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