ACTOR
Paul Newman
Known for The Simpsons · Cars · Cars 3
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…
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- Born
- Jan 26, 1925
- Died
- Sep 26, 2008
- Birthplace
- Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA
- Known For
- 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.
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Known For
TV
The SimpsonsPaul Newman (voice) · 1989
★ 8.0
★ 8.0
FILM
CarsDoc Hudson (voice) · 2006
★ 7.1
★ 7.1
FILM
Cars 3Doc Hudson (voice) (archive sound) · 2017
★ 6.9
★ 6.9
FILM
Road to PerditionJohn Rooney · 2002
★ 7.4
★ 7.4
Filmography
Movies
The Silver ChaliceBasil
1954
Our TownGeorge Gibbs
1955
The BattlerAd Francis
1955
Somebody Up There Likes MeRocky Graziano
1956
Bang the Drum SlowlyHenry "Author" Wiggen
1956
The RackCapt. Edward W. Hall, Jr.
1956
The Helen Morgan StoryLarry Maddux
1957
Until They SailCapt. Jack Harding
1957
The Left Handed GunBilly The Kid
1958
The Long, Hot SummerBen Quick
1958
Cat on a Hot Tin RoofBrick Pollitt
1958
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!Harry Bannerman
1958
The Young PhiladelphiansAnthony Judson Lawrence
1959
From the TerraceDavid Alfred Eaton
1960
ExodusAri Ben Canaan
1960
BA
Bennies and GoofballsHimself
1961
The HustlerEddie Felson
1961
Paris BluesRam Bowen
1961
Sweet Bird of YouthChance Wayne
1962
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young ManThe Battler
1962
HudHud Bannon
1963
A New Kind of LoveSteve Sherman
1963
The PrizeAndrew Craig
1963
What a Way to Go!Larry Flint
1964
The OutrageJuan Carrasco
1964
Lady LArmand Denis
1965
A Year Towards TomorrowNarrator
1966
HarperLew Harper
1966
Torn CurtainMichael Armstrong
1966
HombreJohn Russell
1967
Cool Hand LukeLuke Jackson
1967
The Secret War of Harry FriggPvt. Harry Frigg
1968
TY
Three Young Americans in Search of SurvivalHost
1969
WinningFrank Capua
1969
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KidButch Cassidy
1969
A Long Way from NowhereNarrator
1970
A Private DecisionSelf
1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to MemphisSelf (archive footage)
1970
WUSARheinhardt
1970
The Making Of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'Self
1970
Sometimes a Great NotionHank Stamper
1971
The Distant Drummer: Flowers of DarknessNarrator
1972
WS
What She's Doing Up There is Not AccidentalHimself
1972
Hollywood: The Dream FactorySelf (archive footage)
1972
Pocket MoneyJim Kane
1972
The Life and Times of Judge Roy BeanJudge Roy Bean
1972
PN
Paul NewmanSelf
1973
The MacKintosh ManJoseph Rearden
1973
The StingHenry Gondorff
1973
The Towering InfernoDoug Roberts
1974
Harper Days are Here AgainSelf
1975
MD
McCarthy: Death of a Witch HunterSelf - Host
1975
The Drowning PoolLew Harper
1975
Silent MoviePaul Newman
1976
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History LessonThe Star (William F. Cody)
1976
From the Prairie to the Palace
1976
Slap ShotReggie 'Reg' Dunlop
1977
WW
War Without WinnersHost
1978
QuintetEssex
1979
Angel DeathNarrator / Host
1979
Pole Position: i guerrieri della Formula 1Self
1980
AT
At The Wheel: A History of Driving and Driving Safety FilmHimself
1980
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70'sSelf (archive footage)
1980
When Time Ran Out...Hank Anderson
1980
Fort Apache, the BronxMurphy
1981
Absence of MaliceMichael Colin Gallagher
1981
Come Along with MeHughie (voice)
1982
Night of 100 StarsSelf
1982
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special LadySelf
1982
The VerdictFrank Galvin
1982
Harry & SonHarry Keach
1984
CircuitSelf
1985
AS
A Step Away from WarHost
1986
The Color of MoneyEddie Felson
1986
DT
Driven to ExcellenceHimself
1987
TR
The Racing ExperienceHost
1988
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the MaverickSelf
1988
Hello Actors StudioSelf
1988
BD
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group TheatreSelf
1989
PS
Production Story: Fat Man and Little BoySelf
1989
AF
Ancient Forests: Rage Over TreesHost
1989
Fat Man and Little BoyGen. Leslie R. Groves
1989
BlazeGov. Earl K. Long
1989
Steve McQueen: Man on the EdgeSelf (archive footage)
1990
TM
The Mastery of MotionHimself
1990
Mr. & Mrs. BridgeWalter Bridge
1990
Mansell & Newman Haas 1993Himself
1993
La Classe américaineDave (archive footage)
1993
The Hudsucker ProxySidney J. Mussburger
1994
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American StageBrick / Chance Wayne (archive footage)
1994
Nobody's FoolSully Sullivan
1994
Super SpeedwayNarrator (voice)
1997
TwilightHarry Ross
1998
Message in a BottleDodge Blake
1999
Black Light Dreams: The 25 Years of the Famous People PlayersSelf
2000
Altman on His Own TermsSelf
2000
Where the Money IsHenry
2000
The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"Self
2001
The Hustler: The Inside StorySelf (archive footage)
2002
RR
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in FilmSelf (archive footage)
2002
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Outlaws Out of TimeSelf
2002
Road to PerditionJohn Rooney
2002
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All StagesSelf
2002
Our TownStage Manager
2003
The Education of Gore VidalSelf
2003
Tell Them Who You AreSelf
2004
James Dean: Forever YoungSelf (archive footage)
2005
The Art of 'The Sting'Self
2005
Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the MoonDave Scott (voice)
2005
All of What Follows Is True: The Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'Self
2006
Who Needs Sleep?Self
2006
Roving MarsSelf (Introduction)
2006
SB
Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing TimeChance Wayne (archive footage)
2006
The Wild Bunch: The True Tale of Butch and SundanceSelf
2006
CarsDoc Hudson (voice)
2006
Mater and the GhostlightDoc Hudson (voice)
2006
Geared-Up
2006
DaleNarrator (voice)
2007
The Price of SugarNarrator (voice)
2007
The MeerkatsNarrator (voice)
2008
Hollywood sul Tevere
2009
Waking Sleeping BeautySelf (archive footage)
2010
Tab Hunter ConfidentialSelf (archive)
2015
The Emperor's New ClothesSelf (archive footage)
2015
Winning: The Racing Life of Paul NewmanSelf (archive footage)
2015
Best of EnemiesSelf (archival)
2015
Cars 3Doc Hudson (voice) (archive sound)
2017
Steve McQueen: American IconSelf (archive footage)
2017
Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs StorySelf (archive footage)
2020
Jay Sebring… Cutting to the TruthSelf(archive footage)
2020
Morceaux de CannesSelf (archive footage)
2021
Paul Newman, Behind Blue EyesSelf (archive footage)
2021
Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland JofféSelf (archive footage)
2022
Paul Newman: The RestlessSelf (archive footage)
2023
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky HorrorSelf (archive footage)
2025
Breakdown: 1975Self (The Towering Inferno-archive footage)
2025Television
Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient · 1 eps
1944
Kraft Television Theatre1 eps
1947
The Ed Sullivan ShowSelf · 2 eps
1948
The Philco Television PlayhouseBilly the Kid · 1 eps
1948
SuspenseCaptain Radetski · 1 eps
1949
What's My Line?Self · 2 eps
1950
Armstrong Circle TheatreJimmy Polo · 1 eps
1950
D
DangerJeff · 1 eps
1950
Tales of TomorrowSgt. Wilson · 1 eps
1951
The OscarsSelf · 3 eps
1953
The United States Steel HourTom Corey · 1 eps
1953
TJ
The Joe Palooka StoryFight Spectator (uncredited) · 1 eps
1954
PS
Producers' ShowcaseGeorge Gibbs · 38 eps
1954
AW
Appointment with AdventureMack · 53 eps
1955
P'
Playwrights '56Ad Francis · 1 eps
1955
Tony AwardsSelf - Presenter · 2 eps
1956
TK
The Kaiser Aluminum HourPvt. Danny Scott · 1 eps
1956
The Bell Telephone HourSelf · 1 eps
1959
The Mike Douglas ShowSelf · 4 eps
1961
Jackie Gleason and His American Scene MagazineEddie Felson · 1 eps
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf · 5 eps
1962
The Merv Griffin ShowSelf · 1 eps
1962
The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest · 3 eps
1968
Once Upon a WheelSelf - Host / Narrator · 1 eps
1971
F'
Film '72Self · 3 eps
1971
Spécial cinémaSelf · 1 eps
1974
PT
Please Turn the PageSelf · 1 eps
1977
Ciné regardsSelf · 2 eps
1978
The Kennedy Center HonorsSelf · 1 eps
1978
American PlayhouseHughie (voice) · 1 eps
1982
The SimpsonsPaul Newman (voice) · 1 eps
1989
The Tonight Show with Jay LenoSelf - Guest · 1 eps
1992
Late Show with David LettermanSelf - Audience Member · 1 eps
1993
Inside the Actors StudioSelf · 1 eps
1994
Baseball(voice) · 2 eps
1994
E! True Hollywood Story1 eps
1996
The DirectorsSelf · 2 eps
1999
H
HypaSpaceSelf · 1 eps
2002
Empire FallsMax Roby · 2 eps
2005
IconoclastsSelf · 1 eps
2005
Talking PicturesSelf (archive footage) · 1 eps
2013
Iconic Couples of HollywoodSelf (archive footage) · 1 eps
2015
The Last Movie StarsSelf (archive footage) · 6 eps
2022
Superpowered: The DC StorySelf (archive footage) · 1 eps
2023Photos
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