Gene Hackman

1930 -

country of citizenship: United States of America

native language: English

languages spoken, written or signed: English

educated at: Pasadena Playhouse, Art Students League of New York, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Danville High School

occupation: film actor, racing automobile driver, author

award received: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Academy Award for Best Actor, Silver Bear for Best Actor, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Clarence Derwent Awards

Eugene Allen Hackman (born January 30, 1930) is an American retired actor. In a career that spanned more than six decades, he received two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, four Golden Globes, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and the Silver Bear. Hackman's two Academy Award wins included one for Best Actor for his role as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in William Friedkin's acclaimed thriller The French Connection (1971) and the other for Best Supporting Actor for his role as "Little" Bill Daggett in Clint Eastwood's Western film Unforgiven (1992). His other Oscar-nominated roles were in Bonnie and Clyde (1967), I Never Sang for My Father (1970), and Mississippi Burning (1988). Hackman gained further fame for his portrayal as Lex Luthor in Superman (1978) and its sequels Superman II (1980) and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987). He also acted in The Poseidon Adventure (1972), The Conversation (1974), Reds (1981), Hoosiers (1986), No Way Out (1987), Get Shorty (1995), Crimson Tide (1995), The Birdcage (1996), Absolute Power (1997), and The Royal Tenenbaums (2001). Source: Wikipedia (en)