Gene Hackman
Known for Acting · 153 credits
- Born
- 1930-01-30
- Died
- 2025-02-17
- Place of birth
- San Bernardino, California, USA
- Also known as
- Eugene Allen Hackman · Eugene Alder · Eugene Allen "Gene" Hackman
Biography
Eugene Allen Hackman (January 30, 1930 – c. February 18, 2025) was an American actor. Hackman made his credited film debut in the drama Lilith (1964). He later won two Academy Awards, his first for Best Actor for his role as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in William Friedkin's action thriller The French Connection (1971) and his second for Best Supporting Actor for playing a sheriff in Clint Eastwood's Western Unforgiven (1992). He was Oscar-nominated for playing Buck Barrow in the crime drama Bonnie and Clyde (1967), a college professor in the drama I Never Sang for My Father (1970), and an FBI agent in the historical drama Mississippi Burning (1988).
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee / Self - Presenter / Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient / Self - Nominee / Presenter
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
2007
as Self
The F.B.I.
1965
as Herb Kenyon
TV Shows (33)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee / Self - Presenter / Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient / Self - Nominee / Presenter
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
2007
as Self
The F.B.I.
1965
as Herb Kenyon
Naked City
1958
as Mr. Jasper
Route 66
1960
as Motorist
American Masters
1986
as Self
Dinah!
1974
as Self
The Invaders
1967
as Tom Jessup
The Defenders
1961
as Stanley McGuirk
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Film '72
1971
as Self
The United States Steel Hour
1953
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self
Ciné regards
1978
as Self
The South Bank Show
1978
as Self
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
2006
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Entertainment Tonight
1981
as Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
as Self
CBS Playhouse
1966
as Ned
The Directors
1999
as Self
Hawk
1966
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
The Hollywood Greats
1977
The Trials of O'Brien
1965
as Roger Nathan
The Playboy Murders
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Larry King Live
1985
as Self
East Side/West Side
1963
Tallahassee 7000
1961
as Joe Lawson
The DuPont Show of the Week
1961
as Douglas McCann
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
Movies (120)
Superman
1978
as Lex Luthor
Unforgiven
1992
as 'Little' Bill Daggett
Enemy of the State
1998
as Brill
The French Connection
1971
as Jimmy Doyle
Antz
1998
as General Mandible (voice)
Crimson Tide
1995
as Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey
Young Frankenstein
1974
as Blindman
The Quick and the Dead
1995
as Herod
Behind Enemy Lines
2001
as Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group
Superman II
1980
as Lex Luthor
The Birdcage
1996
as Senator Kevin Keeley
The Replacements
2000
as Jimmy McGinty
The Royal Tenenbaums
2001
as Royal Tenenbaum
The Firm
1993
as Avery Tolar
A Bridge Too Far
1977
as Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski
Bonnie and Clyde
1967
as Buck Barrow
Runaway Jury
2003
as Rankin Fitch
The Poseidon Adventure
1972
as Reverend Scott
Mississippi Burning
1988
as Agent Rupert Anderson
Absolute Power
1997
as President Richmond
The Conversation
1974
as Harry Caul
No Way Out
1987
as Defense Secretary David Brice
Wyatt Earp
1994
as Nicholas Earp
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987
as Lex Luthor
The Package
1989
as Sgt. Johnny Gallagher
Heartbreakers
2001
as William B. Tensy
Breakdown: 1975
2025
as (archive footage)
The Mexican
2001
as Arnold Margolese
Heist
2001
as Joe Moore
Geronimo: An American Legend
1993
as Brig. Gen. George Crook
Under Fire
1983
as Alex Grazier
Extreme Measures
1996
as Dr. Lawrence Myrick
Hoosiers
1986
as Norman Dale
Under Suspicion
2000
as Henry Hearst
The Domino Principle
1977
as Tucker
Get Shorty
1995
as Harry Zimm
Uncommon Valor
1983
as Col. Cal Rhodes
Postcards from the Edge
1990
as Lowell Kolchek
French Connection II
1975
as "Popeye" Doyle
Pattern Recognition
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Eureka
1983
as Jack McCann
Welcome to Mooseport
2004
as Monroe Cole
Zandy's Bride
1974
as Zandy Allen
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
2001
as Lex Luthor (archive footage)
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
2006
as Lex Luthor
Scarecrow
1973
as Max Millan
March or Die
1977
as Major William Sherman Foster
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
as Lex Luthor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Banning
1967
as Tommy Del Gaddo
Twilight
1998
as Jack Ames
The Chamber
1996
as Sam Cayhall
Marooned
1969
as Buzz Lloyd
Reds
1981
as Pete van Wherry
Night Moves
1975
as Harry Moseby
Mad Dog Coll
1961
as Cop (uncredited)
Hawaii
1966
as John Whipple
Class Action
1991
as Jedediah Tucker Ward
Lucky Lady
1975
as Kibby
Two of a Kind
1983
as God (voice) (uncredited)
A Covenant with Death
1967
as Harmsworth
Narrow Margin
1990
as Robert Caulfield
Bite the Bullet
1975
as Sam Clayton
Twice in a Lifetime
1985
as Harry MacKenzie
The Gypsy Moths
1969
as Joe Browdy
Earth and the American Dream
1992
as Reader (voice)
The Hunting Party
1971
as Brandt Ruger
Another Woman
1988
as Larry
Downhill Racer
1969
as Eugene Claire
All Night Long
1981
as George Dupler
Company Business
1991
as Sam Boyd
Lilith
1964
as Norman
Bat★21
1988
as Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton
The Making of 'Superman II'
1983
as Self
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
as Self (archive footage)
We, the Marines
2017
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Doctors' Wives
1971
as Dave Randolph
Target
1985
as Walter Lloyd
Loose Cannons
1990
as MacArthur Stern
The Split
1968
as Lt. Walter Brill
Power
1986
as Wilfred Buckley
Full Moon in Blue Water
1988
as Floyd
Cisco Pike
1972
as Officer Leo Holland
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2009
as Self
Remembering Gene Wilder
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000
as Self
I Never Sang for My Father
1970
as Gene Garrison
First to Fight
1967
as Sergeant Tweed
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
1982
as Self
Prime Cut
1972
as Mary Ann
The Sky Divers
1969
as Self
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
2013
as Self
Shadow on the Land
1968
as Rev. Thomas Davis
Misunderstood
1983
as Ned Rawley
Split Decisions
1988
as Dan McGuinn
The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
1995
as Self
Formula 1 - Speed fever
1978
as Self
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
2002
as Self
Riot
1969
as Red Fraker
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
1999
as Narrator (voice)
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
2004
as Narrator
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
1992
as Self
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Heroes of Iwo Jima
2001
as Self - Host/Narrator
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
2002
as Self
Shurtleff on Acting
1994
as Self
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
1994
as Self
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
2001
as Self
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
2001
as Self
Sacheen: Breaking the Silence
2019
as Self (archive footage)
On the Road with: Scarecrow
1973
as Self
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
1996
as Blind Man (archive footage)
The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
2002
as Self
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
2008
as Self
The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima
2016
as Self - Narrator
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
2000
as Self
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
2001
as Self
Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe
2001
as Himself/Narrator
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
2001
as Self
Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage
2005
as Narrator (voice)
About Gene Hackman
Eugene Allen Hackman (January 30, 1930 – c. February 18, 2025) was an American actor. Hackman made his credited film debut in the drama Lilith (1964). He later won two Academy Awards, his first for Best Actor for his role as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in William Friedkin's action thriller The French Connection (1971) and his second for Best Supporting Actor for playing a sheriff in Clint Eastwood's Western Unforgiven (1992). He was Oscar-nominated for playing Buck Barrow in the crime drama Bonnie and Clyde (1967), a college professor in the drama I… With 153 credits spanning from 1944 to 2025, Gene Hackman has appeared in 120 films and 33 TV shows.
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Most Popular Gene Hackman Movies
- Superman (1978) — as Lex Luthor
- Unforgiven (1992) — as 'Little' Bill Daggett
- Enemy of the State (1998) — as Brill
- The French Connection (1971) — as Jimmy Doyle
- Antz (1998) — as General Mandible (voice)
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