Acting
Paul Newman
Born 1925-01-26
Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA
Department: 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.
Known For
Prominent works featuring Paul Newman
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Cars
2006
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The Simpsons
1989
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Cars 3
2017
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Road to Perdition
2002
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The Sting
1973
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
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Cool Hand Luke
1967
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The Color of Money
1986
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Late Show with David Letterman
1993
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (203 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Breakdown: 1975 | Self (The Towering Inferno-archive footage) | Movie | 2025 |
 | Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2025 |
 | Superpowered: The DC Story | Self (archive footage) | TV Series | 2023 |
 | Paul Newman: The Restless | Self | Movie | 2023 |
 | Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2022 |
 | The Last Movie Stars | Self (archive footage) | TV Series | 2022 |
 | Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2021 |
 | Morceaux de Cannes | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2021 |
 | kid 90 | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2021 |
 | Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth | Self(archive footage) | Movie | 2020 |
 | Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2020 |
 | Steve McQueen: American Icon | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2017 |
 | Cars 3 | Doc Hudson (voice) (archive sound) | Movie | 2017 |
 | Best of Enemies | Self (archival) | Movie | 2015 |
 | Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2015 |
 | Iconic Couples of Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | TV Series | 2015 |
 | The Emperor's New Clothes | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2015 |
 | Tab Hunter Confidential | Self (archive) | Movie | 2015 |
 | Talking Pictures | Self (archive footage) | TV Series | 2013 |
 | I'm Still Here | Thanks | Movie | 2010 |
 | Hollywood sul Tevere | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2009 |
 | Waking Sleeping Beauty | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2009 |
 | The Meerkats | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2008 |
 | The Price of Sugar | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2007 |
 | Dale | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 2007 |
 | Geared-Up | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2006 |
 | Mater and the Ghostlight | Doc Hudson (voice) | Movie | 2006 |
 | Cars | Doc Hudson (voice) | Movie | 2006 |
 | The Wild Bunch: The True Tale of Butch and Sundance | Self | Movie | 2006 |
| Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time | Chance Wayne (archive footage) | Movie | 2006 | |
 | Roving Mars | Self (Introduction) | Movie | 2006 |
 | Who Needs Sleep? | Self | Movie | 2006 |
 | All of What Follows Is True: The Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' | Self | Movie | 2006 |
 | Iconoclasts | Self | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon | Dave Scott (voice) | Movie | 2005 |
 | The Art of 'The Sting' | Self | Movie | 2005 |
 | Empire Falls | Max Roby | TV Series | 2005 |
| Empire Falls | Executive Producer | TV Series | 2005 |
 | Tell Them Who You Are | Self | Movie | 2004 |
 | The Education of Gore Vidal | Self | Movie | 2003 |
 | Our Town | Stage Manager | Movie | 2003 |
 | Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages | Self | Movie | 2002 |
 | Road to Perdition | John Rooney | Movie | 2002 |
 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Outlaws Out of Time | Self | Movie | 2002 |
| HypaSpace | Self | TV Series | 2002 | |
| Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2002 | |
 | The Hustler: The Inside Story | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2002 |
 | The Story Behind "Absence of Malice" | Self | Movie | 2001 |
 | Where the Money Is | Henry | Movie | 2000 |
 | Black Light Dreams: The 25 Years of the Famous People Players | Self | Movie | 2000 |
 | Altman on His Own Terms | Self | Movie | 2000 |
 | Message in a Bottle | Dodge Blake | Movie | 1999 |
 | The Directors | Self | TV Series | 1999 |
 | Twilight | Harry Ross | Movie | 1998 |
 | Super Speedway | Narrator (voice) | Movie | 1997 |
 | E! True Hollywood Story | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1996 |
 | Nobody's Fool | Sully Sullivan | Movie | 1994 |
 | Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage | Brick / Chance Wayne (archive footage) | Movie | 1994 |
 | Baseball | (voice) | TV Series | 1994 |
 | Inside the Actors Studio | Self | TV Series | 1994 |
 | The Hudsucker Proxy | Sidney J. Mussburger | Movie | 1994 |
 | La Classe américaine | Dave (archive footage) | Movie | 1993 |
 | Mansell & Newman Haas 1993 | Himself | Movie | 1993 |
 | Late Show with David Letterman | Self - Audience Member | TV Series | 1993 |
 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Self - Guest | TV Series | 1992 |
 | Mr. & Mrs. Bridge | Walter Bridge | Movie | 1990 |
| The Mastery of Motion | Himself | Movie | 1990 | |
 | Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1990 |
 | The Simpsons | Paul Newman (voice) | TV Series | 1989 |
 | Blaze | Gov. Earl K. Long | Movie | 1989 |
 | Fat Man and Little Boy | Gen. Leslie R. Groves | Movie | 1989 |
| Ancient Forests: Rage Over Trees | Host | Movie | 1989 | |
| Production Story: Fat Man and Little Boy | Self | Movie | 1989 | |
| Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre | Self | Movie | 1989 | |
 | Hello Actors Studio | Self | Movie | 1988 |
 | John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick | Self | Movie | 1988 |
| The Racing Experience | Host | Movie | 1988 | |
 | The Glass Menagerie | Director | Movie | 1987 |
| Driven to Excellence | Himself | Movie | 1987 | |
 | The Color of Money | Eddie Felson | Movie | 1986 |
| A Step Away from War | Host | Movie | 1986 | |
 | Circuit | Self | Movie | 1985 |
 | Harry & Son | Harry Keach | Movie | 1984 |
| Harry & Son | Director | Movie | 1984 |
| Harry & Son | Screenplay | Movie | 1984 |
| Harry & Son | Producer | Movie | 1984 |
 | The Verdict | Frank Galvin | Movie | 1982 |
 | Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1982 |
 | Night of 100 Stars | Self | Movie | 1982 |
 | Come Along with Me | Hughie (voice) | Movie | 1982 |
 | American Playhouse | Hughie (voice) | TV Series | 1982 |
 | Absence of Malice | Michael Colin Gallagher | Movie | 1981 |
 | Fort Apache, the Bronx | Murphy | Movie | 1981 |
 | The Shadow Box | Director | Movie | 1980 |
 | When Time Ran Out... | Hank Anderson | Movie | 1980 |
 | The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1980 |
 | Pole Position: i guerrieri della Formula 1 | Self | Movie | 1980 |
| At The Wheel: A History of Driving and Driving Safety Film | Himself | Movie | 1980 | |
 | Angel Death | Narrator / Host | Movie | 1979 |
 | Quintet | Essex | Movie | 1979 |
 | The Kennedy Center Honors | Self | TV Series | 1978 |
 | Ciné regards | Self | TV Series | 1978 |
| War Without Winners | Host | Movie | 1978 | |
| Please Turn the Page | Self | TV Series | 1977 | |
 | Slap Shot | Reggie 'Reg' Dunlop | Movie | 1977 |
 | From the Prairie to the Palace | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1976 |
 | Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson | The Star (William F. Cody) | Movie | 1976 |
 | Silent Movie | Paul Newman | Movie | 1976 |
 | The Drowning Pool | Lew Harper | Movie | 1975 |
 | Harper Days are Here Again | Self | Movie | 1975 |
| McCarthy: Death of a Witch Hunter | Self - Host | Movie | 1975 | |
 | The Towering Inferno | Doug Roberts | Movie | 1974 |
| The Towering Inferno | Stunts | Movie | 1974 |
 | Spécial cinéma | Self | TV Series | 1974 |
 | The Sting | Henry Gondorff | Movie | 1973 |
 | The MacKintosh Man | Joseph Rearden | Movie | 1973 |
| The MacKintosh Man | Executive Producer | Movie | 1973 |
| Paul Newman | Self | Movie | 1973 | |
 | The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds | Producer | Movie | 1972 |
| The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds | Director | Movie | 1972 |
 | The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean | Judge Roy Bean | Movie | 1972 |
| The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean | Co-Executive Producer | Movie | 1972 |
 | Pocket Money | Jim Kane | Movie | 1972 |
 | Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1972 |
 | The Distant Drummer: Flowers of Darkness | Narrator | Movie | 1972 |
| What She's Doing Up There is Not Accidental | Himself | Movie | 1972 | |
 | Sometimes a Great Notion | Hank Stamper | Movie | 1971 |
| Sometimes a Great Notion | Director | Movie | 1971 |
| Sometimes a Great Notion | Co-Executive Producer | Movie | 1971 |
| Film '72 | Self | TV Series | 1971 | |
 | They Might Be Giants | Producer | Movie | 1971 |
 | Once Upon a Wheel | Self - Host / Narrator | TV Series | 1971 |
 | The Making Of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' | Self | Movie | 1970 |
 | WUSA | Rheinhardt | Movie | 1970 |
| WUSA | Producer | Movie | 1970 |
 | King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1970 |
 | A Long Way from Nowhere | Narrator | Movie | 1970 |
 | A Private Decision | Self | Movie | 1970 |
 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Butch Cassidy | Movie | 1969 |
| Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Executive Producer | Movie | 1969 |
 | Winning | Frank Capua | Movie | 1969 |
| Winning | Co-Executive Producer | Movie | 1969 |
| Three Young Americans in Search of Survival | Host | Movie | 1969 | |
 | Rachel, Rachel | Director | Movie | 1968 |
| Rachel, Rachel | Producer | Movie | 1968 |
 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | TV Series | 1968 |
 | The Secret War of Harry Frigg | Pvt. Harry Frigg | Movie | 1968 |
 | Cool Hand Luke | Luke Jackson | Movie | 1967 |
 | Hombre | John Russell | Movie | 1967 |
 | Torn Curtain | Michael Armstrong | Movie | 1966 |
 | Harper | Lew Harper | Movie | 1966 |
 | A Year Towards Tomorrow | Narrator | Movie | 1966 |
 | Lady L | Armand Denis | Movie | 1965 |
 | The Outrage | Juan Carrasco | Movie | 1964 |
 | What a Way to Go! | Larry Flint | Movie | 1964 |
 | The Prize | Andrew Craig | Movie | 1963 |
 | A New Kind of Love | Steve Sherman | Movie | 1963 |
 | Hud | Hud Bannon | Movie | 1963 |
 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV Series | 1962 |
 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV Series | 1962 |
 | Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine | Eddie Felson | TV Series | 1962 |
 | Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man | The Battler | Movie | 1962 |
 | Sweet Bird of Youth | Chance Wayne | Movie | 1962 |
 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV Series | 1961 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Self (archive footage) | TV Series | 1961 |
 | Paris Blues | Ram Bowen | Movie | 1961 |
 | The Hustler | Eddie Felson | Movie | 1961 |
| Bennies and Goofballs | Himself | Movie | 1961 | |
 | Exodus | Ari Ben Canaan | Movie | 1960 |
 | From the Terrace | David Alfred Eaton | Movie | 1960 |
 | The Young Philadelphians | Anthony Judson Lawrence | Movie | 1959 |
 | The Bell Telephone Hour | Self | TV Series | 1959 |
 | Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! | Harry Bannerman | Movie | 1958 |
 | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Brick Pollitt | Movie | 1958 |
 | The Long, Hot Summer | Ben Quick | Movie | 1958 |
 | The Left Handed Gun | Billy The Kid | Movie | 1958 |
 | Until They Sail | Capt. Jack Harding | Movie | 1957 |
 | The Helen Morgan Story | Larry Maddux | Movie | 1957 |
 | The Rack | Capt. Edward W. Hall, Jr. | Movie | 1956 |
 | Bang the Drum Slowly | Henry "Author" Wiggen | Movie | 1956 |
 | Somebody Up There Likes Me | Rocky Graziano | Movie | 1956 |
| The Kaiser Aluminum Hour | Pvt. Danny Scott | TV Series | 1956 | |
 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | TV Series | 1956 |
 | The Battler | Ad Francis | Movie | 1955 |
| Playwrights '56 | Ad Francis | TV Series | 1955 | |
 | Our Town | George Gibbs | Movie | 1955 |
| Appointment with Adventure | Mack | TV Series | 1955 | |
 | The Silver Chalice | Basil | Movie | 1954 |
| Producers' Showcase | George Gibbs | TV Series | 1954 | |
| The Joe Palooka Story | Fight Spectator (uncredited) | TV Series | 1954 | |
 | The United States Steel Hour | Tom Corey | TV Series | 1953 |
 | The Oscars | Self | TV Series | 1953 |
 | Tales of Tomorrow | Sgt. Wilson | TV Series | 1951 |
| Danger | Jeff | TV Series | 1950 | |
 | Armstrong Circle Theatre | Jimmy Polo | TV Series | 1950 |
 | What's My Line? | Self | TV Series | 1950 |
 | Suspense | Captain Radetski | TV Series | 1949 |
 | The Philco Television Playhouse | Billy the Kid | TV Series | 1948 |
 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV Series | 1948 |
 | Kraft Television Theatre | Self / Appearance | TV Series | 1947 |
 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient | TV Series | 1944 |
| Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | TV Series | 1944 |
 | On the Harmfulness of Tobacco | Director | Movie | — |