In pictures: Hollywood legend Gene Hackman on the silver screen
Gene Hackman has won a number of gongs throughout his career, including two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, four Golden Globes, and one Screen Actors Guild Award.
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Hackman won an Oscar for his role in The French Connection. Pic: 20th Century Fox/D'Antoni Productions/Schine-Moore Prods/Kobal/Shutterstock
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Hackman and Ernest Borgnine in The Poseidon Adventure. Pic: Everett/Shutterstock
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Ned Beatty and Hackman in Superman. Pic: Warner Bros/DC Comics/Kobal/Shutterstock
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Hackman and Willem Dafoe in Mississippi Burning. Pic: Moviestore/Shutterstock
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Hackman in Unforgiven. Pic: Everett/Shutterstock
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Hackman and Tom Cruise in The Firm. Pic: Francois Duhamel/Paramount/Kobal/Shutterstock
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Leonardo DiCaprio and Gene Hackman in The Quick and the Dead. Pic: Everett/Shutterstock
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Hackman and Denzel Washington in Crimson Tide. Pic: Richard Foreman/THA/Shutterstock
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Hackman alongside Judy Davis and Scott Glenn in Absolute Power. Pic: Snap/Shutterstock
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Dustin Hoffman and Hackman in Runaway Jury. Pic: 20th Century Fox/Everett/Shutterstock
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Hackman in The Royal Tenenbaums. Pic: Everett/Shutterstock
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