on his birthday, Paul Newman (Born: January 26, 1925;Died: September 26, 2008).

Paul Newman is known for his roles as "Fast" Eddie Felson in the movies "The Hustler (1961)" and "The Color of Money (1986)", as Professor Michael Armstrong in "Torn Curtain (1966)", as Lucas "Luke" Jackson in "Cool Hand Luke (1967)", as Henry Gondorff in "The Sting (1973)", as Doug Roberts in "The Towering Inferno (1974)", as Michael Colin Gallagher in "Absence of Malice (1981)", as Frank Galvin in "The Verdict (1982)" and as John Rooney in "Road to Perdition (2002)".

He played Brick Pollitt in the movie "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)", Hud Bannon in "Hud (1963)", Lew Harper in "Harper (1966)" and "The Drowning Pool (1975)", Frank Capua in "Winning (1969)", Butch Cassidy in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)", Judge Roy Bean in "The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)", Joseph Rearden in "The Mackintosh Man (1973)", William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody in "Buffalo Bill and the Indians (1976)", Donald J. "Sully" Sullivan in "Nobody's Fool (1994)" and Dodge Blake in "Message in a Bottle (1999)".

Other movies he appeared in are "The Silver Chalice (1954)", "Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)", "The Rack (1956)", "The Helen Morgan Story (1957)", "Until They Sail (1957)", "The Long, Hot Summer (1958)", "The Left Handed Gun (1958)", "Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958)", "The Young Philadelphians (1959)", "From the Terrace (1960)", "Exodus (1960)", "Paris Blues (1961)", "Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)", "Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man (1962)", "A New Kind of Love (1963)", "The Prize (1963)", "What a Way to Go! (1964)", "The Outrage (1964)", "Lady L (1965)", "Hombre (1967)", "The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968)", "WUSA (1970)", "Sometimes a Great Notion (1970)", "Pocket Money (1972)", "Silent Movie (1976)", "Slap Shot (1977)", "Quintet (1979)", "When Time Ran Out... (1980)", "Fort Apache the Bronx (1981)", "Harry & Son (1984)", "Fat Man and Little Boy (1989)", "Blaze (1989)", "Twilight (1998)", "Where the Money Is (2000)" and "Our Town (2003)".

He played Max Roby in the HBO TV miniseries "Empire Falls (2005)".

Some other TV shows he appeared on are "Tales of Tomorrow", "Suspense", "You Are There", "The Web", "Goodyear Playhouse", "Armstrong Circle Theatre", "Danger", "Appointment with Adventure", "The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse", "Producers' Showcase", "Playwrights '56", "The United States Steel Hour", "The Kaiser Aluminum Hour" and "American Playhouse".

He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as "Fast" Eddie Felson in the movie "The Color of Money (1986)".