Gene Hackman was one of the most esteemed actors of his generation, yet he struggled to watch his own work and avoided watching one film in particular.

It's going to be a big weekend at the movies as Marvel Studios' Captain America: Brave New World soars into theaters and Paddington in Peru makes its debut. John Lithgow eyed for Dumbledore in ...

"He looks more like a coach than a movie star," the columnist ... along with a seemingly unending list of film classics. In "Superman" (1978), Gene Hackman takes on the iconic role of Lex Luthor ...

Eugene Allen 'Gene' Hackman (born January 30 ... His major subsequent films include I Never Sang for My Father (1970); his role as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in The French Connection (1971) and its ...

Gene Hackman was never going to be a dreamboat ... Which undoubtedly helped make them so memorable. Hackman never had onscreen movie star looks, and never considered himself a star, but an actor.