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Gene Hackman
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Biography
Eugene Allen "Gene" Hackman (born January 30, 1930) is a retired American actor and novelist.
Nominated for five Academy Awards, winning two, Hackman 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).
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Known For
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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The F.B.I.
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The Oscars
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Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
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Route 66
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CBS Playhouse
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America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
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Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
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Insight
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The Trials of O'Brien
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The DuPont Show of the Week
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The Defenders
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Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
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Reds
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Earth and the American Dream
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Young Frankenstein
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I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
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The Birdcage
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Bonnie and Clyde
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Heartbreakers
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Superman
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Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
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Twilight
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The Firm
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Wyatt Earp
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Power
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Runaway Jury
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Crimson Tide
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The Quick and the Dead
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Unforgiven
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Behind Enemy Lines
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No Way Out
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Riot
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The Replacements
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Downhill Racer
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How Fast?
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The Conversation
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Uncommon Valor
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Mississippi Burning
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Under Suspicion
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Target
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The French Connection
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The Royal Tenenbaums
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Superman II
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