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Paul Newman
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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.
Notable films
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Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.
The Verdict
Appears in a KinoChain journey
The Hudsucker Proxy
Appears in a KinoChain journey
The Long, Hot Summer
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Exodus
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Cars
As Doc Hudson (voice)
Cars 3
As Doc Hudson (voice) (archive sound)
Road to Perdition
As John Rooney
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
As Butch Cassidy
Chains
KinoChain journeys
Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.
The Writer's Fight
From Spartacus to the shadows of the blacklist, a chain of films that honours the courage of Hollywood's silenced screenwriters.
8 films
When the Cartoon Fights Back: Slapstick Meets Liability
What happens when simulated harm, comic violence, or staged ordeals crash into real-world consequences? This collection explores the unsettling borderland where...
8 films
Five Essential Summer Films
A curated selection of films that capture summer's heat, languor, and menace, sidestepping the usual suspects for more surprising, evocative choices.
5 films
The Weight of Command: Eight Faces of Authority
From courtroom to battlefield, from boardroom to the Oval Office, these eight performances explore the many masks of power and the human cost of wearing them.
8 films
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Paul Newman: The Restless
2023 · Self
Cars 3
2017 · Doc Hudson (voice) (archive sound)
Best of Enemies
2015 · Self (archival)
Cars
2006 · Doc Hudson (voice)
Road to Perdition
2002 · John Rooney
The Hudsucker Proxy
1994 · Sidney J. Mussburger
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
1990 · Self (archive footage)
The Color of Money
1986 · Eddie Felson
The Verdict
1982 · Frank Galvin
Fort Apache, the Bronx
1981 · Murphy
The Towering Inferno
1974 · Doug Roberts
The Sting
1973 · Henry Gondorff
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
1969 · Butch Cassidy
Cool Hand Luke
1967 · Luke Jackson
Hombre
1967 · John Russell
Torn Curtain
1966 · Michael Armstrong
Hud
1963 · Hud Bannon
The Hustler
1961 · Eddie Felson
Exodus
1960 · Ari Ben Canaan
The Long, Hot Summer
1958 · Ben Quick
Somebody Up There Likes Me
1956 · Rocky Graziano
The Silver Chalice
1954 · Basil