Paul Newman

Acting · Born 1925-01-26 in Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA

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…

Filmography

• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as Brick
• Cool Hand Luke as Luke Jackson
• Cars as Doc Hudson (voice)
• The Hustler as Eddie Felson
• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid as Butch Cassidy
• Road to Perdition as John Rooney
• The Towering Inferno as Doug Roberts
• The Verdict as Frank Galvin
• The Hudsucker Proxy as Sidney J. Mussburger
• Hud as Hud Bannon

TV

• The Simpsons as Paul Newman (voice)
• Inside the Actors Studio as Self
• HypaSpace as Self
• E! True Hollywood Story
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as Self - Guest
• The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
• Armstrong Circle Theatre as Jimmy Polo
• The Philco Television Playhouse as Billy the Kid
• Iconoclasts as Self
• Producers' Showcase as George Gibbs