Gene Hackman was born on January 30, 1930 in San Bernardino, California. He is an Academy Award-winning American actor.

Gene Hackman became one of America's best-known film actors in 1971, when he starred as impudent New York cop Popeye Doyle in The French Connection.

Since then he has mixed leading and supporting roles, frequently playing silky villains or rough-and-regular heroes: The Conversation (1974), directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Hoosiers (1986) and Get Shorty (1995) starred alongside John Travolta.

Hackman has been nominated for five Academy Awards, winning Best Actor for The French Connection and Best Supporting Actor for the 1992 Clint Eastwood western Unforgiven. In 2001 he appeared with Gwyneth Paltrow and Ben Stiller in the comedy The Royal Tenenbaums.

Also he starred in such movies include Behind Enemy Lines (2001) starred with Owen Wilson and Runaway Jury (2003) starred opposite John Cusack and Rachel Weisz, Enemy of the State (1998) with Will Smith and Welcome to Mooseport (2004).

Hackman's first wife was Faye Maltese. They had three children, Christopher Allen, Elizabeth Jean, and Leslie Anne, but the couple divorced in 1986 after 30 years of marriage. In 1991, Hackman married Betsy Arakawa. They live in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Filmography

• Superman II (2006)
• Welcome to Mooseport (2004)
• Runaway Jury (2003)
• Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
• The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
• Heist (2001)
• Heartbreakers (2001)
• The Mexican (2001)
• The Replacements (2000)
• Under Suspicion (2000)
• Enemy of the State (1998)
• Antz (1998)
• Twilight (1998)
• Absolute Power (1997)
• The Chamber (1996)
• Extreme Measures (1996)
• The Birdcage (1996)
• Get Shorty (1995)
• Crimson Tide (1995)
• The Quick and the Dead (1995)
• Wyatt Earp (1994)
• Geronimo: An American Legend (1993)
• The Firm (1993)
• Unforgiven (1992)
• Company Business (1991)
• Class Action (1991)
• Narrow Margin (1990)
• Postcards from the Edge (1990)
• Loose Cannons (1990)
• The Package (1989)
• Mississippi Burning (1988)
• Full Moon in Blue Water (1988)
• Split Decisions (1988)
• "Late Night with David Letterman" (1 episode, 1988)
• Another Woman (1988)
• Bat*21 (1988)
• No Way Out (1987)
• Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
• Hoosiers (1986)
• Power (1986)
• Target (1985)
• Twice in a Lifetime (1985)
• Eureka (1984)
• Misunderstood (1984)
• Uncommon Valor (1983)
• Two of a Kind (1983)
• Under Fire (1983)
• Reds (1981)
• All Night Long (1981)
• Superman II (1980)
• Superman (1978)
• March or Die (1977)
• A Bridge Too Far (1977)
• The Domino Principle (1977)
• Lucky Lady (1975)
• Bite the Bullet (1975)
• Night Moves (1975)
• French Connection II (1975)
• Young Frankenstein (1974)
• Zandy's Bride (1974)
• The Conversation (1974)
• Scarecrow (1973)
• The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
• Prime Cut (1972)
• Cisco Pike (1972)
• The French Connection (1971)
• The Hunting Party (1971)
• Doctors' Wives (1971)
• I Never Sang for My Father (1970)
• Marooned (1969)
• Downhill Racer (1969)
• The Gypsy Moths (1969)
• Riot (1969)
• Shadow on the Land (1968)
• The Split (1968)
• "I Spy" (1 episode, 1968)
• "CBS Playhouse" (1 episode, 1968)
• Banning (1967)
• "The Iron Horse" (1 episode, 1967)
• "The Invaders" (1 episode, 1967)
• Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
• Community Shelter Planning (1967)
• A Covenant with Death (1967)
• First to Fight (1967)
• "The F.B.I." (1 episode, 1967)
• Hawaii (1966)
• "Hawk" (1 episode, 1966)
• "The Trials of O'Brien" (1 episode, 1966)
• Lilith (1964)
• "East Side/West Side" (1 episode, 1963)
• Ride with Terror (1963)
• "The DuPont Show of the Week" (1 episode, 1963)
• "Route 66" (1 episode, 1963)
• "The Defenders" (3 episodes, 1961-1963)
• "Naked City" (1 episode, 1963)
• "The United States Steel Hour" (5 episodes, 1959-1962)
• Mad Dog Coll (1961)
• "Tallahassee 7000" (1 episode)
• "Look Up and Live" (1 episode)

Awards

• Chicago Film Critics Award Best Actor "The Royal Tenenbaums" 2002
• American Film Institute Award Featured Actor of the Year - Male - Movies "The Royal Tenenbaums" 2001
• Golden Globe Award Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy) "The Royal Tenenbaums" 2001
• National Society of Film Critics Award Best Actor "The Royal Tenenbaums" 2001
• The Actor Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Theatrical Motion Picture "The Birdcage" 1996
• BAFTA Award Best Supporting Actor "Unforgiven" 1992
• Boston Society of Film Critics Award Best Supporting Actor "Unforgiven" 1992
• Golden Globe Award Best Supporting Actor "Unforgiven" 1992
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award Best Supporting Actor "Unforgiven" 1992
• National Society of Film Critics Circle Award Best Supporting Actor "Unforgiven" 1992
• New York Film Critics Circle Award Best Supporting Actor "Unforgiven" 1992
• Oscar Best Supporting Actor "Unforgiven" 1992
• Berlin Film Festival Best Actor Award "Mississippi Burning" 1989
• National Board of Review Award Best Actor "Mississippi Burning" 1988
• National Board of Review Award Best Supporting Actor "The Conversation" 1974
• British Film Academy Award Best Actor "The French Connection" and "The Poseidon Adventure" 1972
• Golden Globe Award Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama) "The French Connection" 1971
• National Board of Review Award Best Actor "The French Connection" 1971
• NATO Star of the Year Award "The French Connection" 1971
• New York Film Critics Circle Award Best Actor "The French Connection" 1971
• Oscar Best Actor "The French Connection" 1971
• National Society of Film Critics Award Best Supporting Actor "Bonnie and Clyde" 1967
• Clarence Derwent Award "Children at Their Games" 1963