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Gene Hackman

Gene Hackman

ActorProducerCrew Jan 30 (died age 95) San Bernardino, California, USA 1944–2025 (81 year career)
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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 …

Known For

Unforgiven
Film

Unforgiven

'Little' Bill Daggett
Young Frankenstein
Film

Young Frankenstein

Blindman
The Royal Tenenbaums
Film

The Royal Tenenbaums

Royal Tenenbaum
Superman
Film

Superman

Lex Luthor
Enemy of the State
Film

Enemy of the State

Brill
Mississippi Burning
Film

Mississippi Burning

Agent Rupert Anderson
The French Connection
Film

The French Connection

Jimmy Doyle
The Conversation
Film

The Conversation

Harry Caul

Filmography

Acting (154)

·

Movies (121)

Breakdown: 1975

Breakdown: 1975

2025

as (archive footage)

6.4
The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special

The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special

2025

as Self (Archival Footage)

6.5
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

2021

as Self (archive footage)

5.0
Sacheen: Breaking the Silence

Sacheen: Breaking the Silence

2019

as Self (archive footage)

Pattern Recognition

Pattern Recognition

2017

as Self (archive footage)

We, the Marines

We, the Marines

2017

as Self - Narrator (voice)

5.4
The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima

The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima

2016

as Self - Narrator

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

2014

as Lex Luthor (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.2
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story

Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story

2013

as Self

5.9
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

2009

as Self

6.9
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'

Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'

2008

as Self

4.6
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

2006

as Lex Luthor

7.4
Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage

Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage

2005

as Narrator (voice)

Welcome to Mooseport

Welcome to Mooseport

2004

as Monroe Cole

5.1
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust

Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust

2004

as Narrator

6.5
Runaway Jury

Runaway Jury

2003

as Rankin Fitch

6.9
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'

Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'

2002

as Self

6.5
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'

Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'

2002

as Self

7.2
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger

All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger

2002

as Self

6.0
The Royal Tenenbaums

The Royal Tenenbaums

2001

as Royal Tenenbaum

7.5
Behind Enemy Lines

Behind Enemy Lines

2001

as Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group

6.4
The Mexican

The Mexican

2001

as Arnold Margolese

5.9
Heist

Heist

2001

as Joe Moore

6.3
Heartbreakers

Heartbreakers

2001

as William B. Tensy

6.1
Heroes of Iwo Jima

Heroes of Iwo Jima

2001

as Self - Host/Narrator

5.5
Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe

Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe

2001

as Himself/Narrator

Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes

Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes

2001

as Lex Luthor (archive footage)

6.9
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson

With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson

2001

as Self

5.0
Making THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS (with Wes Anderson & Robert Yeoman)

Making THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS (with Wes Anderson & Robert Yeoman)

2001

as Self

Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection

Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection

2001

as Self

7.0
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend

Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend

2001

as Self

6.8
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'

Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'

2001

as Self

7.8
The Replacements

The Replacements

2000

as Jimmy McGinty

6.7
Under Suspicion

Under Suspicion

2000

as Henry Hearst

6.1
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

2000

as Self

7.1
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'

The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'

2000

as Self

8.3
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood

Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood

1999

as Narrator (voice)

7.6
Enemy of the State

Enemy of the State

1998

as Brill

7.1
Antz

Antz

1998

as General Mandible (voice)

6.2
Twilight

Twilight

1998

as Jack Ames

6.1
Absolute Power

Absolute Power

1997

as President Richmond

6.7
Sports on the Silver Screen

Sports on the Silver Screen

1997

as Self (archive footage)

10.0
The Birdcage

The Birdcage

1996

as Senator Kevin Keeley

7.1
Extreme Measures

Extreme Measures

1996

as Dr. Lawrence Myrick

6.0
The Chamber

The Chamber

1996

as Sam Cayhall

6.0
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein

Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein

1996

as Blind Man (archive footage)

8.5
Get Shorty

Get Shorty

1995

as Harry Zimm

6.5
Crimson Tide

Crimson Tide

1995

as Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey

7.2
The Quick and the Dead

The Quick and the Dead

1995

as John Herod

6.5
The Making of 'Crimson Tide'

The Making of 'Crimson Tide'

1995

as Self

Wyatt Earp

Wyatt Earp

1994

as Nicholas Earp

6.8
Shurtleff on Acting

Shurtleff on Acting

1994

as Self

Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso

Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso

1994

as Self

7.4
The Firm

The Firm

1993

as Avery Tolar

6.7
Geronimo: An American Legend

Geronimo: An American Legend

1993

as Brig. Gen. George Crook

6.3
Unforgiven

Unforgiven

1992

as 'Little' Bill Daggett

7.9
Earth and the American Dream

Earth and the American Dream

1992

as Reader (voice)

6.7
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'

Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'

1992

as Self

Company Business

Company Business

1991

as Sam Boyd

5.2
Class Action

Class Action

1991

as Jedediah Tucker Ward

6.3
Postcards from the Edge

Postcards from the Edge

1990

as Lowell Kolchek

6.6
Loose Cannons

Loose Cannons

1990

as MacArthur Stern

5.0
Narrow Margin

Narrow Margin

1990

as Robert Caulfield

6.5
The Package

The Package

1989

as Sgt. Johnny Gallagher

6.1
Mississippi Burning

Mississippi Burning

1988

as Agent Rupert Anderson

7.7
Another Woman

Another Woman

1988

as Larry

6.8
Bat★21

Bat★21

1988

as Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton

6.3
Full Moon in Blue Water

Full Moon in Blue Water

1988

as Floyd

6.0
Split Decisions

Split Decisions

1988

as Dan McGuinn

5.0
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

1987

as Lex Luthor

4.6
No Way Out

No Way Out

1987

as Defense Secretary David Brice

6.9
Power

Power

1986

as Wilfred Buckley

5.9
Hoosiers

Hoosiers

1986

as Coach Norman Dale

7.0
Target

Target

1985

as Walter Lloyd

5.9
Twice in a Lifetime

Twice in a Lifetime

1985

as Harry MacKenzie

5.7
Eureka

Eureka

1983

as Jack McCann

5.3
Uncommon Valor

Uncommon Valor

1983

as Col. Cal Rhodes

6.3
Under Fire

Under Fire

1983

as Alex Grazier

6.7
Two of a Kind

Two of a Kind

1983

as God (voice) (uncredited)

5.8
Misunderstood

Misunderstood

1983

as Ned Rawley

6.6
The Making of 'Superman II'

The Making of 'Superman II'

1983

as Self

7.6
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'

The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'

1982

as Self

6.4
Reds

Reds

1981

as Pete van Wherry

6.9
All Night Long

All Night Long

1981

as George Dupler

5.1
Superman II

Superman II

1980

as Lex Luthor

6.7
Superman

Superman

1978

as Lex Luthor

7.2
Formula 1 - Speed fever

Formula 1 - Speed fever

1978

as Self

7.0
A Bridge Too Far

A Bridge Too Far

1977

as Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski

7.2
March or Die

March or Die

1977

as Major William Sherman Foster

5.8
The Domino Principle

The Domino Principle

1977

as Tucker

5.9
Lucky Lady

Lucky Lady

1975

as Kibby

5.3
Night Moves

Night Moves

1975

as Harry Moseby

6.7
Bite the Bullet

Bite the Bullet

1975

as Sam Clayton

6.4
French Connection II

French Connection II

1975

as "Popeye" Doyle

6.8
The Conversation

The Conversation

1974

as Harry Caul

7.5
Young Frankenstein

Young Frankenstein

1974

as Blindman

7.9
Zandy's Bride

Zandy's Bride

1974

as Zandy Allen

6.2
Scarecrow

Scarecrow

1973

as Max Millan

7.1
On the Road with: Scarecrow

On the Road with: Scarecrow

1973

as Himself

7.0
The Poseidon Adventure

The Poseidon Adventure

1972

as Reverend Scott

7.1
Prime Cut

Prime Cut

1972

as Mary Ann

6.4
The French Connection

The French Connection

1971

as Jimmy Doyle

7.5
The Hunting Party

The Hunting Party

1971

as Brandt Ruger

6.1
Doctors' Wives

Doctors' Wives

1971

as Dave Randolph

4.8
Cisco Pike

Cisco Pike

1971

as Officer Leo Holland

5.6
I Never Sang for My Father

I Never Sang for My Father

1970

as Gene Garrison

6.6
Downhill Racer

Downhill Racer

1969

as Eugene Claire

5.9
Marooned

Marooned

1969

as Buzz Lloyd

5.9
The Gypsy Moths

The Gypsy Moths

1969

as Joe Browdy

6.0
Riot

Riot

1969

as Red Fraker

5.2
The Sky Divers

The Sky Divers

1969

as Self

The Split

The Split

1968

as Lt. Walter Brill

6.7
Shadow on the Land

Shadow on the Land

1968

as Rev. Thomas Davis

8.0
A Covenant with Death

A Covenant with Death

1967

as Harmsworth

4.7
Bonnie and Clyde

Bonnie and Clyde

1967

as Buck Barrow

7.5
Banning

Banning

1967

as Tommy Del Gaddo

5.6
First to Fight

First to Fight

1967

as Sergeant Tweed

7.9
Hawaii

Hawaii

1966

as John Whipple

6.3
Lilith

Lilith

1964

as Norman

6.4
Mad Dog Coll

Mad Dog Coll

1961

as Cop (uncredited)

5.3
Superman Redeemed

Superman Redeemed

as Lex Luthor