biography
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Newman, Paul (Leonard)
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| male
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| lived:
| (1925– )
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| biography:
| Film actor and director, born in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He turned to acting after a knee injury ended a promising sports career. Studying at the Yale School of Drama and the Actor's Studio in New York City, he made his film debut in 1954, and became one of the key stars of his generation, portraying idealistic rebels in such popular films as Cool Hand Luke (1967) and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969). He later pursued interests in motor-racing, politics, and food production, but returned as a powerful character actor and director of such sensitive works as The Glass Menagerie (1987). He has been nominated seven times for an Academy Award, receiving a special Oscar for his services to film in 1986, and winning a Best Actor Award for The Color of Money the same year. Later films include Nobody's Fool (1995) and Road to Perdition (2002). He married the actress Joanne Woodward in 1958. |
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