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PAUL WINFIELD was only the third African-American to receive an Academy Award nomination for best actor when he was honored for his performance as Nathan Lee Morgan, the loving sharecropper father in the 1972 classic Sounder. His last role was a cameo in the 2003 made-for-TV remake of Sounder. Winfield won an Emmy in 1995 for his role as a federal judge on Picket Fences, and had previously been nominated for his lauded performance as the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1978 miniseries King, again in 1979 for Roots: the Next Generation. He also received an NAACP Image Award in 1982 for the TV movie The Sophisticated Gents. A character actor with a long resumé, Winfield has appeared in more than 40 feature films, including Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Damnation Alley, The Terminator and Mars Attacks! He also had a busy career in television since the 1950's, with roles in Perry Mason, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Mission: Impossible, Mannix, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and many others, and more recently had recurring roles in L.A. Law and Touched by an Angel. He lent his voice several times to The Simpsons and Batman Beyond and also appeared in Babylon 5.
Bio as of March, 2009.
American Theatre Wing programs, interviews and/or credits include:
Working in the Theatre (video)
Performance - September, 1988 - Watch now.
Internet Broadway Database Listing (IBDB.com)
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