
Gene Hackman
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).
Acting (115 movies)

Unforgiven
1992

Absolute Power
1997

Bonnie and Clyde
1967

The French Connection
1971

The Poseidon Adventure
1972

The Conversation
1974

Mississippi Burning
1988

Young Frankenstein
1974

Under Suspicion
2000

No Way Out
1987

Superman
1978

The Replacements
2000

French Connection II
1975

Heartbreakers
2001

The Birdcage
1996

Heist
2001

A Bridge Too Far
1977

Hoosiers
1986

Extreme Measures
1996

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987

The Mexican
2001

Runaway Jury
2003

Postcards from the Edge
1990

Another Woman
1988

Scarecrow
1973

Behind Enemy Lines
2001

Narrow Margin
1990

Target
1985

Get Shorty
1995

The Chamber
1996

The Package
1989

The Split
1968

Superman II
1980

Loose Cannons
1990

The Domino Principle
1977

Night Moves
1975

The Quick and the Dead
1995

Company Business
1991

Wyatt Earp
1994

March or Die
1977

Crimson Tide
1995

Antz
1998

The Royal Tenenbaums
2001

Twilight
1998

Downhill Racer
1969

Bite the Bullet
1975

Enemy of the State
1998

Uncommon Valor
1983

Under Fire
1983

Prime Cut
1972

Marooned
1969

Geronimo: An American Legend
1993

Full Moon in Blue Water
1988

Hawaii
1966

Lilith
1964

Bat★21
1988

The Firm
1993

Class Action
1991

Eureka
1983

The Hunting Party
1971

The Gypsy Moths
1969

Welcome to Mooseport
2004

Power
1986

Reds
1981

Misunderstood
1983

Cisco Pike
1971

I Never Sang for My Father
1970

Split Decisions
1988

Riot
1969

With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
2001

Lucky Lady
1975

Zandy's Bride
1974

Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
2004

Twice in a Lifetime
1985

All Night Long
1981

Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
2008

Shurtleff on Acting
1994

Doctors' Wives
1971

Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
2001

A Covenant with Death
1967

Sports on the Silver Screen
1997

Heroes of Iwo Jima
2001

Sacheen: Breaking the Silence
2019

Pattern Recognition
2017

The Sky Divers
1969

First to Fight
1967

Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
2001

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000

Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
2013

Banning
1967

Shadow on the Land
1968

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2009

Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
2001

The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
1982

The Making of 'Superman II'
1983

Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
2001

Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
2002

Mad Dog Coll
1961

We, the Marines
2017

Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage
2005
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Under Suspicion | 2000 | Executive Producer |