Born 1939 (age 86) · Los Angeles, California, USA
Appears in 114 titles

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.

Filmography

The Terminator
7.7
The Terminator
1984
as Traxler
Mars Attacks!
6.4
Mars Attacks!
1996
as General Casey
Cliffhanger
6.5
Cliffhanger
1993
as Walter Wright
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
7.5
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
1982
as Captain Clark Terrell
Dennis the Menace
5.9
Dennis the Menace
1993
as Chief of Police
Presumed Innocent
6.8
Presumed Innocent
1990
as Judge Larren Lyttle
The Serpent and the Rainbow
6.4
The Serpent and the Rainbow
1988
as Lucien Celine
White Dog
6.6
White Dog
1982
as Keys
Damnation Alley
5.1
Damnation Alley
1977
as Keegan
Twilight's Last Gleaming
6.5
Twilight's Last Gleaming
1977
as Willis Powell
Hustle
5.7
Hustle
1975
as Louis Belgrave
Carbon Copy
5.9
Carbon Copy
1981
as Bob Garvey
Sounder
7.5
Sounder
1972
as Nathan Lee Morgan
Tyson
6.0
Tyson
1995
as Don King
Conrack
6.8
Conrack
1974
as Mad Billy
Trouble Man
6.2
Trouble Man
1972
as Chalky Price
Original Gangstas
5.7
Original Gangstas
1996
as Reverend Dorsey
Blue City
4.8
Blue City
1986
as Chief Luther Reynolds
The Horror at 37,000 Feet
5.0
The Horror at 37,000 Feet
1973
as Dr. Enkalla
Mike's Murder
5.5
Mike's Murder
1984
as Phillip