Mandatory Credit: Photo by 20th Century Fox/Kobal/Shutterstock (5881568n) Gene Hackman French Connection II / 2 - 1975 Director: John Frankenheimer 20th Century Fox USA Scene Still French Connection II] Hackman received two Academy Awards, two Baftas, four Golden Globes and a Screen Actors Guild Award and is remembered as an actor who had no bad films.
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Zade Rosenthal/Monarchy/Regency/Kobal/Shutterstock (5880879h) Gene Hackman Runaway Jury - 2003 Director: Gary Fleder Monarchy/Regency USA Scene Still Thriller Le Ma?tre du jeu] ‘Every director has a short list of actors he’d die to work with, and I’ll bet Gene’s on every one,’ he told Film Comment Magazine at the time.
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Sidney Baldwin/Columbia/Castle Rock/Simian/Kobal/Shutterstock (5876519c) Gene Hackman, Hugh Grant Extreme Measures - 1996 Director: Michael Apted Columbia/Castle Rock/Simian Films USA/UK Scene Still Mystery/Suspense Mesures d'urgence] Hackman was also known for his disdain for the press and his prickly public persona – which he didn’t deny.
Gene Hackman, whose shock death aged 95 alongside his wife Betsy Arakawa has left Hollywood reeling, was an acting legend who will be remembered for his impressive career as a badass on screen.
He was also nominated for best-supporting actor in the 1970 film I Never Sang for My Father, and for best actor in Mississippi Burning in 1988.
