Acting · b. 1930 · San Bernardino, California, USA

Gene Hackman

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 for My Father (1970), and an FBI agent i...

Acting
The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special Self (Archival Footage) 2025 Breakdown: 1975 (archive footage) 2025 Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend Self (archive footage) 2021 Sacheen: Breaking the Silence Self (archive footage) 2019 Pattern Recognition Self (archive footage) 2017 We, the Marines Self - Narrator (voice) 2017 The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima Self - Narrator 2016 Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films Lex Luthor (archive footage) (uncredited) 2014 Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story Self 2013 I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale Self 2009 Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde' Self 2008 Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut Lex Luthor 2006 Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage Narrator (voice) 2005 Welcome to Mooseport Monroe Cole 2004 Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust Narrator 2004 Runaway Jury Rankin Fitch 2003 Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs' Self 2002 Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' Self 2002 All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger Self 2002 Heartbreakers William B. Tensy 2001 Heist Joe Moore 2001 The Mexican Arnold Margolese 2001 Behind Enemy Lines Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group 2001 The Royal Tenenbaums Royal Tenenbaum 2001 With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson Self 2001 Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes Lex Luthor (archive footage) 2001 Heroes of Iwo Jima Self - Host/Narrator 2001 Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection Self 2001 Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman' Self 2001 Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend Self 2001
Other Credits
Under Suspicion Executive Producer 2000 Miami Blues Thanks 1990
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