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Paul Winfield - American actor of a wide profile

Paul Winfield is an American broad-based actor: theater, film, television and film dubbing. Usually such a variety does not benefit the actor if he tries to succeed in several genres at once. As a result, the quality of work leaves much to be desired in all his endeavors, but Paul Winfield somehow managed to cope with all his characters. The directors, in any case, were always satisfied. However, Paul Winfield also had a weak spot: he could not be reorganized during one shooting day from a comedic character to a dramatic one. The directors knew this and tried to build roles for Paul in a certain order - dramatic separately, comedic - separately.

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Paul Winfield: biography

The actor was born in Los Angeles on May 22, 1939. He was raised by a single mother. Paul's adoptive father, Clarence Winfield, a simple worker, a garbage collector, appeared in the family when the boy was already eight years old. He gave the child his last name.

Secondary education Paul Winfield received at a school in Los Angeles, and higher - at several universities, the most recent of which were Stanford and California. And the main and most significant in terms of knowledge was Portland. Exam Paul had to pass only one, in the last in a row university.

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First shoot

Paul Winfield began acting on television, performing several small roles in the series "Perry Mason". And on the big screen for the first time appeared in some low-budget film, where his name was not even indicated in the credits. That was in 1967.

In 1969, Paul Winfield received his first prominent role in the movie "Lost." Despite the fact that the television character went unnoticed, the actor had to rebuild to play on the big screen. Then Paul went to the theater for a long time. For several years he played in various theatrical performances, however, on Broadway he performed as a performer in only one production called "Complete Collapse", 1988. After this performance, Winfield again returned to the big movie.

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Actor's Activities

During his career, the actor starred quite a lot. Paul Winfield, whose filmography includes more than thirty films, forty-two television series and the dubbing of six multi-part animated films, worked actively. Below is a short list of films with his participation. Paul Winfield, films with whose participation has already found his audience, tried to strengthen his reputation.

  • "Difficult Man" (1972), the role of Chucky Price.
  • "Sounder" (1972), the role of Nathan Lee Morgan.
  • "Konrak" (1974), Mad Billy.
  • "Huckleberry Finn" (1974), the role of runaway slave Jim.
  • The Dirty Case (1975), Sergeant Louis Belgrave.
  • "Cursed Valley" (1977), the role of Keegan.
  • The Last Glimpse of Twilight (1977), Willis Powell.
  • "Copy in Negative" (1981), the role of Bob Garvey.
  • "The White Dog" (1982), the role of Keyes.
  • "The Terminator" (1984), the role of Lieutenant Ed Trexler.
  • Blue City (1986), Luther Reynolds.
  • "Specialists" (1987), the role of Johnny Red.
  • "The Serpent and the Rainbow" (1988), Celine.
  • The Presumption of Innocence (1990), the role of Larren Little.
  • The Climber (1993), Walter Wright.
  • "Dennis the Tormentor" (1993), the role of police commissioner.
  • The Hot City (1996), Rev. Dorsey.
  • "Mars Attacks" (1996), the role of General Casey.
  • "Vegas - The City of Dreams" (2001), Edgar Jones.
  • "A Second to Death" (2002), the role of Detective Grady.

TV roles

  • "Perry Mason" (1971), the role of Mitch.
  • "Dactari" (1966), the role of Kimba.
  • The Roots (1979), Dr. Horatio Hugley.
  • "Gray and Blue" (1982), the role of Jonathan Henry.
  • "Family Matters" (1991), the role of Jimmy Byens.
  • Star Trek (1991), the role of Captain Daton.
  • The White Dwarf (1995), Dr. Akada.
  • "Second Noah" (1996), the role of Ramses.
  • "The Investigation of Jordan" (2002), Philip Sanders.

Voice acting

  • "Fairy Tales for All Children" (1995), the role of the Father.
  • The Gargoyles (1996), Jeffrey Robbins.
  • The Magic School Bead (1996), Mr. Rule.
  • The Simpsons (1998), Lucios.
  • Spider-Man (1997), Omar Mosley.
  • Batman (2000), Sam Young.

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Awards

  1. Oscar nomination in the category “Most Notable Male Role” in the movie “Sounder”.
  2. Emmy Award for One of the Best Male Roles in Martin Luther King.
  3. Prime time prize "Emmy", nomination "The most noticeable male role" in the mini-series "Roots".
  4. In 1982, Image Award, nomination for "Best Actor in a Television Movie, Drama, or Series."
  5. 1995 - Emmy Prime Time Prize for Best Guest Actor in the drama-psychological series Swordsman Outpost.
  6. In 1997 - the Emmy Award in the nomination "Best Participation in the Children's Film" The Legendary Narrative of an Alligator Man ".
  7. In 1999 - "Lifetime Award for Special Achievements in the Profession". The place of delivery is the St. Louis Film Festival.
  8. In 2004 - Award in the nomination "Best Supporting Television Actor". The film "Sounder".

Personal life

Winfield Paul never had a family, he did not have a wife and children. He was an open homosexual and did not hide it. For a long time I was in intimate relationship with a certain Charles Gylan, an architect who died in 2002 from bone disease.

Paul Winfield outlived his partner by only two years. Recently, the actor suffered from diabetes and obesity. On May 7, 2004, he suddenly died of a massive heart attack and was buried in the Hollywood Hills Cemetery.

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