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Paul Winfield

1939 - 2004

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Paul Edward Winfield (May 22, 1939 – March 7, 2004) 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 (1972), which earned him an Academy Award nomination. Winfield portrayed Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1978 television miniseries King, for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2024). Paul Winfield is the 2,299th most popular actor (down from 1,990th in 2024), the 4,014th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,258th in 2019) and the 1,115th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Paul Winfield ranks 2,299 out of 13,578. Before him are Rosa Albach-Retty, David Janssen, Sarah Miles, Josh Dallas, Gig Young, and Guillaume Depardieu. After him are Josh Hartnett, Brigitte Lin, Dita Von Teese, Paul Rudd, Julio Baghy, and Aaron Paul.

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Among people born in 1939, Paul Winfield ranks 208. Before him are Conny Andersson, Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, Robert James Waller, Christodoulos of Athens, Michael Gazzaniga, and Flavio Cotti. After him are Jack Lang, Angelo Sormani, Abdul Ati al-Obeidi, Elena Obraztsova, Leonid Kanevsky, and Patrick Wayne. Among people deceased in 2004, Paul Winfield ranks 126. Before him are Jozef Lenárt, Jacques Georges, Alexandra Ripley, Jesús Gil, Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, and René Laloux. After him are Tom Wesselmann, Lucia Berlin, Big Boss Man, Briek Schotte, Helmut Griem, and Piero Piccioni.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul Winfield ranks 4,014 out of 20,380. Before him are Louis Prima (1910), Josh Dallas (1978), Gene Krupa (1909), Gig Young (1913), Mick Mars (1951), and Ma Rainey (1886). After him are Alan Sokal (1955), Maurice Hilleman (1919), Josh Hartnett (1978), Dita Von Teese (1972), Paul Rudd (1969), and Aaron Paul (1979).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Paul Winfield ranks 1,115. Before him are Steve Harvey (1957), Shirley Jones (1934), Katherine Heigl (1978), David Janssen (1931), Josh Dallas (1978), and Gig Young (1913). After him are Josh Hartnett (1978), Dita Von Teese (1972), Paul Rudd (1969), Aaron Paul (1979), Jessie Royce Landis (1896), and Tallulah Bankhead (1902).

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