Paul Benjamin

Paul Benjamin

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 performances in the TV adaptations of I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings and Gideon's Trumpet. He later starred in the HBO movie The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains, based on the novel by Robert E. Burns. On the big screen in the 1990s, Benjamin worked with some well known directors. He appeared in Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing, Robert Townsend's The Five Heartbeats, Bill Duke's Hoodlum, and John Singleton's Rosewood. On television, he appeared in the 1994 pilot episode of ER, which led to his recurring role of homeless man Al Ervin during the next few seasons. Benjamin also worked on the American Masters documentary of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ralph Ellison, which aired on PBS. After 2000, he appeared primarily in small independent films like Stanley's Gig, The Station Agent, Deacons For Defense, and James Hunter's 2004 drama Back in the Day. He recently made a special appearance in the independent film The Talk Man, directed by Gene Gallerano. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Benjamin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1938-02-04
Place of Birth: Pelion, South Carolina, USA
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Movies List of Paul Benjamin

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Do the Right Thing

1989 Movie
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The Station Agent

2003 Movie
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Escape from Alcatraz

1979 Movie
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The Anderson Tapes

1971 Movie
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Leadbelly

1976 Movie
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Deacons for Defense

2003 Movie
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Friendly Persuasion

1975 Movie
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Gideon's Trumpet

1980 Movie
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The Deadly Trackers

1973 Movie
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Ascension Day

2007 Movie
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Stanley's Gig

2000 Movie
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Hoodlum

1997 Movie
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Deadly Force

1983 Movie
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Midnight Cowboy

1969 Movie
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Rosewood

1997 Movie
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Some Kind of Hero

1982 Movie
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Distance

1975 Movie
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Across 110th Street

1972 Movie
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The Breaks

1999 Movie
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Back in the Day

2005 Movie
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DMX: Angel

2001 Movie
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Born to Win

1971 Movie
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Friday Foster

1975 Movie
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A Stranger Waits

1987 Movie
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Nuts

1987 Movie
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The Meeting

1989 Movie