Born and raised for a time in Pelion, South Carolina, African-American actor Paul Benjamin is the youngest of twelve children born to a Baptist preacher, the Reverend Fair Benjamin, and his wife Rosa. Paul lost his mother while still a baby and his father as a child. He moved to Columbia, South Carolina, where he was taken in by one of his older ...
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
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Mayor Tom Bradley presented Paul with a Commendation from the City of Los Angeles for Paul's play, "Carrier," for which Paula Kelly won the 1982 NAACP Image Awards for Best Actress. She, along with Paul and actor/poet Roscoe Lee Browne, received Certificates of Recognition from Sen. Diane Watson for their performances in the same play.
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Durable African-American character from stage, TV and film who appeared on the scene in the late 60s.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Occupy, Texas
2016
Mr. Goodman
The Talk Man
2011
Dallas
Ascension Day
2007
Sam
Back in the Day
2005
Cody
The Shield
2004
TV Series
Perry
Law & Order
2003
TV Series
Lonnie Jackson
Deacons for Defense
2003
TV Movie
Otis
The Station Agent
2003
Henry Styles
ER
1994-2002
TV Series
Al Ervin
American Masters
2002
TV Series documentary
Grandfather
Angel: One More Road to Cross
2001
Video
Minister
Angel
2001
TV Series
Fellow Resident
Stanley's Gig
2000
Teddy Branson
Last Rites
1999
TV Movie
Fez
The Breaks
1999
Clerk
Hoodlum
1997
Whispers
Rosewood
1997
James Carrier
Vanishing Point
1997
TV Movie
Mose, Snake Wrangler
Psalms from the Underground
1996
Short
New York Undercover
1995
TV Series
The Professor
The Fence
1994
Del Reston
Sweet Justice
1994
TV Series
Beecher Lowe
Drop Squad
1994
Wellington Cosbie
Knots Landing
1993
TV Series
Mr. Carter
Back to the Streets of San Francisco
1992
TV Movie
Henry Brown
The Super
1991
Gilliam
The Five Heartbeats
1991
Mr. King
Pink Cadillac
1989
Judge
Do the Right Thing
1989
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American Playhouse
1989
TV Series
Rashad
In the Heat of the Night
1989
TV Series
George Brownlow
Night Heat
1987-1988
TV Series
Archie / Paul Allen
Diamonds
1988
TV Series
Devareaux
Nuts
1987
Harry Harrison
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
1987
TV Movie
Big Sam
A Stranger Waits
1987
TV Movie
Cooper
The Atlanta Child Murders
1985
TV Mini-Series
Homer Williams
Deadly Force
1983
Lester
Some Kind of Hero
1982
Leon
Gideon's Trumpet
1980
TV Movie
Artis
Escape from Alcatraz
1979
English
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
1979
TV Movie
Freeman
One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story
1977
TV Movie
John LeFlore
Kojak
1977
TV Series
Willie Daniels
Serpico
1976
TV Series
Eddie Pickett
Leadbelly
1976
Wes Ledbetter
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
1976
TV Movie
Ramsey
Friday Foster
1975
Sen. David Lee Hart
Police Story
1975
TV Series
Jesse
Police Woman
1975
TV Series
Roman Washington
Starsky and Hutch
1975
TV Series
Detective Burke
Distance
1975
Elwood
Friendly Persuasion
1975
TV Movie
Swan Stebeney
The Education of Sonny Carson
1974
Pops
The Deadly Trackers
1973
Jacob
Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside
1973
TV Movie
Lt. Valentine
Across 110th Street
1972
Jim Harris
Born to Win
1971
Fixer
The Anderson Tapes
1971
Jimmy
Midnight Cowboy
1969
Bartender - New York
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
In the Heat of the Night
1990
TV Series
George Brownlow
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2004
PFCS Award
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
Best Ensemble Acting
The Station Agent (2003)
2004
Actor
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
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