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Paul Winfield

Paul Winfield

Birthday: 1939-05-22 | Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

Was an American television, film, and stage 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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2002
Second to Die

as    Detective Grady

2000
Knockout

as    Ron Regent

1997
Strategic Command

as    Rowan

1996
The Legend of Gator Face

as    Bob

1996
Original Gangstas

as    Reverend Dorsey

1995
Tyson

as    Don King

1993
Dennis the Menace

as    Chief of Police

1990
83 Hours 'Til Dawn

as    Doctor Dantley

1990
Presumed Innocent

as    Judge Larren Lyttle

1988
The Serpent and the Rainbow

as    Lucien Celine

1987
Death Before Dishonor

as    Ambassador

1987
1987
Big Shots

as    Johnnie Red

1986
Blue City

as    Chief Luther Reynolds

1985
227

as    Julian C. Barlow

1984
Mike's Murder

as    Phillip

1984
The Terminator

as    Traxler

1982
Dreams Don't Die

as    Charlie Banks

1982
White Dog

as    Keys

1981
Carbon Copy

as    Bob Garvey

1981
The Sophisticated Gents

as    Richard 'Bubbles' Wiggins

1979
Backstairs at the White House

as    Emmett Rogers Sr.

1977
Damnation Alley

as    Keegan

1977
Twilight's Last Gleaming

as    Willis Powell

1975
Hustle

as    Louis Belgrave

1974
Huckleberry Finn

as    Jim

1974
Conrack

as    Mad Billy

1974
It's Good to Be Alive

as    Roy Campanella

1973
The Horror at 37,000 Feet

as    Dr. Enkalla