Gene Hackman
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 30, 1930
- Died
- February 17, 2025 (aged 95)
- Birthplace
- San Bernardino, California, USA
Biography
Eugene Allen Hackman (January 30, 1930 – 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
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Filmography
Close-Up on The Conversation
Movie
The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Breakdown: 1975
Movie · as (archive footage)
Remembering Gene Wilder
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Playboy Murders
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Sacheen: Breaking the Silence
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Pattern Recognition
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
We, the Marines
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima
Movie · as Self - Narrator
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Movie · as Lex Luthor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Movie · as Self
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Movie · as Self
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
Movie · as Self
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Movie · as Lex Luthor
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 4 eps
Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Welcome to Mooseport
Movie · as Monroe Cole
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
Movie · as Narrator
Runaway Jury
Movie · as Rankin Fitch
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Movie · as Self
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Movie · as Self
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
Movie · as Self
Heartbreakers
Movie · as William B. Tensy
Heist
Movie · as Joe Moore
The Mexican
Movie · as Margolese
Behind Enemy Lines
Movie · as Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group
The Royal Tenenbaums
Movie · as Royal Tenenbaum
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
Movie · as Self
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
Movie · as Lex Luthor (archive footage)
Heroes of Iwo Jima
Movie · as Self - Host / Narrator
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
Movie · as Self
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
Movie · as Self
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
Movie · as Self
Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe
Movie · as Narrator / Self
Under Suspicion
Movie · as Henry Hearst
The Replacements
Movie · as Jimmy McGinty
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Movie · as Self
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
Movie · as Self
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Directors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Antz
Movie · as General Mandible (voice)
Twilight
Movie · as Jack Ames
Enemy of the State
Movie · as Brill
Absolute Power
Movie · as President Richmond
Sports on the Silver Screen
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Birdcage
Movie · as Senator Kevin Keeley
Extreme Measures
Movie · as Dr. Lawrence Myrick
The Chamber
Movie · as Sam Cayhall
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
Movie · as Blind Man (archive footage)
Get Shorty
Movie · as Harry Zimm
The Quick and the Dead
Movie · as Herod
Crimson Tide
Movie · as Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey
The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
Movie · as Self
Wyatt Earp
Movie · as Nicholas Earp
Shurtleff on Acting
Movie · as Self
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
Movie · as Self
Inside the Actors Studio
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Geronimo: An American Legend
Movie · as Brig. Gen. George Crook
The Firm
Movie · as Avery Tolar
Unforgiven
Movie · as 'Little' Bill Daggett
Earth and the American Dream
Movie · as Reader (voice)
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Movie · as Self
Company Business
Movie · as Sam Boyd
Class Action
Movie · as Jedediah Tucker Ward
Postcards from the Edge
Movie · as Lowell Kolchek
Narrow Margin
Movie · as Robert Caulfield
Loose Cannons
Movie · as MacArthur Stern
The Package
Movie · as Johnny Gallagher
Mississippi Burning
Movie · as Agent Rupert Anderson
Another Woman
Movie · as Larry
Full Moon in Blue Water
Movie · as Floyd
Bat★21
Movie · as Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton
Split Decisions
Movie · as Dan McGuinn
No Way Out
Movie · as Defense Secretary David Brice
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Movie · as Lex Luthor
Hoosiers
Movie · as Norman Dale
Power
Movie · as Wilfred Buckley
American Masters
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Target
Movie · as Walter Lloyd
Twice in a Lifetime
Movie · as Harry MacKenzie
Larry King Live
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Uncommon Valor
Movie · as Col. Cal Rhodes
Under Fire
Movie · as Alex Grazier
Eureka
Movie · as Jack McCann
Misunderstood
Movie · as Ned Rawley
The Making of 'Superman II'
Movie · as Self
Two of a Kind
Movie · as God (voice) (uncredited)
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
Movie · as Self
Reds
Movie · as Pete van Wherry
All Night Long
Movie · as George Dupler
Entertainment Tonight
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Superman II
Movie · as Lex Luthor
Superman
Movie · as Lex Luthor
Formula 1 - Speed fever
Movie · as Self
The South Bank Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Ciné regards
TV · as Self · 1 ep
A Bridge Too Far
Movie · as Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski
The Domino Principle
Movie · as Tucker
March or Die
Movie · as Major William Sherman Foster
The Hollywood Greats
TV · 1 ep
French Connection II
Movie · as "Popeye" Doyle
Night Moves
Movie · as Harry Moseby
Bite the Bullet
Movie · as Sam Clayton
Lucky Lady
Movie · as Kibby
The Conversation
Movie · as Harry Caul
Young Frankenstein
Movie · as Blindman
Zandy's Bride
Movie · as Zandy Allen
Dinah!
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Scarecrow
Movie · as Max Millan
On the Road with: Scarecrow
Movie · as Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Poseidon Adventure
Movie · as Reverend Scott
Prime Cut
Movie · as Mary Ann
Cisco Pike
Movie · as Officer Leo Holland
The French Connection
Movie · as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle
The Hunting Party
Movie · as Brandt Ruger
Doctors' Wives
Movie · as Dave Randolph
V.I.P. Schaukel
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Film '72
TV · as Self · 4 eps
I Never Sang for My Father
Movie · as Gene Garrison
Downhill Racer
Movie · as Eugene Claire
Marooned
Movie · as Buzz Lloyd
The Gypsy Moths
Movie · as Joe Browdy
Riot
Movie · as Red Fraker
The Sky Divers
Movie · as Self
The Split
Movie · as Lt. Walter Brill
Shadow on the Land
Movie · as Rev. Thomas Davis
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Bonnie and Clyde
Movie · as Buck Barrow
A Covenant with Death
Movie · as Harmsworth
First to Fight
Movie · as Sergeant Tweed
Banning
Movie · as Tommy Del Gaddo
The Invaders
TV · as Tom Jessup · 1 ep
Hawaii
Movie · as John Whipple
Hawk
TV · 1 ep
CBS Playhouse
TV · as Ned · 1 ep
The F.B.I.
TV · as Herb Kenyon · 1 ep
The Trials of O'Brien
TV · as Roger Nathan · 1 ep
Lilith
Movie · as Norman
East Side/West Side
TV · 1 ep
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV · as Self · 6 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Mad Dog Coll
Movie · as Cop (uncredited)
The Defenders
TV · as Stanley McGuirk · 2 eps
The DuPont Show of the Week
TV · as Douglas McCann · 1 ep
Tallahassee 7000
TV · as Joe Lawson · 1 ep
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 7 eps
Route 66
TV · as Motorist · 1 ep
Naked City
TV · as Mr. Jasper · 1 ep
The United States Steel Hour
TV · 5 eps
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee, Self - Presenter, Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient, Self - Nominee / Presenter · 1 ep