American actor Gene Hackman was known for his distinctive and authoritative leading roles on stage and screen. Over his four decade long career he received two Academy Awards, an Actor Award, two BAFTA Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards.
Hackman's two Academy Award wins were for Best Actor for his role as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in William Friedkin's action thriller The French Connection (1971) and for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a villainous Sheriff in Clint Eastwood's Western film Unforgiven (1992). He was also Oscar-nominated for three other roles: that of Buck Barrow in the crime drama Bonnie and Clyde (1967); a college professor in the drama I Never Sang for My Father (1970); and an FBI agent in the historical drama Mississippi Burning (1988).
He won two Golden Globes for both The French Connection (1971) and Unforgiven (1992) as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his comedic role as the family patriarch in the Wes Anderson comedy-drama film The Royal Tenenbaums (2001). He was Globe-nominated for his roles in (1974), French Connection II (1975), Under Fire (1983), Twice in a Lifetime (1985), and Mississippi Burning (1988). Hackman received the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2003.
Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1968 Best Supporting Actor Bonnie & Clyde 1971 I Never Sang for My Father 1972 Best Actor The French Connection 1989 Mississippi Burning 1993 Best Supporting Actor Unforgiven
Actor Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1996 Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture Get Shorty 1997
BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result British Academy Film Awards 1973 Best Actor in a Leading Role The French Connection / The Poseidon Adventure 1975 1976 French Connection II / Night Moves 1978 Best Actor in a Supporting Role Superman 1992 Unforgiven
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1972 Best Actor – Motion Picture DramaThe French Connection 1975 1976 French Connection II 1984 Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Under Fire 1986 Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Twice in a Lifetime 1989 Mississippi Burning 1993 Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture Unforgiven 2002 Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy The Royal Tenenbaums 2003 Cecil B. DeMille Award
Miscellaneous awards Year Association Category Project Result 1988 Berlin International Film Festival Silver Bear for Best Actor Mississippi Burning David di Donatello Award Best Foreign Actor 1971National Board of Review Best Actor The French Connection 1974 1988 Mississippi Burning 1996 Satellite Award Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture 2001 Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Film critic awards
Year Association Category Project Result 1967 National Society of Film Critics Best Supporting Actor Bonnie & Clyde 1969 New York Film Critics Circle Best Actor Downhill Racer 1971 Kansas City Film Critics Circle AwardThe French Connection National Society of Film Critics New York Film Critics Circle 1974 1981 National Society of Film Critics All Night Long 1988Los Angeles Film Critics Association Bat*21 Mississippi Burning National Society of Film Critics Chicago Film Critics Association Los Angeles Film Critics Association Another Woman Full Moon in Blue Water Split Decisions 1992 Boston Society of Film Critics Best Supporting Actor Unforgiven Kansas City Film Critics Circle Los Angeles Film Critics Association National Society of Film Critics New York Film Critics Circle Chicago Film Critics Association 1995 Get Shorty 2001 Boston Society of Film Critics Best Actor Chicago Film Critics Association National Society of Film Critics Phoenix Film Critics Society Best Acting Ensemble Best Actor
Military awards Gene Hackman's military decorations and medals include:
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