Acting
Gene Hackman
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
The Royal Tenenbaums
Unforgiven
Antz
Superman
Enemy of the State
Young Frankenstein
Superman II
The Firm
The French Connection
The Conversation
Crimson Tide
The Quick and the Dead
Mississippi Burning
Bonnie and Clyde
Behind Enemy Lines
The Mexican
Movie credits · 122
Breakdown: 1975
The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special
Remembering Gene Wilder
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Sacheen: Breaking the Silence
Pattern Recognition
We, the Marines
The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage
Welcome to Mooseport
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
Runaway Jury
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
Behind Enemy Lines
Heist
The Royal Tenenbaums
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe
Heroes of Iwo Jima
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
Heartbreakers
The Mexican
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Under Suspicion
The Replacements
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
Enemy of the State
Antz
Twilight
TV credits · 33
The Playboy Murders
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
The Directors
Inside the Actors Studio
American Masters
Larry King Live
Entertainment Tonight
The South Bank Show
Ciné regards
The Hollywood Greats
Dinah!
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Film '72
V.I.P. Schaukel
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
The Invaders
CBS Playhouse
Hawk
The F.B.I.
The Trials of O'Brien
East Side/West Side
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Merv Griffin Show
The Mike Douglas Show
The DuPont Show of the Week
The Defenders
Tallahassee 7000
Route 66
Naked City
The United States Steel Hour
The Oscars
Golden Globe Awards
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