Personal Info
Known Credits
33
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1938-02-04 (87 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Pelion, South Carolina, USA
Also Known For
Paul Benjamin
Biography
Paul Benjamin (born 1938) is an American actor. Benjamin was born in Pelion, South Carolina. He made his film debut in 1969 as a bartender in Midnight Cowboy. After a small role in Sidney Lumet's The Anderson Tapes, he did extensive television work in the 1970s. A few notable exceptions were a major role in Barry Shear's Across 110th Street, and smaller parts in Gordon Parks' biopic Leadbelly, Arthur Marks' Friday Foster, and Don Siegel's prison film Escape from Alcatraz. He gave exceptional p ...
Acting
2007 --
Ascension Day
| Sam
2005 --
Back in the Day
| Cody
2003 --
The Station Agent
| Henry Styles
2003 --
Deacons for Defense
| Otis
2001 --
DMX: Angel
| Minister
2000 --
Stanley's Gig
| Teddy Branson
1999 --
The Breaks
| Clerk
1997 --
Hoodlum
| Whispers
1997 --
Rosewood
| James Carrier
1992 --
Back to the Streets of San Francisco
| Henry Brown
1989 --
Do the Right Thing
| ML
1989 --
The Meeting
| Rashad
1987 --
Nuts
| Harry Harrison
1987 --
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
| Big Sam
1987 --
A Stranger Waits
| Cooper
1983 --
Deadly Force
| Lester
1982 --
Some Kind of Hero
| Leon
1980 --
Gideon's Trumpet
| Artis
1979 --
Escape from Alcatraz
| English
1979 --
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
| Freeman
1978 --
One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story
| John LeFlore
1976 --
Leadbelly
| Wes Ledbetter
1976 --
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
| Ramsey
1975 --
Friday Foster
| Senator David Lee Hart
1975 --
Distance
| Sgt. Elwood Horne
1975 --
Friendly Persuasion
| Swan Stebeney
1974 --
The Education of Sonny Carson
| Pops
1973 --
The Deadly Trackers
| Jacob
1973 --
Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside
| Lt. Valentine
1972 --
Across 110th Street
| Jim Harris
1971 --
Born to Win
| Fixer
1971 --
The Anderson Tapes
| Jimmy
1969 --
Midnight Cowboy
| Bartender