Paul Newman
Acting • Born 1925-01-26 – Died 2008-09-26
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.
Filmography
173 credits
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Movie • 1958
Brick
Cool Hand Luke
Movie • 1967
Luke Jackson
Cars
Movie • 2006
Doc Hudson (voice)
A Long Way from Nowhere
Movie • 1970
Narrator
The Hustler
Movie • 1961
Eddie Felson
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Movie • 1969
Butch Cassidy
Message in a Bottle
Movie • 1999
Dodge Blake
Exodus
Movie • 1960
Ari Ben Canaan
The Prize
Movie • 1963
Andrew Craig
Road to Perdition
Movie • 2002
John Rooney
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time
Movie • 2006
Chance Wayne (archive footage)
Silent Movie
Movie • 1976
Self
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
Movie • 2005
Dave Scott (voice)
The Towering Inferno
Movie • 1974
Doug Roberts
Torn Curtain
Movie • 1966
Michael Armstrong
Super Speedway
Movie • 1997
Narrator (voice)
Slap Shot
Movie • 1977
Reggie 'Reg' Dunlop
Nobody's Fool
Movie • 1994
Sully Sullivan
The Verdict
Movie • 1982
Frank Galvin
Blaze
Movie • 1989
Gov. Earl K. Long
What a Way to Go!
Movie • 1964
Larry Flint
The Hudsucker Proxy
Movie • 1994
Sidney J. Mussburger
Fort Apache, the Bronx
Movie • 1981
Murphy
Hud
Movie • 1963
Hud Bannon
The Color of Money
Movie • 1986
Eddie Felson
Where the Money Is
Movie • 2000
Henry
The Secret War of Harry Frigg
Movie • 1968
Pvt. Harry Frigg
Harper
Movie • 1966
Lew Harper
The Hustler: The Inside Story
Movie • 2002
Self (archive footage)
Twilight
Movie • 1998
Harry Ross
The Drowning Pool
Movie • 1975
Lew Harper
The MacKintosh Man
Movie • 1973
Rearden
The Sting
Movie • 1973
Henry Gondorff
Sweet Bird of Youth
Movie • 1962
Chance Wayne
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
Movie • 1972
Judge Roy Bean
Fat Man and Little Boy
Movie • 1989
Gen. Leslie R. Groves
Paris Blues
Movie • 1961
Ram Bowen
Hombre
Movie • 1967
John Russell
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Movie • 1956
Rocky Graziano
The Long, Hot Summer
Movie • 1958
Ben Quick
Sometimes a Great Notion
Movie • 1971
Hank Stamper
Mater and the Ghostlight
Movie • 2006
Doc Hudson (voice)
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
Movie • 1980
Self (archive footage)
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
Movie • 1976
The Star (William F. Cody)
The Left Handed Gun
Movie • 1958
Billy The Kid
From the Terrace
Movie • 1960
David Alfred Eaton
Winning
Movie • 1969
Frank Capua
A New Kind of Love
Movie • 1963
Steve Sherman
The Young Philadelphians
Movie • 1959
Anthony Judson Lawrence
La Classe américaine
Movie • 1993
Dave (archive footage)
Quintet
Movie • 1979
Essex
Pocket Money
Movie • 1972
Jim Kane
The Meerkats
Movie • 2008
Narrator (voice)
The Silver Chalice
Movie • 1954
Basil
When Time Ran Out...
Movie • 1980
Hank Anderson
Roving Mars
Movie • 2006
Self (Introduction)
WUSA
Movie • 1970
Rheinhardt
Absence of Malice
Movie • 1981
Michael Colin Gallagher
Lady L
Movie • 1965
Armand Denis
Our Town
Movie • 2003
Stage Manager
The Rack
Movie • 1956
Capt. Edward W. Hall, Jr.
Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Harry & Son
Movie • 1984
Harry Keach
The Outrage
Movie • 1964
Juan Carrasco
The Distant Drummer: Flowers of Darkness
Movie • 1972
Narrator
The Emperor's New Clothes
Movie • 2015
Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Movie • 1972
Self (archive footage)
Until They Sail
Movie • 1957
Capt. Jack Harding
All of What Follows Is True: The Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'
Movie • 2006
Self
The Helen Morgan Story
Movie • 1957
Larry Maddux
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
Movie • 1962
The Battler
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!
Movie • 1958
Harry Bannerman
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
Movie • 1990
Walter Bridge
Harper Days are Here Again
Movie • 1975
Self
Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Angel Death
Movie • 1979
Narrator / Host
A Year Towards Tomorrow
Movie • 1966
Narrator
Hello Actors Studio
Movie • 1988
Self
Who Needs Sleep?
Movie • 2006
Self
Waking Sleeping Beauty
Movie • 2009
Self (archive footage)
Cars 3
Movie • 2017
Doc Hudson (voice) (archive sound)
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Movie • 1970
Self (archive footage)
Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman
Movie • 2015
Self (archive footage)
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Movie • 1989
Self
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
Movie • 1990
Self (archive footage)
The Art of 'The Sting'
Movie • 2005
Self
Geared-Up
Movie • 2006
Bang the Drum Slowly
Movie • 1956
Henry "Author" Wiggen
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
Movie • 1988
Self
McCarthy: Death of a Witch Hunter
Movie • 1975
Self - Host
The Wild Bunch: The True Tale of Butch and Sundance
Movie • 2006
Self
Dale
Movie • 2007
Narrator (voice)
Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
Movie • 1994
Brick / Chance Wayne (archive footage)
Black Light Dreams: The 25 Years of the Famous People Players
Movie • 2000
Self
Tell Them Who You Are
Movie • 2004
Self
Tab Hunter Confidential
Movie • 2015
Self (archive footage)
Pole Position: i guerrieri della Formula 1
Movie • 1980
Self
The Education of Gore Vidal
Movie • 2003
Self
The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"
Movie • 2001
Self
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Outlaws Out of Time
Movie • 2002
Self
The Battler
Movie • 1955
Ad Francis
Come Along with Me
Movie • 1982
Hughie (voice)
Circuit
Movie • 1985
Self
Our Town
Movie • 1955
George Gibbs
The Price of Sugar
Movie • 2007
Narrator (voice)
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
Movie • 2002
Self
kid 90
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
The Making Of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'
Movie • 1970
Self
Night of 100 Stars
Movie • 1982
Self
War Without Winners
Movie • 1978
Host
What She's Doing Up There is Not Accidental
Movie • 1972
Himself
Three Young Americans in Search of Survival
Movie • 1969
Host
A Step Away from War
Movie • 1986
Host
The Racing Experience
Movie • 1988
Host
Ancient Forests: Rage Over Trees
Movie • 1989
Host
Paul Newman
Movie • 1973
Self
Production Story: Fat Man and Little Boy
Movie • 1989
Self
The Mastery of Motion
Movie • 1990
Himself
Driven to Excellence
Movie • 1987
Himself
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
Movie • 2002
Self (archive footage)
Altman on His Own Terms
Movie • 2000
Self
Steve McQueen: American Icon
Movie • 2017
Self (archive footage)
A Private Decision
Movie • 1970
Self
Best of Enemies
Movie • 2015
Self (archival)
Hollywood sul Tevere
Movie • 2009
Heart of the Festival
Movie • 2002
Self (archive footage)
From the Prairie to the Palace
Movie • 1976
Inside the Actors Studio
TV • 1994
Self
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Paul Newman (voice)
HypaSpace
TV • 2002
Self
E! True Hollywood Story
TV • 1996
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Self - Guest
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
Armstrong Circle Theatre
TV • 1950
Jimmy Polo
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV • 1948
Billy the Kid
Iconoclasts
TV • 2005
Self
Producers' Showcase
TV • 1954
George Gibbs
Suspense
TV • 1949
Captain Radetski
Empire Falls
TV • 2005
Max Roby
Playwrights '56
TV • 1955
Ad Francis
Tales of Tomorrow
TV • 1951
Sgt. Wilson
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
The Man Behind the Badge
TV • 1953
The Kennedy Center Honors
TV • 1978
Self
Appointment with Adventure
TV • 1955
Mack
The Web
TV • 1950
Alex
Talking Pictures
TV • 2013
Self (archive footage)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self
The Kaiser Aluminum Hour
TV • 1956
Pvt. Danny Scott
The Directors
TV • 1999
Self
What's My Line?
TV • 1950
Self - Mystery Guest
Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine
TV • 1962
Eddie Felson
The Joe Palooka Story
TV • 1954
Fight Spectator (uncredited)
The United States Steel Hour
TV • 1953
Tom Corey
Spécial cinéma
TV • 1974
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
The Dick Cavett Show
TV • 1968
Self - Guest
Please Turn the Page
TV • 1977
Self
Iconic Couples of Hollywood
TV • 2015
Self (archive footage)
The Last Movie Stars
TV • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
Baseball
TV • 1994
(voice)
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
American Playhouse
TV • 1982
Hughie (voice)
The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self
The Bell Telephone Hour
TV • 1959
Self
Danger
TV • 1950
Jeff
Kraft Television Theatre
TV • 1947
Superpowered: The DC Story
TV • 2023
Self (archive footage)
Once Upon a Wheel
TV • 1971
Self - Host / Narrator
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self (archive footage)
Late Show with David Letterman
TV • 1993
Self - Audience Member