Gene Hackman Bio (Biography)
Real name:
Eugene Allen Hackman
Date of birth:
January 30. 1930
Place of birth:
San Bernadino, California
Astrology Sign:
Aquarius
Height:
6' 2" (1.88 m)
Fathers name:
Eugene Ezra Hackman
Mothers name:
Lynda Gray
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Biography
Tough guy on film. Tough guy in real life.
Gene, or in some circles Eugene Allen Hackman, took on adulthood at the age of 16 when he joined the Marines for a three-year stint.
In the year 1949 when Hackman was 19, he went after the Big Apple, following his discharge, and worked the proverbial menial jobs that young adults often get. Not one to be satisfied with menial however, he soon went on to study journalism and television production at the University of Illinois.
Far from being able to call himself a child star, Hackman was over 30 before he even pursued acting - starting his path at the Pasadena Playhouse in California. But unlike others who can sometimes get a slow start in the career, Hackman was able to make friends with the right people and became roommates with Dustin Hoffman when the two of them left the Pasadena Playhouse and returned to the bright lights of New York. There Hackman worked in summer stock and off Broadway.
Hackman and Dustin toughed it out in the one-bedroom apartment on 2nd Ave and 26th St. Hackman slept on the kitchen floor and the two of them enjoyed drumming sessions on the apartment's rooftop building. They claim to this day the drums were in honor of Marlon Brandon, their acting icon.
By 1964, he was cast as the young suitor in the Broadway stage play "Any Wednesday". This role would lead to him being cast in the role of Norman in Lilith (1964), starring Warren Beatty. Beatty saw Hackman's star potential and cast him as Buck Barrow, Clyde's brother, in the infamous 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde. That role earned Hackman an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Over the years, academy award nominations have become synonomous with Hackman who has won them and been nominated for several. Among those Oscar wins were the noteable French Connection in 1971 and Unforgiven in 1993.A husband to Betsy Arakawa and father of three who enjoys painting, writing fiction and living in New Mexico, Hackman has never been one to take his career or long list of awards too seriously. In fact he admitted that despite his long list of film credits, he often wants to quit acting but that every time he walked away from the set he started to miss it immediately.
Gene, or in some circles Eugene Allen Hackman, took on adulthood at the age of 16 when he joined the Marines for a three-year stint.
In the year 1949 when Hackman was 19, he went after the Big Apple, following his discharge, and worked the proverbial menial jobs that young adults often get. Not one to be satisfied with menial however, he soon went on to study journalism and television production at the University of Illinois.
Far from being able to call himself a child star, Hackman was over 30 before he even pursued acting - starting his path at the Pasadena Playhouse in California. But unlike others who can sometimes get a slow start in the career, Hackman was able to make friends with the right people and became roommates with Dustin Hoffman when the two of them left the Pasadena Playhouse and returned to the bright lights of New York. There Hackman worked in summer stock and off Broadway.
Hackman and Dustin toughed it out in the one-bedroom apartment on 2nd Ave and 26th St. Hackman slept on the kitchen floor and the two of them enjoyed drumming sessions on the apartment's rooftop building. They claim to this day the drums were in honor of Marlon Brandon, their acting icon.
By 1964, he was cast as the young suitor in the Broadway stage play "Any Wednesday". This role would lead to him being cast in the role of Norman in Lilith (1964), starring Warren Beatty. Beatty saw Hackman's star potential and cast him as Buck Barrow, Clyde's brother, in the infamous 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde. That role earned Hackman an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Over the years, academy award nominations have become synonomous with Hackman who has won them and been nominated for several. Among those Oscar wins were the noteable French Connection in 1971 and Unforgiven in 1993.A husband to Betsy Arakawa and father of three who enjoys painting, writing fiction and living in New Mexico, Hackman has never been one to take his career or long list of awards too seriously. In fact he admitted that despite his long list of film credits, he often wants to quit acting but that every time he walked away from the set he started to miss it immediately.