Paul Leonard Newman was born January 26, 1925 in Shaker Heights, an affluent suburb of Cleveland, USA. He is an Academy Award, Golden Globe, Cannes Award, and Emmy Award-winning American actor and film director.

He made his film debut in The Silver Chalice for which he received terrible reviews. But Newman proved he had the right stuff with later performances, such as Brick in the film version of Tennessee Williams' play Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) opposite Elizabeth Taylor. He scored his first Oscar nomination for Best Actor for this role. Considered an outstanding actor of his generation, he scored three more Oscar nominations for The Hustler (1961), Hud (1963), and Cool Hand Luke (1967). He also played the outlaw Butch Cassidy in the wildly popular film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969).

He has been nominated for Best Actor seven other times, for films including Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), The Hustler (1961), and Cool Hand Luke (1967). Newman's good looks and extra-blue eyes are famous; he has often played sharp-witted, charming and rascally leading men. With his co-star Robert Redford he was in two of the biggest box office successes in history, 1969's Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and 1973's The Sting. He has also directed several films, including Rachel, Rachel (1968), Sometimes A Great Notion (1971) and Harry and Son (1984).

Newman has been married to actress Joanne Woodward since 1958. He and his wife live in Westport, Connecticut.

Filmography

• Mater and the Ghostlight (2006)
• Cars (2006)
• Empire Falls (2005)
• Our Town (2003)
• Road to Perdition (2002)
• Where the Money Is (2000)
• Message in a Bottle (1999)
• Twilight (1998)
• Nobody's Fool (1994)
• The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
• Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990)
• Blaze (1989)
• Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)
• The Color of Money (1986)
• Harry & Son (1984)
• The Verdict (1982)
• Come Along with Me (1982)
• Absence of Malice (1981)
• Port Apache the Bronx (1981)
• When Time Ran Out... (1980)
• Quintet (1979)
• Slap Shot (1977)
• "Great Performances: Dance in America" (1 episode, 1976)
• Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976)
• The Drowning Pool (1975)
• The Towering Inferno (1974)
• The Sting (1973)
• The MacKintosh Man (1973)
• The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
• Pocket Money (1972)
• Sometimes a Great Notion (1971)
• WUSA (1970)
• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
• Winning (1969)
• The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968)
• Cool Hand Luke (1967)
• Hombre (1967)
• Torn Curtain (1966)
• Harper (1966)
• Lady L (1965)
• The Outrage (1964)
• What a Way to Go! (1964)
• The Prize (1963)
• A New Kind of Love (1963)
• Hud (1963)
• Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962)
• Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
• Paris Blues (1961)
• The Hustler (1961)
• Exodus (1960)
• From the Terrace (1960)
• The Young Philadelphians (1959)
• Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958)
• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
• The Left Handed Gun (1958)
• The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
• "Playhouse 90" (1 episode, 1958)
• Until They Sail (1957)
• The Helen Morgan Story (1957)
• "The Kaiser Aluminum Hour" (2 episodes, 1956)
• The Rack (1956)
• "The United States Steel Hour" (3 episodes, 1954-1956)
• Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
• "Playwrights '56" (1 episode, 1955)
• "Producers' Showcase" (1 episode, 1955)
• "The Philco Television Playhouse" (1 episode, 1955)
• "Appointment with Adventure" (2 episodes, 1955)
• The Silver Chalice (1954)
• "Danger" (1 episode, 1954)
• "Armstrong Circle Theatre" (1 episode, 1954)
• "Goodyear Television Playhouse" (2 episodes, 1954)
• "The Mask" (1 episode, 1954)
• "The Joe Palooka Story" (1 episode, 1954)
• "The Web" (2 episodes, 1953)
• "You Are There" (3 episodes, 1953)
• "The Aldrich Family" (1949)
• "Suspense" (1 episode, 1952)
• "Tales of Tomorrow" (1 episode, 1952)

Awards

• Golden Globe Best Miniseries or TV Movie "Empire Falls" 2006
• Golden Globe Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie "Empire Falls" 2006
• Screen Actors Guild Outstanding performance by a male actor in a television movie or miniseries "Empire Falls" 2006
• Emmy Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie "Empire Falls" 2005
• Berlin Film Festival Silver Bear Best Actor "Nobody's Fool" 1995
• National Society of Film Critics Best Actor "Nobody's Fool" 1994
• New York Film Critics Circle Best Actor "Nobody's Fool" 1994
• Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award 1993
• Kennedy Center Honors Lifetime Achievement 1992
• National Board of Review Best Actor "The Color of Money" 1986
• Oscar Best Actor "The Color of Money" 1986
• Honorary Oscar 1985
• Screen Actors Guild 1985
• Cecil B DeMille Career Achievement 1984
• Golden Globe Best Director "Rachel, Rachel" 1968
• New York Film Critics Circle Best Director "Rachel, Rachel" 1968
• Producers Guild of America Best Motion Picture Producer "Rachel, Rachel" 1968
• Golden Globe World Film Favorite (Male) 1967
• NATO Star of the Year 1967
• Golden Globe World Film Favorite (Male) 1965
• Golden Globe World Film Favorite (Male) 1963
• British Film Academy Best Foreign Actor "The Hustler" 1961
• Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award "The Long Hot Summer" 1958
• Golden Globe Most Promising Newcomer (Male) 1956
• Theatre World Award 1953