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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Known For
Acting

1992
as'Little' Bill Daggett

1997
asPresident Richmond

1967
asBuck Barrow

1971
asJimmy Doyle

1972
asReverend Scott

1974
asHarry Caul

1988
asAgent Rupert Anderson

1974
asBlindman

2000
asHenry Hearst

1987
asDefense Secretary David Brice

1978
asLex Luthor

2000
asJimmy McGinty

1975
as"Popeye" Doyle

2001
asWilliam B. Tensy

1996
asSenator Kevin Keeley

2001
asJoe Moore

1977
asMaj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski

1986
asCoach Norman Dale

1996
asDr. Lawrence Myrick

1987
asLex Luthor

2001
asArnold Margolese

2003
asRankin Fitch

1990
asLowell Kolchek

1988
asLarry

1973
asMax Millan

2001
asAdmiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group

1985
asWalter Lloyd

1990
asRobert Caulfield

1996
asSam Cayhall

1995
asHarry Zimm

1989
asSgt. Johnny Gallagher

1968
asLt. Walter Brill

1980
asLex Luthor

1990
asMacArthur Stern

1977
asTucker

1975
asHarry Moseby

1995
asJohn Herod

1991
asSam Boyd

1994
asNicholas Earp

1995
asCaptain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey

1977
asMajor William Sherman Foster

1998
asGeneral Mandible (voice)

2001
asRoyal Tenenbaum

1998
asJack Ames

1969
asEugene Claire

1975
asSam Clayton

1998
asBrill

1983
asCol. Cal Rhodes

1983
asAlex Grazier

1972
asMary Ann

1969
asBuzz Lloyd

1993
asBrig. Gen. George Crook

1988
asFloyd

1966
asJohn Whipple

1964
asNorman

1988
asLt. Col. Iceal Hambleton

1993
asAvery Tolar

1991
asJedediah Tucker Ward

1983
asJack McCann

1971
asBrandt Ruger

1969
asJoe Browdy

2004
asMonroe Cole

1986
asWilfred Buckley

1981
asPete van Wherry

2014
asLex Luthor (archive footage) (uncredited)

1983
asNed Rawley

1971
asOfficer Leo Holland

1970
asGene Garrison

1988
asDan McGuinn

1969
asRed Fraker

2001
asSelf

1975
asKibby

1974
asZandy Allen

2004
asNarrator

1985
asHarry MacKenzie

1981
asGeorge Dupler

2008
asSelf

1994
asSelf

1971
asDave Randolph

2001
asLex Luthor (archive footage)

1967
asHarmsworth

1997
asSelf (archive footage)

2001
asSelf - Host/Narrator

2019
asSelf (archive footage)

2017
asSelf (archive footage)

1969
asSelf

1967
asSergeant Tweed

2001
asSelf

2000
asSelf

2013
asSelf

1985
asSelf

1967
asTommy Del Gaddo

1968
asRev. Thomas Davis

1969
asSelf (Archive Footage)

2009
asSelf

1999
asNarrator (voice)

2001
asSelf

1982
asSelf

1983
asSelf

2001
asSelf

2002
asSelf

1961
asCop (uncredited)

2017
asSelf - Narrator (voice)

2005
asNarrator (voice)

1978
asSelf

2014
asSelf (archive footage)

2006
asLex Luthor

1992
asReader (voice)

2002
asSelf

2002
asSelf

1996
asBlind Man (archive footage)

1983
asGod (voice) (uncredited)

2006
asSelf (archive footage)

1994
asSelf

2000
asSelf

2021
asSelf (archive footage)

2001
asHimself/Narrator

2024
asSelf (archive footage)

1992
asSelf

1973
asHimself

1995
asSelf

2016
asSelf - Narrator

2025
asSelf (Archival Footage)
asSelf
asSelf
asHerb Kenyon
asSelf
asMr. Jasper
as
asSelf
asHolt
asStanley McGuirk
as
as
asDouglas McCann
asSelf
as
asSelf
as
asJoe Lawson
asRoger Nathan
asSelf
asSelf - Narrator (voice)
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf
asTom Jessup
asSelf (archive footage)
asSelf - Nominee
asSelf - Presenter
asSelf - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
asMotorist
asSelf - Winner
asSelf - Nominee / Presenter
asSelf - Presenter
asSelf
asSelf
Production

2000
asCrew

1990
asDirecting