---
name: "Paul Newman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/paul-newman"
fi1m_id: "paul-newman"
imdb_id: "nm0000056"
tmdb_id: 3636
wikidata_id: "Q41871"
roles: ["Actor","Producer","Director"]
born: "26 January 1925"
died: "26 September 2008"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 16
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 14
updated: "2026-10-04T19:49:37.496284+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Paul Newman

## Identity

Paul Newman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/paul-newman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** paul-newman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0000056
- **TMDB ID:** 3636
- **Wikidata ID:** Q41871
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Newman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41871, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000056/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3636

Actor and producer. Born 26 January 1925 in Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA. Died 26 September 2008.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor, Producer, Director
- **Born:** 26 January 1925, Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA
- **Died:** 26 September 2008
- **Active:** 1958–2017
- **Also known as:** 保羅紐曼, P.L. Neuman, پال نیومن, Пол Леонард Ньюман, Paul Leonard Newman
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 16: 14 acting, 1 directing, 1 other
- **Frequently works with:** [Charles Durning](https://film.one/person/charles-durning.md), [George Roy Hill](https://film.one/person/george-roy-hill.md), [Harriet Frank Jr.](https://film.one/person/harriet-frank-jr.md), [Irving Ravetch](https://film.one/person/irving-ravetch.md), [Martin Ritt](https://film.one/person/martin-ritt.md), [Richard D. Zanuck](https://film.one/person/richard-d-zanuck.md), [Robert Redford](https://film.one/person/robert-redford.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 9 nominated)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as actor, over 14 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 82 (6), 1970s 76 (2), 1980s 73 (4), 1990s 78 (1), 2000s 77 (1), 2010s 59 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 79 to 74 across 11 titles
- **Score spread:** 7 at 80+, 5 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 12 of 13 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 14, Crime 6, Sport 3, Western 3, Action 2, Comedy 2
- **Screen time:** 28 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,204m across 14 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Newman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41871, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000056/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3636

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Hombre*](https://film.one/film/hombre.md) (77), [*Absence of Malice*](https://film.one/film/absence-of-malice.md) (73)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*The Hudsucker Proxy*](https://film.one/film/the-hudsucker-proxy.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Paul Newman

> Paul Newman gives cocky men enough vulnerability to keep us interested. We value his ease just as much in comedy, where an exaggerated character can sound comfortable with lines that have been polished too hard.

Paul Newman seems comfortable with the exaggeration of Sidney J. Mussburger in *The Hudsucker Proxy* (1994). The Coens’ comedy has lines polished until they sound as though nobody could have thought of them in the moment, yet Newman seems at ease saying them. We laughed at Mussburger because that ease makes the excess funny rather than merely fussy. He is a considerable asset to a comedy we like despite its over-rehearsed manners. It is a useful place to begin with an actor whose understatement can conceal how much he contributes.

*Cat on a Hot Tin Roof* (1958) established Newman as a leading man, and *The Hustler* (1961) gave him Eddie Felson, cocky and vulnerable. We are more interested in that vulnerability than in the cool by itself. His recurring work with director Martin Ritt in character-driven dramas belongs to this side of his acting. The attraction is being allowed to enjoy these flawed men while still noticing what is wrong with them.

There is also the pleasure of Newman in company, with Robert Redford in *Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid* (1969) and *The Sting* (1973). Later came a return to Eddie Felson in *The Colour of Money* (1986), then the older supporting part of John Rooney in *Road to Perdition* (2002). Those older roles suited an actor whose composure could suggest more feeling than he chose to display.

Back in *The Hudsucker Proxy*, the limit is clear enough: Newman’s assurance cannot make the whole screenplay sound as relaxed as he does. The Coens and Raimi sometimes polish away the possibility that anyone might surprise us. The film also struggles when it asks us to care about Tim Robbins’s innocent, a problem Mussburger cannot solve from his corner of the comedy. We recommend it for its performances and elaborate sets, with that reservation about the writing. Start there if screwball comedy is your sort of evening; give the fussier exchanges a little patience.

## Biography

Paul Newman was an American actor. He was born on 26 January 1925 in Shaker Heights, Ohio, and died on 26 September 2008. After serving in the US Navy during the Second World War, he studied drama at Kenyon College and the Yale School of Drama before training at the Actors Studio in New York.

Newman made his film debut in 1954 and appeared in more than sixty films. He is known for roles in *The Hustler* (1961), *Cool Hand Luke* (1967), *Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid* (1969), *The Sting* (1973), *The Color of Money* (1986) and *Road to Perdition* (2002). In 1994 he played Sidney J. Mussburger in *The Hudsucker Proxy*. He also voiced Doc Hudson in *Cars* (2006).

Newman won an Academy Award for Best Actor for *The Color of Money*. He was also a racing driver whose teams won multiple championships, and he co-founded Newman's Own, donating all post-tax profits to charity.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, case.edu.*

## On Fi1m (16)

### Performed in (14) — the average rests on these

- *Cars 3* (2017), Fi1m 58, as Doc Hudson (voice) (archive sound) — [page](https://film.one/film/cars-3.md)
- *Road to Perdition* (2002), Fi1m 77, as John Rooney — [page](https://film.one/film/road-to-perdition.md)
- *The Hudsucker Proxy* (1994), Fi1m 78, as Sidney J. Mussburger — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hudsucker-proxy.md)
- *The Color of Money* (1986), Fi1m 80, as Eddie Felson — [page](https://film.one/film/the-color-of-money.md)
- *The Verdict* (1982), Fi1m 84, as Frank Galvin — [page](https://film.one/film/the-verdict.md)
- *Absence of Malice* (1981), Fi1m 73, as Michael Colin Gallagher — [page](https://film.one/film/absence-of-malice.md)
- *Fort Apache, the Bronx* (1981), Fi1m 56, as Murphy — [page](https://film.one/film/fort-apache-the-bronx.md)
- *The Towering Inferno* (1974), Fi1m 68, as Doug Roberts — [page](https://film.one/film/the-towering-inferno.md)
- *The Sting* (1973), Fi1m 85, as Henry Gondorff — [page](https://film.one/film/the-sting.md)
- *Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid* (1969), Fi1m 84, as Butch Cassidy — [page](https://film.one/film/butch-cassidy-and-the-sundance-kid.md)
- *Cool Hand Luke* (1967), Fi1m 84, as Luke Jackson — [page](https://film.one/film/cool-hand-luke.md)
- *Hombre* (1967), Fi1m 77, as John Russell — [page](https://film.one/film/hombre.md)
- *Hud* (1963), Fi1m 86, as Hud Bannon — [page](https://film.one/film/hud.md)
- *The Hustler* (1961), Fi1m 88, as Eddie Felson — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hustler.md)

### Directed (1)

- *Rachel, Rachel* (1968), Fi1m 73, Director, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/rachel-rachel.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *I'm Still Here* (2010), Fi1m 60, Thanks — [page](https://film.one/film/im-still-here-2010.md)

## Complete filmography (109)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Cars 3* (2017), as Doc Hudson (voice) (archive sound) — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/cars-3.md)
- *I'm Still Here* (2010), Thanks — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/im-still-here-2010.md)
- *Hollywood sul Tevere* (2009), Actor
- *The Meerkats* (2008), as Narrator (voice)
- *The Price of Sugar* (2007), as Narrator (voice)
- *Dale* (2007), as Narrator (voice)
- *Geared-Up* (2006), Actor
- *Mater and the Ghostlight* (2006), as Doc Hudson (voice)
- *Cars* (2006), as Doc Hudson (voice)
- *Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time* (2006), as Chance Wayne (archive footage)
- *Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon* (2005), as Dave Scott (voice)
- *Empire Falls* (2005), series, as Max Roby · Executive Producer
- *Our Town* (2003), as Stage Manager
- *Road to Perdition* (2002), as John Rooney — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/road-to-perdition.md)
- *Where the Money Is* (2000), as Henry
- *Message in a Bottle* (1999), as Dodge Blake
- *Twilight* (1998), as Harry Ross
- *Super Speedway* (1997), as Narrator (voice)
- *E! True Hollywood Story* (1996), series, Actor
- *Nobody's Fool* (1994), as Sully Sullivan
- *Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage* (1994), as Brick / Chance Wayne (archive footage)
- *Baseball* (1994), series, as (voice)
- *The Hudsucker Proxy* (1994), as Sidney J. Mussburger — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hudsucker-proxy.md)
- *La Classe américaine* (1993), as Dave (archive footage)
- *Mr. & Mrs. Bridge* (1990), as Walter Bridge
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, as Paul Newman (voice) — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Blaze* (1989), as Gov. Earl K. Long
- *Fat Man and Little Boy* (1989), as Gen. Leslie R. Groves
- *Ancient Forests: Rage Over Trees* (1989), as Host
- *The Racing Experience* (1988), as Host
- *The Glass Menagerie* (1987), Director
- *The Color of Money* (1986), as Eddie Felson — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-color-of-money.md)
- *A Step Away from War* (1986), as Host
- *Harry & Son* (1984), as Harry Keach · Director, Screenplay, Producer
- *The Verdict* (1982), as Frank Galvin — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-verdict.md)
- *Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady* (1982), Actor
- *Come Along with Me* (1982), as Hughie (voice)
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, as Hughie (voice)
- *Absence of Malice* (1981), as Michael Colin Gallagher — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/absence-of-malice.md)
- *Fort Apache, the Bronx* (1981), as Murphy — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/fort-apache-the-bronx.md)
- *The Shadow Box* (1980), Director
- *When Time Ran Out...* (1980), as Hank Anderson
- *Angel Death* (1979), as Narrator / Host
- *Quintet* (1979), as Essex
- *War Without Winners* (1978), as Host
- *Slap Shot* (1977), as Reggie 'Reg' Dunlop
- *From the Prairie to the Palace* (1976), Actor
- *Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson* (1976), as The Star (William F. Cody)
- *Silent Movie* (1976), as Paul Newman
- *The Drowning Pool* (1975), as Lew Harper
- *The Towering Inferno* (1974), as Doug Roberts · Stunts — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/the-towering-inferno.md)
- *The Sting* (1973), as Henry Gondorff — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/the-sting.md)
- *The MacKintosh Man* (1973), as Joseph Rearden · Executive Producer
- *The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds* (1972), Producer, Director
- *The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean* (1972), as Judge Roy Bean · Co-Executive Producer
- *Pocket Money* (1972), as Jim Kane
- *The Distant Drummer: Flowers of Darkness* (1972), as Narrator
- *Sometimes a Great Notion* (1971), as Hank Stamper · Director, Co-Executive Producer
- *They Might Be Giants* (1971), Producer
- *WUSA* (1970), as Rheinhardt · Producer
- *A Long Way from Nowhere* (1970), as Narrator
- *Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid* (1969), as Butch Cassidy · Executive Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/butch-cassidy-and-the-sundance-kid.md)
- *Winning* (1969), as Frank Capua · Co-Executive Producer
- *Three Young Americans in Search of Survival* (1969), as Host
- *Rachel, Rachel* (1968), Director, Producer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/rachel-rachel.md)
- *The Secret War of Harry Frigg* (1968), as Pvt. Harry Frigg
- *Cool Hand Luke* (1967), as Luke Jackson — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/cool-hand-luke.md)
- *Hombre* (1967), as John Russell — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/hombre.md)
- *Torn Curtain* (1966), as Michael Armstrong
- *Harper* (1966), as Lew Harper
- *A Year Towards Tomorrow* (1966), as Narrator
- *Lady L* (1965), as Armand Denis
- *The Outrage* (1964), as Juan Carrasco
- *What a Way to Go!* (1964), as Larry Flint
- *The Prize* (1963), as Andrew Craig
- *A New Kind of Love* (1963), as Steve Sherman
- *Hud* (1963), as Hud Bannon — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/hud.md)
- *Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man* (1962), as The Battler
- *Sweet Bird of Youth* (1962), as Chance Wayne
- *Paris Blues* (1961), as Ram Bowen
- *The Hustler* (1961), as Eddie Felson — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hustler.md)
- *Exodus* (1960), as Ari Ben Canaan
- *From the Terrace* (1960), as David Alfred Eaton
- *The Young Philadelphians* (1959), as Anthony Judson Lawrence
- *Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!* (1958), as Harry Bannerman
- *Cat on a Hot Tin Roof* (1958), as Brick Pollitt
- *The Long, Hot Summer* (1958), as Ben Quick
- *The Left Handed Gun* (1958), as Billy The Kid
- *Until They Sail* (1957), as Capt. Jack Harding
- *The Helen Morgan Story* (1957), as Larry Maddux
- *The Rack* (1956), as Capt. Edward W. Hall, Jr.
- *Bang the Drum Slowly* (1956), as Henry "Author" Wiggen
- *Somebody Up There Likes Me* (1956), as Rocky Graziano
- *The Kaiser Aluminum Hour* (1956), series, as Pvt. Danny Scott
- *The Battler* (1955), as Ad Francis
- *Playwrights '56* (1955), series, as Ad Francis
- *Our Town* (1955), as George Gibbs
- *Appointment with Adventure* (1955), series, as Mack
- *The Silver Chalice* (1954), as Basil
- *Producers' Showcase* (1954), series, as George Gibbs
- *The Joe Palooka Story* (1954), series, as Fight Spectator (uncredited)
- *The United States Steel Hour* (1953), series, as Tom Corey
- *Tales of Tomorrow* (1951), series, as Sgt. Wilson
- *Danger* (1950), series, as Jeff
- *Armstrong Circle Theatre* (1950), series, as Jimmy Polo
- *Suspense* (1949), series, as Captain Radetski
- *The Philco Television Playhouse* (1948), series, as Billy the Kid
- *Kraft Television Theatre* (1947), series, Actor
- *On the Harmfulness of Tobacco*, Director

## Gallery

- ![Paul Newman](https://film.one/media/person/84329/gallery-03e5e54c4924.jpg) Paul Newman — Unknown authorUnknown author, dedicated to Bettmann Archive, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Paul_Newman_-_1958.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Ex Paul Newman Lola at the recent all Historic Meeting at Eastern Creek Raceway. (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/84329/gallery-e28eaf80071e.jpg) Ex Paul Newman Lola at the recent all Historic Meeting at Eastern Creek Raceway. (2011) — jason goulding, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/1979_Spyder_NF-11_Chevrolet_V8_%28CanAm_single_seater_racer_based_on_Lola_T333CS%29_from_Newman-Freeman_Racing.jpg/1280px-1979_Spyder_NF-11_Chevrolet_V8_%28CanAm_single_seater_racer_based_on_Lola_T333CS%29_from_Newman-Freeman_Racing.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Havi Schanz celebrates the Golden Age of cinema with striking portraits of Robert Redford, Paul Newman, Cary Grant, Marlon Brando, Rock Hudson, Montgomery Clift (2014)](https://film.one/media/person/84329/gallery-154b1fd6cef7.jpg) Havi Schanz celebrates the Golden Age of cinema with striking portraits of Robert Redford, Paul Newman, Cary Grant, Marlon Brando, Rock Hudson, Montgomery Clift (2014) — Haviart, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Divos_Collection_by_Havi_Schanz.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Bethany Lutheran Church and School, Los Feliz/Little Armenia.](https://film.one/media/person/84329/gallery-02e5bf12d0f3.jpg) Bethany Lutheran Church and School, Los Feliz/Little Armenia. — Clinton Steeds from Los Angeles, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Empire_Falls_-_Flickr_-_Clinton_Steeds.jpg/1280px-Empire_Falls_-_Flickr_-_Clinton_Steeds.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Paul Newman](https://film.one/media/person/84329/gallery-c997d928fc32.jpg) Paul Newman — Image via TMDB
- ![Paul Newman](https://film.one/media/person/84329/gallery-5f07a2c77719.jpg) Paul Newman — Image via TMDB
- ![Paul Newman](https://film.one/media/person/84329/gallery-7f129dad79d8.jpg) Paul Newman — Image via TMDB
- ![Helmet of Frank Capua, a fictional racer appear in the 1969 film "Winning", starring by Paul Newman. (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/84329/gallery-88025d0954e5.jpg) Helmet of Frank Capua, a fictional racer appear in the 1969 film "Winning", starring by Paul Newman. (2008) — Morio, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Frank_Capua%27s_helmet_Honda_Collection_Hall.jpg/1280px-Frank_Capua%27s_helmet_Honda_Collection_Hall.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Graffiti en Móstoles 2](https://film.one/media/person/84329/gallery-184dd69c4d0a.jpg) Graffiti en Móstoles 2 — Daniel Lobo, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Graffiti_en_M%C3%B3stoles_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Paul Newman](https://film.one/media/person/84329/gallery-55849467585d.jpg) Paul Newman — Image via TMDB
- ![Paul Newman](https://film.one/media/person/84329/gallery-34f46a7b74b0.jpg) Paul Newman — Image via TMDB
- ![Paul Newman](https://film.one/media/person/84329/gallery-e0f6cf9ba5c5.jpg) Paul Newman — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 9 nominated

- 2003: Best Supporting Actor (nominated), for *Road to Perdition*
- 1995: Best Actor (nominated), for *Nobody's Fool*
- 1987: Best Actor (won), for *The Color of Money*
- 1983: Best Actor (nominated), for *The Verdict*
- 1982: Best Actor (nominated), for *Absence of Malice*
- 1969: Best Picture (nominated), for *Rachel, Rachel*
- 1968: Best Actor (nominated), for *Cool Hand Luke*
- 1964: Best Actor (nominated), for *Hud*
- 1962: Best Actor (nominated), for *The Hustler*
- 1959: Best Actor (nominated), for *Cat on a Hot Tin Roof*

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 1 won

- 2005: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie (won), for *Empire Falls*

### SAG Awards — 1 won

- 1985: Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award (won)

### Other awards — 7 won, 1 nominated

- Motorsports Hall of Fame of America 2024: Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (won)
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play 2003: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play (nominated)
- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres 1994: Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres (won)
- Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award 1994: Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award (won)
- Kennedy Center Honors 1992: Kennedy Center Honors (won)
- Four Freedoms Award – Freedom from Want 1991: Four Freedoms Award – Freedom from Want (won)
- Academy Honorary Award 1986: Academy Honorary Award (won)
- Theatre World Award 1953: Theatre World Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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