Gene Hackman

Name: Gene Hackman
Date of Birth: January 30, 1930
Place of Birth: San Bernardino, California, USA

Mini-bio: A child of a broken home, Gene Hackman left home at 16 for a three-year hitch with the Marines. Hackman would be over 30 years old when he finally decided to take his chance at acting by enrolling at ...( read more)

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Gene Hackman mini-bio: A child of a broken home, Gene Hackman left home at 16 for a three-year hitch with the Marines. Hackman would be over 30 years old when he finally decided to take his chance at acting by enrolling at the Pasadena Playhouse in California (legend says that Hackman and Dustin Hoffman were voted "least likely to succeed"). Hackman next moved back to New York, where he worked in summer stock.

Hackman began performing in several off-Broadway plays. Finally, in 1964, he had the offer to play on Broadway, which opened the doors to the movies. His first role was in Lilith, with Warren Beatty in the leading role. Another secondary role, Buck Barrow, in 1967's Bonnie and Clyde, earned him an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor. In 1971, he was again nominated for the same award, this time for I Never Sang for My Father, working alongside Melvyn Douglas and Estelle Parsons. The next year he won the Best Actor award for his memorable performance as Popeye Doyle in The French Connection. He also gave us a great interpretation such as Harry Caul in The Conversation (1974), the classic movie directed by Francis Ford Coppola, and appeared in the star studded war film A Bridge Too Far (1977), and showed a talent for both comedy and the "slow burn" as Lex Luthor in Superman: The Movie (1978), and Superman II (1980).

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scorpionking003

one of the best.

posted 212 days ago
Rar287

♥HAPPY BIRTHDAY GENE 1930♥

posted 329 days ago
franzmittelstaedt

Isn't that Gene Hackman doing the voiceover in the VISA break dancing commercial? My friend doesn't believe me. Please let me know how I can prove it to him. Thanks.

posted 630 days ago
HappyRotter

You see this guy, and you know everything's gonna be cool.

posted 823 days ago
KnightRuler

The man can do it all.

posted 859 days ago
happygrl

he is hilarious

posted 1049 days ago
jameshadley

True dat true

posted 1088 days ago
indydragon88

Gene Hackman is one of the best actors ever!

posted 1111 days ago

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Gene Hackman Movies

Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (Unrated, 2007)
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (PG, 2006)
Welcome To Mooseport (PG-13, 2004)
Runaway Jury (PG-13, 2003)
The Royal Tenenbaums (R, 2001)
Behind Enemy Lines (PG-13, 2001)
Heist (R, 2001)
Heroes of Iwo Jima (Unrated, 2001)
Heartbreakers (PG-13, 2001)
The Mexican (R, 2001)

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