Gene Hackman
Acting
Born: January 30, 1930 · San Bernardino, California, USA
Died: February 17, 2025 (aged 95)
Highest Rated
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 Royal Tenenbaums
2001
Unforgiven
1992
Antz
1998
Superman
1978
Enemy of the State
1998
Young Frankenstein
1974
Superman II
1980
The Firm
1993
The French Connection
1971
The Conversation
1974
Crimson Tide
1995
The Quick and the Dead
1995
Photos (16)
Movies (87)
Unforgiven
'Little' Bill Daggett
Enemy of the State
Brill
Antz
General Mandible (voice)
Runaway Jury
Rankin Fitch
Crimson Tide
Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey
Superman
Lex Luthor
The Royal Tenenbaums
Royal Tenenbaum
The Quick and the Dead
Herod
Get Shorty
Harry Zimm
French Connection II
"Popeye" Doyle
Bonnie and Clyde
Buck Barrow
The Conversation
Harry Caul
The Birdcage
Senator Kevin Keeley
Extreme Measures
Dr. Lawrence Myrick
Behind Enemy Lines
Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group
A Bridge Too Far
Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski
Superman II
Lex Luthor
Absolute Power
President Richmond
The Poseidon Adventure
Reverend Scott
Young Frankenstein
Blindman
Mississippi Burning
Agent Rupert Anderson
Narrow Margin
Robert Caulfield
The Firm
Avery Tolar
The Replacements
Jimmy McGinty
Hoosiers
Norman Dale
Uncommon Valor
Col. Cal Rhodes
The Mexican
Margolese
Welcome to Mooseport
Monroe Cole
Postcards from the Edge
Lowell Kolchek
No Way Out
Defense Secretary David Brice
Another Woman
Larry
Under Suspicion
Henry Hearst
The French Connection
Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Lex Luthor
Wyatt Earp
Nicholas Earp
Night Moves
Harry Moseby
Reds
Pete van Wherry
Under Fire
Alex Grazier
Heartbreakers
William B. Tensy
The Chamber
Sam Cayhall
The Domino Principle
Tucker
Geronimo: An American Legend
Brig. Gen. George Crook
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Lex Luthor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Downhill Racer
Eugene Claire
Heist
Joe Moore
Bat★21
Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton
The Hunting Party
Brandt Ruger
Scarecrow
Max Millan
The Package
Sgt. Johnny Gallagher
March or Die
Major William Sherman Foster
All Night Long
George Dupler
Class Action
Jedediah Tucker Ward
The Gypsy Moths
Joe Browdy
Two of a Kind
God (voice) (uncredited)
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Lex Luthor
Lucky Lady
Kibby
Target
Walter Lloyd
The Split
Lt. Walter Brill
Bite the Bullet
Sam Clayton
Marooned
Buzz Lloyd
Loose Cannons
MacArthur Stern
Twilight
Jack Ames
Prime Cut
Mary Ann
Eureka
Jack McCann
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
Lex Luthor (archive footage)
Lilith
Norman
Cisco Pike
Officer Leo Holland
Zandy's Bride
Zandy Allen
Company Business
Sam Boyd
Twice in a Lifetime
Harry MacKenzie
Power
Wilfred Buckley
Hawaii
John Whipple
Mad Dog Coll
Cop (uncredited)
Banning
Tommy Del Gaddo
Full Moon in Blue Water
Floyd
Split Decisions
Dan McGuinn
A Covenant with Death
Harmsworth
Shadow on the Land
Rev. Thomas Davis
Riot
Red Fraker
Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
I Never Sang for My Father
Gene Garrison
First to Fight
Sergeant Tweed
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
Narrator
Doctors' Wives
Dave Randolph
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
Blind Man (archive footage)
Misunderstood
Ned Rawley
Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage
Narrator (voice)
TV Shows (12)
The F.B.I.
Herb Kenyon · 1 eps
Naked City
Mr. Jasper · 1 eps
Route 66
Motorist · 1 eps
The Defenders
Stanley McGuirk · 2 eps
The Invaders
Tom Jessup · 1 eps
The United States Steel Hour
5 eps
East Side/West Side
1 eps
The Trials of O'Brien
Roger Nathan · 1 eps
Hawk
1 eps
The Hollywood Greats
1 eps
The DuPont Show of the Week
Douglas McCann · 1 eps
Tallahassee 7000
Joe Lawson · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (52)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · 6 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · 7 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
Self · 5 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter · 2 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee / Presenter · 1 eps
The South Bank Show
Self · 1 eps
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Self · 1 eps
American Masters
Self · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 5 eps
Dinah!
Self · 1 eps
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self · 2 eps
Entertainment Tonight
Self · 1 eps
Ciné regards
Self · 1 eps
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
Self - Narrator (voice) · 4 eps
The Directors
Self · 1 eps
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self · 1 eps
Larry King Live
Self · 1 eps
The Playboy Murders
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
Remembering Gene Wilder
Self (archive footage)
Breakdown: 1975
Self (The Conversation/The Poseidon Adventure- archive footage)
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Self
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
Self
Sports on the Silver Screen
Self (archive footage)
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Self
The Making of 'Superman II'
Self
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · 1 eps
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Self
Formula 1 - Speed fever
Self
Pattern Recognition
Self (archive footage)
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
Self
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
Self
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Self
On the Road with: Scarecrow
Self
Sacheen: Breaking the Silence
Self (archive footage)
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
Self
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
Self
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Self
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
Self
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Self
Heroes of Iwo Jima
Self - Host / Narrator
The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
Self
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
Self
We, the Marines
Self - Narrator (voice)
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
Self
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
Self
The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima
Self - Narrator
The Sky Divers
Self
The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special
Self (archive footage)
Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe
Narrator / Self
Shurtleff on Acting
Self
