Gene Hackman
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Gene Hackman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Credits
- 2024 · Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story 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 · 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 · Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films as Lex Luthor (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2014 · And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 · Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story as Self
- 2009 · I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale as Self
- 2008 · Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde' as Self
- 2007 · Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives as Self
- 2006 · America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 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 · Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust as Narrator
- 2003 · Runaway Jury as Rankin Fitch
- 2002 · Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs' as Self
- 2002 · All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger as Self
- 2002 · Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' as Self
- 2001 · Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes as Lex Luthor (archive footage)
- 2001 · With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson as Self
- 2001 · Behind Enemy Lines as Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group
- 2001 · Heist as Joe Moore
- 2001 · The Royal Tenenbaums as Royal Tenenbaum
- 2001 · Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection as Self
- 2001 · Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe as Himself/Narrator
- 2001 · Heroes of Iwo Jima as Self - Host/Narrator
- 2001 · Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman' as Self
- 2001 · Heartbreakers as William B. Tensy
- 2001 · The Mexican as Arnold Margolese
- 2001 · Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend as Self
- 2000 · Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows as Self
- 2000 · Under Suspicion as Henry Hearst
- 2000 · The Replacements as Jimmy McGinty
- 2000 · The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection' as Self
- 1999 · Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood as Narrator (voice)
- 1999 · The Directors as Self
- 1998 · Enemy of the State as Brill
- 1998 · Antz as General Mandible (voice)
- 1998 · Twilight as Jack Ames
- 1997 · Sports on the Silver Screen as Self (archive footage)
- 1997 · Absolute Power as President Richmond
- 1996 · The Chamber as Sam Cayhall
- 1996 · Extreme Measures as Dr. Lawrence Myrick
- 1996 · The Birdcage as Senator Kevin Keeley
- 1996 · Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein as Blind Man (archive footage)
- 1995 · Get Shorty as Harry Zimm
- 1995 · Crimson Tide as Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey
- 1995 · The Quick and the Dead as John Herod
- 1995 · The Making of 'Crimson Tide' as Self
- 1994 · Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso as Self
- 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- 1994 · Shurtleff on Acting as Self
- 1994 · Wyatt Earp as Nicholas Earp
- 1993 · Geronimo: An American Legend as Brig. Gen. George Crook
- 1993 · The Firm as Avery Tolar
- 1992 · Earth and the American Dream as Reader (voice)
- 1992 · Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' as Self
- 1992 · Unforgiven as 'Little' Bill Daggett
- 1991 · Company Business as Sam Boyd
- 1991 · Class Action as Jedediah Tucker Ward
- 1990 · Narrow Margin as Robert Caulfield
- 1990 · Postcards from the Edge as Lowell Kolchek
- 1990 · Loose Cannons as MacArthur Stern
- 1989 · The Package as Sgt. Johnny Gallagher
- 1988 · Mississippi Burning as Agent Rupert Anderson
- 1988 · Full Moon in Blue Water as Floyd
- 1988 · Another Woman as Larry
- 1988 · Bat★21 as Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton
- 1988 · Split Decisions as Dan McGuinn
- 1987 · No Way Out as Defense Secretary David Brice
- 1987 · Superman IV: The Quest for Peace as Lex Luthor
- 1986 · Hoosiers as Coach Norman Dale
- 1986 · American Masters as Self
- 1986 · Power as Wilfred Buckley
- 1985 · Target as Walter Lloyd
- 1985 · Twice in a Lifetime as Harry MacKenzie
- 1985 · Larry King Live as Self
- 1985 · Night of 100 Stars II as Self
- 1984 · Misunderstood as Ned Rawley
- 1983 · Uncommon Valor as Col. Cal Rhodes
- 1983 · Two of a Kind as God (voice) (uncredited)
- 1983 · Under Fire as Alex Grazier
- 1983 · Eureka as Jack McCann
- 1982 · The Making of 'Superman II' as Self
- 1981 · Reds as Pete van Wherry
- 1981 · Entertainment Tonight as Self
- 1981 · All Night Long as George Dupler
- 1980 · Superman II as Lex Luthor
- 1980 · The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' as Self
- 1978 · Superman as Lex Luthor
- 1978 · Formula 1 - Speed fever as Self
- 1978 · The South Bank Show as Self
- 1977 · March or Die as Major William Sherman Foster
- 1977 · The Hollywood Greats as
- 1977 · A Bridge Too Far as Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski
- 1977 · The Domino Principle as Tucker
- 1975 · Lucky Lady as Kibby
- 1975 · Bite the Bullet as Sam Clayton
- 1975 · Night Moves as Harry Moseby
- 1975 · French Connection II as "Popeye" Doyle
- 1974 · Young Frankenstein as Blindman
- 1974 · Zandy's Bride as Zandy Allen
- 1974 · The Conversation as Harry Caul
- 1973 · Scarecrow as Max Millan
- 1973 · The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self
- 1973 · On the Road with: Scarecrow as Himself
- 1972 · The Poseidon Adventure as Reverend Scott
- 1972 · Prime Cut as Mary Ann
- 1972 · Cisco Pike as Officer Leo Holland
- 1971 · The French Connection as Jimmy Doyle
- 1971 · The Hunting Party as Brandt Ruger
- 1971 · V.I.P. Schaukel as Self
- 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 · Shadow on the Land as Rev. Thomas Davis
- 1968 · The Split as Lt. Walter Brill
- 1968 · Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self
- 1967 · Banning as Tommy Del Gaddo
- 1967 · Bonnie and Clyde as Buck Barrow
- 1967 · A Covenant with Death as Harmsworth
- 1967 · First to Fight as Sergeant Tweed
- 1967 · The Invaders as Tom Jessup
- 1966 · CBS Playhouse as
- 1966 · Hawaii as John Whipple
- 1966 · Hawk as
- 1965 · The F.B.I. as Herb Kenyon
- 1965 · The Trials of O'Brien as Roger Nathan
- 1964 · Lilith as Norman
- 1963 · East Side/West Side as
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1961 · The DuPont Show of the Week as Douglas McCann
- 1961 · The Defenders as Stanley McGuirk
- 1961 · Mad Dog Coll as Cop (uncredited)
- 1961 · Tallahassee 7000 as
- 1960 · Route 66 as Motorist
- 1960 · Insight as Holt
- 1958 · Naked City as Mr. Jasper
- 1953 · The United States Steel Hour as
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Winner
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee / Presenter