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