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Gene Hackman

Gene Hackman

Birthday: 1930-01-30 | Place of Birth: San Bernardino, California, USA

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). ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2004
Welcome to Mooseport

as    Monroe Cole

2001
Behind Enemy Lines

as    Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group

2001
The Mexican

as    Arnold Margolese

2001
Heist

as    Joe Moore

2001
The Royal Tenenbaums

as    Royal Tenenbaum

2001
Heartbreakers

as    William B. Tensy

2000
Under Suspicion

as    Henry Hearst

2000
The Replacements

as    Jimmy McGinty

1998
Enemy of the State

as    Brill

1998
Antz

as    General Mandible (voice)

1998
Twilight

as    Jack Ames

1997
Absolute Power

as    President Richmond

1996
Extreme Measures

as    Dr. Lawrence Myrick

1996
The Chamber

as    Sam Cayhall

1996
The Birdcage

as    Senator Kevin Keeley

1995
Crimson Tide

as    Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey

1995
Get Shorty

as    Harry Zimm

1995
The Quick and the Dead

as    John Herod

1994
Wyatt Earp

as    Nicholas Earp

1993
The Firm

as    Avery Tolar

1993
Geronimo: An American Legend

as    Brig. Gen. George Crook

1992
Unforgiven

as    'Little' Bill Daggett

1991
Class Action

as    Jedediah Tucker Ward

1991
Company Business

as    Sam Boyd

1990
Postcards from the Edge

as    Lowell Kolchek

1990
Loose Cannons

as    MacArthur Stern

1990
Narrow Margin

as    Robert Caulfield