Thomas Newman

Thomas Montgomery Newman is an American composer and conductor best known for his many film scores. In a career that has spanned over four decades, he has scored numerous films including The Player (1992), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), The Horse Whisperer (1998), American Beauty and The Green Mile, Pay It Forward (2000), In the Bedroom (2001), Road to Perdition and White Oleander, Finding Nemo (2003) and its sequel Finding Dory (2016), Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004), Cinderella Man (2005), WALL-E (2008), the James Bond films Skyfall (2012) and Spectre (2015), Bridge of Spies (2015), 1917 (2019), and Elemental (2023). He also composed the music for the HBO drama series Six Feet Under (2001) and 2003 miniseries Angels in America. Throughout his career, he has collaborated extensively with directors such as Sam Mendes, Andrew Stanton, Frank Darabont, Steven Soderbergh, Jon Avnet, John Madden and John Lee Hancock.

20 October 1955

Born on the same birth date (20 October 1955): Aaron Pryor • David Profumo • Sheldon Whitehouse

Born on the same birth day (20 October): Barrie Chase • Bart Zoet • Eddie Jones (basketball) • James Chadwick • James Sutton (racing driver) • Mark King (musician) • Melanie Mayron • Morrie Ryskind • Nicola Legrottaglie • October 20 • Paul Wilson (musician) • Prince Yasuhiko Asaka • Rex Ingram (actor) • Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Burlington • Ruhi Su • Valeriy Borzov • Wilma Salgado

Born in the same month (October 1955): Aaron Pryor • Bill Elliott • David Profumo • Ellen Dolan • Emma Chichester Clark • Fred Hersch • Georgios Alogoskoufis • Iwona Blazwick • Jane Siberry • Jean-Jacques Lafon • Jorge Valdano • LaSalle Ishii • Linwood Boomer • Matthias Jabs • Rita Verdonk • Robin Eubanks • Steve Ovett • Stu Mead • Timmy Mallett