Gene Hackman
Acting
Born 1930-01-30 · San Bernardino, California, USA
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
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
2006 · Movie
French Connection II
1975 · Movie
Unforgiven
1992 · Movie
Superman
1978 · Movie
The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
1995 · Movie
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
2013 · Movie
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
2001 · Movie
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
1996 · Movie
The Making of 'Superman II'
1983 · Movie
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
1982 · Movie
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
2001 · Movie
Antz
1998 · Movie
Young Frankenstein
1974 · Movie
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
2002 · Movie
Crimson Tide
1995 · Movie
The Firm
1993 · Movie
The Royal Tenenbaums
2001 · Movie
Superman II
1980 · Movie
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
2008 · Movie
Enemy of the State
1998 · Movie
Bonnie and Clyde
1967 · Movie
A Bridge Too Far
1977 · Movie
Mississippi Burning
1988 · Movie
The Poseidon Adventure
1972 · Movie
The Conversation
1974 · Movie
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997 · Movie
The Birdcage
1996 · Movie
No Way Out
1987 · Movie
The French Connection
1971 · Movie
Runaway Jury
2003 · Movie
The Replacements
2000 · Movie
Heartbreakers
2001 · Movie
The Package
1989 · Movie
Behind Enemy Lines
2001 · Movie
Wyatt Earp
1994 · Movie
Absolute Power
1997 · Movie
Get Shorty
1995 · Movie
The Quick and the Dead
1995 · Movie
Hoosiers
1986 · Movie
The Mexican
2001 · Movie
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
1992 · Movie
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987 · Movie
Breakdown: 1975
2025 · Movie
Uncommon Valor
1983 · Movie
Heist
2001 · Movie
Night Moves
1975 · Movie
Reds
1981 · Movie
Another Woman
1988 · Movie
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014 · Movie
Scarecrow
1973 · Movie
Bite the Bullet
1975 · Movie
Geronimo: An American Legend
1993 · Movie
Postcards from the Edge
1990 · Movie
Extreme Measures
1996 · Movie
Under Suspicion
2000 · Movie
The Chamber
1996 · Movie
Under Fire
1983 · Movie
March or Die
1977 · Movie
Class Action
1991 · Movie
Narrow Margin
1990 · Movie