Gene Hackman

Eugene Allen Hackman shortly named Gene Hackman is an American retired actor and he is a novelist as of today. As an actor, he has appeared in many films including The Poseidon Adventure (1972), The Conversation (1974), French Connection II (1975), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Superman: The Movie (1978)-as arch-villain Lex Luthor, Hoosiers (1986), The Firm (1993), The Quick and the Dead (1995), Crimson Tide (1995), Enemy of the State (1998), Antz (1998), The Replacements (2000), Behind Enemy Lines (2001), The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), and Welcome to Mooseport (2004); his final film role before retirement. After his retirement, he began his novelist career. With undersea archaeologist Daniel Lenihan, he wrote three historical fiction novels named "Wake of the Perdido Star" (1999), a sea adventure of the 19th century; "Justice for None" (2004), a Depression-era tale of murder; and "Escape from Andersonville" (2008) about a prison escape during the American Civil War. His solo novel titled Payback at Morning Peak was released in the year 2011 which was followed by a police thriller "Pursuit" in 2013.