Paul Newman
Actor
- Born
- January 26, 1925 · Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA
- Died
- September 26, 2008 (age 83)
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
Cars
June 8, 2006
Cars 3
June 15, 2017
Road to Perdition
July 12, 2002
The Sting
December 25, 1973
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
September 23, 1969
Cool Hand Luke
November 1, 1967
The Color of Money
October 17, 1986
The Hudsucker Proxy
March 11, 1994
The Hustler
September 25, 1961
The Towering Inferno
December 14, 1974
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
August 29, 1958
Message in a Bottle
February 22, 1999
Acting136
- 2025Breakdown: 1975 as Self (The Towering Inferno-archive footage)
- 2025Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror as Self (archive footage)
- 2023Paul Newman: The Restless as Self (archive footage)
- 2022Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé as Self (archive footage)
- 2021Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes as Self (archive footage)
- 2021Morceaux de Cannes as Self (archive footage)
- 2020Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth as Self(archive footage)
- 2020Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story as Self (archive footage)
- 2017Steve McQueen: American Icon as Self (archive footage)