Paul Newman is an American actor and film director. He was born in 1925 at Shaker Heights, Ohio. Paul Newman is best known as a leading man in films, though he suffered early on in his career being likened to Marlon Brando. In 1986 he was presented with a special Academy Award in recognition of his many and memorable screen performances, which surely must include the 1969 film 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' and the 1973 film 'The Sting'. Research Paul Newman