Paul Newman
1925-2008
Known for Cars, The Sting, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
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.
Movie Credits
Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman (2015)
Where the Money Is (2000)
Nobody's Fool (1994)
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990)
Blaze (1989)
The Color of Money (1986)
The Verdict (1982)
Slap Shot (1977)
The Sting (1973)
Sometimes a Great Notion (1971)
WUSA (1970)
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968)
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Hud (1963)
The Hustler (1961)
Exodus (1960)
From the Terrace (1960)
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
The Left Handed Gun (1958)
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
Cars (2006)
Road to Perdition (2002)
Absence of Malice (1981)
Lady L (1965)
Message in a Bottle (1999)
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
The Silver Chalice (1954)
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man (1962)
The Emperor's New Clothes (2015)
Tab Hunter Confidential (2015)
kid 90 (2021)
Cars 3 (2017)
Silent Movie (1976)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972)
