Person

Paul Newman

Acting · 1925–2008 · Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA

Biography

Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008) was an American actor, film director, entrepreneur, humanitarian, professional racing driver, auto racing team owner, and auto racing enthusiast. He won numerous awards, including an Academy Award for best actor for his performance in the 1986 Martin Scorsese film The Color of Money and eight other nominations, three Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award, an Emmy award, and many honorary awards. He also won several national championships as a driver in Sports Car Club of America road racing, and his race teams won several championships in open wheel IndyCar racing. Newman was a co-founder of Newman's Own, a food company from which Newman donated all post-tax profits and royalties to charity.

Known for

Filmography

2023Superpowered: The DC StorySelf (archive footage)
2023Paul Newman: The RestlessSelf
2022Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland JofféSelf (archive footage)
2022The Last Movie StarsSelf (archive footage)
2021Paul Newman, Behind Blue EyesSelf (archive footage)
2021Morceaux de Cannes
2021kid 90Self (archive footage)
2020Jay Sebring… Cutting to the TruthSelf(archive footage)
2020Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs StorySelf (archive footage)
2017Steve McQueen: American IconSelf (archive footage)
2017Cars 3Doc Hudson (voice) (archive sound)
2015Best of EnemiesSelf (archival)
2015Winning: The Racing Life of Paul NewmanSelf (archive footage)
2015Iconic Couples of HollywoodSelf (archive footage)
2015The Emperor's New ClothesSelf (archive footage)
2015Tab Hunter ConfidentialSelf (archive)
2013Talking PicturesSelf (archive footage)
2010I'm Still HereThanks
2009Hollywood sul Tevere
2009Waking Sleeping BeautySelf (archive footage)
2008The MeerkatsNarrator (voice)
2007The Price of SugarNarrator (voice)
2007DaleNarrator (voice)
2006Geared-Up
2006Mater and the GhostlightDoc Hudson (voice)
2006CarsDoc Hudson (voice)
2006The Wild Bunch: The True Tale of Butch and SundanceSelf
2006Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing TimeChance Wayne (archive footage)
2006Roving MarsSelf (Introduction)
2006Who Needs Sleep?Self
2006All of What Follows Is True: The Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'Self
2005IconoclastsSelf
2005Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the MoonDave Scott (voice)
2005The Art of 'The Sting'Self
2005Empire FallsMax Roby
2004Tell Them Who You AreSelf
2003The Education of Gore VidalSelf
2003Our TownStage Manager
2002Christopher Plummer: A Man For All StagesSelf
2002Road to PerditionJohn Rooney
2002Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Outlaws Out of TimeSelf
2002HypaSpaceSelf
2002Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in FilmSelf (archive footage)
2002The Hustler: The Inside StorySelf (archive footage)
2001The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"Self
2000Where the Money IsHenry
2000Black Light Dreams: The 25 Years of the Famous People PlayersSelf
2000Altman on His Own TermsSelf
1999Message in a BottleDodge Blake
1999The DirectorsSelf
1998TwilightHarry Ross
1997Super SpeedwayNarrator (voice)
1996E! True Hollywood Story
1994Nobody's FoolSully Sullivan
1994Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American StageBrick / Chance Wayne (archive footage)
1994Baseball(voice)
1994Inside the Actors StudioSelf
1994The Hudsucker ProxySidney J. Mussburger
1993La Classe américaineDave (archive footage)
1993Late Show with David LettermanSelf - Audience Member
1992The Tonight Show with Jay LenoSelf - Guest
1990Mr. & Mrs. BridgeWalter Bridge
1990The Mastery of MotionHimself
1990Steve McQueen: Man on the EdgeSelf (archive footage)
1989The SimpsonsPaul Newman (voice)
1989BlazeGov. Earl K. Long
1989Fat Man and Little BoyGen. Leslie R. Groves
1989Ancient Forests: Rage Over TreesHost
1989Production Story: Fat Man and Little BoySelf
1989Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group TheatreSelf
1988Hello Actors StudioSelf
1988John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the MaverickSelf
1988The Racing ExperienceHost
1987The Glass MenagerieDirector
1987Driven to ExcellenceHimself
1986The Color of MoneyEddie Felson
1986A Step Away from WarHost
1985CircuitSelf
1984Harry & SonHarry Keach
1982The VerdictFrank Galvin
1982Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982Night of 100 StarsSelf
1982Come Along with MeHughie (voice)
1982American PlayhouseHughie (voice)
1981Absence of MaliceMichael Colin Gallagher
1981Fort Apache, the BronxMurphy
1980The Shadow BoxDirector
1980When Time Ran Out...Hank Anderson
1980The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70'sSelf (archive footage)
1980Pole Position: i guerrieri della Formula 1Self
1979Angel DeathNarrator / Host
1979QuintetEssex
1978The Kennedy Center HonorsSelf
1978War Without WinnersHost
1977Please Turn the PageSelf
1977Slap ShotReggie 'Reg' Dunlop
1976From the Prairie to the Palace
1976Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History LessonThe Star (William F. Cody)
1976Silent MovieSelf
1975The Drowning PoolLew Harper
1975Harper Days are Here AgainSelf
1975McCarthy: Death of a Witch HunterSelf - Host
1974The Towering InfernoDoug Roberts
1974Spécial cinémaSelf
1973The StingHenry Gondorff
1973The MacKintosh ManRearden
1973Paul NewmanSelf
1972The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon MarigoldsProducer
1972The Life and Times of Judge Roy BeanJudge Roy Bean
1972Pocket MoneyJim Kane
1972Hollywood: The Dream FactorySelf (archive footage)
1972The Distant Drummer: Flowers of DarknessNarrator
1972What She's Doing Up There is Not AccidentalHimself
1971Sometimes a Great NotionHank Stamper
1971Film '72Self
1971They Might Be GiantsProducer
1971Once Upon a WheelSelf - Host / Narrator
1970The Making Of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'Self
1970WUSARheinhardt
1970King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to MemphisSelf (archive footage)
1970A Long Way from NowhereNarrator
1970A Private DecisionSelf
1969Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KidButch Cassidy
1969WinningFrank Capua
1969Three Young Americans in Search of SurvivalHost
1968Rachel, RachelDirector
1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest
1968The Secret War of Harry FriggPvt. Harry Frigg
1967Cool Hand LukeLuke Jackson
1967HombreJohn Russell
1966Torn CurtainMichael Armstrong
1966HarperLew Harper
1966A Year Towards TomorrowNarrator
1965Lady LArmand Denis
1964The OutrageJuan Carrasco
1964What a Way to Go!Larry Flint
1963The PrizeAndrew Craig
1963A New Kind of LoveSteve Sherman
1963HudHud Bannon
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
1962The Merv Griffin ShowSelf
1962Jackie Gleason and His American Scene MagazineEddie Felson
1962Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young ManThe Battler
1962Sweet Bird of YouthChance Wayne
1961The Mike Douglas ShowSelf
1961Paris BluesRam Bowen
1961The HustlerEddie Felson
1960ExodusAri Ben Canaan
1960From the TerraceDavid Alfred Eaton
1959The Young PhiladelphiansAnthony Judson Lawrence
1959The Bell Telephone HourSelf
1958Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!Harry Bannerman
1958Cat on a Hot Tin RoofBrick
1958The Long, Hot SummerBen Quick
1958The Left Handed GunBilly The Kid
1957Until They SailCapt. Jack Harding
1957The Helen Morgan StoryLarry Maddux
1956The RackCapt. Edward W. Hall, Jr.
1956Bang the Drum SlowlyHenry "Author" Wiggen
1956Somebody Up There Likes MeRocky Graziano
1956The Kaiser Aluminum HourPvt. Danny Scott
1956Tony AwardsSelf - Presenter
1955The BattlerAd Francis
1955Playwrights '56Ad Francis
1955Our TownGeorge Gibbs
1955Appointment with AdventureMack
1954The Silver ChaliceBasil
1954Producers' ShowcaseGeorge Gibbs
1954The Joe Palooka StoryFight Spectator (uncredited)
1953The United States Steel HourTom Corey
1953The Man Behind the Badge
1953The OscarsSelf
1951Tales of TomorrowSgt. Wilson
1950DangerJeff
1950Armstrong Circle TheatreJimmy Polo
1950What's My Line?Self - Mystery Guest
1949SuspenseCaptain Radetski
1948The Philco Television PlayhouseBilly the Kid
1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf
1947Kraft Television Theatre
1944Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
—On the Harmfulness of TobaccoDirector

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