Paul Newman
Actor
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.
Filmography
Cars
as Doc Hudson (voice) 2006
Cars 3
as Doc Hudson (voice) (archive sound) 2017
Road to Perdition
as John Rooney 2002
The Sting
as Henry Gondorff 1973
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
as Butch Cassidy 1969
Cool Hand Luke
as Luke Jackson 1967
The Color of Money
as Eddie Felson 1986
The Hudsucker Proxy
as Sidney J. Mussburger 1994
The Hustler
as Eddie Felson 1961
The Towering Inferno
as Doug Roberts 1974
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
as Brick 1958
Message in a Bottle
as Dodge Blake 1999
The Verdict
as Frank Galvin 1982
Torn Curtain
as Michael Armstrong 1966
Mater and the Ghostlight
as Doc Hudson (voice) 2006
Slap Shot
as Reggie 'Reg' Dunlop 1977
Hud
as Hud Bannon 1963