Acting credits
114
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Paul Winfield
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 78Series: 36
TMDB ID: 1818
IMDb ID: nm0934902
Known for: Acting
Born: May 22, 1939
Died: March 7, 2004
Age: 64
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1957 - 2003
Years active: 47
Average TMDB rating: 6.83
Wikidata: Q344576
Also known as
Paul Edward Winfield • Paul E. Winfield • Пол Уинфилд
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Paul Winfield.
Toying with the Truth: Commandments 9-10
as Shadi(voice)
2003 Movie
Stolen Jewels, Stolen Hearts: Commandments 7-8
as Shadi(voice)
2003 Movie
A Life and Seth Situation: Commandments 5-6
as Shadi(voice)
2003 Movie
The Rest is Yet to Come: Commandments 3-4
as Shadi(voice)
2003 Movie
The Not So Golden Calf: Commandments 1-2
as Shadi(voice)
2003 Movie
Sounder
as The Teacher
2003 Movie
Second to Die
as Detective Grady
2002 Movie
Vegas, City of Dreams
as Edgar Jones
2001 Movie
Knockout
as Ron Regent
2000 Movie
The Unfinished Journey
as Narrator (voice)
1999 Movie
March to Freedom
as Narrator
1999 Movie
Strange Justice
as Thurgood Marshall
1999 Movie
Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
as Harold Williams
1999 Movie
Assignment Berlin
as Al Spector
1998 Movie
Relax... It's Just Sex
as Auntie Mahalia
1998 Movie
Strategic Command
as Rowan
1997 Movie
Mars Attacks!
as General Casey
1996 Movie
The Legend of Gator Face
as Bob
1996 Movie
The Assassination File
as Senator Alan Laskey
1996 Movie
Original Gangstas
as Reverend Dorsey
1996 Movie
Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden
as Horace
1996 Movie
Dead of Night
as Vernon
1996 Movie
White Dwarf
as Dr. Akada
1995 Movie
Tyson
as Don King
1995 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Paul Winfield.
Crossing Jordan
as Phillip Sanders • 1 eps
2001 Series
Batman Beyond
as Sam Young (voice) • 2 eps
1999 Series
City Confidential
as Self - Narrator (voice) • 24 eps
1998 Series
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
as Father (voice) • 1 eps
1995 Series
Spider-Man
as Omar Mosley / Black Marvel (voice) • 3 eps
1994 Series
Scarlett
as Big Sam • 1 eps
1994 Series
Gargoyles
as Jeffrey Robbins (voice) • 2 eps
1994 Series
Touched by an Angel
as Sam • 12 eps
1994 Series
Baseball
as Various (voice)
1994 Series
The Magic School Bus
as Mr. Ruhle (voice) • 4 eps
1994 Series
Babylon 5
as Gen. Richard Franklin • 1 eps
1994 Series
Alex Haley's Queen
as Cap'n Jack • 3 eps
1993 Series
Picket Fences
as Judge Harold Nance • 2 eps
1992 Series
Batman: The Animated Series
as Earl Cooper (voice) • 1 eps
1992 Series
The Simpsons
as Lucius Sweet (voice) • 2 eps
1989 Series
Family Matters
as Jimmy Baines • 1 eps
1989 Series
The Women of Brewster Place
as Sam Michael • 2 eps
1989 Series
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Captain Dathon • 1 eps
1987 Series
The Charmings
as The Mirror • 21 eps
1987 Series
L.A. Law
as Derron Holloway • 3 eps
1986 Series
227
as Julian C. Barlow • 116 eps
1985 Series
Murder, She Wrote
as Starkey • 1 eps
1984 Series
The Blue and the Gray
as Jonathan Henry • 3 eps
1982 Series
American Playhouse
as Sampson • 1 eps
1982 Series