List of awards and nominations received by Paul Newman
This is a list of awards and nominations for Paul Newman, whose acting 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. Newman won two Golden Globe Awards (which was Best Director for Rachel, Rachel and Best Actor in a Supporting Role in Television for Empire Falls) and received four special awards (Most Promising Newcomer - Male, World Favorite Film - Male [twice], and Cecil B. DeMille Award). He has been honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Award | Wins | Nominations |
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1 | 10 | |
3 | 13 | |
1 | 4 | |
Award and Nomination
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 |
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1959 | Best Actor | Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Nominated | David Niven for Separate Tables |
1962 | Best Actor | The Hustler | Nominated | Maximilian Schell for Judgment at Nuremberg |
1964 | Best Actor | Hud | Nominated | Sidney Poitier for Lilies of the Field |
1968 | Best Actor | 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 | Best Actor | The Verdict | Nominated | Ben Kingsley for Gandhi |
1986 | Academy Honorary Award | N/A | Won | N/A |
1987 | Best Actor | The Color of Money | Won | N/A |
1994 | Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award | N/A | Won | N/A |
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
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 |
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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
Year | Category | Play | Result | Lost to |
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2003 | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role 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 |
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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 | Joanna Beresford, John Chapman, Rebecca Eaton, Peter Fincham, and David M. Thompson for The Lost Prince (Masterpiece Theatre) |
2005 | Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie | Empire Falls | Won | N/A |
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
References
- "Awards". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on 2008-09-14. Retrieved 2010-03-26.
- "Paul Newman". Television Academy. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
- "1986 Award Winners". National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. 2016. Retrieved October 31, 2016.