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Paul Newman

Born 1925-01-26

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.

Known for

Cars 2006 · 7.3 The Sting 1973 · 8.2 Road to Perdition 2002 · 7.6 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969 · 8.0 Cool Hand Luke 1967 · 8.0 The Color of Money 1986 · 7.0 The Hustler 1961 · 7.9 The Hudsucker Proxy 1994 · 7.2 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 1958 · 7.9 The Towering Inferno 1974 · 7.0 The Verdict 1982 · 7.7 Slap Shot 1977 · 7.2 Message in a Bottle 1999 · 6.3 Torn Curtain 1966 · 6.6 Hud 1963 · 7.8 Nobody's Fool 1994 · 7.3 Best of Enemies: Buckley vs. Vidal 2015 · 7.6 Twilight 1998 · 6.2 Hombre 1967 · 7.4 The Long, Hot Summer 1958 · 7.3 Exodus 1960 · 6.7 Harper 1966 · 6.8 Somebody Up There Likes Me 1956 · 7.5 Fat Man and Little Boy 1989 · 6.5 Sweet Bird of Youth 1962 · 7.1 Mater and the Ghostlight 2006 · 6.6 Fort Apache the Bronx 1981 · 6.7 Where the Money Is 2000 · 6.3 What a Way to Go! 1964 · 6.9 The Prize 1963 · 6.8 The MacKintosh Man 1973 · 6.3 Sometimes a Great Notion 1971 · 6.9 Rachel, Rachel 1968 · 7.1 Quintet 1979 · 5.0 When Time Ran Out... 1980 · 4.6 From the Terrace 1960 · 6.7 The Glass Menagerie 1987 · 7.1 Winning 1969 · 6.0 Roving Mars 2006 · 7.2 Uppity: The Willy T. Ribbs Story 2020 · 7.8 The Price of Sugar 2007 · 7.4