About
Paul Newman
Overview
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
Acting |
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| 2024 | Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2023 | The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2023 | Paul Newman: The Restless | Actor | Self - Portrait Subject & Interviewee (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2023 | Bond 26: Greensolo | Actor | Mr. Figgs | N/A N/A |
| 2022 | Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 2022 | Denzel Washington : Un modèle américain | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2022 | The Last Movie Stars | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 69 Fair |
| 2021 | Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2021 | kid 90 | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 60 Fair |
| 2020 | Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2020 | Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2017 | Cars 3 | Actor | Doc Hudson (voice) (archive recording) | 68 Fair |
| 2015 | Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 58 Average |
| 2015 | Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2015 | The Emperor's New Clothes | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2015 | Tab Hunter Confidential | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 60 Fair |
| 2014 | And the Oscar Goes To... | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2009 | Waking Sleeping Beauty | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 61 Fair |
| 2008 | The Meerkats | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 60 Fair |
| 2007 | The Price of Sugar | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Dale | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2006 | Cars Wal-Mart Exclusive Geared UP | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2006 | Mater and the Ghostlight | Actor | Doc Hudson (voice) | 60 Fair |
| 2006 | Cars | Actor | Doc Hudson (voice) | 69 Fair |
| 2006 | The Wild Bunch: The True Tale of Butch and Sundance | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2006 | Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time | Actor | Chance Wayne (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 2006 | Roving Mars | Actor | Self (Introduction) | 59 Average |
| 2006 | Who Needs Sleep? | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2006 | All of What Follows Is True: The Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2005 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | Actor | Dave Scott (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2005 | The Art of 'The Sting' | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2005 | Empire Falls | Actor | Max Roby | 67 Fair |
| 2004 | Tell Them Who You Are | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2003 | The Education of Gore Vidal | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2003 | Our Town | Actor | Stage Manager | 59 Average |
| 2002 | Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2002 | The Kid Stays in the Picture | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 60 Fair |
| 2002 | Road to Perdition | Actor | John Rooney | 72 Good |
| 2002 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Outlaws Out of Time | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2002 | HypaSpace | Actor | Self | 69 Fair |
| 2002 | The Hustler: The Inside Story | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 2001 | The Story Behind "Absence of Malice" | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 2000 | Where the Money Is | Actor | Henry | 59 Average |
| 2000 | Black Light Dreams: The 25 Years of the Famous People Players | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1999 | Message in a Bottle | Actor | Dodge Blake | 61 Fair |
| 1998 | Twilight | Actor | Harry Ross | 59 Average |
| 1997 | Super Speedway | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1996 | The Celluloid Closet | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 61 Fair |
| 1994 | Nobody's Fool | Actor | Sully Sullivan | 62 Fair |
| 1994 | Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage | Actor | Brick / Chance Wayne (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 1994 | Baseball | Actor | Various (voice) | 70 Good |
| 1994 | The Hudsucker Proxy | Actor | Sidney J. Mussburger | 66 Fair |
| 1993 | La Classe américaine | Actor | Dave (archive footage) | 64 Fair |
| 1990 | Mr. & Mrs. Bridge | Actor | Walter Bridge | 59 Average |
| 1990 | Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 1989 | Blaze | Actor | Gov. Earl K. Long | 59 Average |
| 1989 | Fat Man and Little Boy | Actor | Gen. Leslie R. Groves | 59 Average |
| 1989 | Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1989 | John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1988 | Hello Actors Studio | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1986 | The Color of Money | Actor | Eddie Felson | 66 Fair |
| 1985 | Circuit | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1984 | Harry & Son | Actor | Harry Keach | 59 Average |
| 1982 | The Verdict | Actor | Frank Galvin | 67 Fair |
| 1982 | Night of 100 Stars | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1982 | Come Along with Me | Actor | Hughie (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1981 | Absence of Malice | Actor | Michael Colin Gallagher | 61 Fair |
| 1981 | Fort Apache, the Bronx | Actor | Murphy | 59 Average |
| 1980 | When Time Ran Out... | Actor | Hank Anderson | 58 Average |
| 1980 | The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's | Actor | Self (archive footage) | N/A N/A |
| 1980 | Pole Position: i guerrieri della Formula 1 | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1979 | Angel Death | Actor | Self (Narrator) | N/A N/A |
| 1979 | Quintet | Actor | Essex | 58 Average |
| 1977 | Slap Shot | Actor | Reggie 'Reg' Dunlop | 62 Fair |
| 1976 | Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson | Actor | The Star (William F. Cody) | 58 Average |
| 1976 | Silent Movie | Actor | Self | 61 Fair |
| 1975 | The Drowning Pool | Actor | Lew Harper | 59 Average |
| 1975 | McCarthy: Death of a Witch Hunter | Actor | Self - Host | N/A N/A |
| 1975 | Harper Days are Here Again | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1974 | The Towering Inferno | Actor | Doug Roberts | 66 Fair |
| 1973 | The Sting | Actor | Henry Gondorff | 76 Good |
| 1973 | The MacKintosh Man | Actor | Rearden | 59 Average |
| 1972 | The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean | Actor | Judge Roy Bean | 60 Fair |
| 1972 | Pocket Money | Actor | Jim Kane | 58 Average |
| 1972 | Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1972 | The Distant Drummer: Flowers of Darkness | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
| 1971 | Sometimes a Great Notion | Actor | Hank Stamper | 60 Fair |
| 1970 | WUSA | Actor | Rheinhardt | 58 Average |
| 1970 | King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1970 | A Long Way from Nowhere | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
| 1970 | The Making Of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
| 1969 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Actor | Butch Cassidy | 72 Good |
| 1969 | Winning | Actor | Frank Capua | 58 Average |
| 1968 | The Secret War of Harry Frigg | Actor | Pvt. Harry Frigg | 59 Average |
| 1967 | Cool Hand Luke | Actor | Luke Jackson | 72 Good |
| 1967 | Hombre | Actor | John Russell | 62 Fair |
| 1966 | Torn Curtain | Actor | Michael Armstrong | 62 Fair |
| 1966 | Harper | Actor | Lew Harper | 60 Fair |
| 1966 | Bennies and Goofballs | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1966 | A Year Towards Tomorrow | Actor | Narrator | 58 Average |
| 1965 | Lady L | Actor | Armand Denis | 58 Average |
| 1964 | The Outrage | Actor | Juan Carrasco | 59 Average |
| 1964 | What a Way to Go! | Actor | Larry Flint | 60 Fair |
| 1964 | Hollywood and the Stars | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
| 1963 | The Prize | Actor | Andrew Craig | 60 Fair |
| 1963 | A New Kind of Love | Actor | Steve Sherman | 59 Average |
| 1963 | Hud | Actor | Hud Bannon | 63 Fair |
| 1962 | Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man | Actor | The Battler | 58 Average |
| 1962 | Sweet Bird of Youth | Actor | Chance Wayne | 60 Fair |
| 1961 | Paris Blues | Actor | Ram Bowen | 59 Average |
| 1961 | The Hustler | Actor | Eddie Felson | 70 Good |
| 1960 | Exodus | Actor | Ari Ben Canaan | 60 Fair |
| 1960 | From the Terrace | Actor | David Alfred Eaton | 59 Average |
| 1959 | The Young Philadelphians | Actor | Anthony Judson Lawrence | 60 Fair |
| 1958 | Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! | Actor | Harry Bannerman | 58 Average |
| 1958 | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Actor | Brick | 69 Fair |
| 1958 | The Long, Hot Summer | Actor | Ben Quick | 62 Fair |
| 1958 | The Left Handed Gun | Actor | Billy The Kid | 59 Average |
| 1957 | Until They Sail | Actor | Capt. Jack Harding | 59 Average |
| 1957 | The Helen Morgan Story | Actor | Larry Maddux | 58 Average |
| 1956 | The Rag Jungle | Actor | Charlie Correlli | N/A N/A |
| 1956 | The Rack | Actor | Capt. Edward W. Hall, Jr. | 59 Average |
| 1956 | Bang the Drum Slowly | Actor | Henry "Author" Wiggen | 59 Average |
| 1956 | Somebody Up There Likes Me | Actor | Rocky Graziano | 62 Fair |
| 1956 | The Army Game | Actor | Pvt. Danny Scott | N/A N/A |
| 1955 | The Battler | Actor | Ad Francis | N/A N/A |
| 1955 | Our Town | Actor | George Gibbs | N/A N/A |
| 1955 | Five in Judgement | Actor | Mack | N/A N/A |
| 1955 | Appointment with Adventure | Actor | Mack | N/A N/A |
| 1954 | The Silver Chalice | Actor | Basil | 58 Average |
| 1954 | Knife in the Dark | Actor | Jeff | 59 Average |
| 1954 | Producers' Showcase | Actor | George Gibbs | 69 Fair |
| 1953 | The Man Behind the Badge | Actor | 69 Fair |
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| 1950 | The Web | Actor | Alex | 69 Fair |
Directing |
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| 1987 | The Glass Menagerie | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
| 1984 | Harry & Son | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
| 1980 | The Shadow Box | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
| 1972 | The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds | Directing | Director | 60 Fair |
| 1971 | Sometimes a Great Notion | Directing | Director | 60 Fair |
| 1968 | Rachel, Rachel | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
Writing |
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| 1984 | Harry & Son | Writing | Screenplay | 59 Average |
Production |
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| 2005 | Empire Falls | Production | Executive Producer | 67 Fair |
| 1984 | Harry & Son | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
| 1972 | The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds | Production | Producer | 60 Fair |
| 1972 | The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean | Production | Co-Executive Producer | 60 Fair |
| 1971 | Sometimes a Great Notion | Production | Co-Executive Producer | 60 Fair |
| 1971 | They Might Be Giants | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
| 1970 | WUSA | Production | Producer | 58 Average |
| 1969 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Production | Executive Producer | 72 Good |
| 1969 | Winning | Production | Co-Executive Producer | 58 Average |
| 1968 | Rachel, Rachel | Production | Producer | 59 Average |
Crew |
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| 2010 | I'm Still Here | Crew | Thanks | 59 Average |
| 1974 | The Towering Inferno | Crew | Stunts | 66 Fair |