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