Paul Newman - Actor Profile

Paul Newman

50Movies
9.0 Best Rating

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.

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Complete Filmography & Verdicts

YearMovieCharacterRatingVerdict
2021 Paul Newman, Behind Blue Eyes Self (archive footage) ★ 8.0 HIT
2021 kid 90 Self (archive footage) ★ 7.1 HIT
2020 Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story Self (archive footage) ★ 7.0 HIT
2017 Steve McQueen: American Icon Self (archive footage) ★ 7.0 HIT
2017 Cars 3 Doc Hudson (voice) (archive sound) ★ 6.9 HIT
2015 Best of Enemies Self (archival) ★ 7.2 HIT
2015 Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman Self (archive footage) ★ 7.5 HIT
2015 Tab Hunter Confidential Self (archive footage) ★ 7.3 HIT
2009 Waking Sleeping Beauty Self (archive footage) ★ 7.2 HIT
2008 The Meerkats Narrator (voice) ★ 6.7 HIT
2007 Dale Narrator (voice) ★ 9.0 HIT
2006 Cars Doc Hudson (voice) ★ 7.0 HIT
2006 Roving Mars Self (Introduction) ★ 7.2 HIT
2006 Who Needs Sleep? Self ★ 7.0 HIT
2003 Our Town Stage Manager ★ 8.0 HIT
2002 Road to Perdition John Rooney ★ 7.3 HIT
1997 Super Speedway Narrator (voice) ★ 8.6 HIT
1994 Nobody's Fool Sully Sullivan ★ 6.8 HIT
1994 The Hudsucker Proxy Sidney J. Mussburger ★ 7.1 HIT
1993 La Classe américaine Dave (archive footage) ★ 7.6 HIT
1988 Hello Actors Studio Self ★ 6.5 HIT
1986 The Color of Money Eddie Felson ★ 6.9 HIT
1982 The Verdict Frank Galvin ★ 7.4 HIT
1982 Night of 100 Stars Self ★ 6.7 HIT
1981 Absence of Malice Michael Colin Gallagher ★ 6.6 HIT
1981 Fort Apache, the Bronx Murphy ★ 6.5 HIT
1977 Slap Shot Reggie 'Reg' Dunlop ★ 6.8 HIT
1976 Silent Movie Self ★ 6.5 HIT
1974 The Towering Inferno Doug Roberts ★ 7.0 HIT
1973 The Sting Henry Gondorff ★ 8.0 HIT
1971 Sometimes a Great Notion Hank Stamper ★ 7.0 HIT
1970 King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis Self (archive footage) ★ 7.1 HIT
1969 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Butch Cassidy ★ 7.6 HIT
1967 Cool Hand Luke Luke Jackson ★ 7.7 HIT
1967 Hombre John Russell ★ 7.0 HIT
1966 Torn Curtain Michael Armstrong ★ 6.6 HIT
1966 Harper Lew Harper ★ 6.6 HIT
1964 What a Way to Go! Larry Flint ★ 7.1 HIT
1963 The Prize Andrew Craig ★ 6.7 HIT
1963 Hud Hud Bannon ★ 7.3 HIT
1962 Sweet Bird of Youth Chance Wayne ★ 6.8 HIT
1961 Paris Blues Ram Bowen ★ 6.5 HIT
1961 The Hustler Eddie Felson ★ 7.7 HIT
1960 Exodus Ari Ben Canaan ★ 6.7 HIT
1960 From the Terrace David Alfred Eaton ★ 6.6 HIT
1959 The Young Philadelphians Anthony Judson Lawrence ★ 7.4 HIT
1958 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Brick ★ 7.6 HIT
1958 The Long, Hot Summer Ben Quick ★ 7.0 HIT
1956 The Rack Capt. Edward W. Hall, Jr. ★ 6.6 HIT
1956 Somebody Up There Likes Me Rocky Graziano ★ 7.3 HIT