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