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Paul Newman

Paul Newman

Acting

Born: January 26, 1925Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA

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
Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé

Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé

Self (archive footage)

2022
Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes

Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes

Self (archive footage)

2021
Morceaux de Cannes

Morceaux de Cannes

2021
kid 90

kid 90

Self (archive footage)

2021
Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story

Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story

Self (archive footage)

2020
Steve McQueen: American Icon

Steve McQueen: American Icon

Self (archive footage)

2017
Cars 3

Cars 3

Doc Hudson (voice) (archive sound)

2017
Best of Enemies

Best of Enemies

Self (archival)

2015
Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman

Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman

Self (archive footage)

2015
The Emperor's New Clothes

The Emperor's New Clothes

Self (archive footage)

2015
Tab Hunter Confidential

Tab Hunter Confidential

Self (archive footage)

2015
Hollywood sul Tevere

Hollywood sul Tevere

2009
Waking Sleeping Beauty

Waking Sleeping Beauty

Self (archive footage)

2009
The Meerkats

The Meerkats

Narrator (voice)

2008
The Price of Sugar

The Price of Sugar

Narrator (voice)

2007
Dale

Dale

Narrator (voice)

2007
Geared-Up

Geared-Up

2006
Mater and the Ghostlight

Mater and the Ghostlight

Doc Hudson (voice)

2006
Cars

Cars

Doc Hudson (voice)

2006
The Wild Bunch: The True Tale of Butch and Sundance

The Wild Bunch: The True Tale of Butch and Sundance

Self

2006

Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time

Chance Wayne (archive footage)

2006
Roving Mars

Roving Mars

Self (Introduction)

2006
Who Needs Sleep?

Who Needs Sleep?

Self

2006
All of What Follows Is True: The Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'

All of What Follows Is True: The Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'

Self

2006
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon

Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon

Dave Scott (voice)

2005
The Art of 'The Sting'

The Art of 'The Sting'

Self

2005
Tell Them Who You Are

Tell Them Who You Are

Self

2004
The Education of Gore Vidal

The Education of Gore Vidal

Self

2003
Our Town

Our Town

Stage Manager

2003
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages

Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages

Self

2002
Road to Perdition

Road to Perdition

John Rooney

2002
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Outlaws Out of Time

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Outlaws Out of Time

Self

2002
Heart of the Festival

Heart of the Festival

Self (archive footage)

2002

Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film

Self (archive footage)

2002
The Hustler: The Inside Story

The Hustler: The Inside Story

Self (archive footage)

2002
The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"

The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"

Self

2001
Where the Money Is

Where the Money Is

Henry

2000
Altman on His Own Terms

Altman on His Own Terms

Self

2000
Black Light Dreams: The 25 Years of the Famous People Players

Black Light Dreams: The 25 Years of the Famous People Players

Self

2000
Message in a Bottle

Message in a Bottle

Dodge Blake

1999
Twilight

Twilight

Harry Ross

1998
Super Speedway

Super Speedway

Narrator (voice)

1997
Nobody's Fool

Nobody's Fool

Sully Sullivan

1994
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

Brick / Chance Wayne (archive footage)

1994
The Hudsucker Proxy

The Hudsucker Proxy

Sidney J. Mussburger

1994
La Classe américaine

La Classe américaine

Dave (archive footage)

1993
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge

Mr. & Mrs. Bridge

Walter Bridge

1990

The Mastery of Motion

Himself

1990
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

Self (archive footage)

1990
Blaze

Blaze

Gov. Earl K. Long

1989
Fat Man and Little Boy

Fat Man and Little Boy

Gen. Leslie R. Groves

1989

Ancient Forests: Rage Over Trees

Host

1989

Production Story: Fat Man and Little Boy

Self

1989

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

Self

1989
Hello Actors Studio

Hello Actors Studio

Self

1988
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

Self

1988

The Racing Experience

Host

1988

Driven to Excellence

Himself

1987
The Color of Money

The Color of Money

Eddie Felson

1986

A Step Away from War

Host

1986
Circuit

Circuit

Self

1985
Harry & Son

Harry & Son

Harry Keach

1984
The Verdict

The Verdict

Frank Galvin

1982
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady

Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady

1982
Night of 100 Stars

Night of 100 Stars

Self

1982
Come Along with Me

Come Along with Me

Hughie (voice)

1982
Absence of Malice

Absence of Malice

Michael Colin Gallagher

1981
Fort Apache, the Bronx

Fort Apache, the Bronx

Murphy

1981
When Time Ran Out...

When Time Ran Out...

Hank Anderson

1980
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's

The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's

Self (archive footage)

1980
Pole Position: i guerrieri della Formula 1

Pole Position: i guerrieri della Formula 1

Self

1980
Angel Death

Angel Death

Narrator / Host

1979
Quintet

Quintet

Essex

1979

War Without Winners

Host

1978
Slap Shot

Slap Shot

Reggie 'Reg' Dunlop

1977
From the Prairie to the Palace

From the Prairie to the Palace

1976
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson

The Star (William F. Cody)

1976
Silent Movie

Silent Movie

Self

1976
The Drowning Pool

The Drowning Pool

Lew Harper

1975

McCarthy: Death of a Witch Hunter

Self - Host

1975
Harper Days are Here Again

Harper Days are Here Again

Self

1975
The Towering Inferno

The Towering Inferno

Doug Roberts

1974
The Sting

The Sting

Henry Gondorff

1973
The MacKintosh Man

The MacKintosh Man

Rearden

1973

Paul Newman

Self

1973
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

Judge Roy Bean

1972
Pocket Money

Pocket Money

Jim Kane

1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Self (archive footage)

1972

What She's Doing Up There is Not Accidental

Himself

1972
The Distant Drummer: Flowers of Darkness

The Distant Drummer: Flowers of Darkness

Narrator

1972
Sometimes a Great Notion

Sometimes a Great Notion

Hank Stamper

1971
WUSA

WUSA

Rheinhardt

1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

Self (archive footage)

1970
A Private Decision

A Private Decision

Self

1970
The Making Of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'

The Making Of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'

Self

1970
A Long Way from Nowhere

A Long Way from Nowhere

Narrator

1970
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Butch Cassidy

1969
Winning

Winning

Frank Capua

1969

Three Young Americans in Search of Survival

Host

1969
The Secret War of Harry Frigg

The Secret War of Harry Frigg

Pvt. Harry Frigg

1968
Cool Hand Luke

Cool Hand Luke

Luke Jackson

1967
Hombre

Hombre

John Russell

1967
Torn Curtain

Torn Curtain

Michael Armstrong

1966
Harper

Harper

Lew Harper

1966
A Year Towards Tomorrow

A Year Towards Tomorrow

Narrator

1966
Lady L

Lady L

Armand Denis

1965
The Outrage

The Outrage

Juan Carrasco

1964
What a Way to Go!

What a Way to Go!

Larry Flint

1964
The Prize

The Prize

Andrew Craig

1963
A New Kind of Love

A New Kind of Love

Steve Sherman

1963
Hud

Hud

Hud Bannon

1963
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man

Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man

The Battler

1962
Sweet Bird of Youth

Sweet Bird of Youth

Chance Wayne

1962
Paris Blues

Paris Blues

Ram Bowen

1961
The Hustler

The Hustler

Eddie Felson

1961
Exodus

Exodus

Ari Ben Canaan

1960
From the Terrace

From the Terrace

David Alfred Eaton

1960
The Young Philadelphians

The Young Philadelphians

Anthony Judson Lawrence

1959
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!

Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!

Harry Bannerman

1958
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Brick

1958
The Long, Hot Summer

The Long, Hot Summer

Ben Quick

1958
The Left Handed Gun

The Left Handed Gun

Billy The Kid

1958
Until They Sail

Until They Sail

Capt. Jack Harding

1957
The Helen Morgan Story

The Helen Morgan Story

Larry Maddux

1957
The Rack

The Rack

Capt. Edward W. Hall, Jr.

1956
Bang the Drum Slowly

Bang the Drum Slowly

Henry "Author" Wiggen

1956
Somebody Up There Likes Me

Somebody Up There Likes Me

Rocky Graziano

1956
The Battler

The Battler

Ad Francis

1955
Our Town

Our Town

George Gibbs

1955
The Silver Chalice

The Silver Chalice

Basil

1954