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Paul Newman

Film Producer / Film Director / Actor / Screenwriter | * 01/26/1925 († 83, 09/26/2008) | Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA
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Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008) was an American actor, film director, racecar driver, and entrepreneur. He was the recipient of numerous awards, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Born in Shaker Heights, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, Newman showed an interest in theater as a child and at age 10 performed in a stage production of Saint George and the Dragon at the Cleveland Play House. He served as a Navyman in the Pacific Theater of World War II and received his Bachelor of Arts degree in drama and economics from Kenyon College in 1949. After touring with several summer stock companies including the Belfry Players, Newman attended the Yale School of Drama for a year before studying at the Actors Studio under Lee Strasberg. His first starring Broadway role was in William Inge's Picnic, and he starred in smaller roles for a few more films before receiving widespread attention and acclaim for his performances in Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956) and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), the latter of which also starre... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Documentaries | Comedies

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When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline, who ends up admi ...

Cool Hand Luke

PG

1967 | 3.9/5 | 2h 7min
Crime, Drama
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Mike Sullivan works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney. Sullivan views Rooney as a father figure, however after his son is witness to a killing, Mike Sullivan finds himself on the run in attempt ...

Road to Perdition

R

2002 | 3.7/5 | 1h 57min
Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Frank Galvin is a down-on-his-luck lawyer and reduced to drinking and ambulance chasing, when a former associate reminds him of his obligations in a medical malpractice suit by serving it to Galvin on ...

The Verdict

R

1982 | 3.8/5 | 2h 9min
Drama
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Fast Eddie Felson is a small-time pool hustler with a lot of talent but a self-destructive attitude. His bravado causes him to challenge the legendary Minnesota Fats to a high-stakes match. ...

The Hustler

NR

1961 | 3.9/5 | 2h 14min
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Paul Newman

Four Freedoms Award Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award Academy Award for Best Actor Theatre World Award Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award Kennedy Center Honors Commandeur Des Arts Et Des Lettres‎ Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor 8x Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Picture Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play

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Movies with Paul Newman as Actor(92)

2020 Untitled Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward Documentary
as Himself (Archive Footage)2020 Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story
as Archive Footage2020 Jay Sebring....Cutting to the Truth
as Doc Hudson (voice)2017 Cars 3
as himself2015 Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman
2015 Warren Beatty - Mister Hollywood
as Himself (archive footage)2015 Tab Hunter Confidential
2014 And the Oscar Goes To...
as Himself (Narrator)2008 The Meerkats
as Narrator2007 The Price of Sugar
as Narrator2007 Dale
as Himself (Introduction)2006 Roving Mars
as himself2006 All of What Follows Is True: The Making of 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'
as Doc Hudson (voice)2006 Cars
as Doc Hudson (voice)2006 Mater and the Ghostlight
as Dave Scott2005 Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon
as himself2004 Tell Them Who You Are
as himself2003 The Education of Gore Vidal
as Stage Manager2003 Our Town
as John Rooney2002 Road to Perdition
as himself2002 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: Outlaws Out of Time
2001 The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"
as himself2000 Black Light Dreams: The 25 Years of the Famous People Players
as Henry2000 Where the Money Is
as Dodge Blake1999 Message in a Bottle
as Harry Ross1998 Twilight
as Narrator (voice)1997 Super Speedway
as Archive Footage1996 The Celluloid Closet
as Sully Sullivan1994 Nobody's Fool
as Sidney J. Mussburger1994 The Hudsucker Proxy
as Brick / Chance Wayne (archive footage)1994 Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
as Dave (archive footage)1993 La Classe américaine
as Walter Bridge1990 Mr. & Mrs. Bridge
as himself1989 John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick
as Gen. Leslie R. Groves1989 Fat Man and Little Boy
as Gov. Earl K. Long1989 Blaze
as Fast Eddie Felson1986 The Color of Money
as Harry Keach1984 Harry & Son
as Hughie (voice)1982 Come Along with Me
as Frank Galvin1982 The Verdict
as Murphy1981 Fort Apache, the Bronx
as Michael Colin Gallagher1981 Absence of Malice
as Hank Anderson1980 When Time Ran Out...
as himself1980 Pole Position: i guerrieri della Formula 1
as Essex1979 Quintet
as Reggie 'Reg' Dunlop1977 Slap Shot
as himself1976 Silent Movie
as The Star (William 'Buffalo Bill' Cody)1976 Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
as Harper1975 The Drowning Pool
as Himself - Host1975 McCarthy: Death of a Witch Hunter
as Doug Roberts1974 The Towering Inferno
as Henry Gondorff1973 The Sting
as Rearden1973 The MacKintosh Man
as Judge Roy Bean1972 The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
as Narrator1972 The Distant Drummer: Flowers of Darkness
as Jim Kane1972 Pocket Money
as Hank Stamper1971 Sometimes a Great Notion
as himself1970 King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Rheinhardt1970 WUSA
as Butch Cassidy1969 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
as Frank Capua1969 Winning
as Pvt. Harry Frigg1968 The Secret War of Harry Frigg
as John Russell1967 Hombre
as Luke Jackson1967 Cool Hand Luke
as Lew Harper1966 Harper
as Narrator1966 A Year Towards Tomorrow
as Michael Armstrong1966 Torn Curtain
as Armand Denis1965 Lady L
as Larry Flint1964 What a Way to Go!
as Juan Carrasco1964 The Outrage
as Steve Sherman1963 A New Kind of Love
as Hud Bannon1963 Hud
as Andrew Craig1963 The Prize
as The Battler1962 Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man
as Chance Wayne1962 Sweet Bird of Youth
as Eddie Felson1961 The Hustler
as Ram Bowen1961 Paris Blues
as David Alfred Eaton1960 From the Terrace
as Ari Ben Canaan1960 Exodus
as Anthony Judson Lawrence1959 The Young Philadelphians
as Harry Bannerman1958 Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!
as Brick1958 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
as Billy The Kid1958 The Left Handed Gun
as Ben Quick1958 The Long, Hot Summer
as Capt. Jack Harding1957 Until They Sail
as Larry Maddux1957 The Helen Morgan Story
as Henry "Author" Wiggen1956 Bang the Drum Slowly
as Rocky1956 Somebody Up There Likes Me
as Capt. Edward W. Hall, Jr.1956 The Rack
as George Gibbs1955 Our Town
as Ad Francis1955 The Battler
as Basil1954 The Silver Chalice

TV Shows/Series with Paul Newman as Actor(22)

as himself2013 Talking Pictures
2005 Iconoclasts
as himself2002 HypaSpace
1996 E! True Hollywood Story
as Voice1994 Baseball
as himself1994 Inside the Actors Studio
1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1989 The Simpsons
1978 The Kennedy Center Honors
as Himself - Guest1968 The Dick Cavett Show
as Eddie Felson1962 Jackie Gleason and His American Scene Magazine
as Pvt. Danny Scott1956 The Kaiser Aluminum Hour
as Mack1955 Appointment with Adventure
1955 Playwrights '56
as George Gibbs1954 Producers' Showcase
1953 The Man Behind the Badge
1951 Tales of Tomorrow
as Alex1950 The Web
1950 Armstrong Circle Theatre
1949 Suspense
1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 The Philco Television Playhouse

Movies with Paul Newman as Crew(15)

Directing/Director1987 The Glass Menagerie
Directing/Director1984 Harry & Son
Production/Producer1984 Harry & Son
Writing/Screenplay1984 Harry & Son
Directing/Director1980 The Shadow Box
Production/Co-Executive Producer1972 The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean
Directing/Director1972 The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
Production/Producer1971 They Might Be Giants
Directing/Director1971 Sometimes a Great Notion
Production/Executive Producer1971 Sometimes a Great Notion
Production/Producer1970 WUSA
Production/Executive Producer1969 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Production/Co-Executive Producer1969 Winning
Directing/Director1968 Rachel, Rachel
Production/Producer1968 Rachel, Rachel

Full Name: Paul Newman
Born: Monday, 01/26 1925 (January) in Shaker Heights
Died: Friday, 09/26 2008 (September) in Westport (aged: 83)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: Kenyon College, Yale School of Drama, Ohio University
Spouses (current/former): Joanne Woodward
Children: Scott Newman, Nell Newman, Melissa Newman
Student of: Tse Tsun Yu
Other names for Paul Newman (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"保羅紐曼"
"Пол Ньюман"
"P.L. Neuman"
"Paul Leonard Newman"
Paul Newman frequently works together with these people:
Joanne Woodward (28x, Actress)
Robert Wagner (11x, Actor)
Robert Altman (9x, Crew)
Martin Ritt (9x, Crew)
Edith Head (9x, Crew)
Joe Ranft (8x, Crew)
John Foreman (8x, Crew)
Jack Lemmon (7x, Actor)
Henry Mancini (7x, Crew)
Tennessee Williams (7x, Crew)
Charlton Heston (6x, Actor)
Jack Warden (6x, Actor)
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