Paul Newman

Paul Newman was an American actor, filmmaker, racecar driver, philanthropist and entrepreneur, born in 1925 in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, who died in 2008. After studying drama at Kenyon College and the Actors Studio, he reached Broadway with Picnic in 1953 and then became one of the leading film stars of the twentieth century. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for The Color of Money and received eight other acting nominations, for films including Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, The Hustler, Hud and Cool Hand Luke. He also earned an Academy Honorary Award, a BAFTA Award, seven Golden Globe Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award. Outside cinema he won national sports car racing titles and co-founded the food company Newman's Own, which gives its post-tax profits to charity.