Paul Newman

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

Brick

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Luke Jackson

Cool Hand Luke

Doc Hudson (voice)

Cars

Narrator

A Long Way from Nowhere

Eddie Felson

The Hustler

Butch Cassidy

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Dodge Blake

Message in a Bottle

Ari Ben Canaan

Exodus

Andrew Craig

The Prize

John Rooney

Road to Perdition

Chance Wayne (archive footage)

Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time

Self

Silent Movie

Dave Scott (voice)

Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon

Doug Roberts

The Towering Inferno

Michael Armstrong

Torn Curtain

Narrator (voice)

Super Speedway

Reggie 'Reg' Dunlop

Slap Shot

Sully Sullivan

Nobody's Fool

Frank Galvin

The Verdict

Larry Flint

What a Way to Go!

Gov. Earl K. Long

Blaze

Sidney J. Mussburger

The Hudsucker Proxy

Murphy

Fort Apache, the Bronx

Hud Bannon

Hud

Eddie Felson

The Color of Money

Henry

Where the Money Is

Pvt. Harry Frigg

The Secret War of Harry Frigg

Self (archive footage)

The Hustler: The Inside Story

Lew Harper

Harper

Harry Ross

Twilight

Lew Harper

The Drowning Pool

Rearden

The MacKintosh Man

Henry Gondorff

The Sting

Chance Wayne

Sweet Bird of Youth

Judge Roy Bean

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

Gen. Leslie R. Groves

Fat Man and Little Boy

Ram Bowen

Paris Blues

John Russell

Hombre

Rocky Graziano

Somebody Up There Likes Me

Ben Quick

The Long, Hot Summer

Hank Stamper

Sometimes a Great Notion

Doc Hudson (voice)

Mater and the Ghostlight

Self (archive footage)

The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's

The Star (William F. Cody)

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

Billy The Kid

The Left Handed Gun

David Alfred Eaton

From the Terrace

Frank Capua

Winning

Steve Sherman

A New Kind of Love

Anthony Judson Lawrence

The Young Philadelphians

Dave (archive footage)

La Classe américaine

Essex

Quintet

Jim Kane

Pocket Money

Narrator (voice)

The Meerkats

Basil

The Silver Chalice

Hank Anderson

When Time Ran Out...

Self (Introduction)

Roving Mars

Rheinhardt

WUSA

Michael Colin Gallagher

Absence of Malice

Armand Denis

Lady L

Stage Manager

Our Town

Capt. Edward W. Hall, Jr.

The Rack

Self (archive footage)

Paul Newman, derrière les yeux bleus

Harry Keach

Harry & Son

Juan Carrasco

The Outrage

Self - Portrait Subject & Interviewee (archive footage)

Paul Newman, l'intranquille

Narrator

The Distant Drummer: Flowers of Darkness

Self (archive footage)

The Kid Stays in the Picture

Self (archive footage)

The Emperor's New Clothes

Self (archive footage)

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Capt. Jack Harding

Until They Sail

Self

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

Larry Maddux

The Helen Morgan Story

Harry Bannerman

Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!

The Battler

Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man

Walter Bridge

Mr. & Mrs. Bridge

Self

Harper Days are Here Again

Self (archive footage)

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

Narrator / Host

Angel Death

Narrator

A Year Towards Tomorrow

Self (archive footage)

L'Énigme Charlotte Rampling

Self

Hello Actors Studio

Self

Who Needs Sleep?

Self (archive footage)

Waking Sleeping Beauty

Doc Hudson (voice) (archive sound)

Cars 3

Self (archive footage)

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

Self (archive footage)

Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman

Self

Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre

Self (archive footage)

Denzel Washington : Un modèle américain

Self (archive footage)

Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

Self

The Art of 'The Sting'

Cars Wal-Mart Exclusive Geared UP

Henry "Author" Wiggen

Bang the Drum Slowly

Self

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

Self - Host

McCarthy: Death of a Witch Hunter

Self (archive footage)

Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth

Self

The Wild Bunch: The True Tale of Butch and Sundance

Narrator (voice)

Dale

Self (archive footage)

Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story

Brick / Chance Wayne (archive footage)

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

Self

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

Self

Tell Them Who You Are

Self (archive footage)

Tab Hunter Confidential

Self

Pole Position: i guerrieri della Formula 1

Self

The Education of Gore Vidal

Self

The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"

Self (archive footage)

Warren Beatty, une obsession hollywoodienne

Self

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Outlaws Out of Time

Ad Francis

The Battler

Hughie (voice)

Come Along with Me

Self (archive footage)

The Celluloid Closet

Self

Circuit

George Gibbs

Our Town

Narrator (voice)

The Price of Sugar

Self

Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages

Self (archive footage)

kid 90

Self

The Making Of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'

Self

Night of 100 Stars

Self (archive footage)

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Host

War Without Winners

Himself

What She's Doing Up There is Not Accidental

Host

Three Young Americans in Search of Survival

Host

A Step Away from War

Host

The Racing Experience

Host

Ancient Forests: Rage Over Trees

Self

Paul Newman

Himself

Production Story: Fat Man and Little Boy

Himself

The Mastery of Motion

Himself

Driven to Excellence

Self (uncredited archive footage: 1973 BBC interview)

Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film

Self

Altman on His Own Terms

Self (archive footage)

Steve McQueen: American Icon

Doc Hudson (voice)

Pixar Short Films

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

132

Gender

Male

Birthday

1925-01-26

Place of Birth

Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA

Also Known As

保羅紐曼