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Gene Hackman Through the Years
![Gene Hackman Portrait](https://ew.com/thmb/vFwE6lwj0OTJVPh-3nRCQavSBAU=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-169007286-2000-4c492c830cd3492d8ab18a3442561067.jpg)
Born in California in 1930, Gene Hackman celebrates his 87th birthday Monday. Pictured here in the 1960s, the actor made his on-screen debut in 1961, landing early roles in The United States Steel Hour, The Defenders, and Bonnie and Clyde. In the decades since, Hackman has racked up two Oscars and three Golden Globes. See photos of the star through the years, ahead.
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Gene Hackman in 1968
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Gene Hackman With Robert Redford in Downhill Racer in 1969
![Hackman In 'Downhill Racer'](https://ew.com/thmb/y5EJ5nFZ7Zv-bPZY6sV2ezQYj5E=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-526303821-2000-b62c68d15d164a0f8c16f54eeff7b11c.jpg)
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Gene Hackman in Reno, Nevada on October 29, 1969
![Actor Gene Hackman During A Press Conference](https://ew.com/thmb/sWrWAegssWKJEluWmzKb6rKlNUM=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-171640599-2000-d6b5c339b83c43758ff77f563e745ab2.jpg)
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Gene Hackman in 1970
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Gene Hackman With Director William Friedkin on the Set of The French Connection in 1971
![William Friedkin And Gene Hackman](https://ew.com/thmb/KqTeMk_kgRhJYnDQVyA8O9xg1fE=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-526771081-2000-6296d5bdca0c44529a8d130597e64387.jpg)
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Gene Hackman in The French Connection in 1971
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Gene Hackman on January 16, 1972
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Gene Hackman in Prime Cut in 1972
![Prime Cut](https://ew.com/thmb/A0QF7Cu_NzkD-tIqdboT3yFZHQc=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-546499160-2000-3d03b56d98904effab85704e9efcdf6e.jpg)
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Gene Hackman on March 24, 1972
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Gene Hackman With Faye Maltese at the 44th Academy Awards on April 10, 1972
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Gene Hackman With Ernest Borgnine, Arthur O'Connell, Carol Lynley, Red Buttons, Jack Albertson, Roddy McDowall, Shelley Winters, Stella Stevens, and Pamela Sue Martin in The Poseidon Adventure in 1972
![The Poseidon Adventure](https://ew.com/thmb/CsgVJNYg8tut4gqCadVWljXsn-A=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-6508576032-2000-2aac80af59354574a018e858ef4b2ea0.jpg)
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Gene Hackman With Al Pacino on the Set of Scarecrow in 1973
![Scarecrow](https://ew.com/thmb/1SwHZWINgs2HIBOWdUkhHlAEVQM=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-187273313-2000-e77ecf363c4c4e38811acaff99909931.jpg)
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Gene Hackman With Daughters Elizabeth and Leslie at a Celebrity Baseball Game in Hollywood in the Early 1970s
![Gene Hackman And Daughters](https://ew.com/thmb/kO-PAkS9mlDE4dwJJcyZwynZrVY=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-500747955-2000-17913adcd414418aa3a8bb01d4ac14e9.jpg)
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Gene Hackman With Fay Maltese at the 45th Annual Academy Awards on March 27, 1973
![45th Annual Academy Awards](https://ew.com/thmb/gXI-7arJwQB3OJD_xi40GvLG-ow=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-79353718-2000-721511a1b2604ec59359159a9308492b.jpg)
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Gene Hackman on December 7, 1973
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Gene Hackman in The Conversation in 1974
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Gene Hackman With Liza Minnelli at the University Club in Mexico City on June 26, 1975
![Liza Minnelli, Gene Hackman](https://ew.com/thmb/rHz_EVBez3CoRsPlocS1uK084tQ=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/ap_7506261135-2000-d9b16d2e12f9499f8d370d3c2dbe41a9.jpg)
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Gene Hackman With Burt Reynolds on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson on December 15, 1976
![The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson](https://ew.com/thmb/hk3lD5w9Y37s5hHB6bv1AYhZNFw=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-1407572551-2000-f7af7ff13c3e415c9d8946e21b0674a4.jpg)
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Gene Hackman in Superman in 1978
![SUPERMAN, Gene Hackman, 1978](https://ew.com/thmb/GQUnqrzjQYnD3lJgj24Onk2nvDs=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/000220486-2000-cbd41cf6c2c347edb31cf7dc76f0090c.jpg)
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Gene Hackman With Christopher Reeve at the Premiere of Superman in Los Angeles on December 15, 1978
![Reeves Hackman](https://ew.com/thmb/6ljCOY0Rm8mB78j9LzfCI2O1Pis=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/ap_781215042-2000-047809b4eeb94d2681d14df12293ff29.jpg)
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Gene Hackman at the Pro-Celebrity Race in Long Beach, California on March 14, 1981
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Gene Hackman in 1983
![Gene Hackman - IMSA Racer](https://ew.com/thmb/beZ0kDHhWt4kCK23-5xaU_81RhA=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-143780275-2000-87924b45bfb44528a093f1724d9904b0.jpg)
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Gene Hackman in Chicago on May 10, 1985
![Gene Hackman At The Park Hyatt Hotel](https://ew.com/thmb/CNTPuC55qag8LKJl-alyWUGsZs0=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-5879576381-2000-674ecefcbb3b4370ac01aaa5d45b961e.jpg)
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Gene Hackman on the Set of Mississippi Burning on May 6, 1988
![On The Set Of 'Mississippi Burning'](https://ew.com/thmb/uuIpO3LBTEocxfqqpW2vaPpUdWE=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-468865309-2000-93abdd62d73f46eaa5d92ade692f5342.jpg)
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Gene Hackman With Betsy Arakawa at the Berlin Wall on March 13, 1989
![Gene Hackman, Betsy Arakawa](https://ew.com/thmb/m8T_4fMwFd6OaJOmpJCycjwSqP8=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/ap_89031302203-2000-d5c47da4bb124bdc80550357366938bf.jpg)
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Gene Hackman at the 61st Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles on March 29, 1989
![61st Annual Academy Awards - Arrivals](https://ew.com/thmb/5vABPByFpcBkK81JJAbhNSkNeEw=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-105924629-2000-1307c1665b0b45069cb1f1b9c1352a92.jpg)
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Gene Hackman With Gerald Ford at the Mission Hills Celebrity Sports Invitational in Rancho Mirage, California on November 30, 1991
![Mission Hills Celebrity Sports Invitational - November 30, 1991](https://ew.com/thmb/FeXhj1mzycZqIY5qM3_vimYLqaE=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-105920370-2000-4ffe58439ea541f4b40960e6c4d04f85.jpg)
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Gene Hackman in Unforgiven in 1992
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Gene Hackman With Clint Eastwood at the 18th Annual LA Film Critics Association Awards in Hollywood on January 19, 1993
![Eastwood And Hackman](https://ew.com/thmb/AnzZwZCX1I7DLyQbZxq1D_D0e7o=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-453600689-2000-e51de6a428484a648c3a65376a779e3e.jpg)
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Gene Hackman at the 65th Academy Awards on March 29, 1993
![Gene Hackman](https://ew.com/thmb/21q_ElOqYlNGb8yYvBo2kI2tp6g=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/ap_930301011101-2000-549c8aa55c574b999ed33bd507233f8f.jpg)
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Gene Hackman With Jay Leno on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on July 23, 1993
![The Tonight Show with Jay Leno - Season 2](https://ew.com/thmb/GKK5blLx-ptg4w7y-YmWNXqLG0A=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-166422225-2000-1a8754e707104d57ba15b2b4fa088334.jpg)
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Gene Hackman With Betsy Arakawa at the 66th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles on March 21, 1994
![66th Annual Academy Awards](https://ew.com/thmb/teXb3BX7ozTAqumGoJbrBdNPFMI=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-105861251-2000-846e74c1902e4210a4be80cb47197032.jpg)
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Gene Hackman in Los Angeles on 1996
![Gene Hackman Portrait Session](https://ew.com/thmb/kGyNmETcJFBn8OO9DYGTsA8hQ20=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-5962996381-2000-794611935aff452ba799537e878f2ecb.jpg)
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Gene Hackman With Clint Eastwood on the Set of Absolute Power in 1997
![ABSOLUTE POWER, Gene Hackman and Clint Eastwood during shooting, 1997](https://ew.com/thmb/gdL2muRV4RCGYZkNbMq8O_zrobY=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/psdclea_ec012_h-2000-4986533f39b746d09eb24b4a634940b5.jpg)
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Gene Hackman in New York on January 31, 1998
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Gene Hackman With Anjelica Huston in The Royal Tenenbaums in 2001
![THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS, Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, 2001. (c) Buena Vista Pictures/Courtesy Everett](https://ew.com/thmb/RPCPCjgout3faKeSYyk4P2l8bCQ=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/000178083hr-2000-cdc0c2e9947d4cc8b94f6499836dd1e0.jpg)
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Gene Hackman at the 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards on January 19, 2003
![60th Annual Golden Globe Awards](https://ew.com/thmb/YGgdfrRpBge00DQZAfIZRjRFuvY=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-4543023101-2000-844cf19d2d6f4aaaa5ca4c399884e855.jpg)
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Gene Hackman at the Runaway Jury Press Conference in New Orleans on September 19, 2003
!["Runaway Jury" Press Conference with Dustin Hoffman, Gene Hackman, John Cusack and Rachel Weisz](https://ew.com/thmb/IpA2498Ot7_KQFK8pYs9uvxAsRc=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-74699591-2000-f4de9cdc22d645578aa4fae804a1725e.jpg)
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Gene Hackman at the Next House ESPN The Magazine Party on February 4, 2005
![ESPN The Magazine - Party With Alicia Keys](https://ew.com/thmb/lekAwl7ShHJIeJX9K8nz3iD3e48=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/gettyimages-52136373-2000-d6df84a4f3c5471d832b63c4cdf0eba3.jpg)