Paul Newman awards and nominations
Newman (left) with Melvin Douglas, who won the Oscar for Hud (1963).
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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

Academy Awards

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
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

Year Category Film Result Lost to
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

Year Category Album Result Lost to
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

Year Category Play Result Lost to
2003 Best Leading Actor in a Play Our Town Nominated Brian Dennehy for Long Day's Journey into Night

Emmy Awards

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
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

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

See also

References

  1. ^ "Awards". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on September 14, 2008. Retrieved March 26, 2010.
  2. ^ "Paul Newman". Television Academy. Retrieved February 25, 2019.
  3. ^ "1986 Award Winners". National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. 2016. Retrieved October 31, 2016.
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