Paul Muni's biography
Paul Muni is 72 years old stage actor born at Lviv. He was born on Sunday 22nd of September 1895. He is often nicknamed as Munya. According to year of birth 1895 he belongs to Lost Generation. Birthday on 22nd of September means he is Virgo. Virgo is an earthy sign of Zodiac Belt. People born under this Rising Sign are practical in nature. They believe in reality and represents themselves as a strong person.
He is citizen of United States of America. His primary profession is to be stage actor. You can know him also as film actor. He is recently known as television actor. He received Academy Award for Best Actor The Story of Louis Pasteur in 1937
Paul Muni's career
His main focus is to be stage actor.
How did Paul Muni die
He died on on Friday 25th of August 1967 when he was 72 years old at Montecito. Paul Munis death was caused by heart problems.
Awards and competitions
Paul Muni's Awards
- One of only six actors to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his first screen appearance. The other five actors are: Orson Welles, Lawrence Tibbett, Alan Arkin, James Dean and Montgomery Clift.
- Won Broadway's 1956 Tony Award as Best Actor (Dramatic) for "Inherit the Wind."
- He and James Dean are the only actors to receive an Academy Award nomination for both their first and last screen appearance.
Paul Muni's Nominations
- He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actor for work Black Fury in 1935
- He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actor
- He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actor
- He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actor
- He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actor
- He was nominated for Academy Award for Best Actor
What Paul Muni has done for a first time
- One of only six actors to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his first screen appearance. The other five actors are: Orson Welles, Lawrence Tibbett, Alan Arkin, James Dean and Montgomery Clift.
- Received Oscar nominations for both his first and last screen performances (The Valiant (1929) and The Last Angry Man (1959)).
- He and James Dean are the only actors to receive an Academy Award nomination for both their first and last screen appearance.
Paul Muni's quotes
- I don't want to be a star. If you have to label me anything, I'm an actor - I guess. A journeyman actor. I think "star" is what you call actors who can't act.
- A writer can write in an attic, or on top of a bus. Or with a sharp stick in some wet cement. To act, an actor has to have words. A stage. a camera turning. I can't go into the middle of Times Square, stop traffic and start acting.
- I won't go up in a plane, but if a play crashes, I'll jump into the next one that comes along and take it up for a spin.
- I've never tried to learn the art of acting. I have been in the business for years but I still can't tell what acting is or how it's done.
- [to Irving Thalberg, on the MGM producer's desire to cast him as Wang Lung in The Good Earth (1937)] I'm about as Chinese as Herbert Hoover.
- [on Robert Donat's performance in Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)] The most magnificent performance I've ever seen on any screen. Not a false motion - not a wasted gesture. He is the greatest actor we have today.
Paul Muni's body shape
Lets describe how Paul Muni looks. We will focus on his body shape. Body build is average.