Gene Hackman
Born: 1930-01-30 in San Bernardino, California, USA
Died: 2025-02-17
Known For: Acting
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 in the historical drama Mississippi Burning (1988).
Filmography
2025
- Breakdown: 1975 as (archive footage)
- The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special as Self (archive footage)
2023
- The Playboy Murders as Self (archive footage)
2021
- Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend as Self (archive footage)
2019
- Sacheen: Breaking the Silence as Self (archive footage)
2017
- We, the Marines as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Pattern Recognition as Self (archive footage)
2016
- The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima as Self - Narrator
2014
- Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films as Lex Luthor (archive footage) (uncredited)
2013
2009
2008
2007
- Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives as Self
2006
- America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut as Lex Luthor
2005
- Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage as Narrator (voice)
2004
- Welcome to Mooseport as Monroe Cole
- Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust as Narrator
2003
- Runaway Jury as Rankin Fitch
2002
2001
- The Royal Tenenbaums as Royal Tenenbaum
- Behind Enemy Lines as Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group
- Heartbreakers as William B. Tensy
- The Mexican as Arnold Margolese
- Heist as Joe Moore
- Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes as Lex Luthor (archive footage)
- With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson as Self
- Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend as Self
- Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection as Self
- Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman' as Self
- Heroes of Iwo Jima as Self - Host/Narrator
- Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe as Himself/Narrator
2000
- The Replacements as Jimmy McGinty
- Under Suspicion as Henry Hearst
- Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows as Self
- The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection' as Self
1999
- The Directors as Self
- Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood as Narrator (voice)
1998
- Antz as General Mandible (voice)
- Enemy of the State as Brill
- Twilight as Jack Ames
1997
- Absolute Power as President Richmond
- Sports on the Silver Screen as Self (archive footage)
1996
- 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)
1995
- The Quick and the Dead as Herod
- Crimson Tide as Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey
- Get Shorty as Harry Zimm
- The Making of 'Crimson Tide' as Self
1994
- Wyatt Earp as Nicholas Earp
- Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso as Self
- Shurtleff on Acting as Self
1993
- The Firm as Avery Tolar
- Geronimo: An American Legend as Brig. Gen. George Crook
1992
- Unforgiven as 'Little' Bill Daggett
- Earth and the American Dream as Reader (voice)
- Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' as Self
1991
- Company Business as Sam Boyd
- Class Action as Jedediah Tucker Ward
1990
- Narrow Margin as Robert Caulfield
- Postcards from the Edge as Lowell Kolchek
- Loose Cannons as MacArthur Stern
- Miami Blues ... (Thanks)
1989
- The Package as Sgt. Johnny Gallagher
1988
- Mississippi Burning as Agent Rupert Anderson
- Bat★21 as Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton
- Another Woman as Larry
- Full Moon in Blue Water as Floyd
- Split Decisions as Dan McGuinn
1987
- Superman IV: The Quest for Peace as Lex Luthor
- No Way Out as Defense Secretary David Brice
1986
- American Masters as Self
- Hoosiers as Coach Norman Dale
- Power as Wilfred Buckley
1985
- Larry King Live as Self
- Target as Walter Lloyd
- Twice in a Lifetime as Harry MacKenzie
1983
- Uncommon Valor as Col. Cal Rhodes
- Under Fire as Alex Grazier
- Two of a Kind as God (voice) (uncredited)
- Eureka as Jack McCann
- Misunderstood as Ned Rawley
- The Making of 'Superman II' as Self
1982
1981
- Entertainment Tonight as Self
- Reds as Pete van Wherry
- All Night Long as George Dupler
1980
- Superman II as Lex Luthor
1978
- Superman as Lex Luthor
- The South Bank Show as Self
- Formula 1 - Speed fever as Self
1977
- A Bridge Too Far as Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski
- The Hollywood Greats
- March or Die as Major William Sherman Foster
- The Domino Principle as Tucker
1975
- Night Moves as Harry Moseby
- Bite the Bullet as Sam Clayton
- French Connection II as "Popeye" Doyle
- Lucky Lady as Kibby
1974
- Dinah! as Self
- Young Frankenstein as Blindman
- The Conversation as Harry Caul
- Zandy's Bride as Zandy Allen
1973
- The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
- Scarecrow as Max Millan
- On the Road with: Scarecrow as Self
1972
- The Poseidon Adventure as Reverend Scott
- Prime Cut as Mary Ann
1971
- Film '72 as Self
- V.I.P. Schaukel as Self
- The French Connection as Jimmy Doyle
- The Hunting Party as Brandt Ruger
- Cisco Pike as Officer Leo Holland
- Doctors' Wives as Dave Randolph
1970
- I Never Sang for My Father as Gene Garrison
1969
- Marooned as Buzz Lloyd
- Downhill Racer as Eugene Claire
- The Gypsy Moths as Joe Browdy
- Riot as Red Fraker
- The Sky Divers as Self
1968
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self
- The Split as Lt. Walter Brill
- Shadow on the Land as Rev. Thomas Davis
1967
- The Invaders as Tom Jessup
- Bonnie and Clyde as Buck Barrow
- Banning as Tommy Del Gaddo
- First to Fight as Sergeant Tweed
- A Covenant with Death as Harmsworth
1966
- CBS Playhouse as Ned
- Hawk
- Hawaii as John Whipple
1965
- The F.B.I. as Herb Kenyon
- The Trials of O'Brien as Roger Nathan
1964
- Lilith as Norman
1963
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- The Defenders as Stanley McGuirk
- Tallahassee 7000 as Joe Lawson
- The DuPont Show of the Week as Douglas McCann
- Mad Dog Coll as Cop (uncredited)
1960
- Route 66 as Motorist
1958
- Naked City as Mr. Jasper
1953
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee