Gene Hackman, 93, has been spotted for the first time in years after he retired.
The Hollywood legend, whose accolades include two Academy Awards and four Golden Globes, was snapped out and about in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on Sunday (March 5).
Gene, who was last seen on-screen in the 2004 comedy Welcome to Mooseport, looked frail in the recent snaps.
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The actor, who won Best Actor at the Oscars for his role in The French Connection, was spotted at Wendy’s drive-thru as he enjoyed a fast food lunch and then relaxed in his white truck.
In another shot, the 93-year-old Superman movie star wore casual navy jeans, a relaxed grey fleece, a beige cap and black sunglasses as he was spotted pumping his truck with petrol.
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The reclusive veteran actor tucked his grey hair behind his ear under the headwear and kept his bushy moustache.
Gene, whose first massive filming credit was starring as Buck Barrow in the now-iconic Bonnie and Clyde (1967), now lives a private life away from the limelight.
However he is best known for appearing in the 1978 version of Superman as Lex Luthor, reprising the role in the 1980 Superman II and 1987’s Superman IV: The Quest for Peace.
In 2011, he was asked by GQ if he would ever come out of retirement to do one more film, to which the acting giant responded: “If I could do it in my own house, maybe, without them disturbing anything and just one or two people.”
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More recently, in October 2021, Gene – who has more than 100 acting credits – gave his first interview in a decade for the 50th anniversary of his film The French Connection.
“Filmmaking has always been risky – both physically and emotionally – but I do choose to consider that film a moment in a checkered career of hits and misses,” he told The New York Post.
“The film certainly helped me in my career, and I am grateful for that,” he added.
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Meanwhile, he opted to dip his toe in a new industry after leaving Hollywood as he became an author and penned his third novel, Escape From Andersonville, in 2008.
Elsewhere, Gene narrated two Marine Corps documentaries: The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima (2016) and We, The Marines (2017).
He was born on January 1930, in San Bernardino, California.
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