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