Gene Hackman
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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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| Movie | Character | Year | |
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Bonnie and Clyde | Buck Barrow | 1967 |
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The Gypsy Moths | Joe Browdy | 1969 |
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Marooned | Buzz Lloyd | 1969 |
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The French Connection | Det. Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle | 1971 |
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The Poseidon Adventure | Reverand Scott | 1972 |
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Young Frankenstein | Blindman | 1974 |
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French Connection II | Doyle | 1975 |
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Night Moves | Harry Moseby | 1975 |
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Bite the Bullet | Sam Clayton | 1975 |
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A Bridge Too Far | Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski | 1977 |
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Superman | Lex Luthor | 1978 |
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Superman II | Lex Luthor | 1980 |
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Eureka | 1983 | |
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Uncommon Valor | Col. Cal Rhodes | 1983 |
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Hoosiers | Coach Norman Dale | 1986 |
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Superman IV: The Quest for Peace | Lex Luthor | 1987 |
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Class Action | Jebediah Ward | 1991 |
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Unforgiven | Little Bill Daggett | 1992 |
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Geronimo: An American Legend | Brig. Gen. George Crook | 1993 |
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The Quick and the Dead | John Herod | 1995 |
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Crimson Tide | Captain Frank Ramsey | 1995 |
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Extreme Measures | Dr. Lawrence Myrick | 1996 |
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The Chamber | Sam Cayhall | 1996 |
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Absolute Power | President Allen Richmond | 1997 |
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Twilight | Jack Ames | 1998 |
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Antz | General Mandible (voice) | 1998 |
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Enemy of the State | Edward Lyle | 1998 |
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Under Suspicion | Henry Hearst | 2000 |
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Heartbreakers | William B. Tensy | 2001 |
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The Mexican | Arnold Margolese | 2001 |
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The Royal Tenenbaums | Royal Tenenbaum | 2001 |
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Behind Enemy Lines | Admiral Leslie McMahon Reigart | 2001 |
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Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut | Lex Luthor | 2006 |
