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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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The roles that explain the career.
61 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | A Life and Seth Situation: Commandments 5-6 | Shadi(voice) | Film |
| 2003 | The Not So Golden Calf: Commandments 1-2 | Shadi(voice) | Film |
| 2003 | The Rest is Yet to Come: Commandments 3-4 | Shadi(voice) | Film |
| 2003 | Stolen Jewels, Stolen Hearts: Commandments 7-8 | Shadi(voice) | Film |
| 2003 | Toying with the Truth: Commandments 9-10 | Shadi(voice) | Film |
| 2003 | Sounder | The Teacher | Film |
| 2002 | Second to Die | Detective Grady | Film |
| 2000 | Knockout | Ron Regent | Film |
| 1999 | Strange Justice | Thurgood Marshall | Film |
| 1999 | The Unfinished Journey | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 1998 | Relax... It's Just Sex | Auntie Mahalia | Film |
| 1997 | Strategic Command | Rowan | Film |
| 1997 | Built to Last | Russell Watkins | TV |
| 1996 | Original Gangstas | Reverend Dorsey | Film |
| 1996 | Mars Attacks! | General Casey | Film |
| 1996 | The Legend of Gator Face | Bob | Film |
| 1995 | In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man with One Eye Is King | Papa Joe | Film |
| 1995 | Tyson | Don King | Film |
| 1995 | White Dwarf | Dr. Akada | Film |
| 1994 | Breathing Lessons | Daniel Otis | Film |
| 1993 | Cliffhanger | Walter Wright | Film |
| 1993 | Dennis the Menace | Chief of Police | Film |
| 1993 | Irresistible Force | Commander Toole | Film |
| 1991 | The Wish That Changed Christmas | Mr. Smith (voice) | Film |
| 1990 | 83 Hours 'Til Dawn | Doctor Dantley | Film |
| 1990 | Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn | Jim Watson | Film |
| 1990 | Presumed Innocent | Judge Larren Lyttle | Film |
| 1989 | The Women of Brewster Place | Sam Michael | Film |
| 1988 | The Serpent and the Rainbow | Lucien Celine | Film |
| 1987 | Death Before Dishonor | Ambassador | Film |
| 1987 | The Charmings | The Mirror | TV |
| 1987 | Big Shots | Johnnie Red | Film |
| 1986 | Blue City | Chief Luther Reynolds | Film |
| 1985 | 227 | Julian C. Barlow | TV |
| 1984 | Go Tell It on the Mountain | Gabriel Grimes | Film |
| 1984 | Mike's Murder | Phillip | Film |
| 1984 | The Terminator | Traxler | Film |
| 1983 | On the Run | Harry | Film |
| 1982 | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan | Captain Clark Terrell | Film |
| 1982 | White Dog | Keys | Film |
| 1981 | Carbon Copy | Bob Garvey | Film |
| 1979 | Backstairs at the White House | Emmett Rogers Sr. | TV |
| 1977 | The Greatest | Draft Lawyer | Film |
| 1977 | Twilight's Last Gleaming | Willis Powell | Film |
| 1977 | Damnation Alley | Keegan | Film |
| 1977 | A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich | Butler | Film |
| 1976 | High Velocity | Film | |
| 1975 | Hustle | Louis Belgrave | Film |
| 1974 | Huckleberry Finn | Jim | Film |
| 1974 | Conrack | Mad Billy | Film |
| 1974 | It's Good to Be Alive | Roy Campanella | Film |
| 1973 | The Horror at 37,000 Feet | Dr. Enkalla | Film |
| 1973 | Gordon's War | Gordon Hudson | Film |
| 1972 | Trouble Man | Chalky Price | Film |
| 1972 | Sounder | Nathan Lee Morgan | Film |
| 1971 | Brother John | Henry Birkardt | Film |
| 1970 | R.P.M. | Steve Dempsey | Film |
| 1969 | The Lost Man | Orville Turner | Film |
| 1968 | Julia | Paul Cameron | TV |
| 1967 | Who's Minding the Mint? | Garbage Man | Film |
| 1967 | The Perils of Pauline | African Servant | Film |
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