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Paul Newman

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Paul Newman

Born January 26, 1925 in Shaker Heights, Ohio, USADied September 26, 200864 films

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.

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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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Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Cars poster7.1Cars2006Road to Perdition poster7.4Road to Perdition2002Cars 3 poster6.9Cars 32017Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid poster7.6Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid1969Cool Hand Luke poster7.7Cool Hand Luke1967The Hustler poster7.7The Hustler1961Cat on a Hot Tin Roof poster7.6Cat on a Hot Tin Roof1958The Hudsucker Proxy poster7.1The Hudsucker Proxy1994

Filmography

64 films as actor
  1. 2017Cars 3Doc Hudson (voice) (archive sound)
  2. 2006Mater and the GhostlightDoc Hudson (voice)
  3. 2006CarsDoc Hudson (voice)
  4. 2003Our TownStage Manager
  5. 2002Road to PerditionJohn Rooney
  6. 2000Where the Money IsHenry
  7. 1999Message in a BottleDodge Blake
  8. 1998TwilightHarry Ross
  9. 1994Nobody's FoolSully Sullivan
  10. 1994The Hudsucker ProxySidney J. Mussburger
  11. 1990Mr. & Mrs. BridgeWalter Bridge
  12. 1989BlazeGov. Earl K. Long
  13. 1989Fat Man and Little BoyGen. Leslie R. Groves
  14. 1986The Color of MoneyEddie Felson
  15. 1984Harry & SonHarry Keach
  16. 1982The VerdictFrank Galvin
  17. 1982Come Along with MeHughie (voice)
  18. 1981Absence of MaliceMichael Colin Gallagher
  19. 1981Fort Apache, the BronxMurphy
  20. 1980When Time Ran Out...Hank Anderson
  21. 1979QuintetEssex
  22. 1977Slap ShotReggie 'Reg' Dunlop
  23. 1976Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History LessonThe Star (William F. Cody)
  24. 1976Silent MoviePaul Newman
  25. 1975The Drowning PoolLew Harper
  26. 1974The Towering InfernoDoug Roberts
  27. 1973The StingHenry Gondorff
  28. 1973The MacKintosh ManJoseph Rearden
  29. 1972The Life and Times of Judge Roy BeanJudge Roy Bean
  30. 1972Pocket MoneyJim Kane
  31. 1971Sometimes a Great NotionHank Stamper
  32. 1970WUSARheinhardt
  33. 1969Butch Cassidy and the Sundance KidButch Cassidy
  34. 1969WinningFrank Capua
  35. 1968The Secret War of Harry FriggPvt. Harry Frigg
  36. 1967Cool Hand LukeLuke Jackson
  37. 1967HombreJohn Russell
  38. 1966Torn CurtainMichael Armstrong
  39. 1966HarperLew Harper
  40. 1965Lady LArmand Denis
  41. 1964The OutrageJuan Carrasco
  42. 1964What a Way to Go!Larry Flint
  43. 1963The PrizeAndrew Craig
  44. 1963A New Kind of LoveSteve Sherman
  45. 1963HudHud Bannon
  46. 1962Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young ManThe Battler
  47. 1962Sweet Bird of YouthChance Wayne
  48. 1961Paris BluesRam Bowen
  49. 1961The HustlerEddie Felson
  50. 1960ExodusAri Ben Canaan
  51. 1960From the TerraceDavid Alfred Eaton
  52. 1959The Young PhiladelphiansAnthony Judson Lawrence
  53. 1958Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!Harry Bannerman
  54. 1958Cat on a Hot Tin RoofBrick Pollitt
  55. 1958The Long, Hot SummerBen Quick
  56. 1958The Left Handed GunBilly The Kid
  57. 1957Until They SailCapt. Jack Harding
  58. 1957The Helen Morgan StoryLarry Maddux
  59. 1956The RackCapt. Edward W. Hall, Jr.
  60. 1956Bang the Drum SlowlyHenry "Author" Wiggen
  61. 1956Somebody Up There Likes MeRocky Graziano
  62. 1955The BattlerAd Francis
  63. 1955Our TownGeorge Gibbs
  64. 1954The Silver ChaliceBasil