
Gene Hackman
Acting • Born 1930-01-30 – Died 2025-02-17
Biography
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).
Filmography
155 credits
Unforgiven
Movie • 1992
'Little' Bill Daggett

Absolute Power
Movie • 1997
President Richmond

Bonnie and Clyde
Movie • 1967
Buck Barrow

The French Connection
Movie • 1971
Jimmy Doyle

The Poseidon Adventure
Movie • 1972
Reverend Scott

The Conversation
Movie • 1974
Harry Caul

Mississippi Burning
Movie • 1988
Agent Rupert Anderson

Young Frankenstein
Movie • 1974
Blindman

Under Suspicion
Movie • 2000
Henry Hearst

No Way Out
Movie • 1987
Defense Secretary David Brice

Superman
Movie • 1978
Lex Luthor

The Replacements
Movie • 2000
Jimmy McGinty

French Connection II
Movie • 1975
"Popeye" Doyle

Heartbreakers
Movie • 2001
William B. Tensy

The Birdcage
Movie • 1996
Senator Kevin Keeley

Heist
Movie • 2001
Joe Moore

A Bridge Too Far
Movie • 1977
Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski

Hoosiers
Movie • 1986
Coach Norman Dale

Extreme Measures
Movie • 1996
Dr. Lawrence Myrick

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Movie • 1987
Lex Luthor

The Mexican
Movie • 2001
Arnold Margolese

Runaway Jury
Movie • 2003
Rankin Fitch

Postcards from the Edge
Movie • 1990
Lowell Kolchek

Another Woman
Movie • 1988
Larry

Scarecrow
Movie • 1973
Max Millan

Behind Enemy Lines
Movie • 2001
Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group

Target
Movie • 1985
Walter Lloyd

Narrow Margin
Movie • 1990
Robert Caulfield

The Chamber
Movie • 1996
Sam Cayhall

Get Shorty
Movie • 1995
Harry Zimm

The Package
Movie • 1989
Sgt. Johnny Gallagher

The Split
Movie • 1968
Lt. Walter Brill

Superman II
Movie • 1980
Lex Luthor

Loose Cannons
Movie • 1990
MacArthur Stern

The Domino Principle
Movie • 1977
Tucker

Night Moves
Movie • 1975
Harry Moseby

The Quick and the Dead
Movie • 1995
John Herod

Company Business
Movie • 1991
Sam Boyd

Wyatt Earp
Movie • 1994
Nicholas Earp

March or Die
Movie • 1977
Major William Sherman Foster

Crimson Tide
Movie • 1995
Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey

Antz
Movie • 1998
General Mandible (voice)

The Royal Tenenbaums
Movie • 2001
Royal Tenenbaum

Twilight
Movie • 1998
Jack Ames

Downhill Racer
Movie • 1969
Eugene Claire

Bite the Bullet
Movie • 1975
Sam Clayton

Enemy of the State
Movie • 1998
Brill

Uncommon Valor
Movie • 1983
Col. Cal Rhodes

Under Fire
Movie • 1983
Alex Grazier

Prime Cut
Movie • 1972
Mary Ann

Marooned
Movie • 1969
Buzz Lloyd

Geronimo: An American Legend
Movie • 1993
Brig. Gen. George Crook

Full Moon in Blue Water
Movie • 1988
Floyd

Hawaii
Movie • 1966
John Whipple

Lilith
Movie • 1964
Norman

Bat★21
Movie • 1988
Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton

The Firm
Movie • 1993
Avery Tolar

Class Action
Movie • 1991
Jedediah Tucker Ward

Eureka
Movie • 1983
Jack McCann

The Hunting Party
Movie • 1971
Brandt Ruger

The Gypsy Moths
Movie • 1969
Joe Browdy

Welcome to Mooseport
Movie • 2004
Monroe Cole

Power
Movie • 1986
Wilfred Buckley

Reds
Movie • 1981
Pete van Wherry

Misunderstood
Movie • 1983
Ned Rawley

Cisco Pike
Movie • 1971
Officer Leo Holland

I Never Sang for My Father
Movie • 1970
Gene Garrison

Split Decisions
Movie • 1988
Dan McGuinn

Riot
Movie • 1969
Red Fraker

With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
Movie • 2001
Self

Lucky Lady
Movie • 1975
Kibby

Zandy's Bride
Movie • 1974
Zandy Allen

Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
Movie • 2004
Narrator

Twice in a Lifetime
Movie • 1985
Harry MacKenzie

All Night Long
Movie • 1981
George Dupler

Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
Movie • 2008
Self

Shurtleff on Acting
Movie • 1994
Self

Doctors' Wives
Movie • 1971
Dave Randolph

Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
Movie • 2001
Lex Luthor (archive footage)

A Covenant with Death
Movie • 1967
Harmsworth

Sports on the Silver Screen
Movie • 1997
Self (archive footage)

Heroes of Iwo Jima
Movie • 2001
Self - Host/Narrator

Sacheen: Breaking the Silence
Movie • 2019
Self (archive footage)

Pattern Recognition
Movie • 2017
Self (archive footage)

The Sky Divers
Movie • 1969
Self

First to Fight
Movie • 1967
Sergeant Tweed

Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
Movie • 2001
Self

Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Movie • 2013
Self

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Movie • 2000
Self

Banning
Movie • 1967
Tommy Del Gaddo

Shadow on the Land
Movie • 1968
Rev. Thomas Davis

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Movie • 2009
Self

Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
Movie • 1999
Narrator (voice)

Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
Movie • 2001
Self

The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
Movie • 1982
Self

The Making of 'Superman II'
Movie • 1983
Self

Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
Movie • 2001
Self

Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Movie • 2002
Self

Mad Dog Coll
Movie • 1961
Cop (uncredited)

We, the Marines
Movie • 2017
Self - Narrator (voice)

Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage
Movie • 2005
Narrator (voice)

Formula 1 - Speed fever
Movie • 1978
Self

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Movie • 2006
Lex Luthor

Earth and the American Dream
Movie • 1992
Reader (voice)

Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Movie • 2002
Self

All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
Movie • 2002
Self

Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
Movie • 1996
Blind Man (archive footage)

Two of a Kind
Movie • 1983
God (voice) (uncredited)

Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
Movie • 1994
Self

The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
Movie • 2000
Self

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)

Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe
Movie • 2001
Himself/Narrator

Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Movie • 1992
Self

On the Road with: Scarecrow
Movie • 1973
Self

The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
Movie • 1995
Self

The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima
Movie • 2016
Self - Narrator

The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special
Movie • 2025
Self (Archival Footage)

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Movie • 2014
Lex Luthor (archive footage) (uncredited)

Breakdown: 1975
Movie • 2025
(archive footage)

Making THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS (with Wes Anderson & Robert Yeoman)
Movie • 2001
Self

Larry King Live
TV • 1985
Self

Inside the Actors Studio
TV • 1994
Self

The F.B.I.
TV • 1965
Herb Kenyon

The South Bank Show
TV • 1978
Self

Naked City
TV • 1958
Mr. Jasper

East Side/West Side
TV • 1963

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TV • 1968
Self

The Defenders
TV • 1961
Stanley McGuirk

The United States Steel Hour
TV • 1953

CBS Playhouse
TV • 1966

The DuPont Show of the Week
TV • 1961
Douglas McCann

The Directors
TV • 1999
Self

The Hollywood Greats
TV • 1977

The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self

Hawk
TV • 1966

Tallahassee 7000
TV • 1961
Joe Lawson

The Trials of O'Brien
TV • 1965
Roger Nathan

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self

America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
TV • 2006
Self - Narrator (voice)

The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TV • 1973
Self

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
TV • 2007
Self

V.I.P. Schaukel
TV • 1971
Self

American Masters
TV • 1986
Self

The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self

Entertainment Tonight
TV • 1981
Self

The Invaders
TV • 1967
Tom Jessup

The Playboy Murders
TV • 2023
Self (archive footage)

Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee

Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Presenter

Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient

Route 66
TV • 1960
Motorist

Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee / Presenter

Dinah!
TV • 1974
Self

The Merv Griffin Show
TV • 1962
Self

Film '72
TV • 1971
Self