Paul Newman

Paul Newman
Newman in 1958
Born	Paul Leonard Newman (1925-01-26)January 26, 1925 Shaker Heights, Ohio, U.S.
Died	September 26, 2008(2008-09-26) (aged 83) Westport, Connecticut, U.S.
Education	Kenyon College (BA) Yale University
Occupations	Actor film director race car driver philanthropist entrepreneur
Years active	1949–2008
Organizations	SeriousFun Children's Network Safe Water Network
Works	Full list
Political party	Democratic
Spouses	Jackie Witte ​ ​ (m. 1949; div. 1958)​ Joanne Woodward ​ (m. 1958)​
Children	6, including Scott, Nell, and Melissa
Military career
Service/branch	United States Navy
Years of service	1943–1946
Rank	Petty officer third class
Battles/wars	World War II Asiatic-Pacific Theater
Awards	Navy Good Conduct Medal

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Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008) was an American actor, film director, racing driver, philanthropist, and entrepreneur. He was the recipient of numerous awards, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, three Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Silver Bear, a Cannes Film Festival Award, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.^[1]

Born in Shaker Heights, Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland, Newman showed an interest in theater as a child and at age 10 performed in a 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 role was in William Inge's Picnic in 1953.

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), The Hustler (1961), Hud (1963), Cool Hand Luke (1967), Absence of Malice (1981), The Verdict (1982), Nobody's Fool (1994), and Road to Perdition (2002). He also starred in such films as Harper (1966), 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 (2006).

Newman won several national championships as a driver in Sports Car Club of America road racing. He was a co-founder of Newman's Own, a food company from which he donated all post-tax profits and royalties to charity.^[2] As of 2020, these donations have totaled over US$570 million.^[3] Newman continued to found such 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. He was the husband of the actress Joanne Woodward until his death.