Acting
Gene Hackman
EN, FR, IT cinema · 122 credits
Born
30 January 1930
Died
17 February 2025 (aged 95)
Birthplace
San Bernardino, California, USA
Also known as Eugene Allen Hackman · Eugene Alder · Eugene Allen "Gene" Hackman
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).
Known for
Filmography
The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special
as Self (archive footage)
Breakdown: 1975
as (archive footage)
Remembering Gene Wilder
as Self (archive footage)
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
as Self (archive footage)
Sacheen: Breaking the Silence
as Self (archive footage)
Pattern Recognition
as Self (archive footage)
We, the Marines
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima
as Self - Narrator
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Lex Luthor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
as Lex Luthor
Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage
as Narrator (voice)
Welcome to Mooseport
as Monroe Cole
Runaway Jury
as Rankin Fitch
Heartbreakers
as William B. Tensy
Heist
as Joe Moore
The Mexican
as Margolese
Behind Enemy Lines
as Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group
The Royal Tenenbaums
as Royal Tenenbaum
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
as Lex Luthor (archive footage)
Heroes of Iwo Jima
as Self - Host / Narrator
Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe
as Narrator / Self
Under Suspicion
as Henry Hearst, Executive Producer
The Replacements
as Jimmy McGinty
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
1999
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
as Narrator (voice)
Antz
as General Mandible (voice)
Twilight
as Jack Ames
Enemy of the State
as Brill
Absolute Power
as President Richmond
Sports on the Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
The Birdcage
as Senator Kevin Keeley
Extreme Measures
as Dr. Lawrence Myrick
The Chamber
as Sam Cayhall
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
as Blind Man (archive footage)
Get Shorty
as Harry Zimm
Crimson Tide
as Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey
Wyatt Earp
as Nicholas Earp
Geronimo: An American Legend
as Brig. Gen. George Crook
The Firm
as Avery Tolar
Unforgiven
as 'Little' Bill Daggett
Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)
Company Business
as Sam Boyd
Class Action
as Jedediah Tucker Ward
Postcards from the Edge
as Lowell Kolchek
Narrow Margin
as Robert Caulfield
Loose Cannons
as MacArthur Stern
Miami Blues
Thanks
The Package
as Sgt. Johnny Gallagher
Mississippi Burning
as Agent Rupert Anderson
Another Woman
as Larry
Bat★21
as Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton
Split Decisions
as Dan McGuinn
No Way Out
as Defense Secretary David Brice
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
as Lex Luthor
Hoosiers
as Norman Dale
Power
as Wilfred Buckley
Target
as Walter Lloyd
Twice in a Lifetime
as Harry MacKenzie
Uncommon Valor
as Col. Cal Rhodes
Under Fire
as Alex Grazier
Eureka
as Jack McCann
Misunderstood
as Ned Rawley
Two of a Kind
as God (voice) (uncredited)
Reds
as Pete van Wherry
All Night Long
as George Dupler
Superman II
as Lex Luthor
Superman
as Lex Luthor
A Bridge Too Far
as Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski
The Domino Principle
as Tucker
March or Die
as Major William Sherman Foster
French Connection II
as "Popeye" Doyle
Night Moves
as Harry Moseby
Bite the Bullet
as Sam Clayton
Lucky Lady
as Kibby
The Conversation
as Harry Caul
Young Frankenstein
as Blindman
Zandy's Bride
as Zandy Allen
Scarecrow
as Max Millan
The Poseidon Adventure
as Reverend Scott
Prime Cut
as Mary Ann
Cisco Pike
as Officer Leo Holland
The French Connection
as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle
The Hunting Party
as Brandt Ruger
Doctors' Wives
as Dave Randolph
I Never Sang for My Father
as Gene Garrison
Downhill Racer
as Eugene Claire
Marooned
as Buzz Lloyd
The Gypsy Moths
as Joe Browdy
Riot
as Red Fraker
The Sky Divers
as Self
The Split
as Lt. Walter Brill
Shadow on the Land
as Rev. Thomas Davis
Bonnie and Clyde
as Buck Barrow
A Covenant with Death
as Harmsworth
First to Fight
as Sergeant Tweed
Banning
as Tommy Del Gaddo
Hawaii
as John Whipple
Lilith
as Norman
Mad Dog Coll
as Cop (uncredited)