Paul Newman

One of the biggest movie stars of the 20th century, Paul Newman went Oscar-less until 1985, when he was given an honorary Academy Award for his distinguished body of work; the next year he won the best actor Oscar for his role in Martin Scorsese's The Color of Money (1986, co-starring Tom Cruise). He has been Oscar-nominated as best actor seven other times, for films including Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958, opposite Elizabeth Taylor), The Hustler (1961, co-starring George C. Scott), and Cool Hand Luke (1967). Newman's good looks and extra-blue eyes are famous; he has often played sharp-witted, charming and rascally leading men. With his co-star Robert Redford he was in two of the biggest box office successes in history, 1969's Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Newman played Butch and Redford was Sundance) and 1973's The Sting. He has also directed several films, including Rachel, Rachel (1968), Sometimes A Great Notion (1971, based on the novel by Ken Kesey) and Harry and Son (1984).

Extra credit: Newman has been married to actress Joanne Woodward since 1958... He has been an avid race car driver, and racing fan, since starring in the racing movie Winning in 1969... His non-profit "Newman's Own" line of foods has raised hundreds of millions of dollars for charity.