Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
119
Gender
Male
Birthday
January 30, 1930 ( 94 years old )
Place of Birth
San Bernardino, California, USA
Also Known As
Eugene Allen Hackman
Eugene Alder
Eugene Allen "Gene" Hackman
Τζιν Χάκμαν
Gene Hackman
Eugene Allen 'Gene' Hackman (born January 30, 1930) is a retired American actor and novelist. He was nominated for five Academy Awards, winning two, he 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
Known For
Unforgiven
1992-08-07Absolute Power
1997-02-14Bonnie and Clyde
1967-08-14The French Connection
1971-10-09The Poseidon Adventure
1972-12-01The Conversation
1974-04-07Mississippi Burning
1988-12-08Young Frankenstein
1974-12-15Under Suspicion
2000-08-24No Way Out
1987-08-14