A two-time Oscar winner, for Best Actor for 'The French Connection' (1971) and Best Supporting Actor for Clint Eastwood's 'Unforgiven' (1992). Breakthrough with Francis Ford Coppola's 'The Conversation' (1974), 'Superman' (1978) as Lex Luthor, 'Hoosiers' (1986), 'Mississippi Burning' (1988) and Wes Anderson's 'The Royal Tenenbaums' (2001). He starred in 'Enemy of the State' (1998) and 'The Firm' (1993). American actor of extremely wide range, an absolute benchmark of American cinema of the last six decades, recognized for his intensity and his presence in some of the most influential films in history.
Gene Hackman
95 years (Jan 30, 1930 – Feb 17, 2025)San Bernardino, California, USA
80 Movies8 Series
A two-time Oscar winner, for Best Actor for 'The French Connection' (1971) and Best Supporting Actor for Clint Eastwood's 'Unforgiven' (1992). Breakthrough with Francis Ford Coppola's 'The Conversation' (1974), 'Superman' (1978) as Lex Luthor, 'Hoosiers' (1986), 'Mississippi Burning' (1988) and Wes Anderson's 'The Royal Tenenbaums' (2001). He starred in 'Enemy of the State' (1998) and 'The Firm' (1993). American actor of extremely wide range, an absolute benchmark of American cinema of the last six decades, recognized for his intensity and his presence in some of the most influential films in history.
Eugene Allen Hackman (January 30, 1930 – c. February 18, 2025) was an American actor. Hackman made his credited film debut in the drama Lilith (1964). He later won two Academy Awards, his first for Best Actor for his role as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in William Friedkin's action thriller The French Connection (1971) and his second for Best Supporting Actor for playing a sheriff in Clint Eastwood's Western Unforgiven (1992). He was Oscar-nominated for playing Buck Barrow in the crime drama Bonnie and Clyde (1967), a college professor in the drama I Never Sang for My Father (1970), and an FBI agent in the historical drama Mississippi Burning (1988).
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