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Date of Birth : Jan 30th 1930

Hackman began performing in several off-Broadway plays. Finally, in 1964, he had the offer to play on Broadway, which opened the door to film work. His first role was in Lilith, with Warren Beatty in the leading role. Another supporting role, Buck Barrow, in 1967’s Bonnie and Clyde, earned him an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor.

In 1970, 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, marking his graduation to leading man status. He followed this with leading roles in the disaster film The Poseidon Adventure (1972) and Francis Ford Coppola’s The Conversation (1974). That same year, Hackman appeared in one of his most famous comedic roles as the Blindman in Young Frankenstein. He later 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).

In 1990, he underwent heart surgery, which kept him away from work for a while, although he still found time for a remake of The Narrow Margin. In 1992, he played the violent sheriff Bill Daggett in the western Unforgiven, directed by Clint Eastwood and written by David Webb Peoples which earned him a second Oscar, this time for Best Supporting Actor, the film itself won Best Picture. He also starred in the 1998 film Enemy of the State, where his character was reminiscent of the one he played in The Conversation.


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Runaway Jury ( 2004 )

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Heist ( 2001 )

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Heartbreakers ( 2001 )

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The Replacements ( 2000 )

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Twilight ( 1998 )

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Absolute Power ( 1997 )

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Get Shorty ( 1996 )

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Crimson Tide ( 1995 )

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Wyatt Earp ( 1994 )

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Unforgiven ( 1992 )

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Class Action ( 1991 )

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Another Woman ( 1988 )

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Uncommon Valor ( 1984 )

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Two of a Kind ( 1983 )

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Superman II ( 1981 )

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Superman ( 1978 )

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March or Die ( 1977 )

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A Bridge Too Far ( 1977 )

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Bite the Bullet ( 1975 )

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The Conversation ( 1974 )

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