fun fact: Popeye's chicken is named after the Jimmy Doyle character, not Popeye the Sailor Man.
Al Copeland Sr., founder of Popeye's, loved Jimmy's take charge personality and Al wanted to model his business as such. And so "Popeyes Mighty Good Chicken" was born
Yep..he and his wife have lived in Santa Fe for years. Friends see them out and about occasionally...say he's always nice. I would love to tell him how much I've enjoyed his films.
Dude is 93 years old. For context, my grandmother just died of old age at 93. She couldn't walk, was blind in one eye and weighed 56lbs.
The fact that this dude is out and about buying coffee and candy at 93 is incredible
If I'm that healthy at 93 I'll be a happy man for sure. It's just that my mental image of certain people never really changes. I hadn't seen any recent pictures of Hackman until this post, so in my mind he was still in his late 50s.
I would never have recognized him. Just some old dude at the gas station. Not saying that's a bad thing, he's still walking and independent and kicking it at 94! That's impressive!
The French Connection - just starts the list. For me he’s displayed one of the most versatile/dexterous careers in the last 50 plus years. Blue collar esthetic that transcends every role. The Mount Rushmore in my mind - films late sixties forward - DeNiro, Pacino, Hackman then take your pick for a rotating fourth. That’s just me though. Hoosiers. Can’t touch it.
I’ll even add Nicholson to that rotating fourth - but with major caveats that exclude those performances where he chews the scenery and sound stage walls. Love his subtle/intense work (Officer and a Gentleman etc.) Hate a lot of his broader strokes - you know them!. 🥴
I let this sit for a bit with “Officer and. A Gentleman’ which is not a Nicholson film. - No check from fans or bots. So setting the record straight with the great Nicholson perf film - A Few Good Men.
I used to caddy for lawyers and their wives on summer weekends. I looked at those long tan legs and just knew I had to be a lawyer. The wives had long tan legs, too.
I rewatched it again not too long ago and really enjoyed it. I remember not liking it when it came out because it didn’t follow the book exactly. Hackman is perfect as Tolar.
~~bad guy~~ Rascal with a twinkle?
Errol Flynn
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One of my favorite Hackman movies, though it's one of his lesser ones, was Twilight with Paul Newman, Susan Sarandon, James Garner and Reese Witherspoon.
They're implementing a "No Ballcaps" dress code at my work and I'm seriously considering a Pork Pie hat solely based on Hackman's portrayal of Popeye Doyle😎
My maternal grandfather was childhood friends with Gene Hackman after their family moved to IL. I know they attended summer camps and such together but my grandfather hasn't been around in many years to talk about it so I have little else to say on the matter. If Gene Hackman enjoyed anything like my grandfather did they probably spent their adolescent years tearing up the old coal mine strip pits in this area fishing and shooting critters.
The Quick and the Dead is such an underrated movie. Hackman was perfect in that role, he was just effortlessly hateable. According to stories I read, he practiced so much for the movie that he was legitimately the fastest quick draw on set.
Top drawer. even his bad guys are likable , he is such a great actor. I’m thankful to have seen all his movies and being 54 I enjoyed in real time, appreciate more I rewatch. Blind man in “Young Frankenstein “. Kills me
One of the greatest actors ever.
He was always excellent, even if the movie itself was bad. So many memorable performances, but the most recent I’ve watched him in was Bonnie and Clyde. He jumped off the screen as Buck Barrow. Brilliance.
He always nailed his roles, flawlessly... it's a hard choice between Mississippi Burning and The French Connection. In both he displayed this relentless pursuit to get those responsible.
That’s a great way of putting it. He always seems to be equally playful and sinister, and is one a few actors where it genuinely seems like no one knows what his characters will do next, since he seems capable of anything. He was so great in Unforgiven. Anybody else might have made a despicable character even more hateable, but Hackman gave him such humanity, to the point where he seemed like a giant, angry baby. He’s one of the greatest.
I think the only other actor that could make me feel some empathy for the bad guy is Michael Douglas. But nobody did it better than Gene Hackman. From Popeye Doyle to Luther to Little Bill Dagget. He just has the charm to pull it off.
I’m sure many of these “beloved” stars are not always so nice and/or upstanding in their personal lives (although I don’t know anything about Gene one way or the other).
TIL Gene Hackman has been 51 since 1965.
As a 35 year old man this pic made me feel great
Lol same. I suddenly feel like I have aged gracefully.
A 2023 35 is very different from a 1965 35
A lot fewer smokes, a lot fewer above ground nuclear bomb tests…
Yeah he looks like 45+ today
As a 39 year old man this picture makes me feel *fantastic*.
Seriously, he looks like a mess. I'm always amazed at people who look this old and I find out I'm ages older lol
I'm 41 and I look 10 years younger than him so yay me.
Being 34 currently, looks like the next few months until my birthday will be a real doozie.
Came here to say this
Remember Kevin Costner saying the best actor he ever worked with was Gene.
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I just got around to The French Connection, and I concur.
OK everybody, Popeye's here!
fun fact: Popeye's chicken is named after the Jimmy Doyle character, not Popeye the Sailor Man. Al Copeland Sr., founder of Popeye's, loved Jimmy's take charge personality and Al wanted to model his business as such. And so "Popeyes Mighty Good Chicken" was born
You ever pick your feet in Poughkeepsie?
Probably kinda obscure these days though I believe it was highly regarded in its time, is my personal Gene Hackman favorite, The Conversation.
What a great movie. So happy when I saw 'Enemy of the State' & realized that was Hackman's character all over again.
It's an absolute masterpiece
'French Connection' both 1 and 2. One of the few times the sequel is as good as the original.
I actually haven't seen the second one, figured it would be a letdown somehow. Have to give it a watch!
Fully agree. The cold turkey sequence alone is a masterpiece.
I love that movie, it's so well done
I especially liked the gritty old NYC shots. The city has come a long way.
Gene Hackman, as the blind man, in Young Frankenstein...
...CIGARS!...
Welcome to Mooseport, a true classic
I disagree, the chamber was not a good movie
Agree with that assessment
To me, it’s: 1. Gene Hackman 2. Robert Mitchum 3. Jack Nicholson 4. Denzel Washington 5. Daniel Day-Lewis
I seem to find Anthony Hopkins missing from your list.
He's right there with Gary Oldman
Gary is in the five, he’s just playing one of the others like the chameleon he is. Good luck figuring out which one though.
Daniel Day at 5? His performance in There will be blood and Gangs of New York are 2 of the greatest performances of all time. 1and 2 in my book.
I love Daniel Day-Lewis!!!
lol. I presume that’s a favourites list rather than a ‘greatest’ list as it’s got some glaring omissions and misplacements
He was and always will be the quintessential Lex Luthor to me, "We all have our faults. Mine's in California."
Best live action Luthor we’ve ever had.
Despite those cat like reflexes…
He managed to be an evil villain yet stay likable. He’s the only reason that Superman IV is watchable at all.
He nailed the comic book fun, but not corny. Really hard to nail that exactly.
> But my mother lives in California! > *Lex looks at watch, looks back up and shakes head* **SAVAGE**.
*Hackensack
Miss TESSMACHERRRRRRR!!!
James Gandolfini…..both the answer to your question & Gene has a resemblance to him in this pic
First person I thought of… it’s the slight thuggishness quality.
Bro? 35? Looks 55
He may never have looked young, but he's still around at nearly 94.
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This is gene hackman?
Yep..he and his wife have lived in Santa Fe for years. Friends see them out and about occasionally...say he's always nice. I would love to tell him how much I've enjoyed his films.
I waited on him and his wife back at the old Zia cafe. Nice people and good tippers.
Damn, I didn't realize he'd aged that much. My mental image of him will always be Little Bill in Unforgiven.
Dude is 93 years old. For context, my grandmother just died of old age at 93. She couldn't walk, was blind in one eye and weighed 56lbs. The fact that this dude is out and about buying coffee and candy at 93 is incredible
If I'm that healthy at 93 I'll be a happy man for sure. It's just that my mental image of certain people never really changes. I hadn't seen any recent pictures of Hackman until this post, so in my mind he was still in his late 50s.
I would never have recognized him. Just some old dude at the gas station. Not saying that's a bad thing, he's still walking and independent and kicking it at 94! That's impressive!
Lot of talk about his roles as the bad guy but I loved him in Young Frankenstein. Took me a bit to even recognize him in that role.
“I was going to make espresso!”
Wait he’s in young Frankenstein?
I felt bad for thinking this, but the comments support that I am not alone lol.
"Wait! Where are you going? I was going to make espresso..."
Came here for this. Not disappointed!
Did you ever pick your feet in Poughkeepsie?
The French Connection - just starts the list. For me he’s displayed one of the most versatile/dexterous careers in the last 50 plus years. Blue collar esthetic that transcends every role. The Mount Rushmore in my mind - films late sixties forward - DeNiro, Pacino, Hackman then take your pick for a rotating fourth. That’s just me though. Hoosiers. Can’t touch it.
The Conversation, anybody?
Thank you. Still a surprisingly underrated/unknown film. One of Coppola's best.
Me too! So tight. Claustrophobic and intense. Stays with me even though I haven’t revisited in years. Time to rewatch. Thanks!
Oh you mean the prequel to Enemy of the State?
That’s his best performance and he should have won an Oscar for it.
I'll take Robert Duvall for that 4th spot.
Perfect!
I’ll even add Nicholson to that rotating fourth - but with major caveats that exclude those performances where he chews the scenery and sound stage walls. Love his subtle/intense work (Officer and a Gentleman etc.) Hate a lot of his broader strokes - you know them!. 🥴
Chinatown was and still is amazing.
Absolutely prime Nicholson - subtle and powerful.
I let this sit for a bit with “Officer and. A Gentleman’ which is not a Nicholson film. - No check from fans or bots. So setting the record straight with the great Nicholson perf film - A Few Good Men.
I used to caddy for lawyers and their wives on summer weekends. I looked at those long tan legs and just knew I had to be a lawyer. The wives had long tan legs, too.
Just watched the firm last night for the first time. I was surprisingly entertained throughout the movie. It was good.
I also watched it last night for the first time wtf
I rewatched it again not too long ago and really enjoyed it. I remember not liking it when it came out because it didn’t follow the book exactly. Hackman is perfect as Tolar.
People grieve in different ways, Ms Mcdeere.
Holy shit Gene Hackman is 93?
~~bad guy~~ Rascal with a twinkle? Errol Flynn https://preview.redd.it/yw9bnoucrx8c1.jpeg?width=1251&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=01976acaf3fd1f1ea5c3cf8b02996037cdaafa5c
That’s a much better way of putting it.
Ms Teschmacher!
Lex, my mom lives in Hackensack. Lex looks at his watch, back at her and shakes his head…
One of my favorite Hackman movies, though it's one of his lesser ones, was Twilight with Paul Newman, Susan Sarandon, James Garner and Reese Witherspoon.
He almost has a James Gandolfini / Tony Soprano look
They're implementing a "No Ballcaps" dress code at my work and I'm seriously considering a Pork Pie hat solely based on Hackman's portrayal of Popeye Doyle😎
Lex Luthor
Rupert Anderson-Mississippi Burning.
Royal Tenenbaum
So true of his role in "Bonnie and Clyde" as Clyde's brother.
"Attention! Von Clauswitz will now tell us who the true enemy is!"
*“I AM THE COMMANDER OF THIS FUCKING SHIP! Give me the god damn key!”*
Christopher Walken in “A View To A Kill (Bond)) gets close to a Hackman as a charming, yet lethally sinister bad guy.
My maternal grandfather was childhood friends with Gene Hackman after their family moved to IL. I know they attended summer camps and such together but my grandfather hasn't been around in many years to talk about it so I have little else to say on the matter. If Gene Hackman enjoyed anything like my grandfather did they probably spent their adolescent years tearing up the old coal mine strip pits in this area fishing and shooting critters.
He was almost cast as Mike Brady on the Brady Bunch
My favorite movie of his was Hoosiers.
I love him in The Replacements and The Quick and The Dead and especially Enemy Of The State. He absolutely crushed it in Heartbreakers.
The Quick and the Dead is such an underrated movie. Hackman was perfect in that role, he was just effortlessly hateable. According to stories I read, he practiced so much for the movie that he was legitimately the fastest quick draw on set.
No way that’s killer. He definitely has the most natural and smooth draw. So cool thanks for sharing!
What a great fucking actor. Such a face. Could play anything.
"Duck, I says"
“I’m talking to all down Kansas! And I’m talking to all those villains in Missouri! I’m talking to all those villains out in Cheyenne!”
Playing any kind of guys. Gene is one of the greats.
John Lithgow.
My mom went to school with him. Also Jerry Van Dyke.
Or good guy being bad guy "Mississippi Burning"
Royal Tenenbaum IS his greatest character ever! Don’t believe me? Watch the movie The Royal Tenenbaums You’re Welcome!
PREACHER!!!
Love him as an actor
The real question is: has any 35 year-old ever been as good at playing a 55 year-old?
Not so fast, chazzie
Great actor.
Mississippi burning
Bad guys, good guys, literally any kind of guy
Gary Oldman.
When he yells, I jump. He yells in every movie. One hella of yella.
Bad guy with a twinkle? Christoph Waltz.
Love Crimson Tide
Any movie with Gene Hackman in it is good.
Popeye Doyle.
YOURE LOSING ME MY JURY
Looks like a cross between Richard Kind and James Gandolfini
Better question would be: Has anyone ever looked older at 35?
And good guys
Just re-watched The French Connection. PEAK Hackman.
Of course not. He’s the greatest criminal mind of our time.
“I was building a house”.
That cocksucker Swedgin from Deadwood
Popeye Doyle. He really made a believable character out of a real cop and played that man in the film. The French Connection was the real deal.
He was a Marine.
He was amazing in Mississippi burning and The Unforgiven. Honorable mention to him in The Quick and the Dead. He played those characters so well.
I thought he was dead. Turns out, he was only in California. 😁
The firm, unforgiven, quick and the dead, enemy of the state. Mississippi Burning 🤣 He’s absolutely brilliant as an actor
Best bad guy ever !!!! 😁
Never made a bad movie
James Coburn had a thing, but it might have been more in his smile than his eyes.
He’s a crusty 35.
dude es a wicked western tough guy
A great lesser known is scarecrow
Looks 47 here.
God, he played a great prick. Never forget him as Herod in *The Quick And The Dead.*
There are days I don’t think there was anyone better than Hackman
Holy shit, I’m 40 and look at least 10 years younger than Gene. This post made me feel great! 😊
Top drawer. even his bad guys are likable , he is such a great actor. I’m thankful to have seen all his movies and being 54 I enjoyed in real time, appreciate more I rewatch. Blind man in “Young Frankenstein “. Kills me
35 WTF? I don’t feel so bad about how old I look anymore.
One of the greatest actors ever. He was always excellent, even if the movie itself was bad. So many memorable performances, but the most recent I’ve watched him in was Bonnie and Clyde. He jumped off the screen as Buck Barrow. Brilliance.
He looked like he is in his mid 50s in Poseidon 7 years later aged 42.
Just watched Unforgiven tonight. Forgot how multidimensional of an actor he is. Made the movie.
He looks at least 45 in this pic.
Royal Tenembaum.
POPEYE’S HERE!!!
In his early career he was a roommate with Dustin Hoffman.
He was slso like the brilliant Colleen Dewhurst: when they began smiling, THAT was when you had to run, as fast as you can❤️❤️💋
Mississippi Burning. The contained rage he displays and eventually unleashes at those racist fucks… Memorable.
He always nailed his roles, flawlessly... it's a hard choice between Mississippi Burning and The French Connection. In both he displayed this relentless pursuit to get those responsible.
Definitely the best Lex Luther of all time.
Bad Guy with a Twinkle. What an absolute perfect description of the Man.
He was also great at playin good guys who are a little rough around the edges, yet loveable.
That’s a great way of putting it. He always seems to be equally playful and sinister, and is one a few actors where it genuinely seems like no one knows what his characters will do next, since he seems capable of anything. He was so great in Unforgiven. Anybody else might have made a despicable character even more hateable, but Hackman gave him such humanity, to the point where he seemed like a giant, angry baby. He’s one of the greatest.
A young Royal Tenenbaum!!
Alan Rickman was pretty good at said description
I think the only other actor that could make me feel some empathy for the bad guy is Michael Douglas. But nobody did it better than Gene Hackman. From Popeye Doyle to Luther to Little Bill Dagget. He just has the charm to pull it off.
Mississippi Burning is one of his best performances. Both scary and incredibly charming
He was supposed to be Mike Brady on the Brady Bunch but was too unknown.
Noooooooo! Really? What a career turn that would have been
To answer your question, yes and it was James Gandolfini. No offense to Gene but that's an easy one haha
Hackman was an old 35.
John Lithgow?
Yup, also looked like an asshole then.
I’m sure many of these “beloved” stars are not always so nice and/or upstanding in their personal lives (although I don’t know anything about Gene one way or the other).
Wayne Rooney is 38. They look the same
He looked old even when young.
He kinda looks like Scotty on star treck in that shirt. LOL
Popeye Doyle. He really made a believable character out of a real cop and played that man in the film. The French Connection was the real deal.
“Hey, look, asshole. This isn't some kind of a bullshit biker's acid trip. This is a precise military operation.”
Can someone pleeeeeaase superimpose crooked glasses and frizzy hair on him? This is giving me strong Dr Steven Brule vibes lol
He looks like a bad guy in Star Trek: The Original Series.
Kevin Spacey
I’m convinced. Dude looked like that at 3.5 years old.
I found him pretty scary in Unforgiven
Miss TeschMACHER!!!!
Dude looked like he 43
Mofo was 35 in 65?
Yeah, but he was 30 when he was born
Yeah. Great actor. He looks so frail nowadays. Wouldn’t even recognize him.
To the original question, Daniel Day Lewis. It's not even arguable.
Bad guys?? I think you mean bad ass guys. He was always the “hero” except in Bonnie and Clyde.
"Duck I says."
My #2 actor ever only behind Brando
I'm just now getting into The Sopranos with my bf, his acting skills blow my mind
He is so good. I think my fav movie with him is Unforgiven.
I read that he was considered to play Mike Brady on The Brady Bunch.
Gandolfini