Paul Newman
Born: 1925-01-26 in Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA
Died: 2008-09-26
Known For: 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.
Filmography
2025
- Breakdown: 1975 as Self (The Towering Inferno-archive footage)
- Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror as Self (archive footage)
2023
- Superpowered: The DC Story as Self (archive footage)
- Paul Newman: The Restless as Self (archive footage)
2022
- The Last Movie Stars as Self (archive footage)
- Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé as Self (archive footage)
2021
- Morceaux de Cannes as Self (archive footage)
- Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes as Self (archive footage)
2020
- Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth as Self(archive footage)
- Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story as Self (archive footage)
2017
- Cars 3 as Doc Hudson (voice) (archive sound)
- Steve McQueen: American Icon as Self (archive footage)
2015
- Iconic Couples of Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
- Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman as Self (archive footage)
- Best of Enemies as Self (archival)
- Tab Hunter Confidential as Self (archive)
- The Emperor's New Clothes as Self (archive footage)
2013
- Talking Pictures as Self (archive footage)
2010
- I'm Still Here ... (Thanks)
2009
- Waking Sleeping Beauty as Self (archive footage)
- Hollywood sul Tevere
2008
- The Meerkats as Narrator (voice)
2007
- Dale as Narrator (voice)
- The Price of Sugar as Narrator (voice)
2006
- Cars as Doc Hudson (voice)
- Mater and the Ghostlight as Doc Hudson (voice)
- Roving Mars as Self (Introduction)
- Geared-Up
- All of What Follows Is True: The Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' as Self
- Who Needs Sleep? as Self
- Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time as Chance Wayne (archive footage)
- The Wild Bunch: The True Tale of Butch and Sundance as Self
2005
- Iconoclasts as Self
- Empire Falls as Max Roby
- James Dean: Forever Young as Self (archive footage)
- Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon as Dave Scott (voice)
- The Art of 'The Sting' as Self
2004
- Tell Them Who You Are as Self
2003
- The Education of Gore Vidal as Self
- Our Town as Stage Manager
2002
- Road to Perdition as John Rooney
- HypaSpace as Self
- Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages as Self
- Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film as Self (archive footage)
- The Hustler: The Inside Story as Self (archive footage)
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Outlaws Out of Time as Self
2001
2000
- Where the Money Is as Henry
- Altman on His Own Terms as Self
- Black Light Dreams: The 25 Years of the Famous People Players as Self
1999
- The Directors as Self
- Message in a Bottle as Dodge Blake
1998
- Twilight as Harry Ross
1997
- Super Speedway as Narrator (voice)
1994
- Baseball as (voice)
- The Hudsucker Proxy as Sidney J. Mussburger
- Nobody's Fool as Sully Sullivan
- Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage as Brick / Chance Wayne (archive footage)
1993
- Late Show with David Letterman as Self - Audience Member
- La Classe américaine as Dave (archive footage)
- Mansell & Newman Haas 1993 as Himself
1992
- The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self - Guest
1990
- Mr. & Mrs. Bridge as Walter Bridge
- Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge as Self (archive footage)
- The Mastery of Motion as Himself
1989
- The Simpsons as Paul Newman (voice)
- Fat Man and Little Boy as Gen. Leslie R. Groves
- Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre as Self
- Blaze as Gov. Earl K. Long
- Production Story: Fat Man and Little Boy as Self
- Ancient Forests: Rage Over Trees as Host
1988
- John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick as Self
- Hello Actors Studio as Self
- The Racing Experience as Host
1987
- The Glass Menagerie ... (Director)
- Driven to Excellence as Himself
1986
- The Color of Money as Eddie Felson
- A Step Away from War as Host
1985
- Circuit as Self
1984
- Harry & Son as Harry Keach
1982
- American Playhouse as Hughie (voice)
- The Verdict as Frank Galvin
- Night of 100 Stars as Self
- Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady as Self
- Come Along with Me as Hughie (voice)
1981
- Fort Apache, the Bronx as Murphy
- Absence of Malice as Michael Colin Gallagher
1980
- When Time Ran Out... as Hank Anderson
- The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's as Self (archive footage)
- The Shadow Box ... (Director)
- Pole Position: i guerrieri della Formula 1 as Self
- At The Wheel: A History of Driving and Driving Safety Film as Himself
1979
- Quintet as Essex
- Angel Death as Narrator / Host
1978
- The Kennedy Center Honors as Self
- Ciné regards as Self
- War Without Winners as Host
1977
- Please Turn the Page as Self
- Slap Shot as Reggie 'Reg' Dunlop
1976
- Silent Movie as Paul Newman
- Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson as The Star (William F. Cody)
- From the Prairie to the Palace
1975
- The Drowning Pool as Lew Harper
- McCarthy: Death of a Witch Hunter as Self - Host
- Harper Days are Here Again as Self
1974
- Spécial cinéma as Self
- The Towering Inferno as Doug Roberts
1973
- The Sting as Henry Gondorff
- The MacKintosh Man as Joseph Rearden
- Paul Newman as Self
1972
- The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean as Judge Roy Bean
- The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds ... (Producer)
- Pocket Money as Jim Kane
- Hollywood: The Dream Factory as Self (archive footage)
- The Distant Drummer: Flowers of Darkness as Narrator
- What She's Doing Up There is Not Accidental as Himself
1971
- Film '72 as Self
- They Might Be Giants ... (Producer)
- Sometimes a Great Notion as Hank Stamper
- Once Upon a Wheel as Self - Host / Narrator
1970
- King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis as Self (archive footage)
- The Making Of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' as Self
- WUSA as Rheinhardt
- A Long Way from Nowhere as Narrator
- A Private Decision as Self
1969
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid as Butch Cassidy
- Winning as Frank Capua
- Three Young Americans in Search of Survival as Host
1968
- The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- The Secret War of Harry Frigg as Pvt. Harry Frigg
- Rachel, Rachel ... (Director)
1967
- Cool Hand Luke as Luke Jackson
- Hombre as John Russell
1966
- Torn Curtain as Michael Armstrong
- Harper as Lew Harper
- A Year Towards Tomorrow as Narrator
1965
- Lady L as Armand Denis
1964
- What a Way to Go! as Larry Flint
- The Outrage as Juan Carrasco
1963
- Hud as Hud Bannon
- A New Kind of Love as Steve Sherman
- The Prize as Andrew Craig
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine as Eddie Felson
- Sweet Bird of Youth as Chance Wayne
- Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man as The Battler
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- The Hustler as Eddie Felson
- Paris Blues as Ram Bowen
- Bennies and Goofballs as Himself
1960
- Exodus as Ari Ben Canaan
- From the Terrace as David Alfred Eaton
1959
- The Bell Telephone Hour as Self
- The Young Philadelphians as Anthony Judson Lawrence
1958
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as Brick Pollitt
- The Long, Hot Summer as Ben Quick
- The Left Handed Gun as Billy The Kid
- Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! as Harry Bannerman
1957
- The Helen Morgan Story as Larry Maddux
- Until They Sail as Capt. Jack Harding
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
- Somebody Up There Likes Me as Rocky Graziano
- The Kaiser Aluminum Hour as Pvt. Danny Scott
- Bang the Drum Slowly as Henry "Author" Wiggen
- The Rack as Capt. Edward W. Hall, Jr.
1955
- Playwrights '56 as Ad Francis
- Appointment with Adventure as Mack
- Our Town as George Gibbs
- The Battler as Ad Francis
1954
- Producers' Showcase as George Gibbs
- The Joe Palooka Story as Fight Spectator (uncredited)
- The Silver Chalice as Basil
1953
- The Oscars as Self
- The United States Steel Hour as Tom Corey
1951
- Tales of Tomorrow as Sgt. Wilson
1950
- What's My Line? as Self
- Armstrong Circle Theatre as Jimmy Polo
- Danger as Jeff
1949
- Suspense as Captain Radetski
1948
- The Philco Television Playhouse as Billy the Kid
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient