
Paul Newman
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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
Credits

Cars (2006)
as Doc Hudson (voice)

Cars 3 (2017)
as Doc Hudson (voice) (archive sound)

The Sting (1973)
as Henry Gondorff

Cool Hand Luke (1967)
as Luke Jackson

Road to Perdition (2002)
as John Rooney

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
as Butch Cassidy

The Towering Inferno (1974)
as Doug Roberts

Message in a Bottle (1999)
as Dodge Blake

Hombre (1967)
as John Russell

Hud (1963)
as Hud Bannon

Nobody's Fool (1994)
as Sully Sullivan

The Color of Money (1986)
as Eddie Felson

Mater and the Ghostlight (2006)
as Doc Hudson (voice)

The Hustler (1961)
as Eddie Felson

The Verdict (1982)
as Frank Galvin

Harper (1966)
as Lew Harper

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
as Brick

Roving Mars (2006)
as Self (Introduction)

Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)
as Gen. Leslie R. Groves

Absence of Malice (1981)
as Michael Colin Gallagher

Exodus (1960)
as Ari Ben Canaan

Silent Movie (1976)
as Self

Torn Curtain (1966)
as Michael Armstrong

Fort Apache, the Bronx (1981)
as Murphy

The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
as Ben Quick

The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
as Sidney J. Mussburger

Until They Sail (1957)
as Capt. Jack Harding

Waking Sleeping Beauty (2009)
as Self (archive footage)

Twilight (1998)
as Harry Ross

The Silver Chalice (1954)
as Basil

Paris Blues (1961)
as Ram Bowen

Dale (2007)
as Narrator (voice)

Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990)
as Walter Bridge

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976)
as The Star (William F. Cody)

What a Way to Go! (1964)
as Larry Flint

La Classe américaine (1993)
as Dave (archive footage)

Slap Shot (1977)
as Reggie 'Reg' Dunlop

The Helen Morgan Story (1957)
as Larry Maddux

Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
as Rocky Graziano

kid 90 (2021)
as Self (archive footage)

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
as Judge Roy Bean

The MacKintosh Man (1973)
as Rearden

The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968)
as Pvt. Harry Frigg

The Prize (1963)
as Andrew Craig

Sometimes a Great Notion (1971)
as Hank Stamper

Where the Money Is (2000)
as Henry

The Young Philadelphians (1959)
as Anthony Judson Lawrence

The Outrage (1964)
as Juan Carrasco

Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
as Chance Wayne

Harry & Son (1984)
as Harry Keach

Tell Them Who You Are (2004)
as Self

The Meerkats (2008)
as Narrator (voice)

The Art of 'The Sting' (2005)
as Self

Geared-Up (2006)
Actor

From the Terrace (1960)
as David Alfred Eaton

Lady L (1965)
as Armand Denis

Morceaux de Cannes (2021)
Actor

Hollywood sul Tevere (2009)
Actor

When Time Ran Out... (1980)
as Hank Anderson

The Left Handed Gun (1958)
as Billy The Kid

The Rack (1956)
as Capt. Edward W. Hall, Jr.

Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man (1962)
as The Battler

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
as Self (archive footage)

Tab Hunter Confidential (2015)
as Self (archive)

Night of 100 Stars (1982)
as Self

The Drowning Pool (1975)
as Lew Harper

Paul Newman: The Restless (2023)
as Self

WUSA (1970)
as Rheinhardt

Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
Paul Newman (1973)
as Self

Pocket Money (1972)
as Jim Kane

Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady (1982)
Actor

Hello Actors Studio (1988)
as Self

Winning (1969)
as Frank Capua

Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958)
as Harry Bannerman

A New Kind of Love (1963)
as Steve Sherman

Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon (2005)
as Dave Scott (voice)

Our Town (2003)
as Stage Manager
Three Young Americans in Search of Survival (1969)
as Host

Quintet (1979)
as Essex

Steve McQueen: American Icon (2017)
as Self (archive footage)

A Long Way from Nowhere (1970)
as Narrator
The Racing Experience (1988)
as Host

Best of Enemies (2015)
as Self (archival)

John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (1988)
as Self

Super Speedway (1997)
as Narrator (voice)

Altman on His Own Terms (2000)
as Self

Blaze (1989)
as Gov. Earl K. Long

The Emperor's New Clothes (2015)
as Self (archive footage)

Who Needs Sleep? (2006)
as Self

The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's (1980)
as Self (archive footage)

The Education of Gore Vidal (2003)
as Self

The Distant Drummer: Flowers of Darkness (1972)
as Narrator
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film (2002)
as Self (archive footage)

Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story (2020)
as Self (archive footage)

All of What Follows Is True: The Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' (2006)
as Self

Bang the Drum Slowly (1956)
as Henry "Author" Wiggen

Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth (2020)
as Self(archive footage)

Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge (1990)
as Self (archive footage)

Circuit (1985)
as Self
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre (1989)
as Self

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Outlaws Out of Time (2002)
as Self

Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes (2021)
as Self (archive footage)

Pole Position: i guerrieri della Formula 1 (1980)
as Self
Driven to Excellence (1987)
as Himself

Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
McCarthy: Death of a Witch Hunter (1975)
as Self - Host

The Price of Sugar (2007)
as Narrator (voice)
A Step Away from War (1986)
as Host
Ancient Forests: Rage Over Trees (1989)
as Host
The Mastery of Motion (1990)
as Himself

Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages (2002)
as Self

The Story Behind "Absence of Malice" (2001)
as Self

From the Prairie to the Palace (1976)
Actor

Our Town (1955)
as George Gibbs

Come Along with Me (1982)
as Hughie (voice)

The Battler (1955)
as Ad Francis

A Private Decision (1970)
as Self

Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
as Self (archive footage)

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage (1994)
as Brick / Chance Wayne (archive footage)

Black Light Dreams: The 25 Years of the Famous People Players (2000)
as Self

A Year Towards Tomorrow (1966)
as Narrator

Angel Death (1979)
as Narrator / Host
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time (2006)
as Chance Wayne (archive footage)

Harper Days are Here Again (1975)
as Self
Production Story: Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)
as Self

The Hustler: The Inside Story (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
War Without Winners (1978)
as Host

The Wild Bunch: The True Tale of Butch and Sundance (2006)
as Self
What She's Doing Up There is Not Accidental (1972)
as Himself

The Making Of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' (1970)
as Self





