Paul Newman Highlights

  • 2006: Voiced Doc Hudson in the Pixar animated feature "Cars"
  • 2005: Starred (also executived produced) in the HBO mini-series "Empire Falls" (lensed 2002); adapted and directed by Robert Benton
  • 2003: Cast as the Stage Manager in the Showtime adaptation of "Our Town"; earned Emmy and SAG nominations
  • 2002: Co-starred with Tom Hanks in Sam Mendes' "The Road to Perdition"; earned Golden Globe and Oscar nominations
  • 2000: Returned to the stage after more than four decades to co-star with Woodard in "Ancestral Voices"
  • 1999: Portrayed Kevin Costner's father in "Message in a Bottle"
  • 1999: Made rare stage appearance in "Love Letters" alongside Joanne Woodward
  • 1998: Reteamed with Benton (director and co-screenwriter) for "Twilight"
  • 1994: Played the lead in "Nobody's Fool" adapted and directed by Robert Benton; earned seventh Oscar nomination
  • 1994: Starred as the villain of the Coen Brothers' extravagent "The Hudsucker Proxy"
  • 1990: Acted opposite Woodward in the Merchant-Ivory production "Mr & Mrs Bridge"
  • 1987: Directed an adaptation of Williams' "The Glass Menagerie" featuring Joanne Woodward, John Malkovich, Karen Allen, and James Naughton
  • 1987: Signed a three-year non-exclusive agreement with Walt Disney Pictures (January)
  • 1986: Returned to the screen as 'Fast' Eddie Felson in Martin Scorsese's "The Color of Money"; won first Oscar for Best Actor
  • 1984: Debut as co-screenwriter on "Harry and Son"
  • 1982: Portrayed a Boston lawyer who's hit bottom in Sidney Lumet's "The Verdict"; earned sixth Oscar nomination for acting
  • 1981: Received first Oscar nomination in 14 years (since 1967) for "Absence of Malice"
  • 1979: Again collaborated with Robert Altman on "Quintet"
  • 1979: TV directing debut, "The Shadow Box" (starring Woodward); received an Emmy nomination for directing
  • 1977: Third and final film with George Roy Hill, the hockey comedy-drama "Slap Shot"
  • 1976: Played Buffalo Bill in Robert Altman's "Buffalo Bill and the Indians"
  • 1975: Reprised role as private eye Lew Harper in "The Drowning Pool"
  • 1973: Reunited with Redford and director Hill for the Oscar-winning caper movie "The Sting"
  • 1971: Directed (also co-executive produced and starred in) the screen version of Ken Kesey's novel "Sometimes a Great Notion"
  • 1969: Co-founded First Artists Production Company Ltd with Sidney Poitier, Steve McQueen, Barbra Streisand and others
  • 1969: First film opposite Robert Redford, George Roy Hill's "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"
  • 1968: Feature directing and producing debut, "Rachel, Rachel"; earned an Oscar nomination for directing
  • 1967: Starred in Stuart Rosenberg's "Cool Hand Luke" as hardboiled egg-eating convict; earned fifth Oscar nomination
  • 1967: Sixth and final collaboration with director Ritt, "Hombre"
  • 1966: Only collaboration with Alfred Hitchcock, "Torn Curtain"
  • 1966: Had title role of "Harper" a private eye
  • 1964: Last stage appearance for nearly four decades, the Off-Broadway play "Baby Wants a Kiss"
  • 1963: Earned fourth Oscar nod for portraying the title role in Martin Ritt's "Hud"
  • 1962: Reprised role in the film adaptation of "Sweet Bird of Youth"; second collaboration with director Brooks; earned third Oscar nomination
  • 1961: Portrayed 'Fast' Eddie Felson opposite Jackie Gleason's 'Minnesota Fats' in Robert Rossen's "The Hustler"; earned second Best Actor Oscar nomination
  • 1959: Returned to the stage playing Chance Wayne in Tennessee Williams' "Sweet Bird of Youth"
  • 1958: Delivered sensational perfomance as Brick in Richard Brooks' adaptation of Tennessee Williams' "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"; earned first Oscar nomination as Best Actor
  • 1958: First film opposite Joanne Woodward, "The Long Hot Summer"; first collaboration with director Martin Ritt
  • 1956: Breakout role as boxer Rocky Graziano in Robert Wise's "Somebody Up There Likes Me"
  • 1955: Returned to Broadway in the thriller "The Desperate Hours"
  • 1954: Film acting debut, "The Silver Chalice"
  • 1953: Broadway theater debut in William Inge's "Picnic"; met future wife Joanne Woodward who was an understudy
  • 1952: TV-acting debut, "Kraft Television Theatre"
  • 1950: Managed the family sporting goods business after his father's death
  • 1943: Dropped from flight training (because he was color blind) and spent WWII as a US Naval Reserve radio operator

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