Gene Hackman
Known for: Acting
Eugene Allen Hackman (January 30, 1930 – 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).
Filmography
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Series
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Series
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Self
2007
Series
The South Bank Show
Self
1978
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
1944
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee / Presenter
1944
Film '72
Self
1971
Series
Naked City
Mr. Jasper
1958
Series
American Masters
Self
1986
Series
Route 66
Motorist
1960
Series
Dinah!
Self
1974
Series
The Defenders
Stanley McGuirk
1961
Series
The F.B.I.
Herb Kenyon
1965
Series
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
1968
Series
Ciné regards
Self
1978
Series
The Invaders
Tom Jessup
1967
Series
The United States Steel Hour
1953
Series
Entertainment Tonight
Self
1981
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
Self - Narrator (voice)
2006
Film
Superman
Lex Luthor
1978
Film
Unforgiven
'Little' Bill Daggett
1992
Film
Heist
Joe Moore
2001
Film
Antz
General Mandible (voice)
1998
Series
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
1973
V.I.P. Schaukel
Self
1971
Film
Enemy of the State
Brill
1998
Film
The Royal Tenenbaums
Royal Tenenbaum
2001
Film
Superman II
Lex Luthor
1980
Film
The Quick and the Dead
Herod
1995
Series
Larry King Live
Self
1985
Series
The Directors
Self
1999
Film
Bonnie and Clyde
Buck Barrow
1967
Film
Crimson Tide
Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey
1995
Film
The Firm
Avery Tolar
1993
Film
Young Frankenstein
Blindman
1974
Film
The Poseidon Adventure
Reverend Scott
1972
Film
Mississippi Burning
Agent Rupert Anderson
1988
Film
A Bridge Too Far
Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski
1977
Film
The Mexican
Margolese
2001
Film
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Lex Luthor
1987
CBS Playhouse
Ned
1966
Film
The Conversation
Harry Caul
1974
Series
The DuPont Show of the Week
Douglas McCann
1961
Film
The Replacements
Jimmy McGinty
2000
Film
Behind Enemy Lines
Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group
2001
Film
The Birdcage
Senator Kevin Keeley
1996
Series
The Trials of O'Brien
Roger Nathan
1965
Series
The Playboy Murders
Self (archive footage)
2023
Film
The French Connection
Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle
1971
Film
Absolute Power
President Richmond
1997
Film
Get Shorty
Harry Zimm
1995
Series
East Side/West Side
1963
Film
Wyatt Earp
Nicholas Earp
1994
Series
Hawk
1966
Film
No Way Out
Defense Secretary David Brice
1987
Series
Tallahassee 7000
Joe Lawson
1961
Film
Hoosiers
Norman Dale
1986
Film
Heartbreakers
William B. Tensy
2001
Film
Runaway Jury
Rankin Fitch
2003
Film
Geronimo: An American Legend
Brig. Gen. George Crook
1993
Series
The Hollywood Greats
1977
Film
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Lex Luthor
2006
Film
Under Fire
Alex Grazier
1983
Film
Uncommon Valor
Col. Cal Rhodes
1983
Film
Eureka
Jack McCann
1983
Film
Reds
Pete van Wherry
1981
Film
The Package
Sgt. Johnny Gallagher
1989
Film
Night Moves
Harry Moseby
1975
Film
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Lex Luthor (archive footage) (uncredited)
2014
Film
The Chamber
Sam Cayhall
1996
Film
Banning
Tommy Del Gaddo
1967
Film
Postcards from the Edge
Lowell Kolchek
1990
Film
Under Suspicion
Henry Hearst
2000
Film
Extreme Measures
Dr. Lawrence Myrick
1996
Film
Scarecrow
Max Millan
1973
Film
Twilight
Jack Ames
1998
Film
Lucky Lady
Kibby
1975
Film
Narrow Margin
Robert Caulfield
1990
Film
The Hunting Party
Brandt Ruger
1971
Film
Welcome to Mooseport
Monroe Cole
2004
Film
Downhill Racer
Eugene Claire
1969
Film
Two of a Kind
God (voice) (uncredited)
1983
Film
Another Woman
Larry
1988
Series
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
Film
French Connection II
"Popeye" Doyle
1975
Film
Marooned
Buzz Lloyd
1969
Film
Loose Cannons
MacArthur Stern
1990
Film
Bat★21
Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton
1988
Film
Hawaii
John Whipple
1966
Film
March or Die
Major William Sherman Foster
1977
Film
Zandy's Bride
Zandy Allen
1974
Film
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Self
2013
Film
Breakdown: 1975
(archive footage)
2025
Film
Power
Wilfred Buckley
1986
Film
Prime Cut
Mary Ann
1972
Film
Bite the Bullet
Sam Clayton
1975
Film
Class Action
Jedediah Tucker Ward
1991
Film
All Night Long
George Dupler
1981
Film
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
Lex Luthor (archive footage)
2001
Film
Twice in a Lifetime
Harry MacKenzie
1985
Film
Lilith
Norman
1964
Film
Target
Walter Lloyd
1985
Film
The Split
Lt. Walter Brill
1968
Film
Full Moon in Blue Water
Floyd
1988
Film
Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
1992
Film
I Never Sang for My Father
Gene Garrison
1970
Film
Mad Dog Coll
Cop (uncredited)
1961
Film
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Self
2009
Film
Cisco Pike
Officer Leo Holland
1972
Film
The Domino Principle
Tucker
1977
Film
Misunderstood
Ned Rawley
1983
Film
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
Self
1982
Film
Company Business
Sam Boyd
1991
Film
The Gypsy Moths
Joe Browdy
1969
Film
Riot
Red Fraker
1969
Film
A Covenant with Death
Harmsworth
1967
Film
Heroes of Iwo Jima
Self - Host / Narrator
2001
Film
Shadow on the Land
Rev. Thomas Davis
1968
Film
First to Fight
Sergeant Tweed
1967
Film
Remembering Gene Wilder
Self (archive footage)
2024
Film
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
Self
2001
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Self (archive footage)
2021
Film
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Self
2000
Film
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
Self
1994
Film
Sports on the Silver Screen
Self (archive footage)
1997
Film
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Self
2002
Film
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
Self
2001
Film
We, the Marines
Self - Narrator (voice)
2017
Film
Split Decisions
Dan McGuinn
1988
Film
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
Self
2001
Film
Doctors' Wives
Dave Randolph
1971
Film
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Self
2002
Film
Formula 1 - Speed fever
Self
1978
Film
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
Narrator
2004
Film
The Making of 'Superman II'
Self
1983
Film
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
Self
2008
Film
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
Self
2001
Film
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
Blind Man (archive footage)
1996
Film
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
Self
2000
Film
The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
Self
1995
Film
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Self
1992
Film
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
Self
2002
Film
The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special
Self (archive footage)
2025
Film
Shurtleff on Acting
Self
1994
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
Narrator (voice)
1999
Film
On the Road with: Scarecrow
Self
1973
Film
Pattern Recognition
Self (archive footage)
2017
Film
Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe
Narrator / Self
2001
Film
Sacheen: Breaking the Silence
Self (archive footage)
2019
Film
Close-Up on The Conversation
Film
Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage
Narrator (voice)
2005
Film
The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima
Self - Narrator
2016
Film
The Sky Divers
Self
1969