Gene Hackman
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San Bernardino, California, USA
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).
Appearances
7.9
Unforgiven
'Little' Bill Daggett
6.7
Absolute Power
President Richmond
7.5
Bonnie and Clyde
Buck Barrow
7.5
The French Connection
Jimmy Doyle
7.1
The Poseidon Adventure
Reverend Scott
7.5
The Conversation
Harry Caul
7.7
Mississippi Burning
Agent Rupert Anderson
7.9
Young Frankenstein
Blindman
6.1
Under Suspicion
Henry Hearst
6.9
No Way Out
Defense Secretary David Brice
7.2
Superman
Lex Luthor
6.7
The Replacements
Jimmy McGinty
6.8
French Connection II
"Popeye" Doyle
6.1
Heartbreakers
William B. Tensy
7.1
The Birdcage
Senator Kevin Keeley
6.3
Heist
Joe Moore
7.2
A Bridge Too Far
Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski
7.1
Hoosiers
Coach Norman Dale
6.0
Extreme Measures
Dr. Lawrence Myrick
4.6
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Lex Luthor
6.0
The Mexican
Arnold Margolese
6.9
Runaway Jury
Rankin Fitch
6.6
Postcards from the Edge
Lowell Kolchek
6.8
Another Woman
Larry
7.1
Scarecrow
Max Millan
6.4
Behind Enemy Lines
Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group
6.5
Narrow Margin
Robert Caulfield
5.9
Target
Walter Lloyd
6.5
Get Shorty
Harry Zimm
6.0
The Chamber
Sam Cayhall
6.1
The Package
Sgt. Johnny Gallagher
6.7
The Split
Lt. Walter Brill
6.8
Superman II
Lex Luthor
5.1
Loose Cannons
MacArthur Stern
5.9
The Domino Principle
Tucker
6.7
Night Moves
Harry Moseby
6.5
The Quick and the Dead
Herod
5.2
Company Business
Sam Boyd
6.8
Wyatt Earp
Nicholas Earp
5.8
March or Die
Major William Sherman Foster
7.2
Crimson Tide
Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey
6.2
Antz
General Mandible (voice)
7.5
The Royal Tenenbaums
Royal Tenenbaum
6.1
Twilight
Jack Ames
5.9
Downhill Racer
Eugene Claire
6.5
Bite the Bullet
Sam Clayton
7.1
Enemy of the State
Brill
6.3
Uncommon Valor
Col. Cal Rhodes
6.7
Under Fire
Alex Grazier
6.4
Prime Cut
Mary Ann
5.9
Marooned
Buzz Lloyd
6.3
Geronimo: An American Legend
Brig. Gen. George Crook
6.1
Full Moon in Blue Water
Floyd
6.3
Hawaii
John Whipple
6.4
Lilith
Norman
6.3
Bat*21
Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton
6.7
The Firm
Avery Tolar
6.3
Class Action
Jedediah Tucker Ward
5.3
Eureka
Jack McCann
6.1
The Hunting Party
Brandt Ruger
6.1
The Gypsy Moths
Joe Browdy
5.1
Welcome to Mooseport
Monroe Cole
5.9
Power
Wilfred Buckley
6.9
Reds
Pete van Wherry
6.7
Misunderstood
Ned Rawley
5.7
Cisco Pike
Officer Leo Holland
6.7
I Never Sang for My Father
Gene Garrison
5.1
Split Decisions
Dan McGuinn
5.3
Riot
Red Fraker
7.0
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
Self
5.5
Lucky Lady
Kibby
6.2
Zandy's Bride
Zandy Allen
6.6
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
Narrator
5.8
Twice in a Lifetime
Harry MacKenzie
5.2
All Night Long
George Dupler
4.6
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
Self
Shurtleff on Acting
Self
4.9
Doctors' Wives
Dave Randolph
6.9
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
Lex Luthor (archive footage)
4.8
A Covenant with Death
Harmsworth
9.0
Sports on the Silver Screen
Self (archive footage)
6.1
Heroes of Iwo Jima
Self - Host/Narrator
Sacheen: Breaking the Silence
Self (archive footage)
Pattern Recognition
Self (archive footage)
The Sky Divers
Self
7.9
First to Fight
Sergeant Tweed
7.0
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
Self
7.3
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Self
6.1
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Self
5.8
Banning
Tommy Del Gaddo
7.7
Shadow on the Land
Rev. Thomas Davis
7.0
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Self
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
7.8
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
Narrator (voice)
7.6
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
Self
6.6
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
Self
7.6
The Making of 'Superman II'
Self
7.2
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
Self
6.5
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Self
5.4
Mad Dog Coll
Cop (uncredited)
5.4
We, the Marines
Self - Narrator (voice)
Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage
Narrator (voice)
7.1
Formula 1 - Speed fever
Self
7.3
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Lex Luthor
6.7
Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
7.4
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Self
7.3
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
Self
8.3
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
Blind Man (archive footage)
5.9
Two of a Kind
God (voice) (uncredited)
7.4
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
Self
8.1
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
Self
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
5.0
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Self (archive footage)
Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe
Himself/Narrator
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Self
7.0
On the Road with: Scarecrow
Self
9.0
The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
Self
The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima
Self - Narrator
6.5
The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special
Self (archive footage)
7.2
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Lex Luthor (archive footage) (uncredited)
6.7
Breakdown: 1975
(archive footage)
5.3
Larry King Live
Self
7.6
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
5.5
The F.B.I.
Herb Kenyon
5.6
The South Bank Show
Self
5.7
Naked City
Mr. Jasper
7.8
East Side/West Side
6.7
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
6.3
The Defenders
Stanley McGuirk
6.3
The United States Steel Hour
7.0
The DuPont Show of the Week
Douglas McCann
6.1
The Directors
Self
4.7
The Hollywood Greats
7.0
The Oscars
Self
8.0
Hawk
8.5
Tallahassee 7000
Joe Lawson
7.0
The Trials of O'Brien
Roger Nathan
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
8.0
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
Self - Narrator (voice)
6.3
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
6.8
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
7.7
V.I.P. Schaukel
Self
7.3
American Masters
Self
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
4.3
Entertainment Tonight
Self
6.8
The Invaders
Tom Jessup
7.6
The Playboy Murders
Self (archive footage)
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
6.4
Route 66
Motorist
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee / Presenter
7.0
Dinah!
Self
6.6
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
Film '72
4.7
Film '72
Self
CBS Playhouse
7.0
CBS Playhouse
Ned