Gene Hackman
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.
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- Born:
- Jan 30, 1930 In San Bernardino, California, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 155
- First Appeared:
- In the series Golden Globe Awards 1944-01-20
- Latest Project:
- Movie Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story 2024-09-21
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story | Self (archive footage) | 2024-09-21 |
| Series | The Playboy Murders | Self (archive footage) | 2023-01-23 |
| Movie | Becoming Al Pacino | Self (archive footage) | 2022-02-06 |
| Movie | Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend | Self (archive footage) | 2021-01-02 |
| Movie | Sacheen: Breaking the Silence | Self (archive footage) | 2019-04-05 |
| Movie | Pattern Recognition | Self (archive footage) | 2017-12-01 |
| Movie | We, The Marines | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2017-07-21 |
| Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
| Movie | Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films | Lex Luthor (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2014-10-06 |
| Movie | Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story | Self | 2013-04-27 |
| Movie | I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale | Self | 2009-01-16 |
| Movie | Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde' | Self | 2008-03-25 |
| Series | Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives | Self | 2007-04-23 |
| Movie | Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut | Lex Luthor | 2006-11-02 |
| Movie | Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman | Self (archive footage) | 2006-06-12 |
| Movie | You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman | Self (archive footage) | 2006-11-28 |
| Series | America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2006-11-17 |
| Movie | Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut | Lex Luthor | 2006-11-28 |
| Movie | Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage | Narrator (voice) | 2005-10-09 |
| Movie | Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust | Narrator | 2004-01-01 |
| Movie | Welcome to Mooseport | Monroe Cole | 2004-02-24 |
| Movie | Runaway Jury | Rankin Fitch | 2003-01-16 |
| Movie | All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger | Self | 2002-09-24 |
| Movie | Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' | Self | 2002-09-24 |
| Movie | Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs' | Self | 2002-10-28 |
| Movie | Heroes of Iwo Jima | Self - Host/Narrator | 2001-06-17 |
| Movie | Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman' | Self | 2001-05-01 |
| Movie | Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend | Self | 2001-01-01 |
| Movie | Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe | Himself/Narrator | 2001-08-01 |
| Movie | The Mexican | Arnold Margolese | 2001-03-01 |
| Movie | Heartbreakers | William B. Tensy | 2001-03-23 |
| Movie | The Royal Tenenbaums | Royal Tenenbaum | 2001-10-05 |
| Movie | Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes | Lex Luthor (archive footage) | 2001-12-23 |
| Movie | Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection | Self | 2001-09-25 |
| Movie | With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson | Self | 2001-12-17 |
| Movie | Behind Enemy Lines | Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group | 2001-11-30 |
| Movie | Heist | Joe Moore | 2001-11-09 |
| Movie | The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection' | Self | 2000-01-15 |
| Movie | The Replacements | Jimmy McGinty | 2000-08-11 |
| Movie | Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows | Self | 2000-09-27 |
| Movie | Under Suspicion | Henry Hearst | 2000-08-24 |
| Series | The Directors | Self | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood | Narrator (voice) | 1999-01-23 |
| Movie | Twilight | Jack Ames | 1998-03-06 |
| Movie | Enemy of the State | Brill | 1998-11-20 |
| Movie | Antz | General Mandible (voice) | 1998-10-02 |
| Movie | Absolute Power | President Richmond | 1997-02-14 |
| Movie | Sports on the Silver Screen | Self (archive footage) | 1997-03-16 |
| Movie | The Birdcage | Senator Kevin Keeley | 1996-03-08 |
| Movie | Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein | Blind Man (archive footage) | 1996-01-01 |
| Movie | Extreme Measures | Dr. Lawrence Myrick | 1996-09-27 |
| Movie | The Chamber | Sam Cayhall | 1996-10-11 |
| Movie | The Quick and the Dead | John Herod | 1995-02-09 |
| Movie | Get Shorty | Harry Zimm | 1995-10-20 |
| Movie | Crimson Tide | Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey | 1995-05-12 |
| Movie | Wyatt Earp | Nicholas Earp | 1994-06-24 |
| Movie | Shurtleff on Acting | Self | 1994-07-14 |
| Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Self | 1994-08-14 |
| Movie | Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso | Self | 1994-12-11 |
| Movie | The Firm | Avery Tolar | 1993-06-30 |
| Movie | Geronimo | 1993-12-05 | |
| Movie | Geronimo: An American Legend | Brig. Gen. George Crook | 1993-12-10 |
| Movie | Unforgiven | 'Little' Bill Daggett | 1992-08-07 |
| Movie | Earth and the American Dream | Reader (voice) | 1992-10-01 |
| Movie | Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' | Self | 1992-09-17 |
| Movie | Class Action | Jedediah Tucker Ward | 1991-03-15 |
| Movie | Company Business | Sam Boyd | 1991-09-06 |
| Movie | Loose Cannons | MacArthur Stern | 1990-02-09 |
| Movie | Narrow Margin | Robert Caulfield | 1990-09-21 |
| Movie | Postcards from the Edge | Lowell Kolchek | 1990-09-14 |
| Movie | The Package | Sgt. Johnny Gallagher | 1989-01-25 |
| Movie | Split Decisions | Dan McGuinn | 1988-06-11 |
| Movie | Bat★21 | Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton | 1988-07-21 |
| Movie | Another Woman | Larry | 1988-10-13 |
| Movie | Full Moon in Blue Water | Floyd | 1988-11-23 |
| Movie | Mississippi Burning | Agent Rupert Anderson | 1988-12-08 |
| Movie | Superman IV: The Quest for Peace | Lex Luthor | 1987-07-24 |
| Movie | No Way Out | Defense Secretary David Brice | 1987-08-14 |
| Series | American Masters | Self | 1986-06-23 |
| Movie | Power | Wilfred Buckley | 1986-01-31 |
| Movie | Hoosiers | Coach Norman Dale | 1986-11-14 |
| Movie | Night of 100 Stars II | Self | 1985-03-10 |
| Series | Larry King Live | Self | 1985-06-03 |
| Movie | Twice in a Lifetime | Harry MacKenzie | 1985-10-23 |
| Movie | Target | Walter Lloyd | 1985-11-08 |
| Movie | Misunderstood | Ned Rawley | 1984-03-30 |
| Movie | Uncommon Valor | Col. Cal Rhodes | 1983-12-16 |
| Movie | Under Fire | Alex Grazier | 1983-10-21 |
| Movie | Eureka | Jack McCann | 1983-05-01 |
| Movie | Two of a Kind | God (voice) (uncredited) | 1983-12-13 |
| Movie | The Making of 'Superman II' | Self | 1982-01-01 |
| Movie | All Night Long | George Dupler | 1981-03-06 |
| Movie | Reds | Pete van Wherry | 1981-12-25 |
| Series | Entertainment Tonight | Self | 1981-09-15 |
| Movie | The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' | Self | 1980-01-01 |
| Movie | Superman II | Lex Luthor | 1980-12-12 |
| Series | The South Bank Show | Self | 1978-01-14 |
| Movie | Formula 1 - Speed fever | Self | 1978-09-15 |
| Movie | Superman | Lex Luthor | 1978-12-14 |
| Movie | The Domino Principle | Tucker | 1977-03-23 |
| Movie | A Bridge Too Far | Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski | 1977-06-15 |
| Movie | March or Die | Major William Sherman Foster | 1977-09-08 |
| Series | The Hollywood Greats | Unknown | 1977-08-04 |
| Movie | Night Moves | Harry Moseby | 1975-02-27 |
| Movie | French Connection II | "Popeye" Doyle | 1975-05-18 |
| Movie | Bite the Bullet | Sam Clayton | 1975-09-26 |
| Movie | Lucky Lady | Kibby | 1975-12-25 |
| Movie | Zandy's Bride | Zandy Allen | 1974-05-19 |
| Movie | The Conversation | Harry Caul | 1974-04-07 |
| Movie | Young Frankenstein | Blindman | 1974-12-15 |
| Movie | On the Road with: Scarecrow | Unknown | 1973-01-01 |
| Series | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Self | 1973-04-02 |
| Movie | Scarecrow | Max Millan | 1973-04-11 |
| Movie | Prime Cut | Mary Ann | 1972-06-01 |
| Movie | Cisco Pike | Officer Leo Holland | 1972-01-14 |
| Movie | The Poseidon Adventure | Reverend Scott | 1972-12-01 |
| Series | V.I.P. Schaukel | Self | 1971-05-09 |
| Movie | Doctors' Wives | Dave Randolph | 1971-02-03 |
| Movie | The French Connection | Jimmy Doyle | 1971-10-09 |
| Movie | The Hunting Party | Brandt Ruger | 1971-07-16 |
| Movie | I Never Sang for My Father | Gene Garrison | 1970-10-18 |
| Movie | The Sky Divers | Self | 1969-01-01 |
| Movie | How Fast? | Self (Archive Footage) | 1969-01-01 |
| Movie | Riot | Red Fraker | 1969-01-15 |
| Movie | The Gypsy Moths | Joe Browdy | 1969-08-29 |
| Movie | Marooned | Buzz Lloyd | 1969-12-11 |
| Movie | Downhill Racer | Eugene Claire | 1969-11-06 |
| Series | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Self | 1968-01-22 |
| Movie | The Split | Lt. Walter Brill | 1968-11-04 |
| Movie | Shadow on the Land | Rev. Thomas Davis | 1968-12-04 |
| Series | The Invaders | Tom Jessup | 1967-01-10 |
| Movie | A Covenant with Death | Harmsworth | 1967-02-15 |
| Movie | First to Fight | Sergeant Tweed | 1967-01-25 |
| Movie | Banning | Tommy Del Gaddo | 1967-12-13 |
| Movie | Bonnie and Clyde | Buck Barrow | 1967-08-13 |
| Movie | Community Shelter Planning | Donald Ross - Regional Civil Defense Officer | 1967-06-06 |
| Series | Hawk | Unknown | 1966-09-08 |
| Movie | Hawaii | John Whipple | 1966-10-10 |
| Series | CBS Playhouse | Unknown | 1966-12-08 |
| Series | The Trials of O'Brien | Roger Nathan | 1965-09-18 |
| Series | The F.B.I. | Herb Kenyon | 1965-09-19 |
| Movie | Lilith | Norman | 1964-10-01 |
| Series | East Side/West Side | Unknown | 1963-09-23 |
| Series | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | 1962-10-01 |
| Series | Tallahassee 7000 | Unknown | 1961-01-24 |
| Series | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | 1961-12-11 |
| Movie | Mad Dog Coll | Cop (uncredited) | 1961-05-12 |
| Series | The Defenders | Stanley McGuirk | 1961-09-16 |
| Series | The DuPont Show of the Week | Douglas McCann | 1961-09-17 |
| Series | Insight | Holt | 1960-10-02 |
| Series | Route 66 | Motorist | 1960-10-07 |
| Series | Naked City | Mr. Jasper | 1958-09-30 |
| Series | The Oscars | Self | 1953-03-19 |
| Series | The United States Steel Hour | Unknown | 1953-10-27 |
| Series | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee / Presenter | 1944-01-20 |