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Gene Hackman | Known for: Six Decade Acting Career | Current Job: Novelist

A flourishing career of six decades, Gene Hackman has delivered several excellent performances over time. His performances made him worthy of two Academy Awards, four Golden Globes, two BAFTAs, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. He garnered immense attention for his portrayal in The French Connection, an action thriller film as Jimmy Popeye Doyle.

In 2004, he officially declared an end to this long-lasting acting career and resorted to writing novels. Nowadays, Gene is busy writing thriller novels. In collaboration with archaeologist Daniel Lenihan, he has written several fiction novels depicting history. He individually released his first book called Payback at Morning Peak in the year 2011.

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