Gene Hackman
Known for Acting · 151 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
Naked City
1958
as Mr. Jasper
The F.B.I.
1965
as Herb Kenyon
TV Shows (32)
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
Naked City
1958
as Mr. Jasper
The F.B.I.
1965
as Herb Kenyon
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
2007
as Self
Route 66
1960
as Motorist
American Masters
1986
as Self
The Defenders
1961
as Stanley McGuirk
The Invaders
1967
as Tom Jessup
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Dinah!
1974
as Self
The South Bank Show
1978
as Self
Film '72
1971
as Self
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self
The United States Steel Hour
1953
Entertainment Tonight
1981
as Self
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
2006
as Self - Narrator (voice)
CBS Playhouse
1966
as Ned
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
as Self
The Directors
1999
as Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
East Side/West Side
1963
The Trials of O'Brien
1965
as Roger Nathan
The Playboy Murders
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Larry King Live
1985
as Self
The Hollywood Greats
1977
Hawk
1966
Tallahassee 7000
1961
as Joe Lawson
The DuPont Show of the Week
1961
as Douglas McCann
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
Movies (119)
Unforgiven
1992
as 'Little' Bill Daggett
Superman
1978
as Lex Luthor
Antz
1998
as General Mandible (voice)
Crimson Tide
1995
as Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey
Mississippi Burning
1988
as Agent Rupert Anderson
Enemy of the State
1998
as Brill
The Firm
1993
as Avery Tolar
Superman II
1980
as Lex Luthor
Wyatt Earp
1994
as Nicholas Earp
The Quick and the Dead
1995
as Herod
Young Frankenstein
1974
as Blindman
The Royal Tenenbaums
2001
as Royal Tenenbaum
Behind Enemy Lines
2001
as Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group
The French Connection
1971
as Jimmy Doyle
The Birdcage
1996
as Senator Kevin Keeley
Absolute Power
1997
as President Richmond
Heartbreakers
2001
as William B. Tensy
A Bridge Too Far
1977
as Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski
Bonnie and Clyde
1967
as Buck Barrow
The Mexican
2001
as Arnold Margolese
The Conversation
1974
as Harry Caul
Runaway Jury
2003
as Rankin Fitch
The Poseidon Adventure
1972
as Reverend Scott
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987
as Lex Luthor
Get Shorty
1995
as Harry Zimm
No Way Out
1987
as Defense Secretary David Brice
Uncommon Valor
1983
as Col. Cal Rhodes
The Replacements
2000
as Jimmy McGinty
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
2006
as Lex Luthor
Geronimo: An American Legend
1993
as Brig. Gen. George Crook
Reds
1981
as Pete van Wherry
Hoosiers
1986
as Norman Dale
Narrow Margin
1990
as Robert Caulfield
Postcards from the Edge
1990
as Lowell Kolchek
The Package
1989
as Sgt. Johnny Gallagher
Extreme Measures
1996
as Dr. Lawrence Myrick
Heist
2001
as Joe Moore
The Chamber
1996
as Sam Cayhall
Breakdown: 1975
2025
as (archive footage)
Another Woman
1988
as Larry
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Scarecrow
1973
as Max Millan
Twilight
1998
as Jack Ames
March or Die
1977
as Major William Sherman Foster
Loose Cannons
1990
as MacArthur Stern
Under Suspicion
2000
as Henry Hearst
Under Fire
1983
as Alex Grazier
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
as Lex Luthor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
2001
as Lex Luthor (archive footage)
Bat★21
1988
as Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton
Night Moves
1975
as Harry Moseby
French Connection II
1975
as "Popeye" Doyle
The Split
1968
as Lt. Walter Brill
Banning
1967
as Tommy Del Gaddo
Cisco Pike
1972
as Officer Leo Holland
Downhill Racer
1969
as Eugene Claire
Marooned
1969
as Buzz Lloyd
Target
1985
as Walter Lloyd
Bite the Bullet
1975
as Sam Clayton
Prime Cut
1972
as Mary Ann
Class Action
1991
as Jedediah Tucker Ward
Hawaii
1966
as John Whipple
Eureka
1983
as Jack McCann
The Hunting Party
1971
as Brandt Ruger
Power
1986
as Wilfred Buckley
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2009
as Self
Company Business
1991
as Sam Boyd
Welcome to Mooseport
2004
as Monroe Cole
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
1994
as Self
Two of a Kind
1983
as God (voice) (uncredited)
Zandy's Bride
1974
as Zandy Allen
Lucky Lady
1975
as Kibby
Earth and the American Dream
1992
as Reader (voice)
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
1982
as Self
Doctors' Wives
1971
as Dave Randolph
The Gypsy Moths
1969
as Joe Browdy
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
2013
as Self
Lilith
1964
as Norman
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
2004
as Narrator
The Domino Principle
1977
as Tucker
Riot
1969
as Red Fraker
All Night Long
1981
as George Dupler
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
2008
as Self
A Covenant with Death
1967
as Harmsworth
Split Decisions
1988
as Dan McGuinn
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
1996
as Blind Man (archive footage)
I Never Sang for My Father
1970
as Gene Garrison
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000
as Self
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
2001
as Self
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
2001
as Self
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
2002
as Self
Mad Dog Coll
1961
as Cop (uncredited)
Twice in a Lifetime
1985
as Harry MacKenzie
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
2000
as Self
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
1999
as Narrator (voice)
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Formula 1 - Speed fever
1978
as Self
Full Moon in Blue Water
1988
as Floyd
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
2001
as Self
The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
1995
as Self
Pattern Recognition
2017
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of 'Superman II'
1983
as Self
First to Fight
1967
as Sergeant Tweed
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
1992
as Self
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
2002
as Self
Misunderstood
1983
as Ned Rawley
Shadow on the Land
1968
as Rev. Thomas Davis
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
2001
as Self
Heroes of Iwo Jima
2001
as Self - Host/Narrator
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
2002
as Self
Sacheen: Breaking the Silence
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage
2005
as Narrator (voice)
Shurtleff on Acting
1994
as Self
The Sky Divers
1969
as Self
On the Road with: Scarecrow
1973
as Self
We, the Marines
2017
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special
2025
as Self (archive footage)
The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima
2016
as Self - Narrator
Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe
2001
as Himself/Narrator
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 151 credits spanning from 1944 to 2025, Gene Hackman has appeared in 119 films and 32 TV shows.
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Most Popular Gene Hackman Movies
- Unforgiven (1992) — as 'Little' Bill Daggett
- Superman (1978) — as Lex Luthor
- Antz (1998) — as General Mandible (voice)
- Crimson Tide (1995) — as Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey
- Mississippi Burning (1988) — as Agent Rupert Anderson
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