Two-time Oscar winner, Gene Hackman has died at the age of 95. The iconic actor was found dead at their Santa Fe, N.M. home alongside his 63-year-old classical pianist wife Betsy Arakawa and their dog.
Whilst not deemed suspicious, their deaths are currently being investigated.
Former Marine turned actor Hackman, who won two Oscars for his roles in 1971’s ‘The French Connection’ and 1992’s ‘Unforgiven’ made his mark in Hollywood with his role as Clyde Barrow’s explosive older brother in the 1967 film ‘Bonnie and Clyde,’ which brought him his first Oscar nomination in supporting actor. He also found himself with Oscar nominations for this roles as FBI Special Agent Rupert Anderson in ‘Mississippi Burning,’ Gene Garrison in Gil Cates’ ‘I Never Sang for My Father,’
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Having appeared in over 80 films his career spanned from the 1960s through to the early 2000s and included countless memorable roles from Lex Luthor in Richard Donner’s ‘Superman’ and several sequels, and Harry Caul in Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘The Conversation,’ to Coach Norman Dale in ‘Hoosiers’ and Senator Keeley in Mike Nichols’ ‘The Birdcage.’
In his early career, he was known for his roles in ‘The Poseidon Adventure,’ ‘A Bridge Too Far,’ ‘Downhill Racer,’ ‘Young Frankenstein,’ ‘Uncommon Valor,’ ‘Night Moves,’ ‘Lucky Lady,’ ‘Reds,’ ‘No Way Out,’ ‘Narrow Margin,’ ‘Class Action,’ ‘Loose Cannons’ and ‘Postcards from the Edge’.
During the second part of his career audiences saw his most notable performances in ‘The Firm,’ ‘Enemy of the State,’ ‘Crimson Tide,’ ‘The Quick and the Dead,’ ‘Heartbreakers,’ ‘The Royal Tenenbaums,’ ‘Heist,’ ‘Get Shorty,’ ‘Wyatt Earp,’ ‘Absolute Power,’ ‘Hoosiers,’ ‘Antz,’ ‘The Replacements,’ ‘The Mexican,’ ‘Behind Enemy Lines’ and ‘Runaway Jury.’
