Gene Hackman
Born in San Bernardino, California, USA — Jan 30 1930• Died Feb 17 2025
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…
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Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Self
Naked City
Mr. Jasper
The F.B.I.
Herb Kenyon
The Defenders
Stanley McGuirk
The Invaders
Tom Jessup
American Masters
Self
Dinah!
Self
Route 66
Motorist
The Oscars
Self
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
Self - Narrator (voice)
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
The United States Steel Hour
Film '72
Self
The Directors
Self
Superman
Lex Luthor
The Package
Sgt. Johnny Gallagher
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
Unforgiven
'Little' Bill Daggett
CBS Playhouse
Enemy of the State
Brill
The Trials of O'Brien
Roger Nathan
Antz
General Mandible (voice)
The Firm
Avery Tolar
Superman II
Lex Luthor
No Way Out
Defense Secretary David Brice
The Birdcage
Senator Kevin Keeley
Crimson Tide
Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey
Young Frankenstein
Blindman
Get Shorty
Harry Zimm
Wyatt Earp
Nicholas Earp
East Side/West Side
The Royal Tenenbaums
Royal Tenenbaum
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Lex Luthor
The Playboy Murders
Self (archive footage)
Bonnie and Clyde
Buck Barrow
The Replacements
Jimmy McGinty
Hawk
The Poseidon Adventure
Reverend Scott
Runaway Jury
Rankin Fitch
The French Connection
Jimmy Doyle
Absolute Power
President Richmond
The Conversation
Harry Caul
The Mexican
Arnold Margolese
Reds
Pete van Wherry
Mississippi Burning
Agent Rupert Anderson
The Quick and the Dead
Herod
Heartbreakers
William B. Tensy
Behind Enemy Lines
Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group
A Bridge Too Far
Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Lex Luthor
The Hollywood Greats
Hoosiers
Coach Norman Dale
The Chamber
Sam Cayhall
Heist
Joe Moore
The DuPont Show of the Week
Douglas McCann
Uncommon Valor
Col. Cal Rhodes
Eureka
Jack McCann
Tallahassee 7000
Joe Lawson
Under Suspicion
Henry Hearst
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Lex Luthor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Breakdown: 1975
(archive footage)
Twilight
Jack Ames
Welcome to Mooseport
Monroe Cole
Under Fire
Alex Grazier
Lucky Lady
Kibby
Marooned
Buzz Lloyd
Another Woman
Larry
Lilith
Norman
Bite the Bullet
Sam Clayton
Prime Cut
Mary Ann
Night Moves
Harry Moseby
Downhill Racer
Eugene Claire
Power
Wilfred Buckley
All Night Long
George Dupler
Banning
Tommy Del Gaddo
The Split
Lt. Walter Brill
Extreme Measures
Dr. Lawrence Myrick
March or Die
Major William Sherman Foster
Sports on the Silver Screen
Self (archive footage)
Geronimo: An American Legend
Brig. Gen. George Crook
Scarecrow
Max Millan
The Gypsy Moths
Joe Browdy
Miami Blues
Crew
Hawaii
John Whipple
French Connection II
"Popeye" Doyle
Twice in a Lifetime
Harry MacKenzie
The Hunting Party
Brandt Ruger
Class Action
Jedediah Tucker Ward
Two of a Kind
God (voice) (uncredited)
Narrow Margin
Robert Caulfield
Bat★21
Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton
Postcards from the Edge
Lowell Kolchek
Cisco Pike
Officer Leo Holland
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
Narrator
The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
Self
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Self (archive footage)
Doctors' Wives
Dave Randolph
Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
Riot
Red Fraker
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Self
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Self
First to Fight
Sergeant Tweed
Full Moon in Blue Water
Floyd
Loose Cannons
MacArthur Stern
A Covenant with Death
Harmsworth
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
Lex Luthor (archive footage)
Zandy's Bride
Zandy Allen
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
Self
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Self
Target
Walter Lloyd
Misunderstood
Ned Rawley
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
Self
The Making of 'Superman II'
Self
The Domino Principle
Tucker
Mad Dog Coll
Cop (uncredited)
Formula 1 - Speed fever
Self
Company Business
Sam Boyd
Shadow on the Land
Rev. Thomas Davis
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
Narrator (voice)
Pattern Recognition
Self (archive footage)
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
Self
Sacheen: Breaking the Silence
Self (archive footage)
Split Decisions
Dan McGuinn
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Self
The Sky Divers
Self
I Never Sang for My Father
Gene Garrison
We, the Marines
Self - Narrator (voice)
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
Self
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Self
Shurtleff on Acting
Self
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
Self
Heroes of Iwo Jima
Self - Host/Narrator
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
Self
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
Self
Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe
Himself/Narrator
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Self
On the Road with: Scarecrow
Self
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
Self
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
Self
The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special
Self (Archival Footage)
Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage
Narrator (voice)
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
Blind Man (archive footage)
Making THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS (with Wes Anderson & Robert Yeoman)
Self
The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima
Self - Narrator