Paul Newman
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 26, 1925
- Place of birth
- Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA
- Died
- September 26, 2008
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.
Movies with Paul Newman
- Cars 2006 · ★ 7.1
- Cars 3 2017 · ★ 6.9
- Road to Perdition 2002 · ★ 7.4
- The Sting 1973 · ★ 8.0
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969 · ★ 7.6
- Cool Hand Luke 1967 · ★ 7.7
- The Color of Money 1986 · ★ 6.9
- The Hudsucker Proxy 1994 · ★ 7.1
- The Hustler 1961 · ★ 7.7
- The Towering Inferno 1974 · ★ 7.0
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 1958 · ★ 7.6
- Message in a Bottle 1999 · ★ 6.3
- The Verdict 1982 · ★ 7.5
- Torn Curtain 1966 · ★ 6.6
- Mater and the Ghostlight 2006 · ★ 6.3
- Slap Shot 1977 · ★ 6.8
- Hud 1963 · ★ 7.3
- Silent Movie 1976 · ★ 6.5
- Nobody's Fool 1994 · ★ 6.9
- Absence of Malice 1981 · ★ 6.6
- La Classe américaine 1993 · ★ 7.6
- Hombre 1967 · ★ 7.1
- Exodus 1960 · ★ 6.7
- The Long, Hot Summer 1958 · ★ 7.0
- Twilight 1998 · ★ 6.1
- Harper 1966 · ★ 6.7
- Somebody Up There Likes Me 1956 · ★ 7.2
- The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean 1972 · ★ 6.5
- Fat Man and Little Boy 1989 · ★ 6.2
- Best of Enemies 2015 · ★ 7.2
- The Drowning Pool 1975 · ★ 6.3
- Sweet Bird of Youth 1962 · ★ 6.7
- Fort Apache, the Bronx 1981 · ★ 6.5
- The Left Handed Gun 1958 · ★ 6.0
- The Prize 1963 · ★ 6.7
- The MacKintosh Man 1973 · ★ 6.1
- Waking Sleeping Beauty 2010 · ★ 7.2
- Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson 1976 · ★ 5.6
- What a Way to Go! 1964 · ★ 7.1
- Sometimes a Great Notion 1971 · ★ 6.9
Movies directed by Paul Newman
- Sometimes a Great Notion 1971 · ★ 6.9
- Rachel, Rachel 1968 · ★ 6.6
- Harry & Son 1984 · ★ 5.9
- The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds 1972 · ★ 7.3
- The Glass Menagerie 1987 · ★ 6.2
- The Shadow Box 1980 · ★ 5.3