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Paul Winfield

Date of birth: 1939-05-22

Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA

Known for: Acting

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Winfield, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movie Credits

3.7

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

1982-06-04

The starship Enterprise and its crew is pulled back into action when old nemesis, Khan, steals a top

3.9

The Terminator

1984-10-26

In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known

3.3

The Women of Brewster Place

1989-03-19

A multigenerational story of the lives of several black women who call an inner-city tenement home.

2.8

Hustle

1975-12-25

The body of teenager Gloria Hollinger is found dead on a Los Angeles beach, and Lt. Phil Gaines is i

3.4

Presumed Innocent

1990-07-27

Rusty Sabich is a deputy prosecutor engaged in an obsessive affair with a coworker who is murdered.

Trouble Man

1972-11-01

It seems that masked men are knocking over the floating crap games of Chalky and Pete. Chalky and Pe

2.7

Mike's Murder

1984-03-09

Betty has a crush on her tennis instructor Mike. He promises to call her for a date, but never does

3.2

The Serpent and the Rainbow

1988-02-05

A Harvard anthropologist is sent to Haiti to retrieve a strange powder that is said to have the powe

2.5

Damnation Alley

1977-09-10

Following World War III, four survivors at an desert military installation attempt to drive across t

3.3

Cliffhanger

1993-05-28

A year after losing his friend in a tragic 4,000-foot fall, former ranger Gabe Walker and his partne

2.4

The Horror at 37,000 Feet

1973-02-13

A commercial-jet captain (Chuck Connors) has ghosts on board from stones of an English abbey being s

3.8

Sounder

1972-09-24

The oldest son of a loving and strong family of black sharecroppers comes of age in the Depression-e

2.9

Gordon's War

1973-08-09

A black soldier comes home to Harlem after a tour in Vietnam and discovers that his wife had become

2.3

Death Before Dishonor

1987-02-20

Gunnery Sergeant Burns reports for duty to an American Embassy in the Middle East. However due to th

3.3

White Dog

1982-07-07

A trainer attempts to retrain a vicious dog that’s been raised to kill black people.

Tyson

1995-04-29

The story of Mike Tyson. From his early days as a 12 year old amateur with a powerful punch, to the

2.9

Carbon Copy

1981-08-06

A middle-aged married wealthy white corporate executive is surprised to discover that he has a worki

2.4

Blue City

1986-05-02

Returning to the small Florida town where he grew up, Billy Turner learns that his father has been k

Huckleberry Finn

1974-05-24

Huckleberry Finn is a 15-year-old boy who has had a difficult relationship with his often violent fa

2.8

Relax... It's Just Sex

1998-06-28

A tight-knit group of thirty-somethings -- gay, lesbian and straight -- struggle to live, love and s

3.3

83 Hours 'Til Dawn

1990-11-04

A wealthy man's daughter is kidnapped and placed in a box with air for only 83 hours.

3.2

Twilight's Last Gleaming

1977-02-09

A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo n

3.2

Big Shots

1987-10-02

Following the death of his father, a suburbanite runs away from home and winds up on Chicago's South

2.2

The Legend of Gator Face

1996-08-08

Small-town Mississippians overreact to the appearance of a mythical swamp monster, partially the wor

2.7

A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich

1977-12-14

A troubled boy becomes addicted to heroin, and his mother and foster father help him fight it.

3.1

Brother John

1971-08-15

An enigmatic man returns to his Alabama hometown as his sister is dying of cancer and incites the su

1.4

Knockout

2000-02-04

Bell decides to follow the footsteps of his father, devoted to boxing to become champion. But not on

The Unfinished Journey

1999-12-31

A multimedia short created for the U.S. millennium celebrations, The Unfinished Journey reflects on

3.3

It's Good to Be Alive

1974-02-22

This movie details the struggles of former Brooklyn Dodger catcher Roy Campanella to adapt to life i

2.9

R.P.M.

1970-09-16

R.P.M. stands for (political) revolutions per minute. Anthony Quinn plays a liberal college professo

1.6

The Lost Man

1969-07-11

A gang of black militants plots to rob a factory to finance their "revolutionary struggle."

2.7

Breathing Lessons

1994-02-06

A married couple review their lives and renew their love for one another while driving to a friend's

3.6

The Wish That Changed Christmas

1991-12-20

Ivy, an orphan wants a grandmother and a doll for Christmas. She mistakes a sign greeting her into a

3.2

Go Tell It on the Mountain

1984-08-31

This film adaptation of James Baldwin's celebrated novel tells the journey of a family from the rura

1.9

Second to Die

2002-04-23

Sara escapes a life of poverty and abuse to marry Jim Bratchett, but her joy is short-lived when she

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

1990-10-21

This is yet another telling of the adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn as the two try to c

3.1

Dreams Don't Die

1982-05-21

Two young kids in love, one young graffiti artist and the other a foster-child, find trouble on the

On the Run

1983-09-02

1) A man becomes a target after witnessing an assassination. 2) Mr. Payatta is a coldhearted profes

2.8

Assignment Berlin

1998-09-30

Tracy Garret's a cop and after an incident that left one person dead, she's invited by her father to

2.6

Irresistible Force

1993-05-07

A police sergeant is hoping for a few quiet weeks before his impending retirement, but his plans are

3.5

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

1970-03-24

Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, the documentary follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. f

For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers

1983-03-22

This film is the true story of Medgar Evers, a successful insurance agent who moves to Jackson, Miss

3.5

Who's Minding the Mint?

1967-09-26

A bumbling government employee accidentally destroys a small fortune and decides to break into the U

3.4

Conrack

1974-03-27

A young, white school teacher is assigned to Yamacraw Island, an isolated fishing community off the

2.8

Original Gangstas

1996-05-10

The Rebels rule the streets of Gary, Indiana. They shoot storekeeper Marvin Bookman for giving the p

2.7

The Greatest

1977-05-17

Muhammad Ali's life story up to the late 1970s, which includes his Olympic boxing triumphs as Cassiu

3.8

Under Siege

1986-02-09

Terrorists launch an attack against the USA. Their first strike is by a suicide squad that detonates

2.6

The Assassination File

1996-06-22

An ex-FBI agent gradually uncovers the nature of a conspiracy behind the death of a black presidenti

Green Eyes

1977-01-03

Disillusioned Vietnam veteran Lloyd Dubeck travels back to Southeast Asia in search among thousands

2.9

Angel City

1980-11-12

Jared Teeter has to work in a forced labor camp in Florida to make ends meet. "Angel City" is no pla

The New Cinema

1968-01-01

Between the French La Nouvelle Vague and the Italian Neorealismo, Europe had been undergoing a conti

In the Flesh

1995-01-01

A German woman travels to America with her baby to take up an au pair position with a rich couple. S

High Velocity

1976-09-01

Ben Gazzara and Paul Winfield play Vietnam veterans turned mercenaries who are hired to rescue a kid

2.5

Catfish in Black Bean Sauce

1999-04-14

An African American couple (Winfield and Alice) adopt two orphans from a Vietnamese refugee camp. Af

1.1

Dead of Night

1996-01-01

As a vampire searches for his deceased wife, a homicide detective is hot on his trail.

0.9

The Killing Jar

1994-08-31

A former porn star marries a wealthy criminal defense attorney who enjoys masochistic sex. When the

The Mighty Pawns

1987-02-14

Inner city kids are given new direction when they are convinced to join the school chess team.

Sister, Sister

1982-06-07

Heated confrontations and revelations result when a divorcee returns with her young son to the home

1.3

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

1995-03-01

Al is caught between his loyalty to the police force and his love for his brother in a tense setting

Only the Ball Was White

1980-02-21

Throughout the 1900's, before Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier in 1946, black baseball

Strange Justice

1999-08-29

In this historical drama, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall announces his retirement. The

2.5

Strategic Command

1997-01-06

Rick Harding is a former Marines officer, now working in the FBI as a chemical weapons designer. Whi

Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story

1987-02-03

This is the story of Lenell Geter, an engineer who was accused and convicted of armed robbery. Becau

3.5

Sounder

2003-01-19

This is a coming-of-age story of a boy living in the Depression era of the South. "Boy" (Daniel Lee

White Dwarf

1995-05-23

In a distant future New York medical student Driscoll Rampart accomplishes his internship at Rusta,

Dennis the Menace

1993-06-09

Mr. Wilson's ever-present annoyance comes in the form of one mischievous kid named Dennis. But he'll

March to Freedom

1999-08-31

Three war veterans tell about their experiences with racism in World War Two.

Vegas, City of Dreams

2001-04-01

When the body of Gabrielle Garrett is found on Lake Mead on a Christmas day, the coroner rules it as

Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden

1996-01-07

A young boy goes to spend the summer with his aunts in the South. He finds himself drawn to Jessica,

3.2

Mars Attacks!

1996-12-13

A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if

Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale

1995-02-25

A brave boy named Temba ventures to find food and water for his drought-striken village. But when he

1.8

The Perils of Pauline

1967-08-02

Pauline becomes involved in a series of adventures around the world and is aided by her ever present