Actor
Paul Newman
- Born January 26, 1925 in Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA
- Died September 26, 2008
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.
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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
Cars2006
The Simpsons1989
Cars 32017
Road to Perdition2002
The Sting1973
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid1969
Cool Hand Luke1967
The Color of Money1986
Filmography
- TBAOn the Harmfulness of TobaccoFilmDirector
- 2025Breakdown: 1975Film(archive footage)
- 2025Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky HorrorFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2023Superpowered: The DC StorySeriesSelf (archive footage)
- 2023Paul Newman: The RestlessFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2022The Last Movie StarsSeriesSelf (archive footage)
- 2022Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland JofféFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2021Paul Newman, Behind Blue EyesFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2021Morceaux de CannesFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2020Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs StoryFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2020Jay Sebring… Cutting to the TruthFilmSelf(archive footage)
- 2017Cars 3FilmDoc Hudson (voice) (archive sound)
- 2017Steve McQueen: American IconFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2015Best of EnemiesFilmSelf (archival)
- 2015Tab Hunter ConfidentialFilmSelf (archive)
- 2015The Emperor's New ClothesFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2015Winning: The Racing Life of Paul NewmanFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2015Iconic Couples of HollywoodSeriesSelf (archive footage)
- 2013Talking PicturesSeriesSelf (archive footage)
- 2010I'm Still HereFilmThanks
- 2010Waking Sleeping BeautyFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2009Hollywood sul TevereFilm
- 2008The MeerkatsFilmNarrator (voice)
- 2007DaleFilmNarrator (voice)
- 2007The Price of SugarFilmNarrator (voice)
- 2006CarsFilmDoc Hudson (voice)
- 2006Mater and the GhostlightFilmDoc Hudson (voice)
- 2006Roving MarsFilmSelf (Introduction)
- 2006Who Needs Sleep?FilmSelf
- 2006All of What Follows Is True: The Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'FilmSelf
- 2006Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing TimeFilmChance Wayne (archive footage)
- 2006Geared-UpFilm
- 2006The Wild Bunch: The True Tale of Butch and SundanceFilmSelf
- 2005Empire FallsSeriesMax Roby, Executive Producer
- 2005Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the MoonFilmDave Scott (voice)
- 2005James Dean: Forever YoungFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2005IconoclastsSeriesSelf
- 2005The Art of 'The Sting'FilmSelf
- 2004Tell Them Who You AreFilmSelf
- 2003Our TownFilmStage Manager
- 2003The Education of Gore VidalFilmSelf
- 2002Road to PerditionFilmJohn Rooney
- 2002Christopher Plummer: A Man For All StagesFilmSelf
- 2002HypaSpaceSeriesSelf
- 2002Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Outlaws Out of TimeFilmSelf
- 2002The Hustler: The Inside StoryFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2002Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in FilmFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2001The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"FilmSelf
- 2000Where the Money IsFilmHenry
- 2000Black Light Dreams: The 25 Years of the Famous People PlayersFilmSelf
- 2000Altman on His Own TermsFilmSelf
- 1999Message in a BottleFilmDodge Blake
- 1999The DirectorsSeriesSelf
- 1998TwilightFilmHarry Ross
- 1997Super SpeedwayFilmNarrator (voice)
- 1996E! True Hollywood StorySeries
- 1994The Hudsucker ProxyFilmSidney J. Mussburger
- 1994Nobody's FoolFilmSully Sullivan
- 1994BaseballSeries(voice)
- 1994Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American StageFilmBrick / Chance Wayne (archive footage)
- 1994Inside the Actors StudioSeriesSelf
- 1993La Classe américaineFilmDave (archive footage)
- 1993Late Show with David LettermanSeriesSelf - Audience Member
- 1993Mansell & Newman Haas 1993FilmHimself
- 1992The Tonight Show with Jay LenoSeriesSelf - Guest
- 1990Mr. & Mrs. BridgeFilmWalter Bridge
- 1990Steve McQueen: Man on the EdgeFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 1990The Mastery of MotionFilmHimself
- 1989The SimpsonsSeriesPaul Newman (voice)
- 1989Fat Man and Little BoyFilmGen. Leslie R. Groves
- 1989BlazeFilmGov. Earl K. Long
- 1989Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group TheatreFilmSelf
- 1989Ancient Forests: Rage Over TreesFilmHost
- 1989Production Story: Fat Man and Little BoyFilmSelf
- 1988John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the MaverickFilmSelf
- 1988Hello Actors StudioFilmSelf
- 1988The Racing ExperienceFilmHost
- 1987The Glass MenagerieFilmDirector
- 1987Driven to ExcellenceFilmHimself
- 1986The Color of MoneyFilmEddie Felson