List of awards and nominations received by Paul Newman
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This is a list of awards and nominations for American actor Paul Newman, whose career in motion pictures, television, and on stage spanned over 50 years. He won an Academy Award (which was Best Actor in a Leading Role for The Color of Money) and was nominated on nine other occasions. In addition, he received two distinct Honorary Oscars from AMPAS. He won two Golden Globe Awards (which were Best Director for Rachel, Rachel; and Best Actor in a Television Supporting Role for Empire Falls) and received four special awards (Most Promising Newcomer - Male, World Favorite Film - Male [twice], and the Cecil B. DeMille Honorary Award). He has also been honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Awards and nominations
[edit]Academy Awards
[edit]The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry. Newman was nominated for ten competitive awards and was the recipient of an Honorary Award and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
Year | Category | Film | Result | Lost to |
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1959 | Best Actor | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Nominated | David Niven for Separate Tables |
1962 | The Hustler | Nominated | Maximilian Schell for Judgment at Nuremberg | |
1964 | Hud | Nominated | Sidney Poitier for Lilies of the Field | |
1968 | Cool Hand Luke | Nominated | Rod Steiger for In the Heat of the Night | |
1969 | Best Picture | Rachel, Rachel | Nominated | John Woolf for Oliver! |
1982 | Best Actor | Absence of Malice | Nominated | Henry Fonda for On Golden Pond |
1983 | The Verdict | Nominated | Ben Kingsley for Gandhi | |
1986 | Academy Honorary Award | — | Honored | — |
1987 | Best Actor | The Color of Money | Won | — |
1994 | Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award | — | Honored | — |
1995 | Best Actor | Nobody's Fool | Nominated | Tom Hanks for Forrest Gump |
2003 | Best Supporting Actor | Road to Perdition | Nominated | Chris Cooper for Adaptation |
Golden Globe Awards
[edit]Year | Category | Film | Result | Lost to |
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1956 | New Star of the Year – Actor | — | Won | Shared with John Kerr and Anthony Perkins |
1961 | Best Actor – Drama | The Hustler | Nominated | Maximilian Schell for Judgment at Nuremberg |
1962 | Sweet Bird of Youth | Nominated | Gregory Peck for To Kill a Mockingbird | |
1962 | Best Supporting Actor | Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man | Nominated | Omar Sharif for Lawrence of Arabia |
1963 | Best Actor – Drama | Hud | Nominated | Sidney Poitier for Lilies of the Field |
1967 | Cool Hand Luke | Nominated | Rod Steiger for In the Heat of the Night | |
1968 | Best Director | Rachel, Rachel | Won | — |
1982 | Best Actor – Drama | The Verdict | Nominated | Ben Kingsley for Gandhi |
1984 | Cecil B. DeMille Award | — | Won | — |
1986 | Best Actor – Drama | The Color of Money | Nominated | Bob Hoskins for Mona Lisa |
1994 | Nobody's Fool | Nominated | Tom Hanks for Forrest Gump | |
2002 | Best Supporting Actor | Road to Perdition | Nominated | Chris Cooper for Adaptation |
2005 | Best Supporting Actor – Television | Empire Falls | Won | — |
The Golden Globe Awards are presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) to recognize outstanding achievements in the entertainment industry, both domestic and foreign, and to focus wide public attention upon the best in motion pictures and television. Newman won three competitive awards and received the Cecil B. DeMille Award.
Grammy Awards
[edit]Year | Category | Album | Result | Lost to |
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1993 | Best Spoken Word Or Non-Musical Album | Mr. and Mrs. Bridge | Nominated | Maya Angelou for On the Pulse of Morning |
2000 | Best Spoken Word Album for Children | The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | Nominated | Jim Dale for the audiobook version of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire |
Tony Awards
[edit]Year | Category | Play | Result | Lost to |
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2003 | Best Leading Actor in a Play | Our Town | Nominated | Brian Dennehy for Long Day's Journey into Night |
Emmy Awards
[edit]The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS) honors national prime time television entertainment.[1] Newman was nominated for four Emmys and won once.[2]
Year | Category | Show | Result | Lost to |
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1981 | Outstanding Directing in a Limited Series or a Special | The Shadow Box | Nominated | James Goldstone for Kent State |
2003 | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie | Our Town | Nominated | William H. Macy for Door to Door |
2005 | Outstanding Miniseries | Empire Falls | Nominated | The Lost Prince (Masterpiece Theatre) |
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie | Won | — |
National Board of Review
[edit]Newman received the award for Best Actor in 1986 (for The Color of Money) from the U.S. National Board of Review of Motion Pictures.[3]
Other honors
[edit]- Newman Day
- Sports Car Club of America Hall of Fame, 2009
- Lime Rock Park, Paul Newman Straight, 2022
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Awards". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on September 14, 2008. Retrieved March 26, 2010.
- ^ "Paul Newman". Television Academy. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
- ^ "1986 Award Winners". National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. 2016. Retrieved October 31, 2016.