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