Paul Winfield

Biography

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.

Most Known For

The Simpsons

as Lucius Sweet (voice)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

as Captain Dathon

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Batman: The Animated Series

as Earl Cooper (voice)

Perry Mason

as Mitch

Murder, She Wrote

as Starkey

Mission: Impossible

as Klaus

Babylon 5

as Gen. Richard Franklin

Crossing Jordan

as Phillip Sanders

The Terminator

as Traxler

Spider-Man

as Omar Mosley / Black Marvel (voice)

Family Matters

as Jimmy Baines

L.A. Law

as Derron Holloway

Batman Beyond

as Sam Young (voice)

Touched by an Angel

as Sam

Gargoyles

as Jeffrey Robbins (voice)

The Fall Guy

as Bert Perkins

The Name of the Game

as Barada

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

as Father (voice)

Picket Fences

as Judge Harold Nance