Paul Newman
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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
Credits
Cars 3 (2017)
as Doc Hudson (voice) (archive sound)
Cars (2006)
as Doc Hudson (voice)
The Sting (1973)
as Henry Gondorff
The Towering Inferno (1974)
as Doug Roberts
Road to Perdition (2002)
as John Rooney
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
as Butch Cassidy
Paris Blues (1961)
as Ram Bowen
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
as Luke Jackson
Silent Movie (1976)
as Paul Newman
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
as Sidney J. Mussburger
Message in a Bottle (1999)
as Dodge Blake
Pocket Money (1972)
as Jim Kane
Hombre (1967)
as John Russell
The Color of Money (1986)
as Eddie Felson
Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)
as Gen. Leslie R. Groves
Harper (1966)
as Lew Harper
Torn Curtain (1966)
as Michael Armstrong
Geared-Up (2006)
Actor
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
as Brick Pollitt
The Verdict (1982)
as Frank Galvin
Mater and the Ghostlight (2006)
as Doc Hudson (voice)
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady (1982)
as Self
Tab Hunter Confidential (2015)
as Self (archive)
The Drowning Pool (1975)
as Lew Harper
Slap Shot (1977)
as Reggie 'Reg' Dunlop
Hud (1963)
as Hud Bannon
The Prize (1963)
as Andrew Craig
Absence of Malice (1981)
as Michael Colin Gallagher
Exodus (1960)
as Ari Ben Canaan
The Hustler (1961)
as Eddie Felson
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990)
as Walter Bridge
The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
as Ben Quick
Fort Apache, the Bronx (1981)
as Murphy
Roving Mars (2006)
as Self (Introduction)
Morceaux de Cannes (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
The Left Handed Gun (1958)
as Billy The Kid
Nobody's Fool (1994)
as Sully Sullivan
Twilight (1998)
as Harry Ross
James Dean: Forever Young (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
as Rocky Graziano
Until They Sail (1957)
as Capt. Jack Harding
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976)
as The Star (William F. Cody)
What a Way to Go! (1964)
as Larry Flint
Paul Newman: The Restless (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
as Judge Roy Bean
Hello Actors Studio (1988)
as Self
When Time Ran Out... (1980)
as Hank Anderson
Waking Sleeping Beauty (2010)
as Self (archive footage)
Sometimes a Great Notion (1971)
as Hank Stamper
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968)
as Pvt. Harry Frigg
The Outrage (1964)
as Juan Carrasco
Where the Money Is (2000)
as Henry
WUSA (1970)
as Rheinhardt
The MacKintosh Man (1973)
as Joseph Rearden
Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
as Chance Wayne
The Art of 'The Sting' (2005)
as Self
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man (1962)
as The Battler
Night of 100 Stars (1982)
as Self
Steve McQueen: American Icon (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
Breakdown: 1975 (2025)
as Self (The Towering Inferno-archive footage)
The Young Philadelphians (1959)
as Anthony Judson Lawrence
A Long Way from Nowhere (1970)
as Narrator
Winning (1969)
as Frank Capua
Paul Newman (1973)
as Self
The Racing Experience (1988)
as Host
Dale (2007)
as Narrator (voice)
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958)
as Harry Bannerman
La Classe américaine (1993)
as Dave (archive footage)
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
as Self (archive footage)
Blaze (1989)
as Gov. Earl K. Long
Lady L (1965)
as Armand Denis
Quintet (1979)
as Essex
Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
The Silver Chalice (1954)
as Basil
The Helen Morgan Story (1957)
as Larry Maddux
The Meerkats (2008)
as Narrator (voice)
Harry & Son (1984)
as Harry Keach
A New Kind of Love (1963)
as Steve Sherman
The Emperor's New Clothes (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
Best of Enemies (2015)
as Self (archival)
The Rack (1956)
as Capt. Edward W. Hall, Jr.
From the Terrace (1960)
as David Alfred Eaton
Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth (2020)
as Self(archive footage)
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's (1980)
as Self (archive footage)
The Education of Gore Vidal (2003)
as Self
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon (2005)
as Dave Scott (voice)
Hollywood sul Tevere (2009)
Actor
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage (1994)
as Brick / Chance Wayne (archive footage)
The Story Behind "Absence of Malice" (2001)
as Self
At The Wheel: A History of Driving and Driving Safety Film (1980)
as Himself
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (1988)
as Self
Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre (1989)
as Self
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
as Self (archive footage)
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge (1990)
as Self (archive footage)
Tell Them Who You Are (2004)
as Self
Our Town (1955)
as George Gibbs
Our Town (2003)
as Stage Manager
Altman on His Own Terms (2000)
as Self
Bang the Drum Slowly (1956)
as Henry "Author" Wiggen
Three Young Americans in Search of Survival (1969)
as Host
All of What Follows Is True: The Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' (2006)
as Self
The Making Of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' (1970)
as Self
Ancient Forests: Rage Over Trees (1989)
as Host
The Distant Drummer: Flowers of Darkness (1972)
as Narrator
A Year Towards Tomorrow (1966)
as Narrator
Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time (2006)
as Chance Wayne (archive footage)
Come Along with Me (1982)
as Hughie (voice)
The Wild Bunch: The True Tale of Butch and Sundance (2006)
as Self
Circuit (1985)
as Self
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Outlaws Out of Time (2002)
as Self
Super Speedway (1997)
as Narrator (voice)
McCarthy: Death of a Witch Hunter (1975)
as Self - Host
Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Harper Days are Here Again (1975)
as Self
The Hustler: The Inside Story (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages (2002)
as Self
Black Light Dreams: The 25 Years of the Famous People Players (2000)
as Self
From the Prairie to the Palace (1976)
Actor
Who Needs Sleep? (2006)
as Self
The Battler (1955)
as Ad Francis
The Price of Sugar (2007)
as Narrator (voice)
What She's Doing Up There is Not Accidental (1972)
as Himself
Pole Position: i guerrieri della Formula 1 (1980)
as Self
The Mastery of Motion (1990)
as Himself
Production Story: Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)
as Self
A Private Decision (1970)
as Self
Mansell & Newman Haas 1993 (1993)
as Himself
Driven to Excellence (1987)
as Himself
Angel Death (1979)
as Narrator / Host
A Step Away from War (1986)
as Host
War Without Winners (1978)
as Host
Bennies and Goofballs (1961)
as Himself