Gene Hackman
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Biography
Eugene Allen "Gene" Hackman (born January 30, 1930) is a retired American actor and novelist.
Nominated for five Academy Awards, winning two, Hackman has also won three Golden Globes and two BAFTAs in a career that spanned four decades. He first came to fame in 1967 with his performance as Buck Barrow in Bonnie and Clyde. His major subsequent films include I Never Sang for My Father (1970); his role as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in The French Connection (1971) and its sequel French Connection II (1975); The Poseidon Adventure (1972); The Conversation (1974); A Bridge Too Far (1977); his role as arch-villain Lex Luthor in Superman (1978), Superman II (1980), and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987); Under Fire (1983); Twice in a Lifetime (1985); Hoosiers (1986); No Way Out (1987); Mississippi Burning (1987); Unforgiven (1992); Wyatt Earp (1994); The Quick and the Dead, Crimson Tide and Get Shorty (all 1995); Enemy of the State (1998); The Royal Tenenbaums (2001); and his final film role before retirement, in Welcome to Mooseport (2004).
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Known For
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Route 66
CBS Playhouse
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Insight
The Trials of O'Brien
The DuPont Show of the Week
The Defenders
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
Reds
Earth and the American Dream
Young Frankenstein
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
The Oscars
The Birdcage
Bonnie and Clyde
Heartbreakers
Wyatt Earp
Twilight
Power
The Firm
Unforgiven
The Replacements
Behind Enemy Lines
Riot
Runaway Jury
Crimson Tide
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
The Quick and the Dead
Superman
No Way Out
Downhill Racer
Target
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Royal Tenenbaums
Mississippi Burning
Uncommon Valor
The French Connection
Superman II
The Conversation
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