Freeman, whose friendship with Hackman spans decades, called the late actor a “giant” of the film industry in his homage.

Hackman's colleague and friend Morgan Freeman gave a brief tribute to the actor before the Oscars' in memoriam segment.Start ...

The world lost one of the best actors in the history of the form this week, leading people everywhere to chime in with the ...

Nobody can lose their shit and start yelling quite like Gene Hackman. The actor, who was discovered dead in his home at the ...

Before he was Gene Hackman the award-winning movie star and author, he was Eugene Allan Hackman, Jr. — beloved son, friend, ...

Every motion picture is a contest between actors, wittingly or not. And Gene Hackman wins “No Way Out.” He devours that film ...

But over the next 50-odd years, Hackman would become the greatest, coolest, earthiest star of what’s now known as New ...

The legendary actor earned an Oscar nomination for "Mississippi Burning," the still-polarizing civil rights era thriller.

You know Gene Hackman from his greatest hits like "The French Connection." But did you know he played an ant? Here's 5 ...

An actor who imbued charm or intensity to any role he played, Gene Hackman swallowed the scenery. Here are some of the ...

He played a complicated hero in “The French Connection” and an arch-villain in “Superman.” Here are some of Hackman’s career ...

Gene Hackman's death left other Hollywood figures, including Bill Murray, Francis Ford Coppola and Dustin Hoffman shocked and ...