The Big Picture: Gene Hackman Career & Biographical Notes: Served in the Marines for three years Along with classmate Dustin Hoffman, was voted Least Likely to Succeed while working at the Pasadena Playhouse Won his Oscars 11 years apart Always looking for another reason to light Peter Boyle's thumb on fire

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Gene Hackman Trivia Quizzes
at HowWellDoYouKnow.com:

• Actors and Their Roles II
• Birdcage, The
• Enemy of the State
• Hoosiers
• People Working Together
• Replacements, The
• Royal Tenenbaums, The
• Runaway Jury

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Recent Movies:

Film	Date	Rating	Screens	Opening	Total	Box Office
Welcome to Mooseport	2/20/04	PG-13	2867	6.78	14.47	Info
The Runaway Jury	10/17/03	PG-13	2815	11.84	49.44	Info
The Royal Tenenbaums	12/14/01	R	751	8.51	52.35	Info
Behind Enemy Lines	11/30/01	PG-13	2770	19.20	58.77	Info
Heist	11/9/01	R	1891	8.01	23.48	Info

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Awards:

2001
The Royal Tenenbaums

• Win: Best Actor - Musical or Comedy, Golden Globes
• Win: Best Actor, BOP's Calvin Awards
• Win: Best Actor, Chicago Film Critics
• Win: Best Actor, National Society of Film Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actor, Boston Film Critics

1992
Unforgiven

• Win: Best Supporting Actor, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Supporting Actor, New York Film Critics
• Win: Best Supporting Actor, Los Angeles Film Critics
• Win: Best Supporting Actor, Golden Globes
• Win: Best Supporting Actor, National Society of Film Critics

1988
Mississippi Burning

• Runner-Up: Best Actor, Academy Awards
• Runner-Up: Best Actor - Drama, Golden Globes

1985
Twice in a Lifetime

• Runner-Up: Best Actor - Drama, Golden Globes

1983
Under Fire

• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actor, Golden Globes

1975
French Connection II

• Runner-Up: Best Actor - Drama, Golden Globes

1974
The Conversation

• Runner-Up: Best Actor - Drama, Golden Globes

1971
The French Connection

• Win: Best Actor, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Actor - Drama, Golden Globes

1970
I Never Sang for My Father

• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actor, Academy Awards

1967
Bonnie and Clyde

• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actor, Academy Awards

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