April 08, 2022
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Hackman has had several impressive roles throughout his extensive acting career, many of them earning him some huge accolades.
Gene Hackman is one of our best actors...ever! Let's see what he's been doing these days...
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Gene Hackman
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BIRTH DATE: January 30, 1930 in San Bernardino, California, USA
BIRTH NAME: Eugene Allen Hackman
CLAIM TO FAME: Gene Hackman is an American retired actor and novelist. In a career that has spanned more than six decades he is best know for roles in
The French Connection,
Superman: The Movie, and
The Royal Tenenbaums.
FAMILY LIFE: Hackman married Faye Maltese in 1956. They had three children: Christopher Allen, Elizabeth Jean, and Leslie Anne Hackman. The couple later divorced in 1986, after 30 years of marriage. In 1991, he married classical pianist Betsy Arakawa.
INFO: The son of Eugene Ezra Hackman and Anna Lyda Elizabeth.
He has one brother, Richard.
He has Pennsylvania Dutch, English, and Scottish ancestry.
Hackman decided that he wanted to become an actor when he was ten years old; he was influenced by the acting of James Cagney.
Left home at age 16 and lied about his age to enlist in the United States Marine Corps. He served four and a half years as a field radio operator.
He began a study of journalism and television production at the University of Illinois under the G.I. Bill, but left and moved back to California.
Hackman is a supporter of the Democratic Party, and was proud to be included on Nixon's Enemies List. However, he has spoken fondly of Republican president Ronald Reagan.
In the late 1970s, Hackman competed in Sports Car Club of America races, driving an open-wheeled Formula Ford.
In 1983, he drove a Dan Gurney Team Toyota in the 24 Hours of Daytona Endurance Race. He also won the Long Beach Grand Prix Celebrity Race.
Nominated for five Academy Awards, Hackman won Best Actor for his role as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in the critically acclaimed thriller
The French Connection (1971) and Best Supporting Actor as "Little" Bill Daggett in Clint Eastwood's Western film
Unforgiven (1992). His other nominations for Best Supporting Actor came with the films
Bonnie and Clyde (1967) and
I Never Sang for My Father (1970), with a second Best Actor nomination for
Mississippi Burning (1988).
He is an avid fan of the Jacksonville Jaguars and regularly attended games.
In 2012, at 81-year-old, Hackman was riding a bicycle in the Florida Keys when he was struck by a pickup truck. He made a full recovery, and still remains an active bicyclist.
TRIVIA: Joined the Pasadena Playhouse in California, where he befriended another aspiring actor, Dustin Hoffman; They were voted "The Least Likely To Succeed".
In 1964 he had an offer to co-star in the play Any Wednesday with actress Sandy Dennis. This opened the door to film work.
The supporting role, of Buck Barrow in 1967's
Bonnie and Clyde, earned him an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor.
He nearly accepted the role of Mike Brady for the TV series The Brady Bunch, but his agent advised that he should decline, which he did.
Hackman was nominated for a second Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for his role in
I Never Sang for My Father (1970).
In 1971, he won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as New York City Detective Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in
The French Connection (1971).
He followed
The French Connection (1971) with leading roles in the disaster film
The Poseidon Adventure (1972) and Francis Ford Coppola's
The Conversation (1974), which was nominated for several Oscars. That same year, Hackman appeared, in what would become one of his most famous comedic roles, as Harold the Blind Man in
Young Frankenstein.
Has stated that his performance in
Scarecrow (1973) is his personal favorite.
Hackman showed a talent for both comedy and the as criminal mastermind Lex Luthor in
Superman: The Movie (1978), a role he would reprise in its 1980 and 1987 sequels.
Hackman alternated between leading and supporting roles during the 1980s, with prominent roles in
Reds (1981),
Under Fire (1983),
Hoosiers (1986) (which an AFI poll in 2008 voted the fourth-greatest film of all time in the sports genre),
No Way Out (1987) and
Mississippi Burning (1988), where he was nominated for a second Best Actor Oscar.
Turned down the role of Hannibal Lecter in
The Silence of the Lambs (1991).
In 1992, he played the sadistic sheriff "Little" Bill Daggett in the Western
Unforgiven directed by Clint Eastwood and written by David Webb Peoples. Hackman had pledged to avoid violent roles, but Eastwood convinced him to take the part, which earned him a second Oscar, this time for Best Supporting Actor. The film also won Best Picture.
He also gained much critical acclaim playing against type as the head of an eccentric family in Wes Anderson's comedy film
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), for which he received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.
In 2003, Hackman was honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award from the Golden Globe Awards for his "outstanding contribution to the entertainment field".
In 2008, while promoting his third novel, he confirmed that he had retired from acting.
He briefly came out of retirement to narrate two documentaries related to the
Marine Corps: The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima (2016) and
We, The Marines (2017).
Together with undersea archaeologist Daniel Lenihan, Hackman has written three historical fiction novels: Wake of the Perdido Star (1999), a sea adventure of the 19th century; Justice for None (2004), a Depression-era tale of murder; and Escape from Andersonville (2008) about a prison escape during the American Civil War. His first solo effort, a story of love and revenge set in the Old West titled Payback at Morning Peak, was released in 2011. A police thriller, Pursuit, followed in 2013.
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WHERE ARE THEY NOW: Hackman's final film to date was Welcome to Mooseport (2004), a comedy with Ray Romano, in which Hackman portrayed a former President of the United States. In 2008, he confirmed he had retired from acting. And by all accounts, he lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Would it be amazing to see Gene Hackman back on the big screen? SURE! But at age 92, I think he's just going to continue enjoying his retirement to the fullest. And who can blame him?
CREDITS:
2006 Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut...Lex Luthor
2004 Welcome to Mooseport...Monroe Cole
2003 Runaway Jury...Rankin Fitch
2001 Behind Enemy Lines...Reigart
2001 The Royal Tenenbaums...Royal Tenenbaum
2001 Heist...Joe Moore
2001 Heartbreakers...William B. Tensy
2001 The Mexican...Arnold Margolese
2000 The Replacements...Jimmy McGinty
2000 Under Suspicion...Henry Hearst
1998 Enemy of the State...Edward Lyle / Brill
1998 Antz...Mandible (voice)
1998 Twilight...Jack Ames
1997 Absolute Power...President Richmond
1996 The Chamber...Sam Cayhall
1996 Extreme Measures...Dr. Lawrence Myrick
1996 The Birdcage...Senator Keeley
1995 Get Shorty...Harry Zimm
1995 Crimson Tide...Ramsey
1995 The Quick and the Dead...Herod
1994 Wyatt Earp...Nicholas Earp
1993 Geronimo: An American Legend...Brig. Gen. George Crook
1993 The Firm...Avery Tolar
1992 Unforgiven...Little Bill Daggett
1991 Company Business...Sam Boyd
1991 Class Action...Jedediah Tucker Ward
1990 Narrow Margin...Robert Caulfield
1990 Postcards from the Edge...Lowell Kolchek
1990 Loose Cannons...MacArthur Stern
1989 The Package...Sgt. Johnny Gallagher
1988 Mississippi Burning...Anderson
1988 Another Woman...Larry
1988 Full Moon in Blue Water...Floyd
1988 Bat*21...Lt. Colonel Iceal Hambleton
1988 Split Decisions...Dan McGuinn
1987 No Way Out...David Brice
1987 Superman IV: The Quest for Peace...Lex Luthor / Nuclear Man (voice)
1986 Hoosiers...Coach Norman Dale
1986 Power...Wilfred Buckley
1985 Target...Walter Lloyd
1985 Twice in a Lifetime...Harry MacKenzie
1984 Misunderstood...Ned Rawley
1983 Uncommon Valor...Colonel Rhodes
1983 Two of a Kind...God (voice, uncredited)
1983 Under Fire...Alex Grazier
1983 Eureka...Jack McCann
1981 Reds...Pete Van Wherry
1981 All Night Long...George Dupler
1980 Superman II...Lex Luthor
1978 Superman...Lex Luthor
1977 March or Die...Maj. William Sherman Foster
1977 A Bridge Too Far...Maj. Gen. Sosabowski
1977 The Domino Principle...Tucker
1975 Lucky Lady...Kibby Womack
1975 French Connection II...Doyle
1975 Bite the Bullet...Sam Clayton
1975 Night Moves...Harry Moseby
1974 Young Frankenstein...Blindman
1974 Zandy's Bride...Zandy Allan
1974 The Conversation...Harry Caul
1973 Scarecrow...Max
1972 The Poseidon Adventure...Reverend Scott
1972 Prime Cut...Mary Ann
1972 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV Series)...Guest Performer
- Steve Allen, John Wayne, Carol Channing, Charles Nelson Reilly, Terry-Thomas, Jo Ann Pflug, Gene Hackman (1972) ... Guest Performer
- Gene Hackman (1972) ... Guest Performer
1971 Cisco Pike...Officer Leo Holland
1971 The French Connection...Doyle
1971 The Hunting Party...Brandt Ruger
1971 Doctors' Wives...Dr. Dave Randolph
1970 I Never Sang for My Father...Gene Garrison
1969 Marooned...Buzz Lloyd
1969 Downhill Racer...Claire
1969 The Gypsy Moths...Joe Browdy
1969 Riot...Red Fraker
1968 Shadow on the Land (TV Movie)...Rev. Thomas Davis
1968 The Split...Detective Lt. Walter Brill
1968 Insight (TV Series)...Holt
- Confrontation (1968) ... Holt
1968 I Spy (TV Series)...Frank Hunter
- Happy Birthday Everybody (1968) ... Frank Hunter
1968 CBS Playhouse (TV Series)...Ned
- My Father and My Mother (1968) ... Ned
1967 Iron Horse (TV Series)...Harry Wadsworth
- Leopards Try, But Leopards Can't (1967) ... Harry Wadsworth
1967 The Invaders (TV Series)...Tom Jessup
- The Spores (1967) ... Tom Jessup
1967 Bonnie and Clyde...Buck Barrow
1967 Banning...Tommy Del Gaddo
1967 Community Shelter Planning (Short)...Donald Ross - Regional Civil Defense Officer
1967 A Covenant with Death...Harmsworth
1967 First to Fight...Sgt. Tweed
1967 The F.B.I. (TV Series)...Herb Kenyon
- The Courier (1967) ... Herb Kenyon
1966 Hawaii...Dr. John Whipple
1966 Hawk (TV Series)...Houston Worth
- Do Not Mutilate or Spindle (1966) ... Houston Worth
1966 Directions (TV Series)
- Marriage (1966)
1966 The Trials of O'Brien (TV Series)...Roger Nathan
- The Only Game in Town (1966) ... Roger Nathan
1964 Lilith...Norman
1959-1964 Brenner (TV Series)...Officer Richard Clayburn / Officer Dick Clayburn / Patrolman Claiborne
- Unwritten Law (1964) ... Officer Richard Clayburn (uncredited)
- Laney's Boy (1964) ... Officer Dick Clayburn (uncredited)
- The Bluff (1959) ... Patrolman Claiborne
1963 East Side/West Side (TV Series)...Policeman
- Creeps Live Here (1963) ... Policeman
1963 Ride with Terror (TV Movie)...Douglas McCann
1963 The DuPont Show of the Week (TV Series)...Douglas McCann
- Ride with Terror (1963) ... Douglas McCann
1963 Route 66 (TV Series)...Motorist
- Who Will Cheer My Bonnie Bride (1963) ... Motorist
1961-1963 The Defenders (TV Series)...Stanley McGuirk / Jerry Warner
- Judgment Eve (1963) ... Stanley McGuirk
- Quality of Mercy (1961) ... Jerry Warner
1963 Naked City (TV Series)...Mr. Jasper
- Prime of Life (1963) ... Mr. Jasper
1963 Look Up and Live (TV Series documentary)...Frank Collins
- The End of the Story (1963) ... Frank Collins
1959-1962 The United States Steel Hour (TV Series)...Norman / Ed / Reverend MacCreighton / ...
- You Can't Escape (1962) ... Norman
- Far from the Shade Tree (1962) ... Ed
- Brandenburg Gate (1961) ... (rumored)
- Bride of the Fox (1960)
- Big Doc's Girl (1959) ... Reverend MacCreighton
- The Pink Burro (1959) ... Steve
- Little Tin God (1959) ... Joey Carlton
1961 Tallahassee 7000 (TV Series)...Joe Lawson
- The Fugitive (1961) ... Joe Lawson
1961 Mad Dog Coll...Cop (uncredited)
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