(born 1925) With actor-wife Joanne Woodward (1930–; m. 1958), Newman has carved out a distinguished role in American film and theater, where his own physical presence has been nuanced by humor and intelligence. Among Newman’s best roles are those of complex, troubled outsiders (Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, 1958; Hud, 1963; Cool Hand Luke, 1967, etc.). Newman also directed Woodward in the Oscar-nominated Rachel, Rachel (1968). The couple have also become known as liberal activists, supporting causes with proceeds of the “Newman’s Own” line of foods since the 1980s.