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Paul Winfield

Actor | * 05/22/1939 († 64, 03/07/2004) | Los Angeles, California (United States of America (USA))
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Paul Edward Winfield (May 22, 1939 – March 7, 2004) 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 (1972), which earned him an Academy Award nomination. He portrayed Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1978 television miniseries King, for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award. Winfield was also known for his roles in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, The Terminator, L.A. Law, and 24 episodes of the sitcom 227. He received four Emmy nominations overall, winning in 1995 for his 1994 guest role in Picket Fences. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Thriller | TV Movies

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A Harvard anthropologist is sent to Haiti to retrieve a strange powder that is said to have the power to bring human beings back from the dead. In his quest to find the miracle drug, the cynical scien ...

The Serpent and the Rainbow

R

1988 | 3.2/5 | 1h 38min
Horror, Thriller
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A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale recei ...

Mars Attacks!

PG-13

1996 | 3.2/5 | 1h 46min
Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction
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It is the 23rd century. The Federation Starship U.S.S. Enterprise is on routine training maneuvers and Admiral James T. Kirk seems resigned to the fact that this inspection may well be the last space ...

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

PG

1982 | 3.7/5 | 1h 53min
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller
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In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgen ...

The Terminator

R

1984 | 3.8/5 | 1h 48min
Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
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Awards & Nominations for Paul Winfield

Emmy Awards Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series Academy Award for Best Actor
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Movies with Paul Winfield as Actor(67)

as The Teacher2003 Sounder
as Detective Grady2002 Second to Die
as Edgar Jones2001 Vegas, City of Dreams
as Ron Regent2000 Knockout
as Thurgood Marshall1999 Strange Justice
as Narrator1999 March to Freedom
as Harold Williams1999 Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
as Self (Narrator)1999 The Unfinished Journey
as Auntie Mahalia1998 Relax... It's Just Sex
as Al Spector1998 Assignment Berlin
as Rowan1997 Strategic Command
as Vernon1996 Dead of Night
1996 The Assassination File
as Bob1996 The Legend of Gator Face
as Reverend Dorsey1996 Original Gangstas
as General Casey1996 Mars Attacks!
as Papa Joe1995 In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man with One Eye Is King
as Don King1995 Tyson
as Dr. Akada1995 White Dwarf
as The Old Man1995 Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale
as Daniel Otis1994 Breathing Lessons
as Judge1994 The Killing Jar
as Chief of Police1993 Dennis the Menace
as Walter Wright1993 Cliffhanger
as Commander Toole1993 Irresistible Force
as Mr. Smith (voice)1991 The Wish That Changed Christmas
as Doctor Dantley1990 83 Hours 'Til Dawn
as Judge Larren Lyttle1990 Presumed Innocent
as Sam Michael1989 The Women of Brewster Place
as Lucien Celine1988 The Serpent and the Rainbow
as Mr. Wright1987 The Mighty Pawns
as George Hairston1987 Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story
as Johnnie Red1987 Big Shots
as Ambassador1987 Death Before Dishonor
as Andrew Simon1986 Under Siege
as Chief Luther Reynolds1986 Blue City
as Gabriel Grimes1984 Go Tell It on the Mountain
as Phillip1984 Mike's Murder
as Lieutenant Ed Traxler1984 The Terminator
as Harry1983 On the Run
1983 For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
as Keys1982 White Dog
as Charlie Banks1982 Dreams Don't Die
as Eddie Craven1982 Sister, Sister
as Captain Clark Terrell1982 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
as Bob Garvey1981 Carbon Copy
as Cy1980 Angel City
as Butler1978 A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
as Willis Powell1977 Twilight's Last Gleaming
as Draft Lawyer1977 The Greatest
as Lloyd Dubeck1977 Green Eyes
as Keegan1977 Damnation Alley
1976 High Velocity
as Louis Belgrave1975 Hustle
as Mad Billy1974 Conrack
as Roy Campanella1974 It's Good to Be Alive
as Jim1974 Huckleberry Finn
as Gordon Hudson1973 Gordon's War
as Dr. Enkalla1973 The Horror at 37,000 Feet
as Nathan Lee Morgan1972 Sounder
as Chalky Price1972 Trouble Man
as Henry Birkardt1971 Brother John
as Self (archive footage)1970 King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Steve Dempsey1970 R.P.M.
as Orville Turner1969 The Lost Man
as Himself / Narrator1968 The New Cinema
as African Servant1967 The Perils of Pauline

TV Shows/Series with Paul Winfield as Actor(23)

as Dr. Phillip Sanders2001 Crossing Jordan
as Sam Young (voice)1999 Batman Beyond
1997 Built to Last
as Gen. Richard Franklin1994 Babylon 5
1994 Scarlett
as Omar Mosley / Black Marvel (voice)1994 Spider-Man
as Jeffrey Robbins (voice)1994 Gargoyles
as Various (voice)1994 Baseball
as Cap'n Jack1993 Alex Haley's Queen
as Earl Cooper (voice)1992 Batman: The Animated Series
as Lucius Sweet (voice)1989 The Simpsons
as The Mirror1987 The Charmings
as Captain Dathon1987 Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Julian C. Barlow1985 227
as Starkey1984 Murder, She Wrote
as Jonathan Henry1982 The Blue and the Gray
as Richard 'Bubbles' Wiggins1981 The Sophisticated Gents
as Dr. Horace Huguley1979 Roots: The Next Generations
as Emmett Rogers Sr.1979 Backstairs at the White House
as Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.1978 King
as Eddie Joe1971 Nichols
as Barada1968 The Name of the Game
as Paul Cameron1968 Julia

Full Name: Paul Winfield
Born: Monday, 05/22 1939 (May) in Los Angeles, California (United States of America (USA))
Died: Sunday, 03/07 2004 (March) in Los Angeles (aged: 64)
Zodiac sign: Gemini (Chinese zodiac sign: Rabbit)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: University of Portland, Stanford University, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles City College, Manual Arts High School
Other names for Paul Winfield (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Paul Edward Winfield"
"Paul E. Winfield"
"Пол Уинфилд"
Paul Winfield frequently works together with these people:
Tress MacNeille (40x, Actress)
Pamela Hayden (23x, Actress)
Kevin Michael Richardson (19x, Actor)
Maggie Roswell (17x, Actress)
Mark Hendrickson (12x, Actor)
Mark Hamill (11x, Actor)
Michael McKenzie (11x, Cast)
Bruce Timm (10x, Crew)
Neil Ross (10x, Actor)
Jonathan Chapman (10x, Cast)
Gregg Berger (9x, Actor)
Jerry Goldsmith (4x, Crew)
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