
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

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
2007
as Self
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

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
2007
as Self

The F.B.I.
1965
as Herb Kenyon

The Invaders
1967
as Tom Jessup

Route 66
1960
as Motorist

American Masters
1986
as Self

The Defenders
1961
as Stanley McGuirk

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self

Dinah!
1974
as Self

The Oscars
1953
as Self

The South Bank Show
1978
as Self
Film '72
1971
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

The Playboy Murders
2023
as Self (archive footage)

East Side/West Side
1963

The Trials of O'Brien
1965
as Roger Nathan

Hawk
1966

Larry King Live
1985
as Self

The Hollywood Greats
1977

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

Wyatt Earp
1994
as Nicholas Earp

Mississippi Burning
1988
as Agent Rupert Anderson

Enemy of the State
1998
as Brill

The Birdcage
1996
as Senator Kevin Keeley

The Firm
1993
as Avery Tolar

Superman II
1980
as Lex Luthor

Heartbreakers
2001
as William B. Tensy

The Quick and the Dead
1995
as Herod

The Royal Tenenbaums
2001
as Royal Tenenbaum

Absolute Power
1997
as President Richmond

Bonnie and Clyde
1967
as Buck Barrow

Young Frankenstein
1974
as Blindman

A Bridge Too Far
1977
as Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski

Behind Enemy Lines
2001
as Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group

Get Shorty
1995
as Harry Zimm

The French Connection
1971
as Jimmy Doyle

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987
as Lex Luthor

Runaway Jury
2003
as Rankin Fitch

No Way Out
1987
as Defense Secretary David Brice

The Poseidon Adventure
1972
as Reverend Scott

The Mexican
2001
as Arnold Margolese

The Replacements
2000
as Jimmy McGinty

Hoosiers
1986
as Norman Dale

Uncommon Valor
1983
as Col. Cal Rhodes

The Conversation
1974
as Harry Caul

Breakdown: 1975
2025
as (archive footage)

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
2006
as Lex Luthor

The Package
1989
as Sgt. Johnny Gallagher

Under Suspicion
2000
as Henry Hearst

Geronimo: An American Legend
1993
as Brig. Gen. George Crook

Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
2001
as Lex Luthor (archive footage)

Scarecrow
1973
as Max Millan

Reds
1981
as Pete van Wherry

Heist
2001
as Joe Moore

The Chamber
1996
as Sam Cayhall

Extreme Measures
1996
as Dr. Lawrence Myrick

Postcards from the Edge
1990
as Lowell Kolchek

Cisco Pike
1972
as Officer Leo Holland

Eureka
1983
as Jack McCann

Another Woman
1988
as Larry

Narrow Margin
1990
as Robert Caulfield

Banning
1967
as Tommy Del Gaddo
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
as Self (archive footage)

Bat★21
1988
as Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton

The Split
1968
as Lt. Walter Brill

Night Moves
1975
as Harry Moseby

French Connection II
1975
as "Popeye" Doyle

Under Fire
1983
as Alex Grazier

Twilight
1998
as Jack Ames

Target
1985
as Walter Lloyd

Bite the Bullet
1975
as Sam Clayton

Class Action
1991
as Jedediah Tucker Ward

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)

Marooned
1969
as Buzz Lloyd

Prime Cut
1972
as Mary Ann

Two of a Kind
1983
as God (voice) (uncredited)

Hawaii
1966
as John Whipple

Loose Cannons
1990
as MacArthur Stern

The Hunting Party
1971
as Brandt Ruger

Welcome to Mooseport
2004
as Monroe Cole

Lilith
1964
as Norman

Downhill Racer
1969
as Eugene Claire

Lucky Lady
1975
as Kibby

Power
1986
as Wilfred Buckley

Riot
1969
as Red Fraker

The Domino Principle
1977
as Tucker

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2009
as Self

Split Decisions
1988
as Dan McGuinn

Doctors' Wives
1971
as Dave Randolph

Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
2004
as Narrator

Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
1994
as Self

Company Business
1991
as Sam Boyd

Earth and the American Dream
1992
as Reader (voice)

Mad Dog Coll
1961
as Cop (uncredited)

Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
1996
as Blind Man (archive footage)

The Gypsy Moths
1969
as Joe Browdy

Zandy's Bride
1974
as Zandy Allen

All Night Long
1981
as George Dupler

A Covenant with Death
1967
as Harmsworth

Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
2013
as Self

Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
2001
as Self

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000
as Self

First to Fight
1967
as Sergeant Tweed

I Never Sang for My Father
1970
as Gene Garrison

Full Moon in Blue Water
1988
as Floyd

The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
1995
as Self

The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
1982
as Self

Formula 1 - Speed fever
1978
as Self
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
1999
as Narrator (voice)

Twice in a Lifetime
1985
as Harry MacKenzie

Pattern Recognition
2017
as Self (archive footage)

With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
2001
as Self

Sports on the Silver Screen
1997
as Self (archive footage)

Misunderstood
1983
as Ned Rawley

Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
2002
as Self

The Making of 'Superman II'
1983
as Self

Shurtleff on Acting
1994
as Self

Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
1992
as Self

Shadow on the Land
1968
as Rev. Thomas Davis

Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
2001
as Self

Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
2008
as Self

We, the Marines
2017
as Self - Narrator (voice)

Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
2002
as Self

Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage
2005
as Narrator (voice)

Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
2001
as Self

The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
2000
as Self

Sacheen: Breaking the Silence
2019
as Self (archive footage)

All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
2002
as Self

The Sky Divers
1969
as Self

Heroes of Iwo Jima
2001
as Self - Host/Narrator

On the Road with: Scarecrow
1973
as Self

The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special
2025
as Self (archive footage)

Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe
2001
as Himself/Narrator

The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima
2016
as Self - 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
- Wyatt Earp (1994) — as Nicholas Earp
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