Actor Gene Hackman pauses for a moment while signing copies of his first novel, "Perdido Star" at a Borders book store in Chicago April 28, 2000. Hackman was autographing his book with co-author,...

See photos of Gene Hackman through the years on the actor's 87th birthday

See photos of Gene Hackman through the years on the actor's 87th birthday

See photos of Gene Hackman through the years on the actor's 87th birthday

See photos of Gene Hackman through the years on the actor's 87th birthday

By KEN THOMASAssociated PressNEW YORKWho would Mitt Romney like to see play him in a movie? (Gene Hackman)What's Romney's guilty pleasure (peanut butter |

See photos of Gene Hackman through the years on the actor's 87th birthday

The actor creates a unique, southwestern-style home in New Mexico

See photos of Gene Hackman through the years on the actor's 87th birthday

Happy Birthday to Gene Hackman, one of unlaziest actors of our time, with a career of over 80 films spanning more than 4 decades. Many of h...

American actor Gene Hackman on the set of the movie 'Mississippi Burning' , Braxton, Mississippi, May 6, 1988.