Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008) was an American actor, film director, race car driver, and entrepreneur. Newman was the recipient of numerous awards, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) Award, three Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, the Cecil B. DeMille Award, and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.

Newman's major film roles include 'The Hustler' (1961), 'Hud' (1963), 'Harper' (1966), 'Cool Hand Luke' (1967), 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' (1969), 'The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean' (1972), 'The Sting' (1973), 'The Towering Inferno' (1974), 'Slap Shot' (1977), and 'The Verdict' (1982). A ten-time Oscar nominee, Newman was awarded an Academy Award for Best Actor for the film 'The Color of Money' (1986).

'The Color of Money' is a 1986 American sports drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and released by Touchstone Pictures. The film stars Paul Newman and Tom Cruise, with Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Helen Shaver, and John Turturro in supporting roles. It features an original score by Robbie Robertson and was released on October 17, 1986, after a premiere a week earlier at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York City in New York. This film had grossed $52.3 million at the box office.

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