Eugene Allen Hackman (born January 30, 1930) is an American retired actor, novelist, and United States Marine.
His parents divorced in 1943 and his father subsequently left the family.
When the Communist Revolution conquered the mainland in 1949, Hackman was assigned to Hawaii and Japan.
Following his discharge in 1951, he moved to New York and had several jobs.
Between 1985 and 1988, he starred in nine films, making him the busiest actor, alongside Steve Guttenberg. ===1990s=== Hackman appeared with Anne Archer in Narrow Margin (1990), a remake of the 1952 film The Narrow Margin.
Bill, but left and moved back to California. ==Career== ===Beginnings to the 1960s=== In 1956, Hackman began pursuing an acting career.
Bill, but left and moved back to California. ==Career== ===Beginnings to the 1960s=== In 1956, Hackman began pursuing an acting career.
A 2004 article in Vanity Fair described Hackman, Hoffman and Robert Duvall as struggling California-born actors and close friends, sharing NYC apartments in various two-person combinations in the 1960s.
His mother died in 1962 as a result of a fire she accidentally started while smoking.
Rejection motivated Hackman, who said, Hackman got various bit roles, for example on the TV series Route 66 in 1963, and began performing in several Off-Broadway plays.
In 1964 he had an offer to co-star in the play Any Wednesday with actress Sandy Dennis.
In 1967 he appeared in an episode of the television series The Invaders entitled "The Spores".
Another supporting role, Buck Barrow in 1967's Bonnie and Clyde, earned him an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor.
In 1968 he appeared in an episode of I Spy, in the role of "Hunter", in the episode "Happy Birthday...
In 1969 he played a ski coach in Downhill Racer and an astronaut in Marooned.
In 1991, he married classical pianist Betsy Arakawa; they have a home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In the late 1970s, Hackman competed in Sports Car Club of America races, driving an open-wheeled Formula Ford.
In 1983, he drove a Dan Gurney Team Toyota in the 24 Hours of Daytona Endurance Race.
Between 1985 and 1988, he starred in nine films, making him the busiest actor, alongside Steve Guttenberg. ===1990s=== Hackman appeared with Anne Archer in Narrow Margin (1990), a remake of the 1952 film The Narrow Margin.
The couple divorced in 1986 after three decades of marriage.
Between 1985 and 1988, he starred in nine films, making him the busiest actor, alongside Steve Guttenberg. ===1990s=== Hackman appeared with Anne Archer in Narrow Margin (1990), a remake of the 1952 film The Narrow Margin.
Hackman would appear in a second film based on a John Grisham novel, playing a convict on death row in The Chamber (1996). Other notable films Hackman appeared in during the 1990s include Wyatt Earp (1994) (as Nicholas Porter Earp, Wyatt Earp's father), The Quick and the Dead (1995) opposite Sharon Stone, Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe, and as submarine Captain Frank Ramsey alongside Denzel Washington in Crimson Tide (1995).
He also won the Long Beach Grand Prix Celebrity Race. Hackman underwent an angioplasty in 1990. Hackman is a supporter of the Democratic Party, and was proud to be included on Nixon's Enemies List.
In 1991, he married classical pianist Betsy Arakawa; they have a home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In the late 1970s, Hackman competed in Sports Car Club of America races, driving an open-wheeled Formula Ford.
In 1992, he played the sadistic sheriff "Little" Bill Daggett in the Western Unforgiven directed by Clint Eastwood and written by David Webb Peoples.
The film also won Best Picture. In 1993, he appeared in An American Legend as Brigadier General George Crook, and co-starred with Tom Cruise as a corrupt lawyer in The Firm, a legal thriller based on the John Grisham novel of the same name.
New York: Newmarket Press, 1999.
In 2003, he also starred in another John Grisham legal drama, Runaway Jury, at long last getting to make a picture with his long-time friend Dustin Hoffman.
DeMille Award from the Golden Globe Awards for his "outstanding contribution to the entertainment field" in 2003. ===Retirement from acting=== On July 7, 2004, Hackman gave a rare interview to Larry King, where he announced that he had no future film projects lined up and believed his acting career was over.
A 2004 article in Vanity Fair described Hackman, Hoffman and Robert Duvall as struggling California-born actors and close friends, sharing NYC apartments in various two-person combinations in the 1960s.
In 2004, Hackman appeared alongside Ray Romano in the comedy Welcome to Mooseport, his final film acting role to date. Hackman was honored with the Cecil B.
DeMille Award from the Golden Globe Awards for his "outstanding contribution to the entertainment field" in 2003. ===Retirement from acting=== On July 7, 2004, Hackman gave a rare interview to Larry King, where he announced that he had no future film projects lined up and believed his acting career was over.
Martins Press, 2004.
In 2008, while promoting his third novel, he confirmed that he had retired from acting.
Martin's Press, 2008.
His first solo effort, a story of love and revenge set in the Old West titled Payback at Morning Peak, was released in 2011.
A police thriller, Pursuit, followed in 2013. In 2011, he appeared on the Fox Sports Radio show The Loose Cannons, where he discussed his career and his novels with Pat O'Brien, Steve Hartman, and Vic "The Brick" Jacobs. ==Personal life== Hackman's first marriage was to Faye Maltese.
New York: Simon & Schuster Inc, 2011.
A police thriller, Pursuit, followed in 2013. In 2011, he appeared on the Fox Sports Radio show The Loose Cannons, where he discussed his career and his novels with Pat O'Brien, Steve Hartman, and Vic "The Brick" Jacobs. ==Personal life== Hackman's first marriage was to Faye Maltese.
New York: Pocket Books, 2013.
The official was published by the Minor Planet Center on May 18, 2019 (). ==Works or publications== Hackman, Gene, and Daniel Lenihan.
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