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Acting

Paul Newman

Career: Active from 1954 to 2008, busiest in 1958 and 1972 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles: 68
top three billing

Average score: 63/100

Highest rated: Dale
91/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 76 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Paul Newman Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.9, average 5.4
Fantasy
0.5, average 1.7
Scare
1.7, average 2.6
Uncanny
1.7, average 2.5

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 10
Social Commentary 8
Character Study 8
Moral Ambiguity 6
Historical Setting 5
Political Intrigue 5
Mystery 4
Historical Drama 4
Visual Spectacle 3
Coming-of-Age 3
Character-Driven Drama 3
Strong Performances 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

101

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

Upcoming

1 title

On the Harmfulness of Tobacco

Director

2010s

2 titles · average score 59

Cars 3

65

as Doc Hudson (voice) (archive sound)

I'm Still Here

53

Thanks

2000s

11 titles · average score 70

The Meerkats

73

as Narrator (voice)

Dale

91

as Narrator (voice)

The Price of Sugar

62

as Narrator (voice)

Cars

75

as Doc Hudson (voice)

Mater and the Ghostlight

63

as Doc Hudson (voice)

Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time

as Chance Wayne (archive footage)

Empire Falls

68

TV show · as Max Roby

Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon

63

as Dave Scott (voice)

Our Town

77

as Stage Manager

Road to Perdition

77

as John Rooney

Where the Money Is

56

as Henry

1990s

10 titles · average score 67

Message in a Bottle

49

as Dodge Blake

Twilight

56

as Harry Ross

Super Speedway

81

as Narrator (voice)

E! True Hollywood Story

48

TV show

The Hudsucker Proxy

65

as Sidney J. Mussburger

Nobody's Fool

81

as Sully Sullivan

Baseball

79

TV show · as (voice)

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

as Brick / Chance Wayne (archive footage)

La Classe américaine

76

as Dave (archive footage)

Mr. & Mrs. Bridge

69

as Walter Bridge

1980s

13 titles · average score 60

Fat Man and Little Boy

54

as Gen. Leslie R. Groves

Blaze

56

as Gov. Earl K. Long

The Simpsons

83

TV show · as Paul Newman (voice)

The Glass Menagerie

69

Director

The Color of Money

77

as Eddie Felson

Harry & Son

33

as Harry Keach

The Verdict

77

as Frank Galvin

American Playhouse

69

TV show · as Hughie (voice)

Absence of Malice

70

as Michael Colin Gallagher

Fort Apache, the Bronx

57

as Murphy

When Time Ran Out...

21

as Hank Anderson

The Shadow Box

58

Director

1970s

17 titles · average score 62

Quintet

36

as Essex

Slap Shot

74

as Reggie 'Reg' Dunlop

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson

51

as The Star (William F. Cody)

The Drowning Pool

55

as Lew Harper

The Towering Inferno

70

as Doug Roberts

The Sting

86

as Henry Gondorff

The MacKintosh Man

57

as Joseph Rearden

The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

61

as Judge Roy Bean

Pocket Money

46

as Jim Kane

The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds

76

Producer, Director

Sometimes a Great Notion

85

as Hank Stamper

WUSA

48

as Rheinhardt

1960s

22 titles · average score 59

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

79

as Butch Cassidy

Cool Hand Luke

89

as Luke Jackson

Hombre

79

as John Russell

Torn Curtain

60

as Michael Armstrong

Harper

70

as Lew Harper

What a Way to Go!

49

as Larry Flint

Hud

76

as Hud Bannon

The Prize

55

as Andrew Craig

Sweet Bird of Youth

57

as Chance Wayne

The Hustler

84

as Eddie Felson

Paris Blues

60

as Ram Bowen

Exodus

67

as Ari Ben Canaan

1950s

22 titles · average score 64

The Young Philadelphians

73

as Anthony Judson Lawrence

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

85

as Brick Pollitt

The Long, Hot Summer

79

as Ben Quick

The Left Handed Gun

71

as Billy The Kid

Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!

55

as Harry Bannerman

Until They Sail

61

as Capt. Jack Harding

The Helen Morgan Story

50

as Larry Maddux

Somebody Up There Likes Me

81

as Rocky Graziano

The Rack

61

as Capt. Edward W. Hall, Jr.

Bang the Drum Slowly

69

as Henry "Author" Wiggen

Appointment with Adventure

TV show · as Mack

Producers' Showcase

69

TV show · as George Gibbs

1940s

3 titles · average score 70

Suspense

62

TV show · as Captain Radetski

The Philco Television Playhouse

TV show · as Billy the Kid

Kraft Television Theatre

78

TV show