Actor

Paul Winfield

55 credited titles on WatchWise

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.

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Strongest genre

Biggest hit

Standout efficiency

Sounder · gross ÷ budget

Commercial performance

Associated lifetime gross

$174M

Combined reported budget

$44M

Gross / budget

4.0x

Bankability Index

49 / 100

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