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Paul Muni was an Austro-Hungarian-born American stage and film actor who grew up in Chicago. Muni was a five-time Academy Award nominee, with one win. He started his acting career in the Yiddish theater. During the 1930s, he was considered one of the most prestigious actors at the Warner Bros. studio, and was given the rare privilege of choosing which parts he wanted.
Birth Name
Meshilem Meier Weisenfreund
Born
Sunday, 22 September 1895
Died
Friday, 25 August 1967
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The U.S. and the Holocaust | Self - Jewish American Actor | 2022 |
| Val | Self | 2021 |
| Chroma | Self | 2016 |
| Keith Richards: Under the Influence | Tony | 2015 |
| Great Directors | Tony | 2009 |
| Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood | James Allen / James Allen (archive footage) | 2008 |
| Bullets Over Hollywood | (archive footage) | 2005 |
| The Many Faces of Dracula | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2000 |
| Hollywood Remembers | (archive footage) | 2000 |
| Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream | Self | 1998 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The U.S. and the Holocaust | Self - Jewish American Actor | 2022 |
| Val | Self | 2021 |
| Chroma | Self | 2016 |
| Keith Richards: Under the Influence | Tony | 2015 |
| Great Directors | Tony | 2009 |
| Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood | James Allen / James Allen (archive footage) | 2008 |
| Bullets Over Hollywood | (archive footage) | 2005 |
| The Many Faces of Dracula | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2000 |
| Hollywood Remembers | (archive footage) | 2000 |
| Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream | Self | 1998 |
| Frank Capra's American Dream | Self / Self (archive footage) | 1997 |
| The Our Gang Story | Louis Pasteur | 1994 |
| Classic Movie Bloopers | Self | 1990 |
| American Masters | Wang Lung | 1986 |
| Brother Can You Spare a Dime | (archive footage) / Self (archive footage) | 1975 |
| Hollywood and the Stars | James Allen / Self | 1963 |
| Saints and Sinners | Samuel Foss | 1962 |
| The Last Angry Man | Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Abelman / Sam Abelman | 1959 |
| The Twentieth Century | Self | 1957 |
| Playhouse 90 | Sam Arlen | 1956 |
| General Electric Theater | Senator Ryder | 1953 |
| The Ford Television Theatre | Tom Cooper - Attorney | 1952 |
| Stranger on the Prowl | The Stranger With A Gun | 1952 |
| What's My Line? | Himself - Mystery Guest | 1950 |
| The Philco Television Playhouse | George Simon | 1948 |
| Angel on My Shoulder | Judge Frederick Parker / Eddie Kagle / Eddie Kagle/Judge Fredrick Parker | 1946 |
| Counter-Attack | Alexei Kulkov | 1945 |
| A Song to Remember | Prof. Joseph Elsner / Professor Joseph Elsner | 1945 |
| Some of the Best | Wang in The Good Earth | 1944 |
| Stage Door Canteen | Paul Muni | 1943 |
| Commandos Strike at Dawn | Eric Toresen | 1942 |
| Hudson's Bay | Pierre Esprit Radisson | 1940 |
| Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | (archive footage) | 1940 |
| We Are Not Alone | Dr. David Newcome | 1939 |
| The Movies March On | Self | 1939 |
| Juarez | Benito Juárez / Benito Pablo Juárez | 1939 |
| Breakdowns of 1938 | Emile Zola | 1938 |
| Hollywood Goes to Town | Self | 1938 |
| The Life of Emile Zola | Emile Zola | 1937 |
| The Good Earth | Wang | 1937 |
| The Woman I Love | Lt. Claude Maury | 1937 |
| Breakdowns of 1936 | Himself / Self | 1936 |
| The Story of Louis Pasteur | Louis Pasteur | 1936 |
| A Dream Comes True | Self | 1935 |
| Dr. Socrates | Dr. Lee Cardwell / Lee | 1935 |
| Black Fury | Joe Radek | 1935 |
| Bordertown | Johnny Ramirez | 1935 |
| Hi, Nellie | Brad / Samuel N. Bradshaw aka Brad | 1934 |
| The World Changes | Orin Nordholm Jr. | 1933 |
| I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang | James Allen | 1932 |
| Scarface | Tony / Tony 'Scarface' Camonte | 1932 |
| Seven Faces | Papa Chibou / Diablero / Willie Smith / Franz Schubert / Don Juan / Joe Gans / Napoleon / Chibou / Smith / Schubert / Juan / Gans | 1929 |
| The Valiant | James Dyke | 1929 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1960 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Nominated |
| 1959 | Emmy | Best Single Performance by an Actor | Nominated |
| 1938 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Nominated |
| 1937 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Won |
| 1936 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Nominated |
| 1934 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Nominated |
| 1930 | Oscar | Best Actor in a Leading Role | Nominated |
