Gene Hackman has been selected as the recipient of the 2003 Cecil B. DeMille Award from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for his “outstanding contribution to the entertainment field,” it was announced today at a morning press conference by Andy Garcia.
The award, voted by the board of directors of the HFPA, will be presented to Hackman at the 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards, to be held Sunday, January 19, 2003 and telecast live on NBC (8-11 pm EST). The event will take place in the International Ballroom of the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
Hackman has received three Golden Globes; one as Best Actor (Drama) for The French Connection, one as Best Actor (Comedy or Musical) for The Royal Tenenbaums, and one for Best Supporting Actor for Unforgiven. He received five additional Golden Globe nominations; four as Best Actor (Drama) for The Conversation, French Connection II, Twice In a Lifetime and Mississippi Burning, and one as Best Supporting Actor for Under Fire.
One of the most remarkable aspects of Gene Hackman’s emergence to be one of the major actors of his generation is that there is no such thing as a Gene Hackman role. Currently filming Fox’s Runaway Jury in Louisiana, Hackman’s most recent roles include the scheming patriarch of a dysfunctional family of geniuses (The Royal Tenenbaums), a hardnosed naval commander whose methods buck the system (Behind Enemy Lines) and a life-long conman pulling off his final con (Heist).
Other recent film roles cast him as a sexually-tormented businessman (Under Suspicion), a man dragged in over his head when drafted as a pro football coach during a strike (The Replacements) and a reprobate tobacco magnate targeted by two beautiful women (Heartbreakers).
When Hackman teamed with Tom Cruise to portray a smooth-as-silk corporate lawyer in The Firm, his follow-up to Unforgiven, that film gave him two back-to-back $100 million winners at the U.S. box-office.
Among the projects now in development for Gene Hackman is one that may allow him to realize his long-evolving interest in motion picture directing. He is an avid film collector and a dedicated painter. Hackman also loves flying and races automobiles in prestigious events like Sebring and Riverside. He has three children, and currently maintains a home in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Hackman will next be seen in Runaway Jury with co-stars John Cusack and Dustin Hoffman for Fox Studios.
Recent Cecil B. DeMille winners include Harrison Ford (2002), Al Pacino (2001), Barbra Streisand (2000), Jack Nicholson (1999), Shirley MacLaine (1998), Dustin Hoffman (1997), Sean Connery (1996) and Sophia Loren (1995).
The 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards will take place Sunday, January 19, 2003 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel with a live telecast airing on NBC at 8 PM (EST) and produced by Dick Clark Productions in association with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Dagmar Dunlevy is President of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Dick Clark and Barry Adelman are executive producers. Al Schwartz and Ken Shapiro are producers. Ron Weed is co-producer. The nominations for the 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards will be announced at a morning press conference at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Thursday, December 19, 2002.

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