Paul Winfield

Paul Winfield

Nascimento : 1939-05-22, Los Angeles, California, USA

Morte : 2004-03-07

História

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.

Perfil

Paul Winfield
Paul Winfield

Filmes

Sounder
The Teacher
A história emocionante da jornada corajosa de um garoto para encontrar seu pai.
Second to Die
Detective Grady
Erika Eleniak as a woman who plans the murder of her husband ...
Vegas, City of Dreams
Edgar Jones
When the body of Gabrielle Garrett is found on Lake Mead on a Christmas day, the coroner rules it as suicide. However, her three sisters begin their own investigation, which leads them to Byron Lord and the dark Las Vegas underworld.
Knockout
Ron Regent
Bell decides to follow the footsteps of his father, devoted to boxing to become champion. But not only must fight against his opponents but against a world where it seems that nobody wants to see it succeed.
The Unfinished Journey
Self (Narrator)
For the millennium New Year, Steven Spielberg agreed to create a 21 minute montage, supported by powerful narrations. It was a one-time performance. It tracks the good and the bad of our United States as it traveled through the ending century and millennium.
March to Freedom
Narrator
Three war veterans tell about their experiences with racism in World War Two.
Strange Justice
Thurgood Marshall
"Fact-based story about the sexual harassment suit filed by Anita Hill during the appointment trials of Clarence Thomas for the Supreme Court during the George Bush Presidential administration. The film gives both parties a fairly even presentation and does not try to assess blame. It does, however, show a lot of background political maneuvering that took place, particularly on the part of Kenneth Duberstein, an administrative spin doctor."
Catfish in Black Bean Sauce
Harold Williams
An African American couple (Winfield and Alice) adopt two orphans from a Vietnamese refugee camp. After twenty-two years, the children are reunited with their birth mother, bringing deeply submerged resentments and misconceptions to the surface and forcing the characters to reexamine their identity and relationships in both comical and poignant situations.
Assignment Berlin
Al Spector
Tracy Garret's a cop and after an incident that left one person dead, she's invited by her father to spend sometime with him in Berlin. While they were out having dinner, her father's shot. She is then informed by the German inspector assigned to her father's case that her father's a CIA operative. She then decides to investigate the case...
Relax... It's Just Sex
Auntie Mahalia
A tight-knit group of thirty-somethings -- gay, lesbian and straight -- struggle to live, love and stay friends in modern-day Los Angeles as circumstances conspire to tear them apart.
Strategic Command
Rowan
Rick Harding is a former Marines officer, now working in the FBI as a chemical weapons designer. While packing up for the night, a group of armed soldiers led by wanted criminal Carlos Gruber, break into the FBI research lab. They steal large amounts of a newly created germ warfare chemical called Bromax-360, loosing two of their men in the process before escaping into the night.
Marte Ataca!
General Casey
Os marcianos invadem nosso planeta, matando e destruindo tudo no caminho, pois acham bem divertido e querem transformar a Terra em um "parque de diversões". Se ninguém achar uma maneira de detê-los, a raça humana está condenada ao extermínio.
The Legend of Gator Face
Bob
Small-town Mississippians overreact to the appearance of a mythical swamp monster, partially the work of teen hoaxers.
The Assassination File
An ex-FBI agent gradually uncovers the nature of a conspiracy behind the death of a black presidential candidate
Justiceiros de Rua
Reverend Dorsey
Jake Travor (Jim Brown), boxeador famoso, retornou a sua cidade natal e encontrou os lugares de sua infância completamente destruídos pela violência, e seu pai no hospital depois de levar um tiro de uma gangue local. A primeira proposta de Jake é um acordo entre as gangues e a comunidade, a ideia de paz é chacinada com mais mortes. “Hot City” é a história de uma comunidade obrigada a tomar uma decisão, uma cruel e audaciosa decisão, resgatar uma vida pacífica através das armas ou viver para sempre numa verdadeira zona de guerra.
Stolen Memories: Secrets from the Rose Garden
Horace
A young boy goes to spend the summer with his aunts in the South. He finds himself drawn to Jessica, who the other aunts describe as "slow," and he eventually discovers there's more to Jessica and his other aunts than meets the eye.
Dead of Night
Vernon
As a vampire searches for his deceased wife, a homicide detective is hot on his trail.
White Dwarf
Dr. Akada
In a distant future New York medical student Driscoll Rampart accomplishes his internship at Rusta, a rural planet that doesn't revolve around its axis and therefore is divided into contrasting halves of eternal day vs. eternal night. One is a Victorian-styled colony, the other a medieval kingdom. Both leave Rampart in a state of constant wonder, as he finds his way among humans and aliens, strange dreams and even stranger reality, a dark keep and a red sea, and more universal matters of war and peace, good and bad, love and hate and sickness and health.
Tyson, o Mito
Don King
Aos 13 anos, Mike Tyson já colecionava delitos e conhecia a cruel realidade dos reformatórios. Mas ao conhecer Cus D'Amato e Don King, o garoto de Brooklyn fadado ao fracasso se transforma em um campeão mundial. Logo ele conhece a fama, sucesso e fortuna. Tudo parecia um sonho até os acontecimentos que o colocariam atrás das grades mais uma vez.
In the Kingdom of the Blind, the Man with One Eye Is King
Papa Joe
Al is caught between his loyalty to the police force and his love for his brother in a tense setting. It seems that his brother, Rudy, was involved in a mob hit that could potentially start a gang war. Tony C., a local mob boss and childhood acquaintance of Al, hires him to find out who was involved in the hit. Al must find his brother and make some decisions.
Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale
The Old Man
A brave boy named Temba ventures to find food and water for his drought-striken village. But when he is given a set of magical bones, he uses them to gain riches for himself instead of sharing with his friends.
The Killing Jar
Judge
A former porn star marries a wealthy criminal defense attorney who enjoys masochistic sex. When the two tire of each other, the husband becomes attracted to his wife's best friend and decides to murder his wife.
Breathing Lessons
Daniel Otis
A married couple review their lives and renew their love for one another while driving to a friend's funeral.
Dennis, o Pimentinha
Chief of Police
A Sra. Wilson aceita hospedar o pestinha Dennis em sua casa enquanto os pais dele viajam. Ela só não imagina que o garoto é capaz de tantas travessuras, incluindo a destruição do premiado jardim que seu marido, o Sr. Wilson, cultiva há décadas.
Risco Total
Walter Wright
Traumatizado com um acidente que resultou na morte de uma amiga, o experiente alpinista Gabe Walker (Sylvester Stallone) se afastou das montanhas. Um ano após o acontecido, no entanto, ele é chamado para resgatar um grupo em apuros nas Montanhas Rochosas. A missão, porém, logo revela-se uma armadilha: Gabe está lá na verdade para guiar o bando de perigosos terroristas até um tesouro perdido.
Irresistible Force
Commander Toole
A police sergeant is hoping for a few quiet weeks before his impending retirement, but his plans are scuppered when he is joined by an over-enthusiastic rookie partner who is assigned to him after failing her field test. To make matters worse, trouble looms when a group of white supremacists hold up a local shopping centre.
The Wish That Changed Christmas
Mr. Smith (voice)
Ivy, an orphan wants a grandmother and a doll for Christmas. She mistakes a sign greeting her into a town, she jumps off a bus and shouts, "It's me, Ivy!". In the cold she looks for a grandma unsucessfully. She finally finds a woman who always wanted children and a doll, Holly. Based on the book The Story of Holly and Ivy.
Perversa Agonia
Doctor Dantley
Julie Burdock foi raptada em uma fria noite de inverno e enterrada viva numa cápsula construída pelos seus raptores. A garota passa horas esperando ser retirada de lá. Seu raptor um home frio criou um sistema para suprir a cápsula de ar e a luz ligada a uma bateria, que se esgotar as suas forças a cápsula virará seu ´tmulo. Começa agora uma corrida contra o tempo. O pai dela sabendo das condições da bateria s[o tem pouco tempo para resgatá -la.
Acima de Qualquer Suspeita
Judge Larren Lyttle
Rusty Sabich é um promotor que descobre que Carolyn Polhemus, sua colega, foi brutalmente assassinada. Obrigado a lidar com as investigações, Rusty tenta apagar os indícios de seu caso com Carolyn. Ele é preso, mas, decidido a provar sua inocência, contrata Steine; ele conta apenas com a ajuda do detetive Lipranzer e com Barbara, sua esposa, que sempre soube de seu caso com Carolyn, mas decidiu ficar ao seu lado
The Women of Brewster Place
Sam Michael
A multigenerational story of the lives of several black women who call an inner-city tenement home.
A Maldição dos Mortos-Vivos
Lucien Celine
Em uma época de inqueitação social e política no Haiti, o antropologista Dennis Alan viaja para o dividido país para estudar uma droga de vodu usada em práticas religiosas que torna suas vítimas em zumbis. Com a ajuda de um médico feiticeiro e com a amiga pesquisadora, Dennis junta as peças do mistério mortal. Após a descoberta, Dennis deve fugir das autoridades haitianas que veem sua pesquisa como uma ameaça.
Uma Dupla Agitada
Johnnie Red
Garoto perde o pai logo depois de receber dele um relógio de mergulho. Abalado, resolve dar um passeio de bicicleta, mas acaba sendo assaltado. Ao ver o desespero do garoto, jovem resolve ajudá-lo a recuperar o relógio de estimação do falecido pai e ensina como viver nas ruas.
Death Before Dishonor
Ambassador
Gunnery Sergeant Burns reports for duty to an American Embassy in the Middle East. However due to the 'enlightened' views of the Ambassador, the marine security detachment he is in charge of is severely restricted in their functions and presence to avoid upsetting the host government. As a result, when terrorists attack the compound, they are able to kidnap hostages and escape with little opposition. Burns ignores the Ambassador's restrictions, and throws the rule books out the window, as he becomes a one man army in an attempt to rescue the hostages, and wipe out the terrorists.
The Mighty Pawns
Mr. Wright
Inner city kids are given new direction when they are convinced to join the school chess team.
Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story
George Hairston
This is the story of Lenell Geter, an engineer who was accused and convicted of armed robbery. Because he had such faith in the system, he thought that he would eventually be released. But he was in jail for 18 months until a lawyer from the NAACP was brought to assist in his case.
Cidade Corrompida
Chief Luther Reynolds
Returning to the small Florida town where he grew up, Billy Turner learns that his father has been killed. With little help from the police, Billy will take matters into his own hands and go up against a ruthless local mob boss in a desperate search to find the killer.
Under Siege
Andrew Simon
Terrorists launch an attack against the USA. Their first strike is by a suicide squad that detonates a truckload of explosives at an army base in Washington DC. FBI probes indicate that the attack is by Arab terrorists led by Iranians. Subsequent attacks are via airplanes exploded in mid-air, crowded restaurants, and an attack on a mall. Administration cabinet heads push the President to retaliate. The director of the FBI believes that there may be more to the story than the investigation has revealed and the Secretary of Defense is the only other person urging caution.
O Exterminador do Futuro
Lieutenant Ed Traxler
Em um futuro próximo, a guerra entre humanos e máquinas foi iniciada. Com a tecnologia a seu dispor, um plano inusitado é arquitetado pelas máquinas ao enviar para o passado um andróide com a missão de matar a mãe daquele que viria a se transformar num líder e seu pior inimigo. Contudo, os humanos também conseguem enviar seu representante para proteger a mulher e tentar garantir o futuro da humanidade.
Amor Perigoso
Phillip
Betty has a crush on her tennis instructor Mike. He promises to call her for a date, but never does – she doesn’t know he sells drugs on the side. After botching a deal on someone else’s turf, Mike has to disappear for a while. He contacts Betty – then he’s killed before they can meet. Betty tries to find out what happened, leading her straight into a hornet's nest of vice.
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Gabriel Grimes
This film adaptation of James Baldwin's celebrated novel tells the journey of a family from the rural South to "big city" Harlem seeking both salvation and understanding and of a young boy struggling to earn the approval of a self-righteous and often unloving stepfather.
On the Run
Harry
1) A man becomes a target after witnessing an assassination. 2) Mr. Payatta is a coldhearted professional hitman who travels the world to take out notorious bad guys. When he's forced to take in his orphaned French nephew, he leaves the boy to his estate caretaker Harry who must protect him from harm.
For Us, the Living: The Story of Medgar Evers
This film is the true story of Medgar Evers, a successful insurance agent who moves to Jackson, Mississippi to direct the regional headquarters of the NAACP. Fighting segregation and racist politics, Evers becomes a leader in the black community.
Cão Branco
Keys
A jovem aspirante a atriz Julie Sawyer encontra um cão branco perdido na rua e resolve adotá-lo. No entanto, aos poucos ela começa a notar um comportamento estranho no cachorro e percebe que se trata de um animal treinado a vida toda para atacar pessoas negras. Diante desse comportamento racista do cachorro, Julie resolve entregar o animal aos cuidados de Keys, um adestrador, ele próprio negro, para tentar reeducar o animal.
Sister, Sister
Eddie Craven
Heated confrontations and revelations result when a divorcee returns with her young son to the home of her two sisters.
Jornada nas Estrelas II: A Ira de Khan
Captain Clark Terrell
Sentido que o futuro em nada se parece com o passado que vivemos, o Almirante James T. Kirk começa a acreditar que cavalgar pelo cosmos é um jogo para os jovens. Até que numa viagem de rotina para inspecionar a U.S.S. Enterprise, a carreira de Kirk na Frota Estelar entra em um novo capítulo quando surge um antigo inimigo, Khan Noonien Singh, um conquistador do século 20 geneticamente alterado. Escapando de sua prisão, Khan planeja capturar o Projeto Genesis, um artefato que pode criar e destruir um planeta num piscar de olhos, e destruir seu velho "amigo", Kirk.
Dreams Don't Die
Charlie Banks
Two young kids in love, one young graffiti artist and the other a foster-child, find trouble on the mean streets on the other side of the river in New York City. Officer Charles Banks finds young Danny tagging subway cars and then catches Teiresa selling drugs for another mislead teen, Kirk. The officer, instead of turning both of them in, gives both teens a chance to make more of their lives together. Changing their ways turns out to be more challenging than first thought.
A Cara do Pai
Bob Garvey
Walter Whitney (George Sagal) é um homem de negócios branco que tem tudo o que pode desejar. Certo dia, ele descobre que Roger Porter (Denzel Washington), um adolescente negro, é seu filho e que não pode esperar a hora de ser adotado na comunidade quase que exclusivamente de brancos. de San Marino, na Califórnia.
Angel City
Cy
Jared Teeter has to work in a forced labor camp in Florida to make ends meet. "Angel City" is no place for the faint of heart.
Only the Ball Was White
Narrator
Throughout the 1900's, before Jackie Robinson broke baseball's color barrier in 1946, black baseball talent blossomed in the Negro Leagues. Baseball buffs still sing the praises of Josh Gibson who could be counted on to hit 70 homeruns in a season, and Satchel Paige who pitched over 100 no-hitters in his career. Only the Ball Was White pays tribute to the many topflight players from the Negro Leagues. Narrated by actor Paul Winfield, the program documents a bygone bittersweet era in baseball and the men who were denied stardom by the color line. Ballplayers throughout the country were interviewed for this program, all of them quick to tell tales of the life, the competition, and the camaraderie. These include: Satchel Paige, Roy Campanella, Buck Leonard, Jimmy Crutchfield, David Malarcher, Effa Manley, and Quincy Trouppe.
A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich
Butler
A troubled boy becomes addicted to heroin, and his mother and foster father help him fight it.
Na Trilha do Inferno Nuclear
Keegan
Depois da Terra ser destruída num conflito nuclear, cinco sobreviventes enfrentam perigos percorrendo os EUA à procura de outras pessoas.
O Maior de Todos
Draft Lawyer
Cinebiografia do campeão Muhammad Alim, condiserado um dos maiores pugilistas de todos os tempos.
O Último Brilho do Crepúsculo
Willis Powell
Um general renegado da USAF, Lawrence Dell, escapa de uma prisão militar e assume um silo de míssil ICBM perto de Montana e ameaça provocar a 3ª Guerra Mundial, a menos que o presidente revele detalhes de uma reunião secreta realizada logo após o início da Guerra do Vietnã entre Dell e os então conselheiros mais confiáveis do presidente. 3 versões de montagem: 146 min - Original 123 min - Suécia 91 min - França
Green Eyes
Lloyd Dubeck
Disillusioned Vietnam veteran Lloyd Dubeck travels back to Southeast Asia in search among thousands of war orphans for the son he left behind.
High Velocity
Ben Gazzara and Paul Winfield play Vietnam veterans turned mercenaries who are hired to rescue a kidnapped executive.
Crime e Paixão
Louis Belgrave
Phil Gaines (Burt Reynolds) é um policial amargo e cínico que investiga o caso da morte de Gloria Hollinger (Sharon Kelly), uma stripper/atriz pornô. Gaines vive um momento conturbado em sua vida pessoal, devido a um relacionamento com Nicole Britton (Catherine Deneuve),uma prostituta. As coisas não ficam melhores quando Marty Hollinger (Ben Johnson), o pai da menina morta, começa a sua própria investigação.
As Aventuras de Huckleberry Finn
Jim
Versão musical do livro de Mark Twain sobre as aventuras de um menino que vive às margens do rio Mississipi.
Conrack
Mad Billy
Ilha de Yamacraw, Carolina do Sul, março de 1969. O branco Pat Conroy (Jon Voight), que no passado fora racista, chega para ser professor numa escola que tem como alunos crianças negras pobres. Na verdade toda a ilha é habitada por negros pobres, com exceção de um comerciante, que tem um pequeno negócio. A sra. Scott (Madge Sinclair), a diretora da "escola" - que é pouco mais de uma cabana - só o chama de Patroy e seus alunos de Conrack não conseguem dizer Conroy, pois no isolamento criaram seu idioma. Eles são analfabetos, não conseguem contar e nem sabem em qual país vivem. Pat tenta trazer uma educação de melhor nível, mas o primeiro obstáculo é a sra. Scott, pois chama os alunos de lentos e preguiçosos, acabando com a auto-estima deles. Além disto, ela crê que a única forma de educá-losé no chicote. Pat responde jogando fora o livro de regras e lições pedagógicas. (e Livre - Estimado Livre)
It's Good to Be Alive
Roy Campanella
This movie details the struggles of former Brooklyn Dodger catcher Roy Campanella to adapt to life in a wheelchair following his crippling automobile accident in 1959. Cinematographer Ted Voigtlander was Emmy-nominated.
A Guerra De Um Homem
Gordon Hudson
Quatro veteranos do Vietnã declaram guerra aos traficantes e cafetões do Harlem.
The Horror at 37,000 Feet
Dr. Enkalla
A commercial-jet captain (Chuck Connors) has ghosts on board from stones of an English abbey being shipped overseas.
O Terrível Mister T
Chalky Price
Mr. T é um homem durão que trabalha "resolvendo os problemas" no seu bairro, fazendo o trabalho que a polícia e os advogados não conseguem concretizar. Certo dia, ele é contratado para investigar misteriosos assaltos numa casa de apostas ilegais. Porém, acaba se tornando alvo e suspeito de cometer os crimes. Clássico do Cinema Blaxploitation.
Lágrimas de Esperança
Nathan Lee Morgan
Na década de 1930, Nathan Lee Morgan, um negro arrendatário do estado da Louisiana, é condenado à prisão por um crime irrisório. Após alguns meses, seu filho é enviado para visitá-lo na cadeia, viagem na qual vive inúmeras aventuras.
Brother John
Henry Birkardt
An enigmatic man (Sidney Poitier) returns to his Alabama hometown as his sister is dying of cancer and incites the suspicion of notable town officials.
R.P.M. - Revoluções Por Minuto
Steve Dempsey
R.P.M. stands for (political) revolutions per minute. Anthony Quinn plays a liberal college professor at a west coast college during the hedy days of campus activism in the late 1960s. Radical students take over the college, the president resigns, and Quinn's character, who has always been a champion of student activism, is appointed president. As the students continue to push the envelope of revolution, Quinn's character is faced with the challenge of restoring order or abetting the descent into anarchy.
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (archive footage)
Constructed from a wealth of archival footage, the documentary follows Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. from 1955 to 1968, in his rise from regional activist to world-renowned leader of the Civil Rights movement. Rare footage of King's speeches, protests, and arrests are interspersed with scenes of other high-profile supporters and opponents of the cause, punctuated by heartfelt testimonials by some of Hollywood's biggest stars.
The Lost Man
Orville Turner
A gang of black militants plots to rob a factory to finance their "revolutionary struggle."
The New Cinema
Himself / Narrator
Between the French La Nouvelle Vague and the Italian Neorealismo, Europe had been undergoing a continuous cinema transformation since the 1950s, while the ailing American studio system groaned under its own weight and inertia. New Hollywood had arrived with Bonnie and Clyde in 1967, and already by 1968 it was changing how Hollywood thought and acted. The student film scene was getting ready to explode, and it knew it.
Os Perigos de Paulina
African Servant
Pauline becomes involved in a series of adventures around the world and is aided by her ever present friend, George.