Profile
Paul Winfield
Actor
Male
Born
May 22, 1939
Hometown
Los Angeles
Died
Mar 7, 2004
Death Place
Los Angeles
Nationality
American
Alma Mater
University of Cal...
Other Names
Winfield, Paul Ed...
Paul Edward Winfield 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… Read More
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Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
1939
Birth
Born on May 22, 1939.
THIRTIES
1969
30 Years Old
Winfield carved out a diverse career in film, television, theater and voiceovers by taking ground breaking roles at a time when African-American actors were rarely cast. His first major feature film role was in the 1969 film, The Lost Man starring Sidney Poitier.
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1973
34 Years Old
In 1973, Winfield was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1972 film Sounder, and his co-star in that film, Cicely Tyson, was nominated for Best Actress.
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FORTIES
1988
49 Years Old
Throughout his career, Winfield frequently managed to perform in the theater. His only Broadway production, Checkmates, in 1988, co-starring Ruby Dee, was also the Broadway debut of Denzel Washington.
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FIFTIES
1995
56 Years Old
Winfield was nominated for an Emmy Award for his performance in the King and Roots: The Next Generations. He won an Emmy Award, in 1995, for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, for his appearance as Judge Harold Nance in an episode of the CBS drama Picket Fences.
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1996
57 Years Old
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In 1996 he was part of the 'name' ensemble cast in Tim Burton's comic homage to 1950s science fiction Mars Attacks!, playing the complacently self-satisfied Lt-Gen.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
2004
65 Years Old
Winfield long battled obesity and diabetes. He died of a heart attack in 2004 at the age of 64, at Queen of Angels–Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles.
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