'Bubbles' Wiggins

Roots: The Next Generations poster

Roots: The Next Generations 18th February 1979 as Dr. Horace Huguley

Backstairs at the White House poster

Backstairs at the White House 29th January 1979 as Emmett Rogers Sr.

King poster

King 12th February 1978 as Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Nichols poster

Nichols 16th September 1971 as Eddie Joe

The Name of the Game poster

The Name of the Game 20th September 1968 as Barada

Julia poster

Julia 17th September 1968 as Paul Cameron

Mission: Impossible poster

Mission: Impossible 17th September 1966 as Klaus

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. poster

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. 22nd September 1964 as 1st M.P.

The Mike Douglas Show poster

The Mike Douglas Show 11th December 1961 as Self

Perry Mason poster

Perry Mason 21st September 1957 as Mitch