Gene Hackman

Praised as one of the greatest actors still alive today at 90 years old, Gene Hackman has certainly put in valuable time in Hollywood. With nearly five decades of successful Hollywood run, paired with a couple of merits such as his four Golden Globes, two BAFTA Awards, two Academy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award, we can say that he really put on a show! Hackman took home his first Academy Award in 1971 for his performance in The French Connection and, nearly 20 years later, won his second Academy Award in the 1992 Clint Eastwood western-inspired film,

Unforgiven. Of course, most audiences remember Hackman as the villainous Lex Luthor in Superman: The Movie and its sequels in 1980 and 1987. Beyond that, he’s given notable performances in The Poseidon Adventure, French Connection II, The Conversation, Mississippi Burning, Hoosiers, The Firm, Enemy of the State and Birdcage with his final film credit coming in 2004 opposite comedian Ray Romano in Welcome to Mooseport.