Paul Newman

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1925-01-26 (83 years old)

Deathday

2008-09-26

Place of Birth

Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA

Paul Newman

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 champ...

Acting

1967

Cool Hand Luke

as Luke Jackson

2006

Cars

as Doc Hudson (voice)

1961

The Hustler

as Eddie Felson

1999

Message in a Bottle

as Dodge Blake

1960

Exodus

as Ari Ben Canaan

1963

The Prize

as Andrew Craig

2002

Road to Perdition

as John Rooney

2006

Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time

as Chance Wayne (archive footage)

1976

1974

The Towering Inferno

as Doug Roberts

1966

Torn Curtain

as Michael Armstrong

1997

Super Speedway

as Narrator (voice)

1977

Slap Shot

as Reggie 'Reg' Dunlop

1994

Nobody's Fool

as Sully Sullivan

1982

The Verdict

as Frank Galvin

1964

What a Way to Go!

as Larry Flint

1989

Blaze

as Gov. Earl K. Long

1994

The Hudsucker Proxy

as Sidney J. Mussburger

1963

Hud

as Hud Bannon

1986

The Color of Money

as Eddie Felson

2000

1968

2002

The Hustler: The Inside Story

as Self (archive footage)

1966

Harper

as Lew Harper

1998

Twilight

as Harry Ross

1975

The Drowning Pool

as Lew Harper

1973

1973

The Sting

as Henry Gondorff

1962

Sweet Bird of Youth

as Chance Wayne

1989

Fat Man and Little Boy

as Gen. Leslie R. Groves

1961

Paris Blues

as Ram Bowen

1967

Hombre

as John Russell

1956

1958

1971

2006

Mater and the Ghostlight

as Doc Hudson (voice)

1958

The Left Handed Gun

as Billy The Kid

1960

From the Terrace

as David Alfred Eaton

1969

Winning

as Frank Capua

1963

A New Kind of Love

as Steve Sherman

1959

The Young Philadelphians

as Anthony Judson Lawrence

1993

La Classe américaine

as Dave (archive footage)

1979

Quintet

as Essex

1972

Pocket Money

as Jim Kane

2008

The Meerkats

as Narrator (voice)

1954

1980

When Time Ran Out...

as Hank Anderson

2006

Roving Mars

as Self (Introduction)

1970

WUSA

as Rheinhardt

1981

Absence of Malice

as Michael Colin Gallagher

1965

Lady L

as Armand Denis

2003

Our Town

as Stage Manager

1956

The Rack

as Capt. Edward W. Hall, Jr.

2021

Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes

as Self (archive footage)

1984

Harry & Son

as Harry Keach

1964

The Outrage

as Juan Carrasco

2023

Paul Newman: The Restless

as Self - Portrait Subject & Interviewee (archive footage)

2002

The Kid Stays in the Picture

as Self (archive footage)

2015

The Emperor's New Clothes

as Self (archive footage)

1972

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)

1957

Until They Sail

as Capt. Jack Harding

1957

The Helen Morgan Story

as Larry Maddux

1958

1990

Mr. & Mrs. Bridge

as Walter Bridge

1979

Angel Death

as Narrator / Host

2023

The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling

as Self (archive footage)

2006

2009

Waking Sleeping Beauty

as Self (archive footage)

2017

Cars 3

as Doc Hudson (voice) (archive sound)

2015

2022

Denzel Washington: A Model American

as Self (archive footage)

1990

Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge

as Self (archive footage)

1956

Bang the Drum Slowly

as Henry "Author" Wiggen

2020

Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth

as Self (archive footage)

2007

Dale

as Narrator (voice)

2020

Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story

as Self (archive footage)

1994

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

as Brick / Chance Wayne (archive footage)

2015

Tab Hunter Confidential

as Self (archive footage)

2015

Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)

1955

The Battler

as Ad Francis

1982

Come Along with Me

as Hughie (voice)

1996

The Celluloid Closet

as Self (archive footage)

1985

Circuit

as Self

1955

Our Town

as George Gibbs

2007

The Price of Sugar

as Narrator (voice)

2021

kid 90

as Self (archive footage)

2024

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

as Self (archive footage)

1973

1990

1987

2002

Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film

as Self (uncredited archive footage: 1973 BBC interview)

2017

Steve McQueen: American Icon

as Self (archive footage)

2009

Pixar Short Films

as Doc Hudson (voice)

Production

1969

1968

Rachel, Rachel

as Director

1987

1984

Harry & Son

as Screenplay

1984

Harry & Son

as Director

1980

The Shadow Box

as Director

1971

1970

WUSA

as Producer

2010

1984

Harry & Son

as Producer

1972

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

as Co-Executive Producer

1971

Sometimes a Great Notion

as Co-Executive Producer

1968

Rachel, Rachel

as Producer

1969

Winning

as Co-Executive Producer

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