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 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

The Simpsons

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Late Show with David Letterman

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Tony Awards

All Movies (130)

• Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• Morceaux de Cannes2021
• kid 902021 · as Self (archive footage)
• Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth2020 · as Self(archive footage)
• Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story2020 · as Self (archive footage)
• Steve McQueen: American Icon2017 · as Self (archive footage)
• Cars 32017 · as Doc Hudson (voice) (archive sound)
• Best of Enemies2015 · as Self (archival)
• Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman2015 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Emperor's New Clothes2015 · as Self (archive footage)
• Tab Hunter Confidential2015 · as Self (archive)
• Hollywood sul Tevere2009
• Waking Sleeping Beauty2009 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Meerkats2008 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Price of Sugar2007 · as Narrator (voice)
• Dale2007 · as Narrator (voice)
• Geared-Up2006
• Mater and the Ghostlight2006 · as Doc Hudson (voice)
• Cars2006 · as Doc Hudson (voice)
• The Wild Bunch: The True Tale of Butch and Sundance2006 · as Self
• Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time2006 · as Chance Wayne (archive footage)
• Roving Mars2006 · as Self (Introduction)
• Who Needs Sleep?2006 · as Self
• All of What Follows Is True: The Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'2006 · as Self
• Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon2005 · as Dave Scott (voice)
• The Art of 'The Sting'2005 · as Self
• Tell Them Who You Are2004 · as Self
• The Education of Gore Vidal2003 · as Self
• Our Town2003 · as Stage Manager
• Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages2002 · as Self
• Road to Perdition2002 · as John Rooney
• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Outlaws Out of Time2002 · as Self
• Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film2002 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Hustler: The Inside Story2002 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"2001 · as Self
• Where the Money Is2000 · as Henry
• Black Light Dreams: The 25 Years of the Famous People Players2000 · as Self
• Altman on His Own Terms2000 · as Self
• Message in a Bottle1999 · as Dodge Blake
• Twilight1998 · as Harry Ross
• Super Speedway1997 · as Narrator (voice)
• Nobody's Fool1994 · as Sully Sullivan
• Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage1994 · as Brick / Chance Wayne (archive footage)
• The Hudsucker Proxy1994 · as Sidney J. Mussburger
• La Classe américaine1993 · as Dave (archive footage)
• Mr. & Mrs. Bridge1990 · as Walter Bridge
• The Mastery of Motion1990 · as Himself
• Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge1990 · as Self (archive footage)
• Blaze1989 · as Gov. Earl K. Long
• Fat Man and Little Boy1989 · as Gen. Leslie R. Groves
• Ancient Forests: Rage Over Trees1989 · as Host
• Production Story: Fat Man and Little Boy1989 · as Self
• Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre1989 · as Self
• Hello Actors Studio1988 · as Self
• John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick1988 · as Self
• The Racing Experience1988 · as Host
• Driven to Excellence1987 · as Himself
• The Color of Money1986 · as Eddie Felson
• A Step Away from War1986 · as Host
• Circuit1985 · as Self
• Harry & Son1984 · as Harry Keach
• The Verdict1982 · as Frank Galvin
• Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady1982
• Night of 100 Stars1982 · as Self
• Come Along with Me1982 · as Hughie (voice)
• Absence of Malice1981 · as Michael Colin Gallagher
• Fort Apache, the Bronx1981 · as Murphy
• When Time Ran Out...1980 · as Hank Anderson
• The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's1980 · as Self (archive footage)
• Pole Position: i guerrieri della Formula 11980 · as Self
• Angel Death1979 · as Narrator / Host
• Quintet1979 · as Essex
• War Without Winners1978 · as Host
• Slap Shot1977 · as Reggie 'Reg' Dunlop
• From the Prairie to the Palace1976
• Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson1976 · as The Star (William F. Cody)
• Silent Movie1976 · as Self
• The Drowning Pool1975 · as Lew Harper
• Harper Days are Here Again1975 · as Self
• McCarthy: Death of a Witch Hunter1975 · as Self - Host
• The Towering Inferno1974 · as Doug Roberts
• The Sting1973 · as Henry Gondorff
• The MacKintosh Man1973 · as Rearden
• Paul Newman1973 · as Self
• The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean1972 · as Judge Roy Bean
• Pocket Money1972 · as Jim Kane
• Hollywood: The Dream Factory1972 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Distant Drummer: Flowers of Darkness1972 · as Narrator
• What She's Doing Up There is Not Accidental1972 · as Himself
• Sometimes a Great Notion1971 · as Hank Stamper
• The Making Of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'1970 · as Self
• WUSA1970 · as Rheinhardt
• King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis1970 · as Self (archive footage)
• A Long Way from Nowhere1970 · as Narrator
• A Private Decision1970 · as Self
• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid1969 · as Butch Cassidy
• Winning1969 · as Frank Capua
• Three Young Americans in Search of Survival1969 · as Host
• The Secret War of Harry Frigg1968 · as Pvt. Harry Frigg
• Cool Hand Luke1967 · as Luke Jackson
• Hombre1967 · as John Russell
• Torn Curtain1966 · as Michael Armstrong
• Harper1966 · as Lew Harper
• A Year Towards Tomorrow1966 · as Narrator
• Lady L1965 · as Armand Denis
• The Outrage1964 · as Juan Carrasco
• What a Way to Go!1964 · as Larry Flint
• The Prize1963 · as Andrew Craig
• A New Kind of Love1963 · as Steve Sherman
• Hud1963 · as Hud Bannon
• Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man1962 · as The Battler
• Sweet Bird of Youth1962 · as Chance Wayne
• Paris Blues1961 · as Ram Bowen
• The Hustler1961 · as Eddie Felson
• Exodus1960 · as Ari Ben Canaan
• From the Terrace1960 · as David Alfred Eaton
• The Young Philadelphians1959 · as Anthony Judson Lawrence
• Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!1958 · as Harry Bannerman
• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof1958 · as Brick
• The Long, Hot Summer1958 · as Ben Quick
• The Left Handed Gun1958 · as Billy The Kid
• Until They Sail1957 · as Capt. Jack Harding
• The Helen Morgan Story1957 · as Larry Maddux
• The Rack1956 · as Capt. Edward W. Hall, Jr.
• Bang the Drum Slowly1956 · as Henry "Author" Wiggen
• Somebody Up There Likes Me1956 · as Rocky Graziano
• The Battler1955 · as Ad Francis
• Our Town1955 · as George Gibbs
• The Silver Chalice1954 · as Basil

All TV Shows (46)

• Superpowered: The DC Story2023 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Last Movie Stars2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• Iconic Couples of Hollywood2015 · as Self (archive footage)
• Talking Pictures2013 · as Self (archive footage)
• Iconoclasts2005 · as Self
• Empire Falls2005 · as Max Roby
• HypaSpace2002 · as Self
• The Directors1999 · as Self
• E! True Hollywood Story1996
• Baseball1994 · as (voice)
• Inside the Actors Studio1994 · as Self
• Late Show with David Letterman1993 · as Self - Audience Member
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992 · as Self - Guest
• The Simpsons1989 · as Paul Newman (voice)
• American Playhouse1982 · as Hughie (voice)
• The Kennedy Center Honors1978 · as Self
• Please Turn the Page1977 · as Self
• Spécial cinéma1974 · as Self
• Film '721971 · as Self
• Once Upon a Wheel1971 · as Self - Host / Narrator
• The Dick Cavett Show1968 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine1962 · as Eddie Felson
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Bell Telephone Hour1959 · as Self
• The Kaiser Aluminum Hour1956 · as Pvt. Danny Scott
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Presenter
• Playwrights '561955 · as Ad Francis
• Appointment with Adventure1955 · as Mack
• Producers' Showcase1954 · as George Gibbs
• The Joe Palooka Story1954 · as Fight Spectator (uncredited)
• The United States Steel Hour1953 · as Tom Corey
• The Man Behind the Badge1953
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Tales of Tomorrow1951 · as Sgt. Wilson
• Danger1950 · as Jeff
• Armstrong Circle Theatre1950 · as Jimmy Polo
• What's My Line?1950 · as Self - Mystery Guest
• Suspense1949 · as Captain Radetski
• The Philco Television Playhouse1948 · as Billy the Kid
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self
• Kraft Television Theatre1947
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee