When Winfield received his Best Actor nod, he added his name to an elite roster of black actors who had been nominated for their work in leading roles. In fact, at the time, there were only two other names on the list: Sidney Poitier and James Earl Jones. Winfield also won an Emmy for a guest role on "Picket Fences" in 1995.
Although he traditionally played straight men and portrayed homosexual characters only twice in his career, Winfield was openly gay in his private life and lived with the same partner for 30 years. Winfield died on March 7, 2004.
SounderCicely Tyson and Paul Winfield both earned Academy Award nominations for their performances in director Martin Ritt's poignant drama about the trials and tribulations of a family of black sharecroppers living in the deep South in the 1930s. Based on William H. Armstrong's Newberry Award-winning... Read More
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a SandwichStruggling with life in the ghetto, gifted young teen Benjie (Larry B. Scott) turns to heroin to escape his problems. But his troubles only multiply as the drug leads him down a dangerous path to addiction. His mother's boyfriend, Butler (Paul Winfield), tries to help the youth, but Butler has a few... Read More
Trouble ManLos Angeles detective Mr. T (Robert Hooks) gets caught up in the middle of a gang war in this 1970s blaxploitation drama. Hired by two criminals to uncover the identity of a mysterious rival, the smooth-talking P.I. cruises the mean streets in his Lincoln Mark IV, staying cool even when he's pulled... Read More
Go Tell It on the MountainJames Baldwin's literary gem is adapted for the screen in this spellbinding film about three generations of an African-American family struggling to find footing in America, a place that's both a land of opportunity and difficulty. Tracing the lineage's move from the South to the heart of Harlem,... Read More
KingNominated for nine Emmy Awards, this acclaimed 1978 miniseries chronicles the life of Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the height of his work as a civil rights leader. Starring Paul Winfield, Cicely Tyson and Ossie Davis, the film paints an intimate portrait of King's... Read More
Sounder (2003) | TV-PG | |
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Second to Die (2001) | R | |
Catfish in Black Bean Sauce (2000) | PG-13 | |
Batman Beyond: Tech Wars (1999) | NR | |
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Relax ... It's Just Sex (1998) | R | |
Assignment Berlin (1998) | TV-14 | |
Strategic Command (1997) | R | |
Original Gangstas (1996) | R | |
The Legend of Gator Face (1996) | PG | |
In the Kingdom of the Blind (1995) | NR | |
Scarlett (1994) | PG-13 | |
Cliffhanger (1993) | R | |
Alex Haley's Queen (1993) | NR | |
Dennis the Menace (1993) | PG | |
83 Hours 'Til Dawn (1990) | PG-13 | |
Presumed Innocent (1990) | R | |
The Women of Brewster Place (1989) | NR | |
The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988) | R | |
Death Before Dishonor (1987) | R | |
Wanted Dead or Alive (1987) | NR | |
Blue City (1986) | R | |
Go Tell It on the Mountain (1985) | NR | |
The Terminator (1984) | R | |
The Blue and the Gray (1982) | NR | |
Carbon Copy (1981) | PG | |
NR | ||
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) | NR | |
PG | ||
King (1978) | NR | |
Hustle (1975) | R | |
Huckleberry Finn (1974) | G | |
It's Good to Be Alive (1974) | NR | |
Sounder (1972) | G | |
Trouble Man (1972) | R | |
Brother John (1971) | PG-13 | |
Room 222: Season 1 (1969) | NR | |
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