One of the films that demonstrated Hackman's ability to be hilarious too. As the movie producer looking for his next big ...

Gene Hackman, an actor known for the slow burn he kept simmering just under the surface of his characters, and his wife have ...

From The French Connection through to The Royal Tenenbaums, Hackman – who has died at 95 – redefined the idea of a leading man in his own image, bringing wit, humanity and deceptive expressiveness to ...

Hackman never had the classic good looks of a Robert Redford or a Brad Pitt, and that's part of what made him such a singular force on screens. Because he looked like one of us, and acted like us, ...

He twice won Oscars for bringing humanizing depth to corrupt lawmen, from the raging cop in “The French Connection” to the ...