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{{Short description|American actor (1925–2008)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Paul Newman
| image              = Paul Newman - 1958.jpg
| caption            = Newman in 1958
| birth_name         = Paul Leonard Newman
| birth_date         = {{birth date|1925|1|26}}
| birth_place        = [[Cleveland Heights, Ohio]], U.S.
| death_date         = {{death date and age|2008|9|26|1925|01|26}}
| death_place        = [[Westport, Connecticut]], U.S.
| occupation         = {{hlist|Actor|film director|racecar driver}}
| works              = [[Paul Newman on screen and stage|On screen and stage]]
| years_active       = 1949–2008
| organizations      = [[SeriousFun Children's Network]], [[Safe Water Network]]
| spouse             = {{ubl|{{marriage|Jackie Witte|1949|1958|end=divorced}}|{{marriage|[[Joanne Woodward]]|1958}}}}
| children           = 6, including [[Scott Newman (actor)|Scott]], [[Nell Newman|Nell]], and [[Melissa Newman|Melissa]]
| education          = [[Kenyon College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
}}

'''Paul Leonard Newman''' (January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008) was an American actor. He was the recipient of [[List of awards and nominations received by Paul Newman|numerous awards]], including an [[Academy Award]], a [[British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA Award]], seven [[Golden Globe Awards]], a [[Screen Actors Guild Award]], a [[Primetime Emmy Award]], a [[Silver Bear for Best Actor]], a [[Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor]], and nominations for two [[Grammy Awards]] and a [[Tony Award]]. Along with his Best Actor Academy Award win, Newman also received the [[Academy Honorary Award]] and the [[Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/help/helpMain.jsp?helpContentURL=statistics/indexStats.html|title=Persons with 5 or More Acting Nominations|date=March 2008|access-date=December 30, 2008|publisher=[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090301005626/http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/help/helpMain.jsp?helpContentURL=statistics%2FindexStats.html|archive-date=March 1, 2009}}</ref>

Born in [[Cleveland Heights, Ohio|Cleveland Heights]], Ohio, and raised in [[Shaker Heights, Ohio|Shaker Heights]], the eastern suburbs of [[Cleveland]], Newman showed an interest in theater as a child and at age 10 performed in a [[theatrical production|stage production]] of ''[[Saint George and the Dragon]]'' at the [[Cleveland Play House]]. He received his [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in [[drama]] and [[economics]] from [[Kenyon College]] in 1949. After touring with several summer stock companies including the [[Belfry Players]], Newman attended the [[Yale School of Drama]] for a year before studying at the [[Actors Studio]] under [[Lee Strasberg]]. His first starring [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] role was in [[William Inge]]'s ''[[Picnic (play)|Picnic]]'' in 1953 and his final was in [[Thornton Wilder]]’s ''[[Our Town]]'' in 2003.

Newman won the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]] for his performance in ''[[The Color of Money]]'' (1986). His other Oscar-nominated performances were in 
''[[Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958 film)|Cat on a Hot Tin Roof]]'' (1958), ''[[The Hustler]]'' (1961), ''[[Hud (1963 film)|Hud]]'' (1963), ''[[Cool Hand Luke]]'' (1967), ''[[Absence of Malice]]'' (1981), ''[[The Verdict (film)|The Verdict]]'' (1982), ''[[Nobody's Fool (1994 film)|Nobody's Fool]]'' (1994), and ''[[Road to Perdition]]'' (2002). He also starred in such films as ''[[Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956 film)|Somebody Up There Likes Me]]'' (1956), ''[[The Long, Hot Summer]]'' (1958), ''[[Harper (film)|Harper]]'' (1966), ''[[Torn Curtain]]'' (1966), ''[[Hombre (film)|Hombre]]'' (1967), ''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]'' (1969), ''[[The Sting]]'' (1973), ''[[The Towering Inferno]]'' (1974), ''[[Slap Shot]]'' (1977), and ''[[Fort Apache, The Bronx]]'' (1981). He also voiced [[Doc Hudson]] in ''[[Cars (film)|Cars]]'' (2006).

Newman won several [[#Auto racing|national championships as a driver]] in [[Sports Car Club of America]] road racing. He co-founded [[Newman's Own]], a food company that donated all post-tax profits and royalties to charity.<ref name="faq">{{cite web|url=http://newmansownfoundation.org/about-us|title=Newman's Own Foundation – More than $350 Million Donated Around the World|work=newmansownfoundation.org|access-date=October 21, 2015|archive-date=October 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151025042641/http://newmansownfoundation.org/about-us|url-status=live}}</ref> As of May 2021, these donations totaled over US$570&nbsp;million.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://newmansownfoundation.org/about-us/total-giving/|title=Total Giving|website=newmansownfoundation.org|date=May 5, 2020|access-date=August 26, 2020|archive-date=August 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823094830/https://newmansownfoundation.org/about-us/total-giving/|url-status=live}}</ref> 
Newman continued to found charitable organizations, such as the [[SeriousFun Children's Network]] in 1988 and the [[Safe Water Network]] in 2006. Newman was married twice and fathered six children. His second wife was actress [[Joanne Woodward]], with whom he had a screen partnership in directing or acting together throughout their lifetime.
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== Early life and family ==
Paul Leonard Newman was born on January 26, 1925, in [[Cleveland Heights, Ohio]], and raised in nearby [[Shaker Heights]], the second son of Theresa Garth ([[married and maiden names|''née'']] Fetzer, Fetzko, or Fetsko; {{langx|sk|Terézia Fecková}};<ref>[[Eric Lax|Lax, Eric]] (1996). [https://archive.org/details/paulnewmanbiogra00laxe ''Paul Newman: A Biography'']. Atlanta: Turner Publishing; {{ISBN|1-57036-286-6}}.</ref><ref name="Morella">{{harvnb|Morella|Epstein|1988|}}</ref> 1894–1982) and Arthur Sigmund Newman Sr. (1893–1950), who ran a sporting goods store.<ref name="gen">{{cite web|date=2010|url=http://genealogy.com/famousfolks/paul-newman/index.html|title=Ancestry of Paul Newman|access-date=December 14, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100927095315/http://genealogy.com/famousfolks/paul-newman/index.html|archive-date=September 27, 2010|agency=Genealogy.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/15233061/Paul-Newman-A-Life-by-Shawn-Levy-Excerpt|title=Paul Newman: A Life|first=Shawn|last=Levy|author-link=Shawn Levy (writer)|format=excerpt|publisher=Scribd.com|date=November 5, 2009|access-date=February 1, 2012|archive-date=March 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306020541/https://www.scribd.com/doc/15233061/Paul-Newman-A-Life-by-Shawn-Levy-Excerpt|url-status=live|ref={{harvid|Levy|2009a}}}}</ref>

His father was [[Jewish]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/was-paul-newmans-acting-career-limited-by-his-charm-and-good-looks-1927486.html|title=Was Paul Newman's acting career limited by his charm and good looks?|website=[[The Independent]]|date=March 26, 2010|access-date=February 10, 2018|archive-date=July 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722180315/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/was-paul-newmans-acting-career-limited-by-his-charm-and-good-looks-1927486.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Tom|last=Tugend|url=http://jewishjournal.com/uncategorized/66267/|title=Paul Newman – Hollywood's most famous half-Jew – dies at 83 [VIDEO]|work=[[The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles]]|date=September 28, 2008|access-date=May 17, 2018|archive-date=September 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924072241/https://jewishjournal.com/uncategorized/66267/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/news/paul-newman-actor-racing-driver-activist-and-philanthropist-28449059.html|title=Paul Newman: Actor, racing driver, activist and philanthropist|date=September 29, 2008|work=[[Belfast Telegraph]]|access-date=May 27, 2018|archive-date=July 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722151712/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/news/paul-newman-actor-racing-driver-activist-and-philanthropist-28449059.html|url-status=live}}</ref> the son of Simon Newman and Hannah Cohn, [[History of the Jews in Hungary|Hungarian Jewish]] and [[History of the Jews in Poland|Polish Jewish]] immigrants.{{sfn|Borden|2010|page=1}}

Newman's mother was a practitioner of [[Christian Science]]. She was born to a [[Roman Catholic]] family in [[Peticse]], [[Zemplén county]], in the [[Kingdom of Hungary]], [[Austro-Hungarian Empire]] (modern [[Ptičie]], Slovakia).<ref name="Morella" /><ref>"Paul Newman, A Big Gun at 73". ''[[The Buffalo News]]''. March 7, 1998; retrieved March 8, 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.pticie.host.sk/english.htm Ptičie] {{webarchive |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080317131910/http://www.pticie.host.sk/english.htm |date= March 17, 2008}}, Obecný úrad Ptičie, pticie.host.sk; accessed October 21, 2015. {{in lang|sk}}</ref><ref>[http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2008/09/27/cultura/1222521210.html "Fallece el actor Paul Newman"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081104145933/http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2008/09/27/cultura/1222521210.html |date=November 4, 2008 }}, Elmundo.es, September 27, 2008. {{in lang|es}}</ref> Newman's mother worked in his father's store while raising Paul and his elder brother Arthur.<ref name="tiscali">[http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/paul_newman_biog.html Paul Newman biography] {{webarchive |url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071023063214/http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/biographies/paul_newman_biog.html |date= October 23, 2007}}, Tiscali.co.uk.com; accessed October 21, 2015.</ref>

Newman showed an early interest in the theater; his first role was at the age of seven, playing the court jester in a school production of ''[[Robin Hood]]''. At age 10, Newman performed at the [[Cleveland Play House]] in a production of ''[[St. George and the Dragon|Saint George and the Dragon]]'', and acted in their Curtain Pullers children's theater program.<ref name="Cleveland Mem">{{cite web|title=Paul Newman at The Cleveland Play House Children's Theatre|url=http://images.ulib.csuohio.edu/cdm/ref/collection/press/id/5556|website=The Cleveland Memory Project|access-date=May 28, 2015|archive-date=July 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718001518/http://images.ulib.csuohio.edu/cdm/ref/collection/press/id/5556|url-status=live}}</ref> Graduating from [[Shaker Heights High School]] in 1943, he briefly attended [[Ohio University]] in [[Athens, Ohio]], where he was initiated into the [[Phi Kappa Tau]] fraternity.<ref name="tiscali" />

=== Navy service ===
Newman served in the [[United States Navy]] in [[World War II]] in the [[Asiatic-Pacific Theater|Pacific theater]].<ref name="tiscali" /> He enrolled in the Navy [[V-12 Navy College Training Program|V-12]] pilot training program at [[Yale University]] but was dropped when his [[colorblindness]] was diagnosed.<ref name="tiscali" /><ref name="navy">{{cite web|url=http://www.history.navy.mil/bios/newman_p.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141125005231/http://www.history.navy.mil/bios/newman_p.htm|archive-date=November 25, 2014|title=Biographies in Naval History: Paul Newman|website=United States Navy, Naval History and Heritage Command}}</ref> He later recounted that it was "a bit more complicated" than colorblindness. He also "couldn't do the mathematical things that being a pilot requires". A subsequent test found that he was not colorblind.{{Sfn|Newman|2022|p=37}} Boot camp followed, with training as a radioman and tail gunner. He performed poorly in that role, and a friend from the service recounted in Newman's posthumous memoir that his friends lied to Navy trainers so he could pass.{{Sfn|Newman|2022|pp=40-41}}

Qualifying in [[torpedo bomber]]s in 1944, [[Radioman|Aviation Radioman Third Class]] Newman was sent to [[Barbers Point, Hawaii]]. He was assigned to Pacific-based replacement torpedo squadrons VT-98, VT-99, and VT-100, responsible primarily for training replacement combat pilots and aircrewmen, with special emphasis on carrier landings.<ref name="navy" /> Newman later flew as a turret gunner in an [[Grumman TBF Avenger|Avenger]] torpedo bomber. As a radioman-gunner, his unit was assigned to the aircraft carrier {{USS|Bunker Hill|CV-17|2}} with other replacements shortly before the [[Battle of Okinawa]] in spring 1945. The pilot of his aircraft had an earache and was grounded, as was his crew, including Newman. The rest of their squadron flew to the ''Bunker Hill''. Days later, a [[kamikaze]] attack on the vessel killed several hundred crewmen and airmen, including other members of his unit.<ref>{{cite book|author-link=Max Hastings|last=Hastings|first=Max|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CJjkIWfuGCkC|title=Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45|isbn=978-0-307-27536-3|year=2009|publisher=Knopf Doubleday Publishing|access-date=December 10, 2016|archive-date=February 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220085727/https://books.google.com/books?id=CJjkIWfuGCkC|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Honoring Those Who Serve|url=http://newmansownfoundation.org/military|access-date=October 21, 2015|archive-date=July 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190729023228/http://newmansownfoundation.org/military|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:U.S. Navy portrait of Paul Newman.jpg|thumb|left|180px|United States Navy photograph of Newman, 1944 or 1945]]
In a 2011 interview, screenwriter [[Stewart Stern]] recounted that Newman drew on an incident from his Navy years as an "emotional trigger to express the character's trauma" when acting in the 1956 film [[The Rack (1956 film)|''The Rack'']]. He said that Newman thought back to an incident in which his best friend was sliced to pieces on an aircraft carrier by a plane's propeller.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Shannon|first=Jeff|date=May 27, 2011|title=On "The Rack" with Paul Newman and Stewart Stern {{!}} TV/Streaming {{!}} Roger Ebert|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/streaming/on-the-rack-with-paul-newman-and-stewart-stern|access-date=February 14, 2023|website=RogerEbert.com|language=en}}</ref>

=== Education ===
After the war, Newman completed a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in [[drama]] and [[economics]] at [[Kenyon College]] in [[Gambier, Ohio]], in 1949.<ref>{{Cite news|date=June 2, 2007|title=Newman gives $10M to Ohio alma mater|work=[[USA Today]]|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/2007-06-02-1290486787_x.htm|url-status=live|access-date=September 19, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313015824/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/2007-06-02-1290486787_x.htm|archive-date=March 13, 2016}}</ref> Shortly after earning his degree, he joined summer stock companies, including the [[Belfry Players]] in [[Wisconsin]]<ref>Franzene, Jessica, "Theologians & Thespians", in Welcome Home, a realtors' guide to property history in the Lake Geneva region, August 2012</ref> and the Woodstock Players in Woodstock, [[Illinois]]. He toured with them for three months and developed his talents.<ref name="tiscali" /><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Borden|first1=Marian Edelman|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AfgbEC0LrFMC&pg=PA11|title=Paul Newman: A Biography|date=2010|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-38310-6|page=11|access-date=November 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417190305/https://books.google.com/books?id=AfgbEC0LrFMC&pg=PA11|archive-date=April 17, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> He later attended the [[Yale School of Drama]] for one year before moving to New York City to study under [[Lee Strasberg]] at the [[Actors Studio]].<ref name="tiscali" /> [[Oscar Levant]] wrote that Newman initially was hesitant to leave New York for Hollywood and that Newman had said, "Too close to the cake. Also, no place to study."<ref>[[Oscar Levant|Levant, Oscar]] (1969). ''[[The Unimportance of Being Oscar]]''. Pocket Books. p. 56; {{ISBN|0-671-77104-3}}.</ref> Newman arrived in New York City in 1951 with his first wife Jackie Witte, taking up residence in the [[St. George, Staten Island|St. George]] section of [[Staten Island]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/09/actor_paul_newmans_dramatic_ro.html|title=Actor Paul Newman's dramatic roots were sprouted on Staten Island|website=SILive.com|publisher=[[Staten Island Advance]]|access-date=September 2, 2015|date=September 27, 2008|archive-date=March 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303035132/http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/09/actor_paul_newmans_dramatic_ro.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://forgotten-ny.com/NEIGHBORHOODS/cynthiatour/st.george.html|title=Forgotten-NY Neighborhoods: St. George: Staten Island's Wonderland|access-date=July 13, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213101046/http://forgotten-ny.com/NEIGHBORHOODS/cynthiatour/st.george.html|archive-date=February 13, 2009}}</ref>

==Career==
=== 1953–1958: Early roles ===
He made his [[Broadway theatre]] debut in the original production of [[William Inge]]'s ''[[Picnic (play)|Picnic]]'' with [[Kim Stanley]] in 1953. While working on the production, he met [[Joanne Woodward]], an understudy. The two were married in 1958. He also appeared in the original Broadway production of ''[[The Desperate Hours (play)|The Desperate Hours]]'' in 1955. In 1959, he was in the original Broadway production of ''[[Sweet Bird of Youth]]'' with [[Geraldine Page]] and three years later starred with Page in the film version. During this time Newman started acting in television. His first credited role was in a 1952 episode of ''[[Tales of Tomorrow]]'' entitled "Ice from Space".<ref>{{cite episode|title=Ice From Space|series=Tales of Tomorrow|series-link=Tales of Tomorrow|airdate=August 8, 1952|season=1|number=43}}</ref> In the mid-1950s, he appeared twice on [[CBS]]'s ''Appointment with Adventure'' [[anthology series]].

In February 1954, Newman appeared in a [[screen test]] with [[James Dean]], directed by [[Gjon Mili]], for ''[[East of Eden (film)|East of Eden]]'' (1955). Newman was tested for the role of Aron Trask, Dean for the role of Aron's twin brother Cal. Dean won his part, but Newman lost out to [[Richard Davalos]]. That same year, as a last-minute replacement for Dean, he co-starred with [[Eva Marie Saint]] and [[Frank Sinatra]] in a live color television broadcast of ''[[Our Town (television)|Our Town]]'', which was a musical adaptation of [[Thornton Wilder]]'s stage play.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Weiner|first1=Ed|title=The TV Guide TV Book: 40 Years of the All-Time Greatest Television Facts, Fads, Hits, and History|url=https://archive.org/details/tvguidetvbook40y00wein|url-access=registration|place=New York|publisher=Harper Collins|year=1992|edition=First|page=[https://archive.org/details/tvguidetvbook40y00wein/page/118 118]}}</ref> After Dean's death, Newman replaced Dean in the role of a boxer in a television adaptation of Hemingway's story "The Battler", written by A. E. Hotchner. It was broadcast live on October 18, 1955. That performance led to his breakthrough role as Rocky Graziano in the film ''[[Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956 film)|Somebody Up There Likes Me]]'' in 1956.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Weber |first=Bruce |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/15/books/a-e-hotchner-dead.html |title=A. E. Hotchner, Writer and Friend of the Famous, Dies at 102|date=February 15, 2020 |work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=March 4, 2020|archive-date=February 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215213813/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/15/books/a-e-hotchner-dead.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The Dean connection had additional resonance. Newman was cast as Billy the Kid in ''[[The Left Handed Gun]]'', which was a role originally earmarked for Dean. Additionally, Dean was originally cast to play the role of [[Rocky Graziano]] in ''Somebody Up There Likes Me''; however, with his death, Newman got the role.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/apr/14/the-legacy-of-james-dean|title=Would James Dean have been a Newman or a Brando?|first=John|last=Patterson|work=The Guardian|date=April 14, 2014|access-date=March 4, 2020|archive-date=November 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111204926/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/apr/14/the-legacy-of-james-dean|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Wise, Robert, (2006). ''Somebody Up There Likes Me Commentary''. Turner Entertainment.</ref>

[[File:Paul Newman 1954.JPG|thumb|right|Newman in 1954]]
Newman's first film for Hollywood was ''[[The Silver Chalice (film)|The Silver Chalice]]'' (1954), co-starring Italian actress [[Pier Angeli]]. The film was a box-office failure, and the actor would later acknowledge his disdain for it.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKRWD9ec_Eo|title=Inside The Actors Studio – Paul Newman |publisher=YouTube |date=June 8, 2011|access-date=February 1, 2012|archive-date=July 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120707175151/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKRWD9ec_Eo&feature=plcp|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1956, Newman garnered much attention and acclaim for the role of Rocky Graziano in [[Robert Wise]]'s biographical film ''Somebody Up There Likes Me''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=AFI{{!}}Catalog|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/52009-SOMEBODY-UP-THERE-LIKES-ME?cxt=filmography|access-date=June 20, 2023|website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref> That year, he also played the lead in [[Arnold Laven]]'s [[The Rack (1956 film)|''The Rack'']].<ref>{{Cite web|title=AFI{{!}}Catalog|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/51964-THE-RACK?cxt=filmography|access-date=June 20, 2023|website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref> In 1957, Newman worked again with director Wise in ''[[Until They Sail]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=AFI{{!}}Catalog|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/52428-UNTIL-THEY-SAIL?cxt=filmography|access-date=June 20, 2023|website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref> Also that year, he acted in [[Michael Curtiz]]'s ''[[The Helen Morgan Story]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=AFI{{!}}Catalog|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/52211-THE-HELEN-MORGAN-STORY?cxt=filmography|access-date=June 20, 2023|website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref>

=== 1958–1979: Career stardom and acclaim ===
In 1958, Newman starred in ''[[Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958 film)|Cat on a Hot Tin Roof]]'' opposite [[Elizabeth Taylor]]. The film was a box-office smash, and Newman garnered his first Academy Award nomination. Also in 1958, Newman starred in ''[[The Long, Hot Summer]]'' with his future wife [[Joanne Woodward]], with whom he reconnected on the set in 1957 (they had first met in 1953). He won Best Actor at the [[1958 Cannes Film Festival]] for this film. He and Woodward had also appeared on screen earlier in 1958 in the [[Playhouse 90]] [[television play]] ''[[The 80 Yard Run (Playhouse 90)|The 80 Yard Run]].''<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=Film Showmen Continue Dubious On Stars' Pre-Release Telecasting; Shaken by Suzy Parker Roast|date=January 22, 1958|page=7|url=https://archive.org/details/variety209-1958-01/page/n434/mode/1up?view=theater|access-date=October 20, 2021|via=[[Archive.org]]}}</ref> The couple would go on to make a total of 16 films together.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/6199631/the-last-movie-stars-review-hbo-max/|title=The Last Movie Stars Traces the Legacy of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward in Six Dazzling Parts|magazine=Time|first=Stephanie|last=Zacharek|date=July 22, 2022|access-date=July 25, 2022}}</ref>

In 1959, Newman starred in ''[[The Young Philadelphians]]'', a film that also featured [[Barbara Rush]], [[Robert Vaughn]] and [[Alexis Smith]] and was directed by [[Vincent Sherman]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Young Philadelphians |url=http://prod.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/26570/the-young-philadelphians |access-date=2025-07-05 |website=Turner Classic Movies, Inc |language=en}}</ref> He also co-starred with Woodward in the film ''[[Rally Round the Flag, Boys!]].''<ref>{{Cite web|title=AFI{{!}}Catalog|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/52700-RALLY-ROUND-THE-FLAG-BOYS?cxt=filmography|access-date=2023-07-25|website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref> In 1960, he starred in ''[[Exodus (1960 film)|Exodus]]''<ref>{{Cite web|title=AFI{{!}}Catalog|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/53140-EXODUS?cxt=filmography|access-date=2023-08-05|website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref> and co-starred with Woodward in ''[[From the Terrace]].''<ref>{{Cite web|title=AFI{{!}}Catalog|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/53150-FROM-THE-TERRACE?cxt=filmography|access-date=2023-08-05|website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref>

[[File:The Hustler 1961 screenshot 4.png|thumb|left|Newman in ''[[The Hustler]]'' (1961)]]
In 1961, Newman starred in [[Robert Rossen]]'s ''[[The Hustler]].'' The film, which was based on a [[The Hustler (novel)|book of the same name]] by [[Walter Tevis]], tells the story of small-time pool [[Hustling|hustler]] "Fast Eddie" Felson (Newman) who challenges a legendary pool player portrayed by [[Jackie Gleason]]. The film was a critical and financial hit.  Newman won both the [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]]  award and the Argentinian Film Festival Best Actor awards.  He was also nominated for the same prize at that year's Academy Awards.<ref>{{Cite web|title=AFI{{!}}Catalog|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/23699|access-date=2023-09-18|website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref> [[Stanley Kauffmann]], writing for ''[[The New Republic]]'', praised the principal cast, calling Newman "first-rate".<ref name="newrep">{{cite magazine|last=Kauffmann|first=Stanley|date=1961-10-09|title=The Talent of Paul Newman|magazine=The New Republic|pages=28}}</ref>

Also that year, Newman co-starred with Woodward in ''[[Paris Blues]].'' In 1963, Newman starred in ''[[Hud (1963 film)|Hud]]''  and co-starred with Woodward in ''[[A New Kind of Love]].'' In 1966, he starred in ''[[Torn Curtain]]'' and ''[[Harper (film)|Harper]].''

In 1967, Newman starred in [[Martin Ritt]]'s ''[[Hombre (film)|Hombre]].''<ref>{{Cite web|title=AFI{{!}}Catalog|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/23288-HOMBRE?cxt=filmography|access-date=2023-07-29|website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref> The film earned many positive reviews.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hombre - Movie Reviews - Rotten Tomatoes|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hombre/reviews|access-date=2023-07-29|website=www.rottentomatoes.com|language=en}}</ref> Also that year, he starred in [[Stuart Rosenberg]]'s ''[[Cool Hand Luke]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=AFI{{!}}Catalog|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/22697-COOL-HAND-LUKE?cxt=filmography|access-date=2023-07-29|website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref> Newman was again nominated for Best Actor at the Academy Awards.<ref>{{Cite web|title=1968 {{!}} Oscars.org {{!}} Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1968|access-date=2023-07-29|website=www.oscars.org|date=October 4, 2014|language=en}}</ref> In 2005, the United States [[Library of Congress]] selected the film for preservation in the [[National Film Registry]], considering it "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Librarian of Congress Adds 25 Films to National Film Registry|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-05-262/librarian-of-congress-adds-25-films-to-national-film-registry-2/2005-12-20/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126213453/https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-05-262/librarian-of-congress-adds-25-films-to-national-film-registry-2/2005-12-20/|archive-date=November 26, 2020|access-date=2020-09-21|website=Library of Congress}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Complete National Film Registry Listing|url=https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305191832/https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/|archive-date=March 5, 2016|access-date=2020-09-21|website=Library of Congress}}</ref> Critic [[Roger Ebert]] wrote, "''Luke'' is the first Newman character to understand himself well enough to tell us to shove off. He's through risking his neck to make us happy. With this film, Newman completes a cycle of five films over six years, and together they have something to say about the current status of heroism".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/cool-hand-luke-1967|title=Cool Hand Luke movie review|website=Rogerebert.com|access-date=August 19, 2023}}</ref>

In 1968, Newman directed ''[[Rachel, Rachel]]'' starring Woodward and based on [[Margaret Laurence]]'s ''A Jest of God.'' According to Woodward, Newman did not like the book and had no intention of directing the film. He changed his mind when Woodward could not find any other director. To do the project, the pair accepted a deferred payment. The film was nominated for four [[Academy Awards]] including [[Academy Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]] and won two [[Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globes]] including [[Golden Globe Award for Best Director|Best Director]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=AFI{{!}}Catalog|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/22952-RACHEL-RACHEL?cxt=filmography|access-date=2023-07-26|website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref>

In 1969, Newman co-starred with Woodward in [[James Goldstone]]'s auto racing film ''[[Winning (film)|Winning]].''<ref>{{Cite web|title=AFI{{!}}Catalog|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/20602-WINNING?cxt=filmography|access-date=2023-07-26|website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref> It was one of the top-grossing film that year in the U.S., reaching the thirteenth position and earning $14,644,335.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Numbers - Top-Grossing Movies of 1969|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/market/1969/top-grossing-movies|access-date=2023-09-25|website=The Numbers}}</ref>

Also that year, Newman teamed with fellow actor [[Robert Redford]] and director [[George Roy Hill]] for ''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]''. Scriptwriter [[William Goldman]] talked to Newman about his ideas on approaching the subject matter. Once a script was completed, actor [[Steve McQueen]], who had read it, called Newman suggesting that they star in it together. Newman, assuming he would play the character of Sundance, suggested that they jointly buy the intellectual property, at which point McQueen hesitated. It was eventually bought by producer [[Paul Monash]], and Newman was cast as Butch, which created a title change with Redford as Sundance. Newman explained that for the scene where his character performs bicycle tricks a stuntman had been hired, though the footage had left director Hill unsatisfied; Newman had to perform the tricks. Furthermore, Newman explained that it was his idea with Goldman to develop the musical interlude. The film was a success, grossing over $15 million at the box office, and it was fourth highest-grossing film of the year. At the Academy Awards it was nominated for Best Picture as well as well as receiving nominations in other categories.<ref>{{Cite web|title=AFI{{!}}Catalog|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/20673-BUTCH-CASSIDYANDTHESUNDANCEKID?_gl=1*csm4jq*_ga*MTUyNjk5Njg5OC4xNjg0NTUyNDA3*_ga_WG5NKRT3RK*MTY5NDU0NzUyNy41LjAuMTY5NDU0NzUyNy42MC4wLjA.|access-date=2023-09-12|website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref>

Finally that year, along with [[Barbra Streisand]] and [[Sidney Poitier]], Newman formed [[First Artists Production Company]] so actors could secure properties and develop movie projects for themselves.<ref name="new">{{cite news|last=Hollie|first=Pamela G.|date=December 23, 1979|title=First Artists Star-Crossed Child of the 1960s|page=F3|newspaper=New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/12/23/archives/first-artistsstarcrossed-child-of-the-1960s-at-a-glance-first.html}}</ref>

In 1970, Newman produced and co-starred with Woodward in [[Stuart Rosenberg]]'s ''[[WUSA (film)|WUSA]],'' based on [[Robert Stone (novelist)|Robert Stone]]'s novel ''[[A Hall of Mirrors]].'' Newman and his partner John Foreman purchased the rights for $50,000. The film flopped both commercially and critically.<ref>{{Cite web|title=AFI{{!}}Catalog|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/23499-WUSA?cxt=filmography|access-date=2023-07-26|website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref> However, Newman later said that it is "the most significant film I've ever made and the best".<ref>Walker, John, ed., ''[[Halliwell's Film Guide]].'' New York: Harper Perennial, 1977. {{ISBN|0-06-273241-2}}. p. 1276</ref>
In 1971, Newman directed and starred in [[Sometimes a Great Notion (film)|''Sometimes a Great Notion'']] based on [[Ken Kesey]]'s [[Sometimes a Great Notion|novel]]. Although several directors were considered, it was announced that Newman would direct. However, [[Richard A. Colla]] was signed to direct the film in May 1970. Five weeks after principal photography began, Colla left the project due to "artistic differences over photographic concept", as well as a required throat operation. At the same time, Newman broke his ankle and the production shut down {{nowrap|on July 29.}} As co-executive producer, Newman considered replacing Colla with George Roy Hill, but Hill declined the offer, so when filming resumed two weeks later, Newman was directing.<ref>{{Cite web|title=AFI{{!}}Catalog|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/54217-SOMETIMES-A-GREAT-NOTION?cxt=filmography|access-date=2023-07-23|website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref> [[File:Paul Newman Once Upon a Wheel 1971.JPG|thumb|170px|Newman on the set of ''[[Once Upon a Wheel]]'' (1971)]]
Also that year, Newman hosted [[David Winters (choreographer)|David Winters]]' made-for-TV documentary ''[[Once Upon a Wheel]]''.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=April 9, 1971|title=Paul Newman explores race car drivers' dangerous fast lives|journal=The World|pages=TV: 7}}</ref> Winters said that at the time Newman had publicly stated he did not want to do television and turned it down for that reason until Winters explained his own vision to Newman.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Winters|first=David|title=Tough guys do dance|publisher=Indigo River Publishing|year=2018|isbn=978-1-948080-27-9|location=Pensacola, Florida|pages=2582–2670|language=English}}</ref> Newman, a race car enthusiast, said, "The show gives me a chance to get close to a sport I'm crazy about. I love to test a car on my own, to see what I can do, but racing with 25 other guys is a whole different thing. There are so many variables, the skill demanded is tremendous."<ref>{{Cite journal|date=April 18, 1971|title=Paul Newman in 'driver's seat'|journal=Longview News-Journal|volume=41|pages=Sunday: 3}}</ref> [[Bob Bondurant]], Newman's driving instructor who appears in the film,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hamilton|first=Judy|date=April 18, 1971|title=And it's pro Bob Bondurant who put him behind the wheel|journal=World-Herald|pages=Entertainment:11–12}}</ref> explained that ''Once Upon a Wheel'' was a passion project for Newman "because he wanted to learn how to drive" and that he had refused projects that would have paid him a much larger salary.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last=Shull|first=Richard K.|date=April 17, 1971|title=Teaches Stars to Drive|journal=The Ithaca Journal|pages=Showtime: 21|via=}}</ref> The project marked Newman's return to television after a decade long absence,<ref>{{Cite journal|date=April 18, 1971|title='Once upon a wheel' Newman hosts program exploring facets of racings|journal=Press-Telegram|volume=20|pages=Tele-Vues: Five}}</ref> and his first time as the lead of a program.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=April 18, 1971|title='Once Upon a Wheel' is a first|journal=The Town Talk|volume=LXXXIX|pages=Section B: Eleven}}</ref> During post-production, Winters said that Newman, who liked what he saw, gave him the idea to add some footage to sell it as a theatrical film worldwide.<ref name=":0" /> Upon its release, the documentary generally received good reviews for its directing, pace, photography, music, and human interest stories.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Gross|first=Ben|date=April 19, 1971|title=The Diana Ross special tops weekend TV shows|journal=Daily News|volume=52|pages=35}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Lowry|first=Cynthia|date=April 19, 1971|title='Once Upon a Wheel' is successful effort|journal=Pottsville Republican|volume=CLXXI|pages=19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Anderson|first=Jack|date=April 20, 1971|title=Auto race special exciting|journal=The Miami Herald|pages=4–B}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Harris|first=Harry|date=April 19, 1971|title=Diana Ross is supreme making people laugh|journal=The Philadelphia Inquirer|volume=284|pages=15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bishop|first=Jerry|date=April 28, 1971|title=Why can't Tv movie people tell the story of racing as it is?|journal=Longview Daily News|pages=47}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Coffey|first=Jerry|date=April 20, 1970|title=Southwest of 1914-15 setting for two shows|journal=[[Fort Worth Star-Telegram]]|pages=6–A}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hopkins|first=Tom|date=April 19, 1971|title=ABC uses special as giant promotions|journal=Dayton Daily News|volume=94|pages=52}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Greene|first=Jerry|date=April 20, 1971|title=Tv Capture racing drama|journal=Florida Today|pages=1C}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Newton|first=Dwight|date=April 19, 1971|title=A career in crescendo|journal=San Francisco Examiner|pages=19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Dubrow|first=Rick|date=April 19, 1971|title=Diana Ross, a complete act|journal=The Windsor Star|pages=22}}</ref>

In 1972, Newman's vehicles produced by First Artists included ''[[Pocket Money]]''<ref>{{cite web|title=Pocket Money|url=http://www.tvguide.com/movies/pocket-money/review/109377/|access-date=July 6, 2018|work=[[TV Guide]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]}}</ref> and ''[[The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean]]''. Also that year, Newman directed [[The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (film)|''The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds'']], the screen version of the [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning play [[The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds|of the same name]]''.'' It was in competition at the [[Cannes Film Festival]], and Joanne Woodward won the best actress award.<ref>{{Cite web|title=AFI{{!}}Catalog|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/54493|access-date=2023-07-29|website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref>

In 1973, Newman reunited with director George Roy Hill and fellow actor Robert Redford in ''[[The Sting]]''. The film made over $68,000,000 in the North American box office and was the highest-grossing film of 1974.<ref>{{Cite web|title=AFI{{!}}Catalog|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/54391-THE-STING?sid=e192d103-4643-46b6-bd81-f5451a757046&sr=6.71077&cp=1&pos=0|access-date=2023-07-24|website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref> For his participation, Newman received top billing, $500,000, and a percentage of the profits.<ref>{{cite book|last=J. Quirk|first=Lawrence|url=https://archive.org/details/paulnewmanlife0000quir/page/212/mode/2up?q=sting|title=Paul Newman: A Life|date=September 16, 2009|publisher=Taylor Trade Publishing|isbn=978-1-5897-9438-2|pages=212–215|url-access=registration}}</ref> The film was awarded Best Picture at the Academy Awards.<ref name="Oscars1974">{{cite web|title=The 46th Academy Awards (1974) Nominees and Winners|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1974|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315090403/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1974|archive-date=March 15, 2015|access-date=December 31, 2011|website=Oscars.org}}</ref>

In 1974, Newman co-starred with [[Steve McQueen]] in [[John Guillermin]]'s disaster film ''[[The Towering Inferno]]''. Newman plays an architect trapped in a burning skyscraper that he had designed. Newman was paid $1,000,000 plus a percentage of the gross, and he insisted that he do his own stunts. The film was a success and its North American gross was $55,000,000.<ref>{{Cite web|title=AFI{{!}}Catalog|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/54398-THE-TOWERING-INFERNO?cxt=filmography|access-date=June 21, 2023|website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref>

In 1975, his third film with First Artists was the ''Harper'' sequel ''[[The Drowning Pool (film)|The Drowning Pool]]'', in which Woodward appeared.

[[File:Paul Newman and Roy Hill, RIT NandE 1976 Jul12 Complete.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Newman (left) and director George Roy Hill on the set of ''[[Slap Shot]]'' in 1976]]

In 1977, Newman reunited with director Hill in the hockey sport comedy ''[[Slap Shot]].'' At the time of its release the film received mixed reviews, many saying that it was "setting a new standard in its use of obscenities". Years later on Home Video and cable showings the film gained cult status.<ref>{{Cite web|title=AFI{{!}}Catalog|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/55251-SLAP-SHOT?cxt=filmography|access-date=2023-07-24|website=catalog.afi.com}}</ref>

=== 1980–1999: Late career roles and Oscar win ===
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In 1980, Newman directed the television screen version of the Pulitzer Prize–winning play ''[[The Shadow Box]]''. In 1981, he acted in [[Sydney Pollack]]'s ''[[Absence of Malice]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Absence of Malice (1981) |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/56536-ABSENCE-OF-MALICE?cxt=filmography|access-date=2023-07-25 |website=AFI Catalog}}</ref> He starred in [[Sidney Lumet]]'s ''[[The Verdict]]'' in 1982. The film was nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Picture]], and Newman received a nomination for the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Verdict (1982) |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/56898-THE-VERDICT?cxt=filmography |website=AFI Catalog |access-date=2023-07-25}}</ref> In 1984, Newman starred in and directed ''[[Harry & Son]]''.

In 1986, twenty-five years after ''The Hustler'', Newman reprised his role of "Fast Eddie" Felson in the [[Martin Scorsese]]–directed film ''[[The Color of Money]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Color of Money (1986) |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/57292-THE-COLOR-OF-MONEY?cxt=filmography|access-date=June 20, 2023 |website=AFI Catalog}}</ref> for which he finally received the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]].<ref>{{cite web|title=1986 Award Winners |url=http://www.nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1986/ |publisher=National Board of Review of Motion Pictures|access-date=October 31, 2016|date=2016|archive-date=December 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161207025144/http://www.nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1986/|url-status=live}}</ref> The film was a commercial success although it received mixed reviews. Newman starred with [[Tom Cruise]], [[Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio]], and [[John Turturro]].

[[File:Paul Newman Cannes 1987.jpg|thumb|upright|Newman at the [[1987 Cannes Film Festival]]]]

In mid-1987, Newman sued [[Universal Pictures]] for allegedly failing to account properly for revenues from video distribution of four of his films made for Universal and that Universal owed him at least $1 million for the home video versions of ''[[The Sting]]'', ''[[Slap Shot]]'', ''[[Winning (film)|Winning]]'', and ''[[Sometimes a Great Notion (film)|Sometimes a Great Notion]]''. The complaint claimed that Universal accounted for the cassette revenues in a way that improperly decreased amounts due to Newman, with the actor wanting a full accounting along with $2 million in damages.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Newman Sues U for Vid |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=June 3, 1987 |page=5}}</ref>

Also in 1987, Newman directed a screen version of [[Tennessee Williams]]' ''[[The Glass Menagerie (1987 film)|The Glass Menagerie]]'' starring his wife [[Joanne Woodward]], [[John Malkovich]], and [[Karen Allen]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Glass Menagerie (1987) |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/57628-THE-GLASSMENAGERIE |website=AFI Catalog |access-date=2023-07-29}}</ref> The film was in competition at the [[Cannes Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=THE GLASS MENAGERIE|url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/f/the-glass-menagerie/|access-date=2023-07-29|publisher=Festival de Cannes|language=en-US}}</ref> ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' called it "a reverent record" of the Williams play that "one watches with a kind of distant dreaminess rather than an intense emotional involvement" and cited the "brilliant performances ... well defined by Newman's direction".<ref>[https://variety.com/1986/film/reviews/the-glass-menagerie-5-1200427087/#! "The Glass Menagerie" review], ''Variety'', December 31, 1986</ref>

In 1990, Newman co-starred with Woodward in the [[James Ivory]] film adaptation ''[[Mr. and Mrs. Bridge]]'' based on the [[Evan S. Connell]] [[Mrs. Bridge|novel of the same name]]. In 1994, Newman played alongside [[Tim Robbins]] as the character Sidney J. Mussburger in the [[Coen brothers]] comedy ''[[The Hudsucker Proxy]]'', which received mixed reviews.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/60140-THE-HUDSUCKER-PROXY?cxt=filmography|access-date=2023-07-25 |website=AFI Catalog}}</ref> Also that year, he acted in [[Robert Benton]]'s ''[[Nobody's Fool (1994 film)|Nobody's Fool]]'' earning yet another nomination for the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nobody's Fool (1994) |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/60413-NOBODYS-FOOL?cxt=filmography|access-date=2023-07-25 |website=AFI Catalog}}</ref>

=== 2000–2008 ===
In 2003, Newman appeared in a Broadway revival of Wilder's ''[[Our Town]]'', winning a nomination for a [[Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play]]  for his performance. [[PBS]] and the cable network [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] aired a taping of the production, and Newman was nominated for an [[Emmy Award]] as well<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/paul-newman|title=Paul Newman|work=Television Academy|access-date=October 21, 2015|archive-date=April 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424220705/https://www.emmys.com/bios/paul-newman|url-status=live}}</ref> for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie. Newman's last live-action movie appearance was as a conflicted mob boss in the [[Sam Mendes]]-directed film ''[[Road to Perdition]]'' (2002) opposite [[Tom Hanks]], [[Jude Law]], and [[Stanley Tucci]]. For his performance he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Although he continued to provide voice work for movies, Newman's last live-action appearance was in the 2005 HBO mini-series ''[[Empire Falls (miniseries)|Empire Falls]]'', based on the [[Empire Falls|Pulitzer Prize-winning novel]] by [[Richard Russo]]), in which he played the dissolute father of the protagonist Miles Roby and for which he won a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film]] and a [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie]].

In keeping with his strong interest in auto racing, Newman provided the voice of [[Doc Hudson]], a retired anthropomorphic race car, in ''[[Cars (film)|Cars]]'' (2006). This was his final role in a major feature film as well as his only animated film role. Almost nine years after his death, he was billed as Doc Hudson in ''[[Cars 3]]'' (2017), his appearance made possible through the use of archival recordings. Newman retired from acting in May 2007, saying: "You start to lose your memory, you start to lose your confidence, you start to lose your invention. So I think that's pretty much a closed book for me."<ref>[http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21797406-2,00.html "Paul Newman quits films after stellar career"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070528072858/http://www.news.com.au/story/0%2C23599%2C21797406-2%2C00.html |date=May 28, 2007 }}, News.com.au. May 27, 2007. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6695939.stm ''Hollywood star Newman to retire''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325035223/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6695939.stm |date=March 25, 2012 }}, bbc.co.uk, May 27, 2007.</ref> He came out of retirement to record narration for the 2007 documentary ''[[Dale (film)|Dale]]'' about the life of [[NASCAR]] driver [[Dale Earnhardt]] and for the 2008 documentary ''[[The Meerkats]]'', his final film role overall.

==Personal life==
=== Marriages and family ===
[[File:Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward 1958 - 2.jpg|thumb|left|Newman with his second wife, actress [[Joanne Woodward]], in a publicity photograph for the 1958 film ''[[The Long, Hot Summer]]'']]

Newman was married twice. His first marriage was to Jackie Witte<ref name="tiscali"/> (1929–1994) from 1949 to 1958. They had a son, [[Scott Newman (actor)|Scott]] (1950{{ndash}}1978) and two daughters, Susan (1953{{ndash}}2025) and Stephanie Kendall (born 1954).<ref name="tiscali"/> Scott, who appeared in films including ''[[The Towering Inferno]]'' (1974), ''[[Breakheart Pass (film)|Breakheart Pass]]'' (1975), and ''[[Fraternity Row (film)|Fraternity Row]]'' (1977) died in November 1978 from a drug overdose.<ref>Clark, Hunter S. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,960672,00.html?promoid=googlep Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091203000232/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,960672,00.html?promoid=googlep |date=December 3, 2009 }}, Time.com, February 17, 1986.</ref> Newman started the Scott Newman Center for [[drug abuse]] prevention in memory of his son.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/19990125103057/http://www.scottnewmancenter.org/ ''Welcome'']}}, scottnewmancenter.org; accessed October 21, 2015.</ref> Susan was a documentary filmmaker and philanthropist and had Broadway and screen credits, including a starring role as one of four Beatles fans in ''[[I Wanna Hold Your Hand (film)|I Wanna Hold Your Hand]]'' (1978), and also a small role opposite her father in ''Slap Shot'' and appeared in ''[[A Wedding (1978 film)|A Wedding]]'' (1978).<ref name=susanpeopledeathreport /> She also received a Golden Globe and Humanitas Award, plus Emmy, Peabody and Grammy Awards nominations, for her role as co-producer of Newman's 1980 telefilm ''[[The Shadow Box#Film adaptation|The Shadow Box]]''.<ref name=susanpeopledeathreport>{{cite news|url=https://people.com/paul-newman-daughter-susan-kendall-dies-72-11827234|title=Paul Newman's Actress-Producer Daughter, Susan Kendall, Dies at 72|first=Jack|last=Smark|publisher=People|date=October 9, 2025|accessdate=October 9, 2025}}</ref> She died on 2 August 2025 at the age of 72;<ref name=susanobituary>{{cite web |title=SUSAN NEWMAN Obituary |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/nytimes/name/susan-newman-obituary?id=59669586 |website=Legacy |access-date=7 October 2025}}</ref><ref name=susanpeopledeathreport /> her death was not made public until October 7, 2025.<ref name=susanobituary /><ref name=susanpeopledeathreport />

Newman met actress Joanne Woodward in 1953,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.countryliving.com/life/inspirational-stories/a44473/paul-newman-joanne-woodward-love-story/|title=The Truth Behind Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward's Enviable Marriage|date=August 22, 2017|website=[[Country Living]]|access-date=September 18, 2018|archive-date=September 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916055845/https://www.countryliving.com/life/inspirational-stories/a44473/paul-newman-joanne-woodward-love-story/|url-status=live}}</ref> on the production of ''[[Picnic (play)|Picnic]]'' on Broadway.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theredlist.com/wiki-2-24-224-523-view-hollywood-cinecitta-stars-profile-joanne-woodward-paul-newman.html|title=Joanne Woodward & Paul Newman|last=The Red List|website=theredlist.com|access-date=September 16, 2018|archive-date=September 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916093108/https://theredlist.com/wiki-2-24-224-523-view-hollywood-cinecitta-stars-profile-joanne-woodward-paul-newman.html|url-status=live}}</ref> It was Newman's debut; Woodward was an understudy.<ref>{{IBDB title|2220|Picnic|description=(1953–1954)}}</ref> Shortly after filming ''[[The Long, Hot Summer]]'' in 1957, he divorced Witte to marry Woodward. The Newmans moved to East 11th Street in Manhattan,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/married-american-actors-paul-newman-and-joanne-woodward-news-photo/83146958|title=Photo: Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward at Home|website=[[Getty Images]]|date=October 6, 2008|quote=... Paul Newman ... and Joanne Woodward ... in their 11th Street home ...|access-date=September 16, 2018|archive-date=August 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806033723/https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/married-american-actors-paul-newman-and-joanne-woodward-news-photo/83146958|url-status=live}}</ref> before buying a home and raising their family in [[Westport, Connecticut]]. They were one of the first Hollywood movie star couples to choose to raise their families outside California.<ref name=nydaily/> They remained married for 50 years until his death in 2008.<ref>[https://people.com/celebrity/remembering-paul-newman/ "Remembering Paul Newman"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916093009/https://people.com/celebrity/remembering-paul-newman/ |date=September 16, 2018 }}, People.com, September 27, 2008.</ref> Woodward has said "He's very good looking and very sexy and all of those things, but all of that goes out the window and what is finally left is, if you can make somebody laugh... And he sure does keep me laughing." Newman has attributed their relationship success to "some combination of lust and respect and patience. And determination."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.countryliving.com/life/inspirational-stories/a44473/paul-newman-joanne-woodward-love-story/|title=The Truth Behind Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward's Enviable Marriage|date=August 22, 2017|access-date=September 18, 2018|archive-date=September 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916055845/https://www.countryliving.com/life/inspirational-stories/a44473/paul-newman-joanne-woodward-love-story/|url-status=live}}</ref>

They had three daughters: [[Nell Newman|Elinor "Nell" Teresa]] (b. 1959), [[Melissa Newman|Melissa "Lissy" Stewart]] (b. 1961), and Claire "Clea" Olivia (b. 1965). Newman was well known for his devotion to his wife and family. When once asked about his reputation for fidelity, he famously quipped, "Why go out for a hamburger when you have steak at home?" He also said that he never met anyone who had as much to lose as he did. In his profile on ''[[60 Minutes]]'', he admitted he once left Woodward after a fight, walked around the outside of the house, knocked on the front door and explained to Joanne he had nowhere to go.<ref name=nydaily>{{Cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2008/03/13/2008-03-13_concern_about_paul_newmans_health.html|title=Concern about Paul Newman's health|work=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]|location=New York|date=March 12, 2008|access-date=July 23, 2008|archive-date=September 15, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915084600/http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2008/03/13/2008-03-13_concern_about_paul_newmans_health.html|url-status=live}}</ref><!--<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2006/oct/08/familyandrelationships5|title=It's an age-old quandary&nbsp;– why do men, like dogs, stray?|work=The Guardian|date=October 8, 2006|access-date=July 23, 2008|location=London|first=Barbara|last=Ellen}}</ref> --> Newman directed Nell alongside her mother in the films ''[[Rachel, Rachel]]'' and ''[[The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (film)|The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds]]''. Newman and Woodward also acted as mentors to [[Allison Janney]]. They met her while she was a freshman at [[Kenyon College]] during a play Newman was directing.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Espinoza |first1=Russ |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/russespinoza/2018/02/18/why-oscar-nominee-allison-janney-never-cashed-in-her-favor-from-paul-newman/|title=Why Allison Janney Never Cashed In Her Favor From Paul Newman|work=Forbes|access-date=June 16, 2020|archive-date=June 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616145309/https://www.forbes.com/sites/russespinoza/2018/02/18/why-oscar-nominee-allison-janney-never-cashed-in-her-favor-from-paul-newman/amp/|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Paul Newman in Carnation, Washington June 2007 cropped.jpg|thumb|upright|Newman in 2007]]
In his biography ''Paul Newman: A Life'' (2009) film critic [[Shawn Levy (writer)|Shawn Levy]] alleged that Newman had had an affair in the late 1960s with divorcée Nancy Bacon, a Hollywood journalist, that lasted one and a half years.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/5262240/Paul-Newman-was-a-drunk-adulterer-according-to-new-book.html|title=Paul Newman was a drunk adulterer, according to new book|work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|last=Nikkhah|first=Roya|date=May 2, 2009|access-date=June 5, 2019|archive-date=June 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605095245/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/5262240/Paul-Newman-was-a-drunk-adulterer-according-to-new-book.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://usatoday.com/story/life/books/2013/06/28/book-details-paul-newmans-charmed-and-charming-life/2469147/|title=Book details Paul Newman's charmed, and charming, 'Life'|work=USA Today|date=May 4, 2009|access-date=June 5, 2019|archive-date=June 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605100922/https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2013/06/28/book-details-paul-newmans-charmed-and-charming-life/2469147/|url-status=live}}</ref> In an article in the ''[[Irish Independent]]'', which stated also that Levy's claims "caused outrage" and were widely considered "an attempt to sully the image of a revered cinematic legend and committed philanthropist", the affair was reportedly denied by a friend of Newman's wife Joanne, who said she was upset by the claim. Levy criticized the tabloid newspaper the ''[[New York Post]]'', which had a long-standing feud with Newman,<ref name="digiacomo200412">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2004/12/pagesix200412.print|title=The Gossip Behind the Gossip|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=December 2004|access-date=September 13, 2011|author=DiGiaomo, Frank|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929173432/http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2004/12/pagesix200412.print|archive-date=September 29, 2011|quote=Susan Mulcahy: 'There were certain people, like Paul Newman, who were not allowed to be mentioned in the paper at all. They were not even allowed to mention him in the television listings.'}}</ref> for focusing on and emphasizing this aspect of his biography.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/the-assassination-of-saint-paul-26534532.html|title=The assassination of 'Saint Paul'|work=[[Irish Independent]]|last=Palmer|first=Caitriona|date=May 9, 2009|access-date=June 23, 2019|archive-date=June 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190623222601/https://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/the-assassination-of-saint-paul-26534532.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Newman and Woodward were the subject of a 2022 [[docuseries]] by [[Ethan Hawke]], ''[[The Last Movie Stars]]'', which was broadcast on [[HBO Max]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bramesco|first=Charles|date=July 25, 2022|title=The Last Movie Stars: Ethan Hawke pays a complex tribute to his idols|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/jul/25/the-last-movie-stars-ethan-hawke-pays-a-complex-tribute-to-his-idols|access-date=August 1, 2022|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref> The docuseries was based upon tapes compiled by Newman's friend [[Stewart Stern]] for a memoir that Newman abandoned but which was eventually published in 2022 as ''The Extraordinary Life of An Ordinary Man.''{{Sfn|Newman|2022|pp=ix-xii}} [[Laura Linney]] voiced Woodward and [[George Clooney]] voiced Newman.

=== Jewish identity ===
Even though Newman followed the pluralistic [[Unitarian Universalism]] movement as an adult, he called himself a Jew, "because it's more of a challenge".<ref name="time">Skow, John. [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,923114-5,00.html "Verdict on a Superstar"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222231216/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,923114-5,00.html|date=December 22, 2010}}. [[Time (magazine)|''Time'']]. December 6, 1982.</ref><ref>{{Cite news|author=Alan Pergament|title='The Last Movie Stars' is a creative and revealing portrait of Newman and Woodward|newspaper=[[The Buffalo News]]|url=https://buffalonews.com/entertainment/television/alan-pergament-the-last-movie-stars-is-a-creative-and-revealing-portrait-of-newman-and/article_68bf85be-036f-11ed-b1fa-eb3d4aa57d6e.html|access-date=July 20, 2022}}</ref> When he applied to Kenyon College after the Navy he gave his religion as "[[Christian Science|Christian Scientist]]", but apart from that he did not deny that he was Jewish.{{Sfn|Newman|2022|p=32}} He recounted in his posthumous memoirs having a "strong sense of otherness" as a youth because he was half-Jewish.{{Sfn|Newman|2022|p=31}} His heritage "got in the way of my sitting at the 'A' table, which was important to me," but he received no instruction on his Jewish heritage. He only knew that "if you were Jewish, some avenues were shut to you," and that "hurt me and my brother a great deal."{{Sfn|Newman|2022|pp=31-32}} Newman deflected the pain with humor, sometimes doing Yiddish voices "for laughs." He was excluded from a high school fraternity because he was Jewish, and got into a "bloody fight" in the Navy because a sailor used an anti-Semitic slur.{{Sfn|Newman|2022|p=32}} A family friend recounted that the "stigma" of being Jewish was strong in Shaker Heights at the time. "Paul didn't seem Jewish at all, but he paid a price, he had a rough time."{{Sfn|Newman|2022|pp=34-35}}

After he began appearing in films, Newman made a point of not changing his name. When he was being considered for the role of Terry Malloy in ''[[On the Waterfront]]'', producer [[Sam Spiegel]] asked him to "get rid of 'Paul Newman'". Newman's response to Spiegel was, "What do you want me to change it to, 'S.P. Ewman'?"{{Sfn|Newman|2022|p=33}}

=== Illness and death ===
Newman was scheduled to make his professional stage directing debut with the [[Westport Country Playhouse]]'s 2008 production of [[John Steinbeck]]'s ''[[Of Mice and Men (play)|Of Mice and Men]]'', but he stepped down on May 23, 2008, citing his health concerns.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/118076.html|title=Citing Health, Newman Steps Down as Director of Westport's ''Of Mice and Men''|date=May 23, 2008|access-date=June 15, 2008|magazine=[[Playbill]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080629080101/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/118076.html|archive-date=June 29, 2008}}</ref>

In June 2008, it was widely reported in the press that he had been diagnosed with [[lung cancer]] and was receiving treatment for the condition at the [[Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center]] in New York City.<ref>[http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23833842-5001026,00.html "Paul Newman has cancer"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080610184341/http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23833842-5001026,00.html |date=June 10, 2008 }}, ''[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]]'', Sydney, June 9, 2008.</ref> [[A.E. Hotchner]], who partnered in the 1980s with Newman to start [[Newman's Own]], told the Associated Press in an interview in mid-2008 that Newman had told him about being afflicted with the disease about 18 months earlier.<ref>Christoffersen, John. [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/longtime-friend-paul-newman-has-cancer/ "Longtime friend: Paul Newman has cancer"], cbsnews.com, June 11, 2008.</ref> Newman's spokesman told the press that the star was "doing nicely", but neither confirmed nor denied that he had lung cancer.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7447668.stm "Newman says he is 'doing nicely'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312073144/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7447668.stm |date=March 12, 2012 }}, bbc.co.uk, June 11, 2008.</ref> Newman was a heavy cigarette smoker for most of his life until he quit in 1986.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.healthcentral.com/article/paul-newman-dies-of-lung-cancer|title=Paul Newman Dies of Lung Cancer – Lung Cancer &#124; HealthCentral|access-date=October 6, 2019|archive-date=October 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006125352/https://www.healthcentral.com/article/paul-newman-dies-of-lung-cancer|url-status=live}}</ref>

Newman died at his home in Westport, Connecticut, on the morning of September 26, 2008, at the age of 83.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/28/movies/28newman.html?searchResultPosition=1|title=Paul Newman, a Magnetic Titan of Hollywood, Is Dead at 83|last=Harmetz|first=Aljean|author-link=Aljean Harmetz|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 27, 2008|access-date=December 26, 2020|quote=Paul Newman, one of the last of the great 20th-century movie stars, died Friday at his home in Westport, Conn. He was 83.|archive-date=April 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417202442/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/28/movies/28newman.html?searchResultPosition=1|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2008/film/markets-festivals/film-icon-paul-newman-dies-at-83-1117993013/|title=Film icon Paul Newman dies at 83|last1=Natale|first1=Richard|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=September 27, 2008|access-date=December 26, 2020|quote=Paul Newman, the Academy Award-winning star, activist, racecar driver and salad dressing impresario, died Friday at his home near Westport, Conn., after a long battle with cancer. He was 83.|archive-date=October 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027065609/https://variety.com/2008/film/markets-festivals/film-icon-paul-newman-dies-at-83-1117993013/|url-status=live}}</ref> He was [[cremation|cremated]] after a private funeral service.<ref>Hodge, Lisa. [http://www.ahlanlive.com/7128-paul-newmans-funeral "Legend laid to rest in private family ceremony"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004073447/http://www.ahlanlive.com/7128-paul-newmans-funeral |date=October 4, 2008 }}, ahlanlive.com; retrieved October 11, 2008.</ref>

==Philanthropy==
With writer [[A. E. Hotchner]], Newman founded [[Newman's Own]], a line of food products, in 1982. The brand started with salad dressing and has expanded to include pasta sauce, lemonade, popcorn, salsa, and wine, among other things. Newman established a policy that all proceeds, after taxes, would be donated to charity. He co-wrote a [[memoir]] about the subject with Hotchner, ''Shameless Exploitation in Pursuit of the Common Good''. Among other awards, Newman's Own co-sponsors the [[PEN/Newman's Own First Amendment Award]], a $25,000 reward designed to recognize those who protect the [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|First Amendment]] as it applies to the written word.<ref>{{cite web|title=PEN/Newman's Own First Amendment Award recipient announced|url=https://pen.org/press-release/pennewmans-own-first-amendment-award-recipient-announced/|website=PEN American Center|access-date=January 2, 2013|date=April 5, 2004|archive-date=January 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123131631/https://pen.org/press-release/pennewmans-own-first-amendment-award-recipient-announced/|url-status=live}}</ref>

One beneficiary of his philanthropy is the [[Hole in the Wall Gang Camp]], a residential summer camp for seriously ill children located in [[Ashford, Connecticut]], which Newman co-founded in 1988. It is named after the gang in his film ''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]'' (1969), and the real-life, historic [[Hole-in-the-Wall (Wyoming)|Hole-in-the-Wall]] outlaw hangout in the mountains of northern [[Wyoming]]. Newman's college fraternity, [[Phi Kappa Tau]], adopted his Connecticut Hole in the Wall camp as their "national philanthropy" in 1995. The original camp has expanded to become several Hole in the Wall Camps in the U.S., Ireland, France, and Israel.<ref name="faq"/> In 1988, Newman founded the [[SeriousFun Children's Network]], a global family of [[summer camps]] and programs for children with serious illnesses.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://seriousfun.org/about/impact/|title=Serious Results from SeriousFun|publisher=SeriousFun Network|access-date=April 8, 2021|archive-date=April 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417203605/https://seriousfun.org/about/impact/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2006, Newman also co-founded [[Safe Water Network]] with [[John C. Whitehead|John Whitehead]], former chairman of Goldman Sachs, and Josh Weston, former chairman of ADP, to improve access to safe water to underserved communities around the world.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kaye|first1=Leon|title=How Safe Water Network's Partnership With Companies Benefits the World's Poor|url=http://www.triplepundit.com/2012/10/safe-water-networks-partnership-companies-benefits-worlds-poor|website=triplepundit.com|date=October 9, 2012 |publisher=Triple Pundit|access-date=September 2, 2014|archive-date=October 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026032621/http://www.triplepundit.com/2012/10/safe-water-networks-partnership-companies-benefits-worlds-poor/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1983, Newman became a major donor for [[The Mirror Theater Ltd]], alongside [[Dustin Hoffman]] and [[Al Pacino]], matching a grant from [[Laurance Rockefeller]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/12/07/arts/broadway.html|title=Broadway|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=December 7, 1984|last=Nemy|first=Enid|author-link=Enid Nemy|access-date=September 8, 2017|archive-date=December 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215111352/http://www.nytimes.com/1984/12/07/arts/broadway.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Newman was inspired to invest by his connection with [[Lee Strasberg]], as Lee's then daughter-in-law Sabra Jones was the founder and producing artistic director of The Mirror. Paul Newman remained a friend of the company until his death and discussed at numerous times possible productions in which he could star with his wife, [[Joanne Woodward]]. In June 1999, Newman donated $250,000 to [[Catholic Relief Services]] to aid refugees in [[Kosovo]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Paul Newman Philanthropy|url=http://www.facesofphilanthropy.com/paul-newman/|date=November 14, 2011|access-date=November 14, 2011|archive-date=July 25, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130725084603/http://www.facesofphilanthropy.com/paul-newman/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On June 1, 2007, [[Kenyon College]] announced that Newman had donated $10&nbsp;million to the school to establish a scholarship fund as part of the college's $230&nbsp;million fund-raising campaign. Newman and Woodward were honorary co-chairs of a previous campaign.<ref name="Reuters-Kenyon">{{cite news|title=Paul Newman donates $10 mln to Kenyon College|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSN0238991920070602|date=June 2, 2007|access-date=June 4, 2007|archive-date=June 4, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070604202031/http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSN0238991920070602|url-status=live}}</ref>

Newman was one of the founders of the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy (CECP).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.corporatephilanthropy.org|title=CECP – Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy|publisher=Corporatephilanthropy.org|access-date=March 10, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100110102746/http://www.corporatephilanthropy.org/|archive-date=January 10, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> Newman was named the Most Generous Celebrity of 2008 by Givingback.org. He contributed $20,857,000 for the year of 2008 to the Newman's Own Foundation, which distributes funds to a variety of charities.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Giving Back 30|url=http://www.givingback.org/Programs_Services/GivingBack30_2008.html|publisher=The Giving Back Fund|date=November 1, 2009|access-date=November 4, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091109044844/http://givingback.org/Programs_Services/GivingBack30_2008.html|archive-date=November 9, 2009}}</ref>

Upon Newman's death, the Italian newspaper (a "semi-official" paper of the [[Holy See]]) ''[[L'Osservatore Romano]]'' published a notice lauding Newman's philanthropy. It also commented that "Newman was a generous heart, an actor of a dignity and style rare in Hollywood quarters."<ref>{{Cite news|work=[[Catholic News Service]]|url=http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0804957.htm|archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20130307090949/http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0804957.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 7, 2013|title=Catholic film critics laud actor Paul Newman's career, generosity|first=Mark|last=Pattison|date=September 30, 2008|access-date=April 11, 2010}}</ref>

Newman was responsible for preserving lands around Westport, Connecticut. He lobbied the state's governor for funds for the 2011 Aspetuck Land Trust in Easton.<ref name="BrooksBrooks2011">{{cite book|first1=Christopher|last1=Brooks|first2=Catherine|last2=Brooks|title=60 Hiles Within 60 Miles: New York City|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6O-VwJe-oEwC&pg=PA620|access-date=February 19, 2013|date=April 22, 2011|publisher=ReadHowYouWant.com|isbn=978-1-4596-1793-3|pages=620–621|archive-date=June 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130610183808/http://books.google.com/books?id=6O-VwJe-oEwC&pg=PA620|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2011, Paul Newman's estate gifted land to Westport to be managed by the [[Aspetuck Land Trust]].<ref name=Hennessy2011>{{cite news|last=Hennessy|first=Christina|title=Sightseeing: Newman Poses Nature Preserve may have marquee name, but nature is the star|url=http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Sightseeing-Newman-Poses-Nature-Preserve-may-2226539.php|access-date=September 16, 2012|newspaper=The Stamford Advocate|date=October 20, 2011|archive-date=June 27, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130627055300/http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Sightseeing-Newman-Poses-Nature-Preserve-may-2226539.php|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Political activism==
[[File:Paul newman menomonee falls wisconsin mcarthy eugene rally.jpg|thumb|upright|Newman at a political rally for [[Eugene McCarthy]] in 1968]]
Newman was a lifelong [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]], although he endorsed and voted for Independent candidate [[John B. Anderson]] in [[1980 United States presidential election|1980]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Greenfield|first=Jeff|date=December 28, 2017|title=John B. Anderson: The Great Independent Hope|url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/12/28/john-b-anderson-illinois-republican-party-obituary-216176/|access-date=May 18, 2022|website=Politico}}</ref> who was a liberal [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]], instead of the incumbent Democratic president, [[Jimmy Carter]]. For Newman's support of [[Eugene McCarthy]] in [[1968 United States presidential election|1968]], effective use of television commercials in California, and his opposition to the [[Vietnam War]], Newman was placed nineteenth on [[Nixon's Enemies List|Richard Nixon's enemies list]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~polisci/calvert/PolSci3103/watergate/enemy.htm|title=List of White House 'Enemies' and Memo Submitted by Dean to the Ervin Committee|publisher=Facts on File|access-date=March 10, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030621235432/http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~polisci/calvert/PolSci3103/watergate/enemy.htm|archive-date=June 21, 2003|url-status=dead}}</ref> which Newman claimed was his greatest accomplishment. In 1964, he and his wife, [[Joanne Woodward]], supported [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] for president.<ref>Jet, October 1, 1964{{incomplete short citation|date=October 2022}}</ref> During the 1968 presidential election, Newman supported Democratic nominee [[Hubert Humphrey]] and appeared in a pre-election night telethon for him.{{sfn|Levy|2009|p=241}}{{sfn|Borden|2010|p=96}} He was also described as a "vocal supporter" of gay rights and same-sex marriage.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Paul Newman an icon of cool masculinity|url=https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Paul-Newman-an-icon-of-cool-masculinity-3267704.php|last1=Winn|first1=Steven|date=September 28, 2008|website=SFGate|access-date=May 22, 2020|archive-date=August 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806074446/https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Paul-Newman-an-icon-of-cool-masculinity-3267704.php|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Paul Newman {{!}} Penguin Random House|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/52470/paul-newman|website=PenguinRandomhouse.com|language=en-US|access-date=May 22, 2020|archive-date=August 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804004546/https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/52470/paul-newman|url-status=live}}</ref>

Newman was linked to the "[[Malibu Mafia]]" to promote [[Progressivism in the United States|progressive]] issues in politics.<ref name=Brownstein1990>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GCl3AAAAMAAJ|title=The Power and the Glitter: The Hollywood–Washington Connection|pages=203–211|last=Brownstein|first=Ronald|date=1990|publisher=Pantheon Books|isbn=978-0-394-56938-3|access-date=August 18, 2020|archive-date=April 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417203917/https://books.google.com/books?id=GCl3AAAAMAAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> This was a group of wealthy men in the [[Greater Los Angeles]] area who met to discuss politics. Backed by them, Newman and his wife went to Washington in 1976 to speak in favor of breaking up [[Big Oil]] into separate components.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/01/30/archives/people-and-business-paul-newman-scores-oil-lobby.html|title=People and Business: Paul Newman Scares Oil Lobby|date=January 30, 1976|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=August 18, 2020|archive-date=April 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417211223/https://www.nytimes.com/1976/01/30/archives/people-and-business-paul-newman-scores-oil-lobby.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Newman supported their 1980s effort to establish a [[Nuclear Freeze campaign|bilateral Nuclear Freeze]] to stop the proliferation of [[nuclear weapon]]s in the United States and the [[Soviet Union]]. He said he would stand up for [[Walter Mondale]] in the [[1984 United States presidential election|1984 presidential election]] as long as there was cold [[Budweiser]] and Nuclear Freeze involved.<ref name=Brownstein1990/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/02/27/campaign-trail-with-paul-newman/QhhQvKTniis5ODd2aFcQ6H/story.html|title=In '84 campaign, on the trail with Paul Newman|last=Shea|first=Michael P.|date=February 27, 2015|newspaper=Boston Globe|access-date=August 18, 2020|archive-date=April 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417190306/https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2015/02/27/campaign-trail-with-paul-newman/QhhQvKTniis5ODd2aFcQ6H/story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In January 1995, Newman was the chief investor of a group, including the writer [[E. L. Doctorow]] and the editor [[Victor Navasky]], that bought the progressive periodical ''[[The Nation]]''.<ref name="st">{{cite news|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19950114/2099418/liberal-weekly-the-nation-sold-to-paul-newman-others|title=Liberal Weekly The Nation Sold To Paul Newman, Others|newspaper=[[The Seattle Times]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=January 14, 1995|access-date=June 14, 2015|archive-date=June 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615140923/http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19950114&slug=2099418|url-status=live}}</ref> Newman was an occasional writer for the publication.<ref name="nationbye">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.thenation.com/article/paul-newmanin-his-own-words|title=Paul Newman:In His Own Words|last=Newman|first=Paul|magazine=The Nation|date=August 21, 2000|access-date=June 14, 2015|archive-date=August 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150820122928/http://www.thenation.com/article/paul-newmanin-his-own-words/|url-status=live}}</ref> He endorsed Green Party candidate [[Ralph Nader]] in the [[2000 United States presidential election|2000 presidential election]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/jul/19/filmnews.uselections2000 | title=Hooray for Hollywood, says Gore, as stars shun Bush | work=The Guardian | date=July 19, 2000 | last1=Kettle | first1=Martin }}</ref> He endorsed [[Howard Dean]]'s [[Howard Dean 2004 presidential campaign|presidential campaign]] in [[2004 United States presidential election|2004]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Brown |first1=Sandy |title=Celebrity Endorsements: Decisive or Divisive? |url=https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/celebrity-endorsements-decisive-or-divisive-70440/ |url-access=subscription |website=[[Adweek]] |access-date=26 January 2025 |date=16 February 2004}}</ref>

Consistent with his work for [[Modern liberalism in the United States|liberal]] causes, Newman publicly supported [[Ned Lamont]]'s candidacy in the 2006 Connecticut Democratic Primary against Senator [[Joe Lieberman]], and was even rumored as a candidate himself, until Lamont emerged as a credible alternative. He donated to [[Christopher Dodd|Chris Dodd]]'s presidential campaign.<ref>[http://www.wfsb.com/politics/12281464/detail.html?rss=hart&psp=news ''Dodd Gets Financial Boost From Celebs''], WFSB.com, April 17, 2007. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110509071619/http://www.wfsb.com/politics/12281464/detail.html?rss=hart&psp=news |date=May 9, 2011 }}</ref> Newman earlier donated money to [[Bill Richardson]]'s campaign for president in 2008. Newman attended the [[March on Washington]] on August 28, 1963,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/08/29/hollywood_whos_who_marched_with_king_in_63__119762.html|title=Hollywood Who's Who Marched With King In '63|work=RealClearPolitics.com|date=August 29, 2013|access-date=December 6, 2016|first=Carl|last=Cannon|archive-date=September 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913053317/http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/08/29/hollywood_whos_who_marched_with_king_in_63__119762.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and was also present at the first [[Earth Day]] event in [[Manhattan]] on April 22, 1970.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/28/MN8R1194R6.DTL|title=Paul Newman an icon of cool masculinity|work=San Francisco Chronicle|date=September 28, 2008|access-date=March 10, 2010|first=Steven|last=Winn|archive-date=October 4, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004062426/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2008%2F09%2F28%2FMN8R1194R6.DTL|url-status=live}}</ref> Newman was concerned about [[global warming]] and supported [[Nuclear energy in the United States|nuclear energy development]] as [[Global warming mitigation#Nuclear power|a solution]].<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-05-23-paul-newman_N.htm|title=Cool Hand Nuke: Paul Newman endorses power plant|date=May 23, 2007|access-date=April 11, 2010|archive-date=January 5, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105103927/http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-05-23-paul-newman_N.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Auto racing==
{{Infobox Le Mans driver
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| Years=[[1979 24 Hours of Le Mans|1979]]
| Team(s)=Dick Barbour Racing
| Best Finish=2nd <small>([[1979 24 Hours of Le Mans|1979]])</small>
| Class Wins=1 <small>([[1979 24 Hours of Le Mans|1979]])</small>}}

Newman was an auto racing enthusiast and first became interested in motorsports ("the first thing that I ever found I had any grace in") while training at the [[Watkins Glen International|Watkins Glen Racing School]] for the filming of ''[[Winning (film)|Winning]]'', a 1969 film.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Branch |first=Ben |date=2018-10-26 |title=This Was Paul Newman's* Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 3.0 |url=https://silodrome.com/porsche-911-carrera-rsr-3-0/ |access-date=2025-07-05 |website=Silodrome |language=en-US}}</ref> According to his instructor [[Bob Bondurant]], his love and passion for racing, Newman agreed in 1971 to star in and to host television special ''[[Once Upon a Wheel]],'' on the history of auto racing.<ref name=":1" /> Newman's first professional event as a racer was in 1972 at [[Thompson International Speedway]], quietly entered as "P. L. Newman", by which he continued to be known in the racing community.<ref name="P.L. Newman">{{cite magazine|url=http://autoweek.com/article/car-news/racing-community-saddened-death-paul-newman|title=Racing community saddened by death of Paul Newman|magazine=Autoweek|date=September 26, 2008|access-date=September 28, 2015|archive-date=September 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929225041/http://autoweek.com/article/car-news/racing-community-saddened-death-paul-newman|url-status=live}}</ref>

Newman was a frequent competitor in [[Sports Car Club of America]] (SCCA) events for the rest of the decade, eventually winning four national championships. He later drove in the [[1979 24 Hours of Le Mans]] in Dick Barbour's [[Porsche 935]], finishing in second place.<ref name="1979 Le Mans">{{cite web|url=http://www.formula2.net/1979.htm|title=XLVII Grand Prix d'Endurance les 24 Heures du Mans 1979|publisher=Le Mans & F2 Register|date=May 2, 2008|access-date=September 27, 2008|archive-date=June 11, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611062610/http://www.formula2.net/1979.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Newman reunited with Barbour in 2000 to compete in the [[2000 Petit Le Mans|Petit Le Mans]].<ref name="Petit">{{cite web|url=http://wsrp.ic.cz/alms2000.html#9|title=American Le Mans Series 2000|publisher=World Sports Racing Prototypes|date=October 2, 2005|access-date=September 27, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005044003/http://wsrp.ic.cz/alms2000.html|archive-date=October 5, 2008}}</ref>

[[File:Road America Paul Newman Nissan on display.jpg|thumb|Sharp/Newman Nissan]]

From the mid-1970s to the early 1990s, he drove for the ''[[Bob Sharp (racing driver)|Bob Sharp]] Racing'' team, racing mainly [[Datsun]]s (later rebranded as [[Nissan Motors|Nissans]]) in the [[Trans-Am Series]]. He became closely associated with the brand during the 1980s, even appearing in commercials for the brand in Japan and having [[Nissan Skyline#Sixth generation (R30; 1981)|a special edition of the Nissan Skyline]] named after him. At the age of 70 years and eight days, Newman became the oldest driver to date to be part of a winning team in a major sanctioned race,<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Vaughn|first=Mark|title=Paul Newman 1925–2008|magazine=[[AutoWeek]]|volume=58|issue=40|page=43|date=October 6, 2008}}</ref> winning in his class at the 1995 [[24 Hours of Daytona]].<ref name="1995 Daytona">{{cite web|url=http://wsrp.ic.cz/imsa1995.html#1|title=International Motor Sports Association 1995|publisher=World Sports Racing Prototypes|date=February 14, 2007|access-date=September 27, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090408195356/http://wsrp.ic.cz/imsa1995.html|archive-date=April 8, 2009}}</ref> Among his last major races were the [[Baja 1000]] in 2004 and the 24 Hours of Daytona once again in 2005.<ref name="2005 Daytona">{{cite web|url=http://wsrp.ic.cz/grandam2005.html#1|title=Grand-American Road Racing Championship 2005|publisher=World Sports Racing Prototypes|date=December 17, 2005|access-date=September 27, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012210032/http://wsrp.ic.cz/grandam2005.html#1|archive-date=October 12, 2008}}</ref>

During the 1976 auto racing season, Newman became interested in forming a professional auto racing team and contacted [[Bill Freeman (racing driver)|Bill Freeman]], who introduced Newman to professional auto racing management, and their company specialized in [[Can-Am]], [[IndyCar Series|Indy Cars]], and other high-performance racing automobiles. The team was based in [[Santa Barbara, California]], and commuted to [[Willow Springs International Motorsports Park]] for many of its testing sessions.

[[File:Paul Newman Racing 1979 Spyder NF-11 Chevrolet V8 - CanAm single seater racer based on Lola T333CS.jpg|thumb|right|A ''Newman Freeman Racing'' [[Spyder NF]] [[Can-Am]] race car from 1979)]]

Their ''Newman Freeman Racing'' team was very competitive in the North American [[Can-Am]] series in its Budweiser-sponsored, Chevrolet-powered [[Spyder NF-10|Spyder NFs]]. Newman and Freeman began a long and successful partnership with the Newman Freeman Racing team in the Can-Am series, which culminated in the Can-Am Team Championship trophy in 1979. Newman was associated with Freeman's established [[Porsche racing]] team, which enabled both Newman and Freeman to compete in [[SCCA]] and [[International Motor Sports Association|IMSA]] racing events together, including the [[12 Hours of Sebring|Sebring 12-hour endurance sports car race]]. This car was sponsored by Beverly Porsche/Audi. Freeman was [[Sports Car Club of America]]'s Southern Pacific National Champion during the Newman Freeman period. Later, Newman co-founded [[Newman/Haas Racing]] with [[Carl Haas]], a [[Champ Car]] team, in 1983, going on to win eight drivers' championships under his ownership. Newman was also briefly an owner in the [[NASCAR Winston Cup Series]] when he co-founded a research and development #18 team with [[Hendrick Motorsports]]' [[Greg Sacks]] behind the wheel; the team shut down after two seasons after losing its primary sponsor. The 1996 racing season was chronicled in the [[IMAX]] film ''[[Super Speedway]]'' (1997), which Newman narrated. He was a partner in the [[Atlantic Championship]] team [[Newman Wachs Racing]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://newmanwachsracing.com/index.php/2016/10/07/legendary-newman-name-returning-to-open-wheel-racing/|title=Legendary Newman Name Returning to Open-Wheel Racing – Newman Wachs Racing|website=newmanwachsracing.com|language=en-US|access-date=July 16, 2018|archive-date=July 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716223924/http://newmanwachsracing.com/index.php/2016/10/07/legendary-newman-name-returning-to-open-wheel-racing/|url-status=live}}</ref> Newman voiced [[Doc Hudson]] in ''[[Cars (film)|Cars]] (2006)''.

Having said he would quit "when I embarrass myself", Newman competed into his 80s, winning at [[Lime Rock Park|Lime Rock]] in what former co-driver [[Sam Posey]] called a "brutish Corvette", which displayed his age as its number: 81.<ref name="P.L. Newman"/> He took the pole in his last professional race, in 2007 at Watkins Glen International, and in a 2008 run at Lime Rock, arranged by friends, he reportedly still did 9/10 of his best time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.drivingline.com/2012/04/paul-newman-from-lime-rock-connecticut|title=PL Newman from Lime Rock Connecticut|publisher=DRIVINGLine|date=April 17, 2012|access-date=September 28, 2015|archive-date=September 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929054622/http://www.drivingline.com/2012/04/paul-newman-from-lime-rock-connecticut/|url-status=live}}</ref> Newman was posthumously inducted into the [[SCCA Hall of Fame]] at the national convention in [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas, Nevada]], on February 21, 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scca.org/newsarticle.aspx?hub=6&news=3533|title=Newman Leads List of New SCCA Hall of Fame Inductees|publisher=Sports Car Club of America|date=December 3, 2008|access-date=March 13, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610053825/http://www.scca.org/newsarticle.aspx?hub=6&news=3533|archive-date=June 10, 2011}}</ref> [[Lime Rock Park]]'s No Name Straight was renamed Paul Newman Straight in 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://racer.com/2022/09/03/paul-newman-straight-revealed-during-lime-rock-park-historic-festival/|title=Paul Newman Straight revealed during Lime Rock Park Historic Festival|website=Racer|date=September 3, 2022}}</ref> Newman's racing life was chronicled in the documentary ''[[Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman]]'' (2015).

'''Motorsports career results'''

'''SCCA National Championship Runoffs'''

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
|-
! Year !! Track !! Car !! Class !! Finish !! Start !! Status
|-
| 1973 || [[Road Atlanta]] || [[Datsun 510|Nissan 510]] || B Sedan || 9 || 15 || Running
|-
| 1975 || [[Road Atlanta]] || [[Datsun 510|Nissan 510]] || B Sedan || 6 || 11 || Running
|-
|rowspan=2| 1976 ||rowspan=2| [[Road Atlanta]] || [[Datsun 510|Nissan 510]] || B Sedan ||style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3 || 6 || Running
|-
| [[Triumph TR6]] || D Production ||style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 || 1 || Running
|-
|rowspan=2| 1978 ||rowspan=2| [[Road Atlanta]] || [[Nissan S30|Nissan 280Z]] || C Production ||style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 || 3 || Running
|-
| [[Nissan 200SX]] || B Sedan ||style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3 || 4 || Running
|-
|rowspan=2| 1979 ||rowspan=2| [[Road Atlanta]] || [[Nissan S130|Nissan 280ZX]] || C Production ||style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 || 2 || Running
|-
| [[Nissan 200SX]] || B Sedan ||style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 3 || 3 || Running
|-
| 1980 || [[Road Atlanta]] || [[Nissan S130|Nissan 280ZX]] || C Production ||style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 || 6 || Running
|-
| 1982 || [[Road Atlanta]] || [[Nissan S130|Nissan 280ZX]] Turbo || GT1 ||style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2 || 23 || Running
|-
| 1983 || [[Road Atlanta]] || [[Nissan S130|Nissan 280ZX]] || GT1 || 21 || 1 || Running
|-
| 1985 || [[Road Atlanta]] || [[Nissan S130|Nissan 280ZX]] Turbo || GT1 ||style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 || 1 || Running
|-
| 1986 || [[Road Atlanta]] || [[Nissan S130|Nissan 280ZX]] Turbo || GT1 ||style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 || 1 || Running
|-
| 2002 || [[Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course|Mid Ohio]] || [[Jaguar Cars|Jaguar]] || GT1 || 9 || 11 || Running
|}

''' Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results '''
([[Template:Grand-Am driver results legend|key]])
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"
|-
! Year
! Team
! Co-Drivers
! Car
! Class
! Laps
! {{Tooltip|Pos.|Overall Position}}
! {{Tooltip|Class<br />Pos.|Class Position}}
|-
! {{24hLM|1979}}
|align="left"| {{flagicon|GER}} Dick Barbour Racing

|align="left"| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Rolf Stommelen]]<br />{{flagicon|USA}} Dick Barbour
|align="left"| [[Porsche 935]]
| IMSA+2.5
| 300
| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| 2nd
| style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1st
|-
!colspan="8"|{{center|{{small|Source:<ref>{{cite web|title=Paul Newman|url=https://www.24h-lemans.com/en/track-record/driver/paul-newman-5085|publisher=[[Automobile Club de l'Ouest]]|access-date=February 17, 2023}}</ref>}}}}
|}

===NASCAR===
([[Template:NASCAR driver results legend|key]]) (<span style="font-size:85%">'''Bold'''&nbsp;– Pole position awarded by qualifying time. ''Italics''&nbsp;– Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. *&nbsp;– Most laps led.</span>)

====Winston Cup Series====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
|-
!colspan=42| [[NASCAR]] [[Winston Cup Series]] results
|-
! Year
! Team
! No.
! Make
! 1
! 2
! 3
! 4
! 5
! 6
! 7
! 8
! 9
! 10
! 11
! 12
! 13
! 14
! 15
! 16
! 17
! 18
! 19
! 20
! 21
! 22
! 23
! 24
! 25
! 26
! 27
! 28
! 29
! {{Tooltip|NWCC|NASCAR Winston Cup classification}}
! Pts
! Ref
|-
! [[1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Series|1987]]
! [[Hendrick Motorsports]]
! 51
! [[Chevrolet|Chevy]]
| [[1987 Daytona 500|DAY]]
| [[Goodwrench 500|CAR]]
| [[Miller High Life 400 (Spring Richmond)|RCH]]
| [[Motorcraft Quality Parts 500|ATL]]
| [[TranSouth 500|DAR]]
| [[First Union 400|NWS]]
| [[Valleydale Meats 500|BRI]]
| [[Sovran Bank 500|MAR]]
| [[1987 Winston 500|TAL]]
| [[Coca-Cola 600|CLT]]
| [[Budweiser 500 (Spring Dover)|DOV]]
| [[Miller High Life 500 (Pocono)|POC]]
| [[Budweiser 400|RSD]]
| [[Miller American 400|MCH]]
| [[Pepsi Firecracker 400|DAY]]
| [[Summer 500|POC]]
| [[Talladega 500 (Fall Race)|TAL]]
| style="background:#DFC484;"| [[The Budweiser At The Glen|GLN]]<br>{{small|Wth}}
| [[Champion Spark Plug 400|MCH]]
| [[Busch 500|BRI]]
| [[Southern 500 (1950-2004)|DAR]]
| [[Wrangler Jeans Indigo 400|RCH]]
| [[Delaware 500|DOV]]
| [[1987 Goody's 500|MAR]]
| [[1987 Holly Farms 400|NWS]]
| [[Oakwood Homes 500|CLT]]
| [[AC Delco 500|CAR]]
| [[1987 Winston Western 500|RSD]]
| [[Atlanta Journal 500|ATL]]
! N/A
! 0
!<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/newmapa01/1987/W|title=Paul Newman – 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=November 12, 2024}}</ref>
|}

== Acting credits ==
{{Main|Paul Newman on screen and stage}}
'''Selected film credits''':
{{div col | colwidth=25em}}
* ''[[Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956 film)|Somebody Up There Likes Me]]'' (1956)
* ''[[The Long, Hot Summer]]'' (1958)
* ''[[Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958 film)|Cat on a Hot Tin Roof]]'' (1958)
* ''[[The Hustler]]'' (1961)
* ''[[Sweet Bird of Youth (1962 film)|Sweet Bird of Youth]]'' (1962)
* ''[[Hud (1963 film)|Hud]]'' (1963)
* ''[[Torn Curtain]]'' (1966)
* ''[[Hombre (film)|Hombre]]'' (1967)
* ''[[Cool Hand Luke]]'' (1967)
* ''[[Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid]]'' (1969)
* ''[[The Sting]]'' (1973)
* ''[[The Towering Inferno]]'' (1974)
* ''[[Slap Shot (film)|Slap Shot]]'' (1977)
* ''[[Fort Apache, The Bronx]]'' (1981)
* ''[[Absence of Malice]]'' (1981)
* ''[[The Verdict]]'' (1982)
* ''[[The Color of Money]]'' (1986)
* ''[[Mr. and Mrs. Bridge]]'' (1990)
* ''[[The Hudsucker Proxy]]'' (1994)
* ''[[Nobody's Fool (1994 film)|Nobody's Fool]]'' (1994)
* ''[[Road to Perdition]]'' (2002) 
* ''[[Cars (film)|Cars]]'' (2006)
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== Awards and honors ==
{{Main|List of awards and nominations received by Paul Newman}}

Newman was nominated for an [[Academy Award]] in five different decades.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/761727/denzel-washington-has-now-been-nominated-for-an-oscar-in-five-different-decades/|title=Denzel Washington Has Now Been Nominated For An Oscar In Five Different Decades|author=BJ Colangelo|date=February 2022|magazine=[[/Film]]|access-date=October 28, 2022|quote=Washington has become the eighth actor to have been nominated for an Oscar in five different decades, joining Jack Nicholson, Meryl Streep, Michael Caine, Laurence Olivier, Katharine Hepburn, Paul Newman, and ... Frances McDormand}}</ref> In addition to awards Newman won for specific roles, he received an [[honorary Academy Award]] in 1986 for his "many and memorable and compelling screen performances" and the [[Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award]] for his charity work in 1994.<ref name=tcmdb1>{{tcmdb name|140544{{!}}122194}}</ref>

In 1992, Newman and his wife, Joanne Woodward, were recipients of [[Kennedy Center Honors]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kennedy-center.org/artists/n/na-nn/paul-newman/|title=Paul Newman|publisher=[[The Kennedy Center]]|access-date=January 4, 2021|archive-date=April 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424220708/https://www.kennedy-center.org/artists/n/na-nn/paul-newman/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1994, the couple received the Award for Greatest Public Service Benefiting the Disadvantaged, an award given annually by [[Jefferson Awards for Public Service|Jefferson Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|website=jeffersonawards.org|url=http://www.jeffersonawards.org/pastwinners/national|title=National|publisher=Jefferson Awards for Public Service|access-date=August 5, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124043935/http://jeffersonawards.org/pastwinners/national|archive-date=November 24, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> Newman won [[Best Actor Award (Cannes Film Festival)|Best Actor]] at the [[Cannes Film Festival]] for ''The Long, Hot Summer'' and the Silver Bear at the [[Berlin International Film Festival]] for ''Nobody's Fool''.<ref name=tcmdb1/>

In 1968, Newman was named Man of the Year by [[Harvard University]]'s performance group, the [[Hasty Pudding Theatricals]].<ref name=tcmdb1/> The 2008 edition of ''[[Sport Movies & TV – Milano International FICTS Fest]]'' was dedicated to his memory.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sportmoviestv.com/en/sport-movies-tv-past-editions/20647-2/|title=Edition 2008|work=sportmoviestv.com|access-date=May 25, 2017|language=en-US|archive-date=September 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908065206/http://www.sportmoviestv.com/en/sport-movies-tv-past-editions/20647-2/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015, the [[U.S. Postal Service]] issued a '[[forever stamp]]' commemorating Newman, which went on sale on September 18, 2015. It features a 1980 photograph of Newman by photographer Steve Schapiro, accompanied by text that reads: 'Actor/Philanthropist'.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://about.usps.com/news/national-releases/2015/pr15_040.htm|title=U.S. Postal Service to Issue Paul Newman Forever Stamp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150831070829/http://about.usps.com/news/national-releases/2015/pr15_040.htm|archive-date=August 31, 2015|website=Usps.com|date=June 29, 2015|access-date=October 23, 2015}}</ref>

Since the 1970s, [[Newman Day]] is an event celebrated at Kenyon College, [[Bates College]], [[Princeton University]], and some other American colleges. On Newman Day, students try to drink 24 beers in 24 hours, based on a quote attributed to Newman about there being 24 beers in a case, and 24 hours in a day, and that this is surely not a mere coincidence.<ref>{{ cite news|work=[[The Daily Princetonian]]|url=http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2007/04/24/news/18231.shtml|first=Carol|last=Lu|title=If I had a nickel for every beer I drank today|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930014926/http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/archives/2007/04/24/news/18231.shtml|archive-date=September 30, 2007|date=April 24, 2007|access-date=}}</ref> In 2004, Newman requested that Princeton University dissociate the event from his name, due to the fact that he did not endorse the behavior. He cited his creation in 1980 of the Scott Newman Center, "dedicated to the prevention of [[substance abuse]] through education". Princeton disavowed any responsibility for the event, responding that Newman Day is not sponsored, endorsed, or encouraged by the university itself and is solely an unofficial event among students.<ref>{{cite news|title=Binge drink ritual upsets actor|website=[[BBC News]]|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3652179.stm|date=April 24, 2004|access-date=April 23, 2009|archive-date=April 13, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080413183751/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3652179.stm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|first=Jonathan|last=Cheng|title=Newman's Day – forget it, star urges drinkers|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/23/1082616331695.html|work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=April 24, 2004|access-date=April 23, 2009|archive-date=November 21, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121040345/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/23/1082616331695.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

On October 26, 2017, Paul Newman's [[Rolex Daytona]] wristwatch was auctioned in New York by [[Phillips (auctioneers)|Phillips Auctions]] for $17.5&nbsp;million, making it one of the [[List of most expensive watches sold at auction|most expensive wristwatches ever sold at an auction]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/paul-newman-rolex-daytona-auction-most-expensive-watch-ever|title=In-Depth: The Sale of Paul Newman's Rolex Daytona, The Most Expensive Wristwatch Ever|website=hodinkee.com|access-date=October 27, 2017|archive-date=October 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028092909/https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/paul-newman-rolex-daytona-auction-most-expensive-watch-ever|url-status=live}}</ref> On September 3, 2022, [[Lime Rock Park]], a road course in Lakeville, Connecticut, named the straight of the circuit past the Esses before The Uphill the Paul Newman Straight during the Historic Festival 40.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Lime Rock Park|title=Paul Newman Straight Revealed During Lime Rock Park Historic Festival|url=https://limerock.com/paul-newman-straight-revealed-during-lime-rock-park-historic-festival/|website=Lime Rock Park|date=September 3, 2022|access-date=September 7, 2022|ref=LimeRock}}</ref>

Newman was inducted into the [[Motorsports Hall of Fame of America]] in 2024.

==Bibliography==
* Newman, Paul; [[A. E. Hotchner|Hotchner, A. E.]] ''Newman's Own Cookbook''. Simon & Schuster, 1998; {{ISBN|0-684-84832-5}}.
* Newman, Paul; Hotchner, A. E. ''Shameless Exploitation in Pursuit of the Common Good''. Doubleday Publishing, 2003; {{ISBN|0-385-50802-6}}.

==See also==
* [[List of peace activists]]
* [[List of Jews in sports#Motorsport|List of select Jewish racing drivers]]

==Notes==
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==Works cited==
* {{cite book|last=Levy|first=Shawn|author-link=Shawn Levy (writer)|year=2009|title=Paul Newman: A Life|url=https://archive.org/details/paulnewmanlife00levy|publisher=Harmony Books|isbn=978-0-307-35375-7}}
* {{cite book|last1=Morella|first1=Joe|last2=Epstein|first2=Edward Z.|year=1988|title=Paul and Joanne: A Biography of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward|url=https://archive.org/details/pauljoannebiogr00more|publisher=Delacorte Press|isbn=0-440-50004-4|oclc=18016049}}
* {{cite book|last1=Newman|first1=Paul|editor1-last=Rosenthal|editor1-first=David|date=2022|title=The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir|edition=First|location=New York|publisher=Knopf|isbn=978-0-593-53450-2}}
* Winters, David (2018). ''Tough Guys Do Dance''. Pensacola, Florida: Indigo River Publishing. {{ISBN|978-1-948080-27-9}}.

==Further reading==
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* {{Cite book |last=Demers |first=Jenifer |title=Paul Newman: The Dream has Ended! |year=2008 |publisher=Createspace |location=California |isbn=978-1-4404-3323-8 |ref=none}}
* {{Cite book |last=Dherbier |first=Yann-Brice |author2=Verlhac, Pierre-Henri |title=Paul Newman: A Life in Pictures |year=2006 |publisher=Chronicle Books |location=San Francisco, California |isbn=978-0-8118-5726-0 |oclc=71146543 |ref=none}}
* {{Cite book |last=Godfrey |first=Lionel |title=Paul Newman Superstar: A Critical Biography |year=1979 |publisher=St. Martin's Press |location=New York |isbn=978-0-312-59819-8 |oclc=4739913 |url=https://archive.org/details/paulnewmansupers00godf |ref=none}}
* {{Cite book |last=Hamblett |first=Charles |title=Paul Newman |year=1975 |publisher=H. Regnery |location=Chicago |isbn=978-0-8092-8236-4 |oclc=1646636 |ref=none}}
* {{Cite book |last=Hinton |first=Susan |title=The Outsiders |year=1967 |publisher=Viking Press, Dell Publishing |location=USA |isbn=0-670-53257-6 |oclc=64396432 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780142407332 |ref=none}}
* {{Cite book |last1=Hotchner |first1=A. E. |author-link=A. E. Hotchner |title=Paul and Me: Fifty-three Years of Adventures and Misadventures with My Pal, Paul Newman |year=2010 |publisher=Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |location=New York |isbn=978-0-385-53233-4 |ref=none}}
* {{Cite book |last=Landry |first=J. C. |title=Paul Newman |year=1983 |publisher=McGraw-Hill |location=New York |isbn=978-0-07-036189-8 |oclc=9556372 |url=https://archive.org/details/paulnewman0000land_g9t1 |ref=none}}
* {{Cite book |last=Lax |first=Eric |author-link=Eric Lax |title=Newman: Paul Newman, A Celebration |year=1996 |publisher=Pavilion |location=London, UK |isbn=978-1-85793-730-5 |oclc=37355715 |ref=none}}
* {{Cite book |last=Netter |first=Susan |title=Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward |year=1989 |publisher=Piatkus |location=London, England |isbn=978-0-86188-869-6 |oclc=19778734 |ref=none}}
* {{Cite book |last=O'Brien |first=Daniel |title=Paul Newman |year=2004 |publisher=Faber |location=London, UK |isbn=978-0-571-21986-5 |oclc=56658601 |ref=none}}
* {{Cite book |last=Oumano |first=Elena |title=Paul Newman |year=1989 |publisher=St. Martin's Press |location=New York |isbn=978-0-312-02627-1 |oclc=18558929 |url=https://archive.org/details/paulnewman00ouma |ref=none}}
* {{Cite book |last=Quirk |first=Lawrence J. |author-link=Lawrence J. Quirk |title=The Films of Paul Newman |year=1971 |publisher=Citadel Press |location=New York |isbn=0-8065-0233-9 |oclc=171115 |ref=none}}
* {{Cite book |last=Quirk |first=Lawrence J. |title=Paul Newman |year=1996 |publisher=Taylor Pub. Co. |location=Dallas, Texas |isbn=978-0-87833-962-4 |oclc=35884602 |url=https://archive.org/details/jackiechaninside00gent |ref=none}}
* {{Cite book |last=Stern |first=Stewart |author-link=Stewart Stern |title=No Tricks in My Pocket: Paul Newman Directs |year=1989 |publisher=Grove Press |location=New York |isbn=978-0-8021-1120-3 |oclc=18780705 |url=https://archive.org/details/notricksinmypock00ster |ref=none}}
* {{Cite book |last1=Stone |first1=Mat |last2=Lerner |first2=Preston |title=[[Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman]] |year=2009 |publisher=MBI Publishing Company and Motorbooks |location=Minneapolis, Minnesota |isbn=978-0-7603-3706-6 |ref=none}}
* Thomson, Kenneth. ''The Films of Paul Newman''. 1978; {{ISBN|0-912616-87-3}}.
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