Paul Newman

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Paul Newman

Acting January 26, 1925

Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA

Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008) was an American actor, film director, entrepreneur, humanitarian, professional racing driver, auto racing team owner, a…

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Cars

Cars

7.1 2006 Movie
The Simpsons

The Simpsons

8.0 1989 TV Show
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.5 1962 TV Show
Cars 3

Cars 3

6.9 2017 Movie
Road to Perdition

Road to Perdition

7.4 2002 Movie
What's My Line?

What's My Line?

7.0 1950 TV Show
The Sting

The Sting

8.0 1973 Movie
Late Show with David Letterman

Late Show with David Letterman

6.4 1993 TV Show
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

7.6 1969 Movie
Cool Hand Luke

Cool Hand Luke

7.7 1967 Movie
The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

5.8 1961 TV Show
The Color of Money

The Color of Money

6.9 1986 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    Breakdown: 1975

    Movie Self (The Towering Inferno-archive footage)

  2. 2025
    Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  3. 2023
    Superpowered: The DC Story

    TV show Self (archive footage)

  4. 2023
    Paul Newman: The Restless

    Movie Self

  5. 2022
    Prisoners of Our Own History: The First Four Films of Roland Joffé

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  6. 2022
    The Last Movie Stars

    TV show Self (archive footage)

  7. 2021
    Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  8. 2021
    Morceaux de Cannes

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  9. 2021
    kid 90

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  10. 2020
    Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth

    Movie Self(archive footage)

  11. 2020
    Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  12. 2017
    Steve McQueen: American Icon

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  13. 2017
    Cars 3

    Movie Doc Hudson (voice) (archive sound)

  14. 2015
    Best of Enemies

    Movie Self (archival)

  15. 2015
    Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  16. 2015
    Iconic Couples of Hollywood

    TV show Self (archive footage)

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  1. 2015
    The Emperor's New Clothes

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 2015
    Tab Hunter Confidential

    Movie Self (archive)

  3. 2013
    Talking Pictures

    TV show Self (archive footage)

  4. 2010
    I'm Still Here

    Movie Thanks

  5. 2009
    Hollywood sul Tevere

    Movie

  6. 2009
    Waking Sleeping Beauty

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  7. 2008
    The Meerkats

    Movie Narrator (voice)

  8. 2007
    The Price of Sugar

    Movie Narrator (voice)

  9. 2007
    Dale

    Movie Narrator (voice)

  10. 2006
    Geared-Up

    Movie

  11. 2006
    Mater and the Ghostlight

    Movie Doc Hudson (voice)

  12. 2006
    Cars

    Movie Doc Hudson (voice)

  13. 2006
    The Wild Bunch: The True Tale of Butch and Sundance

    Movie Self

  14. 2006
    Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time

    Movie Chance Wayne (archive footage)

  15. 2006
    Roving Mars

    Movie Self (Introduction)

  16. 2006
    Who Needs Sleep?

    Movie Self

  17. 2006
    All of What Follows Is True: The Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'

    Movie Self

  18. 2005
    Iconoclasts

    TV show Self

  19. 2005
    Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon

    Movie Dave Scott (voice)

  20. 2005
    The Art of 'The Sting'

    Movie Self

  21. 2005
    Empire Falls

    TV show Max Roby

  22. 2004
    Tell Them Who You Are

    Movie Self

  23. 2003
    The Education of Gore Vidal

    Movie Self

  24. 2003
    Our Town

    Movie Stage Manager