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 archvillain 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 From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia
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