Portrait of Paul Newman

Paul Newman

Acting

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.

Born: January 26, 1925

Place of Birth: Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA

Filmography

2023
Superpowered: The DC Story

as Self (archive footage)

2022
The Last Movie Stars

as self (archive footage)

2021
Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes

as Self (archive footage)

2021
kid 90

as Self (archive footage)

2020
Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story

as Self (archive footage)

2017
Steve McQueen: American Icon

as Self (archive footage)

2017
Cars 3

as Doc Hudson (voice) (archive sound)

2015
Best of Enemies

as Self (archival)

2015
2015
Iconic Couples of Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)

2015
The Emperor's New Clothes

as Self (archive footage)

2015
Tab Hunter Confidential

as Self (archive footage)

2013
Talking Pictures

as Self (archive footage)

2009
Waking Sleeping Beauty

as Self (archive footage)

2008
Cars Toons

as Doc Hudson (voice)

2008
The Meerkats

as Narrator (voice)

2007
The Price of Sugar

as Narrator (voice)

2007
Dale

as Narrator (voice)

2006
Mater and the Ghostlight

as Doc Hudson (voice)

2006
Cars

as Doc Hudson (voice)

2006
Roving Mars

as Self (Introduction)

2006
2005
2005
Empire Falls

as Max Roby

2003
Our Town

as Stage Manager

2002
Road to Perdition

as John Rooney

2002
The Hustler: The Inside Story

as Self (archive footage)

2000
1999
Message in a Bottle

as Dodge Blake

1999
1998
Twilight

as Harry Ross

1997
Super Speedway

as Narrator (voice)

1994
Nobody's Fool

as Sully Sullivan

1994
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

as Brick / Chance Wayne (archive footage)

1994
Baseball

as (voice)

1994
The Hudsucker Proxy

as Sidney J. Mussburger

1993
La Classe américaine

as Dave (archive footage)

1990
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge

as Walter Bridge

1990
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

as Self (archive footage)

1989
The Simpsons

as Paul Newman (voice)

1989
Blaze

as Gov. Earl K. Long

1989
Fat Man and Little Boy

as Gen. Leslie R. Groves

1986
The Color of Money

as Eddie Felson

1985
Circuit

as Self

1984
Harry & Son

as Harry Keach

1982
The Verdict

as Frank Galvin

1982
Come Along with Me

as Hughie (voice)

1982
American Playhouse

as Hughie (voice)

1981
Absence of Malice

as Michael Colin Gallagher

1980
When Time Ran Out...

as Hank Anderson

1979
Angel Death

as Narrator / Host

1979
Quintet

as Essex

1977
Slap Shot

as Reggie 'Reg' Dunlop

1976
1975
The Drowning Pool

as Lew Harper

1974
The Towering Inferno

as Doug Roberts

1974
1973
The Sting

as Henry Gondorff

1973
1972
Pocket Money

as Jim Kane

1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)

1971
1971
Once Upon a Wheel

as Self - Host / Narrator

1970
WUSA

as Rheinhardt

1969
Winning

as Frank Capua

1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

1968
1967
Cool Hand Luke

as Luke Jackson

1967
Hombre

as John Russell

1966
Torn Curtain

as Michael Armstrong

1966
Harper

as Lew Harper

1965
Lady L

as Armand Denis

1964
The Outrage

as Juan Carrasco

1964
What a Way to Go!

as Larry Flint

1963
The Prize

as Andrew Craig

1963
A New Kind of Love

as Steve Sherman

1963
Hud

as Hud Bannon

1962
Sweet Bird of Youth

as Chance Wayne

1961
The Mike Douglas Show

as Self (archive footage)

1961
Paris Blues

as Ram Bowen

1961
The Hustler

as Eddie Felson

1960
Exodus

as Ari Ben Canaan

1960
From the Terrace

as David Alfred Eaton

1959
The Young Philadelphians

as Anthony Judson Lawrence

1958
1958
1958
The Left Handed Gun

as Billy The Kid

1957
Until They Sail

as Capt. Jack Harding

1957
The Helen Morgan Story

as Larry Maddux

1956
The Rack

as Capt. Edward W. Hall, Jr.

1956
Bang the Drum Slowly

as Henry "Author" Wiggen

1956
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

1955
The Battler

as Ad Francis

1955
Our Town

as George Gibbs

1954
1953
The Oscars

as Self

1951
Tales of Tomorrow

as Sgt. Wilson

1950
1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

1949
Suspense

as Captain Radetski

1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient

1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee