Gene Hackman

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1930-01-30 (95 years old)

Deathday

2025-02-17

Place of Birth

San Bernardino, California, USA

Gene Hackman

Biography

Eugene Allen Hackman (January 30, 1930 – c. February 17, 2025) was an American actor. In a career that spanned six decades, he received two Academy Awards, two British Academy Films Awards and four Golden Globes. Hackman's two Academy Award wins were for Best Actor for his role as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in William Friedkin's action thriller The French Connection (1971) and for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a villainous Sheriff in Clint Eastwood's Western film Unforgiven (1992). He was Oscar-nominated for his roles as Buck Barrow in the crime drama Bonnie and Clyde (1967), a college professor in the drama I Never Sang for My Father (197...

Acting

1992

Unforgiven

as 'Little' Bill Daggett

1997

Absolute Power

as President Richmond

1967

Bonnie and Clyde

as Buck Barrow

1971

The French Connection

as Jimmy Doyle

1972

The Poseidon Adventure

as Reverend Scott

1974

The Conversation

as Harry Caul

1988

Mississippi Burning

as Agent Rupert Anderson

1974

2000

Under Suspicion

as Henry Hearst

1987

No Way Out

as Defense Secretary David Brice

1978

Superman

as Lex Luthor

2000

The Replacements

as Jimmy McGinty

1975

French Connection II

as "Popeye" Doyle

2001

Heartbreakers

as William B. Tensy

1996

The Birdcage

as Senator Kevin Keeley

2001

Heist

as Joe Moore

1977

A Bridge Too Far

as Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski

1986

Hoosiers

as Coach Norman Dale

1996

Extreme Measures

as Dr. Lawrence Myrick

2001

The Mexican

as Arnold Margolese

2003

Runaway Jury

as Rankin Fitch

1990

Postcards from the Edge

as Lowell Kolchek

1988

1973

Scarecrow

as Max Millan

2001

Behind Enemy Lines

as Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group

1985

Target

as Walter Lloyd

1990

Narrow Margin

as Robert Caulfield

1996

The Chamber

as Sam Cayhall

1995

Get Shorty

as Harry Zimm

1989

The Package

as Sgt. Johnny Gallagher

1968

The Split

as Lt. Walter Brill

1980

Superman II

as Lex Luthor

1990

Loose Cannons

as MacArthur Stern

1975

Night Moves

as Harry Moseby

1995

1991

Company Business

as Sam Boyd

1994

Wyatt Earp

as Nicholas Earp

1977

March or Die

as Major William Sherman Foster

1995

Crimson Tide

as Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey

1998

Antz

as General Mandible (voice)

2001

The Royal Tenenbaums

as Royal Tenenbaum

1998

Twilight

as Jack Ames

1969

Downhill Racer

as Eugene Claire

1975

Bite the Bullet

as Sam Clayton

1998

1983

Uncommon Valor

as Col. Cal Rhodes

1983

Under Fire

as Alex Grazier

1972

Prime Cut

as Mary Ann

1969

Marooned

as Buzz Lloyd

1993

Geronimo: An American Legend

as Brig. Gen. George Crook

1966

Hawaii

as John Whipple

1964

Lilith

as Norman

1988

Bat★21

as Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton

1993

The Firm

as Avery Tolar

1991

Class Action

as Jedediah Tucker Ward

1983

Eureka

as Jack McCann

1971

The Hunting Party

as Brandt Ruger

1969

The Gypsy Moths

as Joe Browdy

2004

Welcome to Mooseport

as Monroe Cole

1986

Power

as Wilfred Buckley

1981

Reds

as Pete van Wherry

2014

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

as Lex Luthor (archive footage) (uncredited)

1983

Misunderstood

as Ned Rawley

1971

Cisco Pike

as Officer Leo Holland

1970

1988

Split Decisions

as Dan McGuinn

1969

Riot

as Red Fraker

1975

Lucky Lady

as Kibby

1974

Zandy's Bride

as Zandy Allen

1985

Twice in a Lifetime

as Harry MacKenzie

1981

All Night Long

as George Dupler

1971

Doctors' Wives

as Dave Randolph

2001

Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes

as Lex Luthor (archive footage)

1967

1997

Sports on the Silver Screen

as Self (archive footage)

2001

Heroes of Iwo Jima

as Self - Host/Narrator

2019

Sacheen: Breaking the Silence

as Self (archive footage)

2017

Pattern Recognition

as Self (archive footage)

1969

1967

First to Fight

as Sergeant Tweed

1967

Banning

as Tommy Del Gaddo

1968

Shadow on the Land

as Rev. Thomas Davis

1969

How Fast?

as Self (Archive Footage)

1961

Mad Dog Coll

as Cop (uncredited)

2017

We, The Marines

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2005

2014

And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

1992

1996

Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein

as Blind Man (archive footage)

1983

Two of a Kind

as God (voice) (uncredited)

2024

Production

1990

Miami Blues

as Thanks

2000

Under Suspicion

as Executive Producer

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