Gene Hackman
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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
Credits
Superman (1978)
as Lex Luthor
Unforgiven (1992)
as 'Little' Bill Daggett
The Quick and the Dead (1995)
as Herod
Antz (1998)
as General Mandible (voice)
Mississippi Burning (1988)
as Agent Rupert Anderson
The Firm (1993)
as Avery Tolar
Enemy of the State (1998)
as Brill
Crimson Tide (1995)
as Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey
Superman II (1980)
as Lex Luthor
Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
as Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group
Young Frankenstein (1974)
as Blindman
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
as Royal Tenenbaum
Runaway Jury (2003)
as Rankin Fitch
The Replacements (2000)
as Jimmy McGinty
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
as Buck Barrow
The Birdcage (1996)
as Senator Kevin Keeley
The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
as Reverend Scott
The French Connection (1971)
as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
as Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski
The Conversation (1974)
as Harry Caul
Absolute Power (1997)
as President Richmond
Get Shorty (1995)
as Harry Zimm
Under Suspicion (2000)
as Henry Hearst
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
as Lex Luthor
No Way Out (1987)
as Defense Secretary David Brice
Wyatt Earp (1994)
as Nicholas Earp
Heist (2001)
as Joe Moore
Uncommon Valor (1983)
as Col. Cal Rhodes
Postcards from the Edge (1990)
as Lowell Kolchek
French Connection II (1975)
as "Popeye" Doyle
The Mexican (2001)
as Arnold Margolese
Heartbreakers (2001)
as William B. Tensy
The Package (1989)
as Sgt. Johnny Gallagher
Extreme Measures (1996)
as Dr. Lawrence Myrick
Geronimo: An American Legend (1993)
as Brig. Gen. George Crook
Night Moves (1975)
as Harry Moseby
Welcome to Mooseport (2004)
as Monroe Cole
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (2006)
as Lex Luthor
The Chamber (1996)
as Sam Cayhall
Under Fire (1983)
as Alex Grazier
Twilight (1998)
as Jack Ames
The Domino Principle (1977)
as Tucker
Scarecrow (1973)
as Max Millan
Reds (1981)
as Pete van Wherry
Narrow Margin (1990)
as Robert Caulfield
Breakdown: 1975 (2025)
as Self (The Conversation/The Poseidon Adventure- archive footage)
Hoosiers (1986)
as Norman Dale
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)
as Lex Luthor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Bat★21 (1988)
as Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton
Bite the Bullet (1975)
as Sam Clayton
Another Woman (1988)
as Larry
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale (2009)
as Self
Lucky Lady (1975)
as Kibby
Power (1986)
as Wilfred Buckley
Downhill Racer (1969)
as Eugene Claire
The Hunting Party (1971)
as Brandt Ruger
Target (1985)
as Walter Lloyd
Loose Cannons (1990)
as MacArthur Stern
March or Die (1977)
as Major William Sherman Foster
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes (2001)
as Lex Luthor (archive footage)
Class Action (1991)
as Jedediah Tucker Ward
Marooned (1969)
as Buzz Lloyd
Prime Cut (1972)
as Mary Ann
Eureka (1983)
as Jack McCann
The Gypsy Moths (1969)
as Joe Browdy
Two of a Kind (1983)
as God (voice) (uncredited)
Hawaii (1966)
as John Whipple
Company Business (1991)
as Sam Boyd
Lilith (1964)
as Norman
Twice in a Lifetime (1985)
as Harry MacKenzie
Remembering Gene Wilder (2024)
as Self (archive footage)
All Night Long (1981)
as George Dupler
Banning (1967)
as Tommy Del Gaddo
Cisco Pike (1972)
as Officer Leo Holland
Earth and the American Dream (1992)
as Reader (voice)
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2004)
as Narrator
Full Moon in Blue Water (1988)
as Floyd
Zandy's Bride (1974)
as Zandy Allen
The Split (1968)
as Lt. Walter Brill
Mad Dog Coll (1961)
as Cop (uncredited)
Split Decisions (1988)
as Dan McGuinn
The Making of 'Crimson Tide' (1995)
as Self
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
I Never Sang for My Father (1970)
as Gene Garrison
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows (2000)
as Self
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story (2013)
as Self
The Making of 'Superman II' (1983)
as Self
Doctors' Wives (1971)
as Dave Randolph
A Covenant with Death (1967)
as Harmsworth
First to Fight (1967)
as Sergeant Tweed
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' (1982)
as Self
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood (1999)
as Narrator (voice)
We, the Marines (2017)
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Misunderstood (1983)
as Ned Rawley
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection' (2000)
as Self
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso (1994)
as Self
Formula 1 - Speed fever (1978)
as Self
Riot (1969)
as Red Fraker
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman' (2001)
as Self
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde' (2008)
as Self
Sports on the Silver Screen (1997)
as Self (archive footage)
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs' (2002)
as Self
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger (2002)
as Self
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein (1996)
as Blind Man (archive footage)
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson (2001)
as Self
The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special (2025)
as Self (archive footage)
The Sky Divers (1969)
as Self
Pattern Recognition (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' (2002)
as Self
Shurtleff on Acting (1994)
as Self
Shadow on the Land (1968)
as Rev. Thomas Davis
The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima (2016)
as Self - Narrator
Sacheen: Breaking the Silence (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
On the Road with: Scarecrow (1973)
as Self
Heroes of Iwo Jima (2001)
as Self - Host/Narrator
Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage (2005)
as Narrator (voice)
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend (2001)
as Self
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' (1992)
as Self
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection (2001)
as Self
Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe (2001)
as Himself/Narrator
Close-Up on The Conversation (—)
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