
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

Cool Hand Luke (1967)
as Luke Jackson

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
as Butch Cassidy

The Towering Inferno (1974)
as Doug Roberts

Road to Perdition (2002)
as John Rooney

Exodus (1960)
as Ari Ben Canaan

The Hustler (1961)
as Eddie Felson

Harper (1966)
as Lew Harper

The Color of Money (1986)
as Eddie Felson

Mater and the Ghostlight (2006)
as Doc Hudson (voice)

Silent Movie (1976)
as Self

Slap Shot (1977)
as Reggie 'Reg' Dunlop

Message in a Bottle (1999)
as Dodge Blake

The Verdict (1982)
as Frank Galvin

The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
as Sidney J. Mussburger

Hombre (1967)
as John Russell

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
as Brick

Torn Curtain (1966)
as Michael Armstrong

Hud (1963)
as Hud Bannon

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
as Self (archive footage)

Nobody's Fool (1994)
as Sully Sullivan

Absence of Malice (1981)
as Michael Colin Gallagher

Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)
as Self (archive footage)

Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)
as Gen. Leslie R. Groves

Twilight (1998)
as Harry Ross

Paris Blues (1961)
as Ram Bowen

Morceaux de Cannes (2021)
Actor

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
as Judge Roy Bean

The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
as Ben Quick

The Silver Chalice (1954)
as Basil

The Rack (1956)
as Capt. Edward W. Hall, Jr.

The Drowning Pool (1975)
as Lew Harper

Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
as Chance Wayne

Pocket Money (1972)
as Jim Kane

Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
as Rocky Graziano

kid 90 (2021)
as Self (archive footage)

Fort Apache, the Bronx (1981)
as Murphy

La Classe américaine (1993)
as Dave (archive footage)

The Prize (1963)
as Andrew Craig

Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man (1962)
as The Battler

The MacKintosh Man (1973)
as Rearden

Harry & Son (1984)
as Harry Keach

The Left Handed Gun (1958)
as Billy The Kid

The Outrage (1964)
as Juan Carrasco

When Time Ran Out... (1980)
as Hank Anderson

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976)
as The Star (William F. Cody)

The Meerkats (2008)
as Narrator (voice)

Where the Money Is (2000)
as Henry

Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990)
as Walter Bridge

What a Way to Go! (1964)
as Larry Flint

The Helen Morgan Story (1957)
as Larry Maddux

The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968)
as Pvt. Harry Frigg

Night of 100 Stars (1982)
as Self

Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon (2005)
as Dave Scott (voice)

A New Kind of Love (1963)
as Steve Sherman

Roving Mars (2006)
as Self (Introduction)

Until They Sail (1957)
as Capt. Jack Harding

Best of Enemies (2015)
as Self (archival)

Tab Hunter Confidential (2015)
as Self (archive)

Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman (2015)
as Self (archive footage)

The Young Philadelphians (1959)
as Anthony Judson Lawrence

Hello Actors Studio (1988)
as Self

Lady L (1965)
as Armand Denis

Blaze (1989)
as Gov. Earl K. Long

From the Terrace (1960)
as David Alfred Eaton

Sometimes a Great Notion (1971)
as Hank Stamper

Our Town (1955)
as George Gibbs

Quintet (1979)
as Essex

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage (1994)
as Brick / Chance Wayne (archive footage)
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film (2002)
as Self (archive footage)

Geared-Up (2006)
Actor

Our Town (2003)
as Stage Manager

Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth (2020)
as Self(archive footage)

Who Needs Sleep? (2006)
as Self

WUSA (1970)
as Rheinhardt

The Story Behind "Absence of Malice" (2001)
as Self

Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
as Self (archive footage)

Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady (1982)
Actor

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (1988)
as Self

Winning (1969)
as Frank Capua

Tell Them Who You Are (2004)
as Self

Altman on His Own Terms (2000)
as Self

Steve McQueen: American Icon (2017)
as Self (archive footage)

Dale (2007)
as Narrator (voice)
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre (1989)
as Self

The Education of Gore Vidal (2003)
as Self

Hollywood sul Tevere (2009)
Actor

The Making Of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' (1970)
as Self

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

Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes (2021)
as Self (archive footage)

The Art of 'The Sting' (2005)
as Self

The Battler (1955)
as Ad Francis

Paul Newman: The Restless (2023)
as Self

Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge (1990)
as Self (archive footage)

The Emperor's New Clothes (2015)
as Self (archive footage)

Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages (2002)
as Self

The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's (1980)
as Self (archive footage)

Super Speedway (1997)
as Narrator (voice)

Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé (2022)
as Self (archive footage)

Bang the Drum Slowly (1956)
as Henry "Author" Wiggen

Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958)
as Harry Bannerman

Come Along with Me (1982)
as Hughie (voice)
McCarthy: Death of a Witch Hunter (1975)
as Self - Host

Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
War Without Winners (1978)
as Host

A Long Way from Nowhere (1970)
as Narrator
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time (2006)
as Chance Wayne (archive footage)
Paul Newman (1973)
as Self

The Hustler: The Inside Story (2002)
as Self (archive footage)

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Outlaws Out of Time (2002)
as Self
The Mastery of Motion (1990)
as Himself
The Racing Experience (1988)
as Host

Harper Days are Here Again (1975)
as Self

A Year Towards Tomorrow (1966)
as Narrator

Pole Position: i guerrieri della Formula 1 (1980)
as Self

The Wild Bunch: The True Tale of Butch and Sundance (2006)
as Self
What She's Doing Up There is Not Accidental (1972)
as Himself

Circuit (1985)
as Self

Angel Death (1979)
as Narrator / Host
Three Young Americans in Search of Survival (1969)
as Host

A Private Decision (1970)
as Self
Ancient Forests: Rage Over Trees (1989)
as Host

Black Light Dreams: The 25 Years of the Famous People Players (2000)
as Self

The Price of Sugar (2007)
as Narrator (voice)
Production Story: Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)
as Self
Driven to Excellence (1987)
as Himself
A Step Away from War (1986)
as Host

From the Prairie to the Palace (1976)
Actor

The Distant Drummer: Flowers of Darkness (1972)
as Narrator





