Paul Newman filmography
# Paul Newman filmography

This is a filmography of Paul Newman:

## As actor

### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1954 | The Silver Chalice | Basil | Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Male |
| 1955 | Our Town | George Gibbs | Episode of Producers' Showcase |
| 1956 | Somebody Up There Likes Me | Rocky Graziano | Cinema Writers Circle Award for Best Foreign Actor |
| 1956 | The Rack | Capt. Edward W. Hall Jr. | |
| 1956 | Bang the Drum Slowly | Henry Wiggen | Episode of The United States Steel Hour |
| 1957 | The Helen Morgan Story | Larry Maddux | |
| 1957 | Until They Sail | Capt. Jack Harding | |
| 1958 | The 80 Yard Run | Christian Darling | |
| 1958 | The Long, Hot Summer | Ben Quick | Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor |
| 1958 | The Left Handed Gun | Billy the Kid | |
| 1958 | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Brick Pollitt | Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated – Laurel Award for Top Male Dramatic Performance |
| 1958 | Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! | Harry Bannerman | |
| 1959 | The Young Philadelphians | Anthony Judson Lawrence | |
| 1960 | From the Terrace | David Alfred Eaton | |
| 1960 | Exodus | Ari Ben Canaan | Nominated – Laurel Award for Top Male Dramatic Performance |
| 1961 | The Hustler | Eddie Felson | BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Laurel Award for Top Male Dramatic Performance Mar del Plata Film Festival Award for Best Actor Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama Nominated – New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor |
| 1961 | Paris Blues | Ram Bowen | |
| 1962 | Sweet Bird of Youth | Chance Wayne | Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama |
| 1962 | Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man | Ad Francis, "The Battler" | Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture |
| 1963 | Hud | Hud Bannon | Laurel Award for Top Male Dramatic Performance Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama Nominated – New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor |
| 1963 | A New Kind of Love | Steve Sherman | |
| 1963 | The Prize | Andrew Craig | |
| 1964 | What a Way to Go! | Larry Flint | Nominated – Laurel Award for Top Male Comedy Performance |
| 1964 | The Outrage | Juan Carrasco | |
| 1965 | Lady L | Armand Denis | |
| 1966 | Harper | Lew Harper | Nominated – Laurel Award for Top Male Action Performance |
| 1966 | Torn Curtain | Prof. Michael Armstrong | Directed by Alfred Hitchcock |
| 1967 | Hombre | John Russell | Nominated – Laurel Award for Top Male Dramatic Performance |
| 1967 | Cool Hand Luke | Lucas "Luke" Jackson | Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama Nominated – Laurel Award for Top Male Dramatic Performance |
| 1968 | The Secret War of Harry Frigg | Pvt. Harry Frigg | |
| 1969 | Winning | Frank Capua | |
| 1969 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Butch Cassidy | Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated – Laurel Award for Top Male Dramatic Performance |
| 1970 | WUSA | Rheinhardt | |
| 1970 | King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis | Himself | Documentary |
| 1971 | Once Upon a Wheel | Himself | Television documentary |
| 1971 | Sometimes a Great Notion | Hank Stamper | Alternate title: Never Give A Inch |
| 1972 | Pocket Money | Jim Kane | |
| 1972 | The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean | Judge Roy Bean | |
| 1973 | The Mackintosh Man | Joseph Rearden | |
| 1973 | The Sting | Henry Gondorff | |
| 1974 | The Towering Inferno | Doug Roberts | |
| 1975 | The Drowning Pool | Lew Harper | |
| 1976 | Silent Movie | Himself | Cameo |
| 1976 | Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson | Buffalo Bill | |
| 1977 | Slap Shot | Reggie "Reg" Dunlop | |
| 1979 | Quintet | Essex | |
| 1980 | When Time Ran Out... | Hank Anderson | |
| 1981 | Fort Apache, The Bronx | Murphy | |
| 1981 | Absence of Malice | Michael Colin Gallagher | Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor |
| 1982 | Come Along with Me | Hughie | Voice Television film |
| 1982 | The Verdict | Frank Galvin | David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign Actor Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama Nominated – Utah Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor |
| 1984 | Harry & Son | Harry Keach | |
| 1986 | The Color of Money | Fast Eddie Felson | Academy Award for Best Actor National Board of Review Award for Best Actor Utah Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama Nominated – National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor Nominated – New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor |
| 1989 | Fat Man and Little Boy | Gen. Leslie R. Groves | |
| 1989 | Blaze | Gov. Earl K. Long | |
| 1990 | Mr. and Mrs. Bridge | Walter Bridge | |
| 1994 | The Hudsucker Proxy | Sidney J. Mussburger | |
| 1994 | Nobody's Fool | Donald J. "Sully" Sullivan | National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor Berlin International Film Festival – Silver Bear for Best Actor Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role Nominated – Utah Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor |
| 1998 | Twilight | Harry Ross | |
| 1999 | Message in a Bottle | Dodge Blake | Nominated – Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actor – Drama/Romance |
| 2000 | Where the Money Is | Henry Manning | |
| 2001 | The Simpsons | Himself | Voice Episode: "The Blunder Years" |
| 2002 | Road to Perdition | John Rooney | Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated – Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Nominated – Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated – Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated – Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture Nominated – Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture Nominated – Southeastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated – Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated – Utah Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated – Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| 2003 | Our Town | Stage Manager | Television film Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Miniseries or a Movie Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie |
| 2005 | Empire Falls | Max Roby | 2 episodes Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film |
| 2005 | Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D | Dave Scott | Voice Documentary short |
| 2006 | Cars | Doc Hudson | Voice |
| 2006 | Mater and the Ghostlight | Doc Hudson | Voice Short film |
| 2007 | Dale | Narrator | Voice |
| 2008 | The Meerkats | Narrator | Voice Documentary |
| 2017 | Cars 3 | Doc Hudson | Voice (Archive Recordings) |
| 2022 | The Last Movie Stars | Self | TV documentary |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Voice role |
| - | - | - |
| 2006 | Cars | Doc Hudson |

## As director or producer

| Year | Film | Notes |
| - | - | - |
| 1960 | On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco | Director and producer (name removed from sole 16mm print) |
| 1968 | Rachel, Rachel | Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director Nominated – Academy Award for Best Picture Nominated – Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film |
| 1969 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Co-executive producer (uncredited) |
| 1969 | Winning | Co-executive producer (uncredited) |
| 1970 | WUSA | Co-producer |
| 1970 | Sometimes a Great Notion | Director and co-executive producer |
| 1971 | They Might Be Giants | Producer |
| 1972 | The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds | Director and producer Nominated – Palme d'Or for Best Director |
| 1972 | The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean | Co-executive producer (uncredited) |
| 1980 | The Shadow Box | Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special |
| 1984 | Harry & Son | Director and producer |
| 1987 | The Glass Menagerie | Director Nominated – Palme d'Or for Best Director |
| 2005 | Empire Falls | Producer Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries Nominated – Producers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television |

## Partial theater credits

* "Harvey" playing the lead, Elwood P. Dowd – Belfry Players Theater, Williams Bay, Wisconsin. 1949
* Phaedra by Jean Racine and Robert Collington Ackart – Yale, 1951
* Beethoven by Dorothy B. Bland – Yale, 1952
* Picnic by William Inge – New York, 1953–54
* The Desperate Hours – New York, 1955
* Sweet Bird of Youth by Tennessee Williams – New York, 1959–60
* Baby Want a Kiss – New York, 1964
* Love Letters – Westport, 2000
* The Constant Wife – Westport, 2000
* Our Town by Thornton Wilder – Westport, New York, 2002–2003
* Trumbo – New York, 2004
