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Gene Hackman

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

Born

Jan 30, 1930

San Bernardino, California, USA

Died

Feb 17, 2025

Known For

Acting

Movies

121 acting

2 crew

Popularity

3.3

Known For

Unforgiven
Unforgiven
1992 • as 'Little' Bill Daggett
★ 7.9
Superman
Superman
1978 • as Lex Luthor
★ 7.2
The Quick and the Dead
The Quick and the Dead
1995 • as Herod
★ 6.6
Antz
Antz
1998 • as General Mandible (voice)
★ 6.2
Superman II
Superman II
1980 • as Lex Luthor
★ 6.7
The Firm
The Firm
1993 • as Avery Tolar
★ 6.7
Enemy of the State
Enemy of the State
1998 • as Brill
★ 7.1
The Poseidon Adventure
The Poseidon Adventure
1972 • as Reverend Scott
★ 7.2
The Royal Tenenbaums
The Royal Tenenbaums
2001 • as Royal Tenenbaum
★ 7.5
Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde
1967 • as Buck Barrow
★ 7.5
Young Frankenstein
Young Frankenstein
1974 • as Blindman
★ 7.9
Heist
Heist
2001 • as Joe Moore
★ 6.3
Behind Enemy Lines
Behind Enemy Lines
2001 • as Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group
★ 6.5
Crimson Tide
Crimson Tide
1995 • as Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey
★ 7.2
The Replacements
The Replacements
2000 • as Jimmy McGinty
★ 6.7
Mississippi Burning
Mississippi Burning
1988 • as Agent Rupert Anderson
★ 7.7
The Birdcage
The Birdcage
1996 • as Senator Kevin Keeley
★ 7.0
The Conversation
The Conversation
1974 • as Harry Caul
★ 7.5
A Bridge Too Far
A Bridge Too Far
1977 • as Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski
★ 7.2
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987 • as Lex Luthor
★ 4.6
The French Connection
The French Connection
1971 • as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle
★ 7.5
Runaway Jury
Runaway Jury
2003 • as Rankin Fitch
★ 7.0
Hoosiers
Hoosiers
1986 • as Norman Dale
★ 7.0
Heartbreakers
Heartbreakers
2001 • as William B. Tensy
★ 6.2
Absolute Power
Absolute Power
1997 • as President Richmond
★ 6.7
Get Shorty
Get Shorty
1995 • as Harry Zimm
★ 6.5
Wyatt Earp
Wyatt Earp
1994 • as Nicholas Earp
★ 6.8
No Way Out
No Way Out
1987 • as Defense Secretary David Brice
★ 6.9
The Mexican
The Mexican
2001 • as Margolese
★ 6.0
Under Fire
Under Fire
1983 • as Alex Grazier
★ 6.7
Eureka
Eureka
1983 • as Jack McCann
★ 5.3
Geronimo: An American Legend
Geronimo: An American Legend
1993 • as Brig. Gen. George Crook
★ 6.3
Banning
Banning
1967 • as Tommy Del Gaddo
★ 5.7
Uncommon Valor
Uncommon Valor
1983 • as Col. Cal Rhodes
★ 6.2
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
★ 7.4
Lucky Lady
Lucky Lady
1975 • as Kibby
★ 5.6
Extreme Measures
Extreme Measures
1996 • as Dr. Lawrence Myrick
★ 6.0
Reds
Reds
1981 • as Pete van Wherry
★ 6.9
Postcards from the Edge
Postcards from the Edge
1990 • as Lowell Kolchek
★ 6.6
Night Moves
Night Moves
1975 • as Harry Moseby
★ 6.7
Under Suspicion
Under Suspicion
2000 • as Henry Hearst
★ 6.1
The Chamber
The Chamber
1996 • as Sam Cayhall
★ 5.9
The Package
The Package
1989 • as Sgt. Johnny Gallagher
★ 6.1
Welcome to Mooseport
Welcome to Mooseport
2004 • as Monroe Cole
★ 5.1
The Hunting Party
The Hunting Party
1971 • as Brandt Ruger
★ 6.2
Loose Cannons
Loose Cannons
1990 • as MacArthur Stern
★ 5.0
Twilight
Twilight
1998 • as Jack Ames
★ 6.1
French Connection II
French Connection II
1975 • as "Popeye" Doyle
★ 6.8
Narrow Margin
Narrow Margin
1990 • as Robert Caulfield
★ 6.4
Another Woman
Another Woman
1988 • as Larry
★ 6.8
March or Die
March or Die
1977 • as Major William Sherman Foster
★ 5.8
Bite the Bullet
Bite the Bullet
1975 • as Sam Clayton
★ 6.4
Scarecrow
Scarecrow
1973 • as Max Millan
★ 7.0
Two of a Kind
Two of a Kind
1983 • as God (voice) (uncredited)
★ 6.1
Pattern Recognition
Pattern Recognition
2017 • as Self (archive footage)
Power
Power
1986 • as Wilfred Buckley
★ 5.8
Downhill Racer
Downhill Racer
1969 • as Eugene Claire
★ 6.0
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
Bat★21
Bat★21
1988 • as Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton
★ 6.3
Hawaii
Hawaii
1966 • as John Whipple
★ 6.3
Prime Cut
Prime Cut
1972 • as Mary Ann
★ 6.5
Class Action
Class Action
1991 • as Jedediah Tucker Ward
★ 6.3
Marooned
Marooned
1969 • as Buzz Lloyd
★ 5.9
Target
Target
1985 • as Walter Lloyd
★ 5.9
Zandy's Bride
Zandy's Bride
1974 • as Zandy Allen
★ 6.4
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
2001 • as Lex Luthor (archive footage)
★ 6.9
Lilith
Lilith
1964 • as Norman
★ 6.4
Breakdown: 1975
Breakdown: 1975
2025 • as (archive footage)
★ 6.9
Mad Dog Coll
Mad Dog Coll
1961 • as Cop (uncredited)
★ 5.4
Full Moon in Blue Water
Full Moon in Blue Water
1988 • as Floyd
★ 6.0
All Night Long
All Night Long
1981 • as George Dupler
★ 5.3
I Never Sang for My Father
I Never Sang for My Father
1970 • as Gene Garrison
★ 6.7
Company Business
Company Business
1991 • as Sam Boyd
★ 5.3
The Gypsy Moths
The Gypsy Moths
1969 • as Joe Browdy
★ 6.0
Twice in a Lifetime
Twice in a Lifetime
1985 • as Harry MacKenzie
★ 5.7
The Domino Principle
The Domino Principle
1977 • as Tucker
★ 5.8
The Split
The Split
1968 • as Lt. Walter Brill
★ 6.7
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
★ 6.1
movie
★ 5.0
Earth and the American Dream
Earth and the American Dream
1992 • as Reader (voice)
★ 6.7
Cisco Pike
Cisco Pike
1972 • as Officer Leo Holland
★ 5.6
A Covenant with Death
A Covenant with Death
1967 • as Harmsworth
★ 4.8
Heroes of Iwo Jima
Heroes of Iwo Jima
2001 • as Self - Host / Narrator
★ 6.1
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
★ 6.8
First to Fight
First to Fight
1967 • as Sergeant Tweed
★ 7.9
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
★ 7.2
The Sky Divers
The Sky Divers
1969 • as Self
★ 6.0
Doctors' Wives
Doctors' Wives
1971 • as Dave Randolph
★ 4.9
Split Decisions
Split Decisions
1988 • as Dan McGuinn
★ 5.1
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
1996 • as Blind Man (archive footage)
★ 8.3
Riot
Riot
1969 • as Red Fraker
★ 5.3
Remembering Gene Wilder
Remembering Gene Wilder
2024 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.3
Formula 1 - Speed fever
Formula 1 - Speed fever
1978 • as Self
★ 7.1
Sports on the Silver Screen
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 9.0
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
★ 7.4
We, the Marines
We, the Marines
2017 • as Self - Narrator (voice)
★ 5.4
Misunderstood
Misunderstood
1983 • as Ned Rawley
★ 6.5
On the Road with: Scarecrow
★ 7.0
Shadow on the Land
Shadow on the Land
1968 • as Rev. Thomas Davis
★ 7.7
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
★ 7.0
The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
★ 9.0
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
★ 7.3
The Making of 'Superman II'
★ 7.6
movie
★ 7.7
Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe
Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe
2001 • as Narrator / Self
Shurtleff on Acting
Shurtleff on Acting
1994 • as Self
Sacheen: Breaking the Silence
Sacheen: Breaking the Silence
2019 • as Self (archive footage)
Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage
Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage
2005 • as Narrator (voice)
The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima
The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima
2016 • as Self - Narrator
The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special
The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special
2025 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.5