Gene Hackman has done
comedies as well as dramas.
In the 1970's, Gene
Hackman used his bulk, crinkly smile, and everyman
face to become a superstar character actor and leading
man.
His defining role was as tough
cop Popeye Doyle in the action crime drama THE
FRENCH CONNECTION, for which Hackman won the Best Actor
Academy Award.
Gene Hackman's notable films include:
BONNIE AND
CLYDE, SUPERMAN,
HOOSIERS,
THE QUICK AND
THE DEAD, UNFORGIVEN,
ENEMY
OF THE STATE, THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS, HEARTBREAKERS,
BEHIND ENEMY LINES,and RUNAWAY
JURY.
Gene had an uncredited scene in
the classic comedy YOUNG
FRANKENSTEIN.
Gene Hackman once referred
to his famous, non-handsome face as a "mug with
handles."