Gene Hackman
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1930-01-30
Day of Death
2025-02-17 (95 years old)
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 (1970), and an FBI agent in the historical drama Mississippi Burning (1988).
Hackman gained further fame for his portrayal of Lex Luthor in Superman (1978) and its sequel Superman II (1980). He also acted in: The Poseidon Adventure (1972), Scarecrow (1973), The Conversation (1974), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Under Fire (1983), Power (1986), Loose Cannons (1990), The Firm (1993), The Quick and the Dead (1995), The Birdcage (1996), Enemy of the State (1998), Behind Enemy Lines (2001) and Runaway Jury (2003). He retired from acting after starring in Welcome to Mooseport (2004).
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Acting
(2024)
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
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)
Pattern Recognition
as Self (archive footage)
(2017)
We, The Marines
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(2016)
The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima
as Self - Narrator
(2014)
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
(2014)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Lex Luthor (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2013)
(2009)
(2008)
(2006)
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
as Lex Luthor
(2006)
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
as Self (archive footage)
(2005)
Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage
as Narrator (voice)
(2004)
Welcome to Mooseport
as Monroe Cole
(2004)
(2003)
Runaway Jury
as Rankin Fitch
(2002)
(2002)
(2002)
(2001)
The Royal Tenenbaums
as Royal Tenenbaum
(2001)
Behind Enemy Lines
as Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group
(2001)
Heartbreakers
as William B. Tensy
(2001)
The Mexican
as Arnold Margolese
(2001)
Heist
as Joe Moore
(2001)
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
as Lex Luthor (archive footage)
(2001)
(2001)
(2001)
Heroes of Iwo Jima
as Self - Host/Narrator
(2001)
(2001)
(2001)
Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe
as Himself/Narrator
(2000)
The Replacements
as Jimmy McGinty
(2000)
Under Suspicion
as Henry Hearst
(2000)
(2000)
(1999)
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
as Narrator (voice)
(1998)
Antz
as General Mandible (voice)
(1998)
Enemy of the State
as Brill
(1998)
Twilight
as Jack Ames
(1997)
Absolute Power
as President Richmond
(1997)
Sports on the Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
(1996)
The Birdcage
as Senator Kevin Keeley
(1996)
The Chamber
as Sam Cayhall
(1996)
Extreme Measures
as Dr. Lawrence Myrick
(1996)
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
as Blind Man (archive footage)
(1995)
The Quick and the Dead
as John Herod
(1995)
Crimson Tide
as Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey
(1995)
Get Shorty
as Harry Zimm
(1995)
The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
as Self
(1994)
Wyatt Earp
as Nicholas Earp
(1994)
(1994)
Shurtleff on Acting
as Self
(1993)
The Firm
as Avery Tolar
(1993)
Geronimo: An American Legend
as Brig. Gen. George Crook
(1992)
Unforgiven
as 'Little' Bill Daggett
(1992)
Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)
(1992)
(1991)
Class Action
as Jedediah Tucker Ward
(1991)
Company Business
as Sam Boyd
(1990)
Postcards from the Edge
as Lowell Kolchek
(1990)
Narrow Margin
as Robert Caulfield
(1990)
Loose Cannons
as MacArthur Stern
(1989)
The Package
as Sgt. Johnny Gallagher
(1988)
Mississippi Burning
as Agent Rupert Anderson
(1988)
Bat★21
as Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton
(1988)
Another Woman
as Larry
(1988)
Split Decisions
as Dan McGuinn
(1988)
Full Moon in Blue Water
as Floyd
(1987)
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
as Lex Luthor
(1987)
No Way Out
as Defense Secretary David Brice
(1986)
Hoosiers
as Coach Norman Dale
(1986)
Power
as Wilfred Buckley
(1985)
Target
as Walter Lloyd
(1985)
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
(1985)
Twice in a Lifetime
as Harry MacKenzie
(1983)
Uncommon Valor
as Col. Cal Rhodes
(1983)
Under Fire
as Alex Grazier
(1983)
Eureka
as Jack McCann
(1983)
Two of a Kind
as God (voice) (uncredited)
(1983)
Misunderstood
as Ned Rawley
(1982)
The Making of 'Superman II'
as Self
(1981)
Reds
as Pete van Wherry
(1981)
All Night Long
as George Dupler
(1980)
Superman II
as Lex Luthor
(1980)
(1978)
Superman
as Lex Luthor
(1978)
Formula 1 - Speed fever
as Self
(1977)
A Bridge Too Far
as Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski
(1977)
March or Die
as Major William Sherman Foster
(1977)
The Domino Principle
as Tucker
(1975)
Night Moves
as Harry Moseby
(1975)
French Connection II
as "Popeye" Doyle
(1975)
Bite the Bullet
as Sam Clayton
(1975)
Lucky Lady
as Kibby
(1974)
The Conversation
as Harry Caul
(1974)
Young Frankenstein
as Blindman
(1974)
Zandy's Bride
as Zandy Allen
(1973)
Scarecrow
as Max Millan
(1973)
On the Road with: Scarecrow
as Himself
(1972)
The Poseidon Adventure
as Reverend Scott
(1972)
Prime Cut
as Mary Ann
(1971)
The French Connection
as Jimmy Doyle
(1971)
The Hunting Party
as Brandt Ruger
(1971)
Cisco Pike
as Officer Leo Holland
(1971)
Doctors' Wives
as Dave Randolph
(1970)
I Never Sang for My Father
as Gene Garrison
(1969)
Marooned
as Buzz Lloyd
(1969)
Downhill Racer
as Eugene Claire
(1969)
The Gypsy Moths
as Joe Browdy
(1969)
Riot
as Red Fraker
(1969)
How Fast?
as Self (Archive Footage)
(1969)
The Sky Divers
as Self
(1968)
The Split
as Lt. Walter Brill
(1968)
Shadow on the Land
as Rev. Thomas Davis
(1967)
Bonnie and Clyde
as Buck Barrow
(1967)
Banning
as Tommy Del Gaddo
(1967)
A Covenant with Death
as Harmsworth
(1967)
First to Fight
as Sergeant Tweed
(1966)
Hawaii
as John Whipple
(1964)
Lilith
as Norman
(1961)
Mad Dog Coll
as Cop (uncredited)
Crew
(2000)
Under Suspicion
Executive Producer
(1990)
Miami Blues
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