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 Hackman in 2008 | |
| Born | Eugene Allen Hackman January 30, 1930 |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1956–2004; 2008–2013; 2016–2017 |
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| Children | 3 |
| Awards | Full list |
Eugene Allen Hackman[1][2][3] (born January 30, 1930) is an American retired actor. In a career that spanned more than six decades, he received two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, four Golden Globes, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and the Silver Bear. Hackman's two Academy Award wins included one for Best Actor for his role as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in William Friedkin's acclaimed thriller The French Connection (1971) and the other for Best Supporting Actor for his role as "Little" Bill Daggett in Clint Eastwood's Western film Unforgiven (1992). His other Oscar-nominated roles were in Bonnie and Clyde (1967), I Never Sang for My Father (1970), and Mississippi Burning (1988).
Hackman gained further fame for his portrayal of Lex Luthor in Superman (1978) and its sequels Superman II (1980) and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987). He also acted in The Poseidon Adventure (1972), Scarecrow (1973), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Under Fire (1983), Power (1986), Loose Cannons (1990), The Firm (1993), The Quick and the Dead (1995), Enemy of the State (1998), Behind Enemy Lines (2001), and Runaway Jury (2003).
- ^ His middle name is "Allen", according to the California Birth Index, 1905–1995. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. At Ancestry.com
- ^ "Eugene Allen Hackman - California, Birth Index". FamilySearch. January 30, 1930. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
- ^ "Gene Allen Hackman - United States Census, 1940". FamilySearch. Retrieved October 26, 2014.