Gene Hackman
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 30 January 1930 · San Bernardino, California, USA
- Died
- 17 February 2025
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
Acting 126
- 2026The Watergate Caper: Richard Nixon and the Death of the American Dream as Harry Caul
- 2026Close-Up on The Conversation
- 2026Superman Redeemed as Lex Luthor
- 2025Breakdown: 1975 as Self (The Conversation/The Poseidon Adventure- archive footage)
- 2025The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special as Self (archive footage)
- 2024Remembering Gene Wilder as Self (archive footage)
- 2021Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend as Self (archive footage)
- 2019Sacheen: Breaking the Silence as Self (archive footage)
- 2017Pattern Recognition as Self (archive footage)
- 2017We, the Marines as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2016The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima as Self - Narrator
- 2014Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films as Lex Luthor (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2013Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story as Self
- 2009I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale as Self
- 2008Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde' as Self
- 2006Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut as Lex Luthor
- 2005Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage as Narrator (voice)
- 2004Welcome to Mooseport as Monroe Cole
- 2004Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust as Narrator
- 2003Runaway Jury as Rankin Fitch
- 2002Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs' as Self
- 2002All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger as Self
- 2002Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' as Self
- 2001Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes as Lex Luthor (archive footage)
- 2001Making THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS (with Wes Anderson & Robert Yeoman) as Self
- 2001With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson as Self
- 2001Behind Enemy Lines as Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group
- 2001Heist as Joe Moore
- 2001The Royal Tenenbaums as Royal Tenenbaum
- 2001Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection as Self
- 2001Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe as Narrator / Self
- 2001Heroes of Iwo Jima as Self - Host / Narrator
- 2001Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend as Self
- 2001Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman' as Self
- 2001Heartbreakers as William B. Tensy
- 2001The Mexican as Margolese
- 2000Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows as Self
- 2000Under Suspicion as Henry Hearst
- 2000The Replacements as Jimmy McGinty
- 2000The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection' as Self
- 1999Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood as Narrator (voice)
- 1998Enemy of the State as Brill
- 1998Antz as General Mandible (voice)
- 1998Twilight as Jack Ames
- 1997Sports on the Silver Screen as Self (archive footage)
- 1997Absolute Power as President Richmond
- 1996The Chamber as Sam Cayhall
- 1996Extreme Measures as Dr. Lawrence Myrick
- 1996The Birdcage as Senator Kevin Keeley
- 1996Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein as Blind Man (archive footage)
- 1995Get Shorty as Harry Zimm
- 1995Crimson Tide as Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey
- 1995The Quick and the Dead as Herod
- 1995The Making of 'Crimson Tide' as Self
- 1994Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso as Self
- 1994Shurtleff on Acting as Self
- 1994Wyatt Earp as Nicholas Earp
- 1993Geronimo: An American Legend as Brig. Gen. George Crook
- 1993The Firm as Avery Tolar
- 1992Earth and the American Dream as Reader (voice)
- 1992Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' as Self
- 1992Unforgiven as 'Little' Bill Daggett
- 1991Company Business as Sam Boyd
- 1991Class Action as Jedediah Tucker Ward
- 1990Narrow Margin as Robert Caulfield
- 1990Postcards from the Edge as Lowell Kolchek
- 1990Loose Cannons as MacArthur Stern
- 1989The Package as Sgt. Johnny Gallagher
- 1988Mississippi Burning as Agent Rupert Anderson
- 1988Full Moon in Blue Water as Floyd
- 1988Another Woman as Larry
- 1988Bat★21 as Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton
- 1988Split Decisions as Dan McGuinn
- 1987No Way Out as Defense Secretary David Brice
- 1987Superman IV: The Quest for Peace as Lex Luthor
- 1986Hoosiers as Norman Dale
- 1986Power as Wilfred Buckley
- 1985Target as Walter Lloyd
- 1985Twice in a Lifetime as Harry MacKenzie
- 1983Uncommon Valor as Col. Cal Rhodes
- 1983Two of a Kind as God (voice) (uncredited)
- 1983Misunderstood as Ned Rawley
- 1983Under Fire as Alex Grazier
- 1983The Making of 'Superman II' as Self
- 1983Eureka as Jack McCann
- 1982The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' as Self
- 1981Reds as Pete van Wherry
- 1981All Night Long as George Dupler
- 1980Superman II as Lex Luthor
- 1978Superman as Lex Luthor
- 1978Formula 1 - Speed fever as Self
- 1977March or Die as Major William Sherman Foster
- 1977A Bridge Too Far as Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski
- 1977The Domino Principle as Tucker
- 1975Lucky Lady as Kibby
- 1975Bite the Bullet as Sam Clayton
- 1975Night Moves as Harry Moseby
- 1975French Connection II as "Popeye" Doyle
- 1974Young Frankenstein as Blindman
- 1974Zandy's Bride as Zandy Allen
- 1974The Conversation as Harry Caul
- 1973Scarecrow as Max Millan
- 1973On the Road with: Scarecrow as Self
- 1972The Poseidon Adventure as Reverend Scott
- 1972Prime Cut as Mary Ann
- 1972Cisco Pike as Officer Leo Holland
- 1971The French Connection as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle
- 1971The Hunting Party as Brandt Ruger
- 1971Doctors' Wives as Dave Randolph
- 1970I Never Sang for My Father as Gene Garrison
- 1969Marooned as Buzz Lloyd
- 1969Downhill Racer as Eugene Claire
- 1969The Gypsy Moths as Joe Browdy
- 1969Riot as Red Fraker
- 1969The Sky Divers as Self
- 1969How Fast? as Self (Archive Footage)
- 1968Shadow on the Land as Rev. Thomas Davis
- 1968The Split as Lt. Walter Brill
- 1967Banning as Tommy Del Gaddo
- 1967Bonnie and Clyde as Buck Barrow
- 1967A Covenant with Death as Harmsworth
- 1967First to Fight as Sergeant Tweed
- 1966Hawaii as John Whipple
- 1964Lilith as Norman
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self · 6 episodes
- 1961Mad Dog Coll as Cop (uncredited)
Production 1
- 2000Under Suspicion · executive producer
crew 1
- 1990Miami Blues · thanks