Gene Hackman
Biography
Eugene Allen Hackman (January 30, 1930 – c. February 17, 2025) was an American actor. In a career that spanned six decades, he received two Academy Awards, two British Academy Films Awards and four Golden Globes. Hackman's two Academy Award wins were for Best Actor for his role as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in William Friedkin's action thriller The French Connection (1971) and for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a villainous Sheriff in Clint Eastwood's Western film Unforgiven (1992). He was Oscar-nominated for his roles as 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). Hackman gained further fame for his portrayal of Lex Luthor in Superman (1978) and its sequel Superman II (1980). He also acted in: The Poseidon Adventure (1972), Scarecrow (1973), The Conversation (1974), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Under Fire (1983), Power (1986), Loose Cannons (1990), The Firm (1993), The Quick and the Dead (1995), The Birdcage (1996), Enemy of the State (1998), Behind Enemy Lines (2001) and Runaway Jury (2003). He retired from acting after starring in Welcome to Mooseport (2004). Description above from the Wikipedia article Gene Hackman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
'Little' Bill Daggett
Unforgiven
President Richmond
Absolute Power
Buck Barrow
Bonnie and Clyde
Jimmy Doyle
The French Connection
Reverend Scott
The Poseidon Adventure
Harry Caul
The Conversation
Agent Rupert Anderson
Mississippi Burning
Blindman
Young Frankenstein
Henry Hearst
Under Suspicion
Defense Secretary David Brice
No Way Out
Lex Luthor
Superman
Jimmy McGinty
The Replacements
"Popeye" Doyle
French Connection II
William B. Tensy
Heartbreakers
Senator Kevin Keeley
The Birdcage
Joe Moore
Heist
Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski
A Bridge Too Far
Coach Norman Dale
Hoosiers
Dr. Lawrence Myrick
Extreme Measures
Lex Luthor
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Arnold Margolese
The Mexican
Rankin Fitch
Runaway Jury
Lowell Kolchek
Postcards from the Edge
Larry
Another Woman
Max Millan
Scarecrow
Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group
Behind Enemy Lines
Robert Caulfield
Narrow Margin
Walter Lloyd
Target
Harry Zimm
Get Shorty
Sam Cayhall
The Chamber
Sgt. Johnny Gallagher
The Package
Lt. Walter Brill
The Split
Lex Luthor
Superman II
MacArthur Stern
Loose Cannons
Tucker
The Domino Principle
Harry Moseby
Night Moves
John Herod
The Quick and the Dead
Sam Boyd
Company Business
Nicholas Earp
Wyatt Earp
Major William Sherman Foster
March or Die
Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey
Crimson Tide
General Mandible (voice)
Antz
Royal Tenenbaum
The Royal Tenenbaums
Jack Ames
Twilight
Eugene Claire
Downhill Racer
Sam Clayton
Bite the Bullet
Brill
Enemy of the State
Col. Cal Rhodes
Uncommon Valor
Alex Grazier
Under Fire
Mary Ann
Prime Cut
Buzz Lloyd
Marooned
Brig. Gen. George Crook
Geronimo: An American Legend
Floyd
Full Moon in Blue Water
John Whipple
Hawaii
Norman
Lilith
Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton
Bat★21
Avery Tolar
The Firm
Jedediah Tucker Ward
Class Action
Jack McCann
Eureka
Brandt Ruger
The Hunting Party
Joe Browdy
The Gypsy Moths
Monroe Cole
Welcome to Mooseport
Wilfred Buckley
Power
Pete van Wherry
Reds
Lex Luthor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Ned Rawley
Misunderstood
Officer Leo Holland
Cisco Pike
Gene Garrison
I Never Sang for My Father
Dan McGuinn
Split Decisions
Red Fraker
Riot
Self
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
Kibby
Lucky Lady
Zandy Allen
Zandy's Bride
Narrator
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
Harry MacKenzie
Twice in a Lifetime
George Dupler
All Night Long
Self
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
Self
Shurtleff on Acting
Dave Randolph
Doctors' Wives
Lex Luthor (archive footage)
De Superman à Spider-Man: L'aventure des super-héros
Harmsworth
A Covenant with Death
Self (archive footage)
Sports on the Silver Screen
Self - Host/Narrator
Heroes of Iwo Jima
Self (archive footage)
Sacheen: Breaking the Silence
Self (archive footage)
Pattern Recognition
Self
The Sky Divers
Sergeant Tweed
First to Fight
Self
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
Self
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Self
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Self
Night of 100 Stars II
Tommy Del Gaddo
Banning
Rev. Thomas Davis
Shadow on the Land
Self (Archive Footage)
How Fast?
Self
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Narrator (voice)
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
Self
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
Self
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
Self
The Making of 'Superman II'
Self
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
Self
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Cop (uncredited)
Mad Dog Coll
Self - Narrator (voice)
We, The Marines
Narrator (voice)
Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage
Self
Formula 1 - Febbre della velocità
Self (archive footage)
And the Oscar Goes To...
Lex Luthor
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Reader (voice)
Earth and the American Dream
Self
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Self
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
Blind Man (archive footage)
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
God (voice) (uncredited)
Two of a Kind
Self (archive footage)
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
Self
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
Self
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
Self (archive footage)
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Himself/Narrator
Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe
Self (archive footage)
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Self
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Himself
On the Road with: Scarecrow
Self
The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
Self - Narrator
The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
122
Gender
Male
Birthday
1930-01-30
Place of Birth
San Bernardino, California, USA
Also Known As
Eugene Allen Hackman