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...( read more) 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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Replace this image with an actor photoGene 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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  • franzmittelstaedt
    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 230 days ago
  • HappyRotter
    HappyRotter
    You see this guy, and you know everything's gonna be cool.
    posted 424 days ago
  • KnightRuler
    KnightRuler
    The man can do it all.
    posted 460 days ago
  • happygrl
    happygrl
    he is hilarious
    posted 650 days ago
  • jameshadley
    jameshadley
    True dat true
    posted 688 days ago
  • indydragon88
    indydragon88
    Gene Hackman is one of the best actors ever!
    posted 712 days ago
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