Gene Hackman
Eugene Allen Hackman 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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- Born:
- Jan 30, 1930 In San Bernardino, California, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 161
- First Appeared:
- In the series Golden Globe Awards 1944-01-20
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special 2025-03-18
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special | Self (Archival Footage) | 2025-03-18 |
| Movie | Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story | Self (archive footage) | 2024-09-21 |
| Series | The Playboy Murders | Self (archive footage) | 2023-01-23 |
| Movie | Becoming Al Pacino | Self (archive footage) | 2022-02-06 |
| Movie | Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend | Self (archive footage) | 2021-01-02 |
| Movie | Sacheen: Breaking the Silence | Self (archive footage) | 2019-04-05 |
| Movie | We, The Marines | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2017-07-21 |
| Movie | Pattern Recognition | Self (archive footage) | 2017-12-01 |
| Movie | The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima | Self - Narrator | 2016-07-01 |
| Movie | And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
| Movie | Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films | Lex Luthor (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2014-10-06 |
| Movie | Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story | Self | 2013-04-27 |
| Movie | I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale | Self | 2009-01-16 |
| Movie | Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde' | Self | 2008-03-25 |
| Series | Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives | Self | 2007-04-23 |
| Movie | Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman | Self (archive footage) | 2006-06-12 |
| Movie | Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut | Lex Luthor | 2006-11-02 |
| Movie | Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut | Lex Luthor | 2006-11-28 |
| Movie | You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman | Self (archive footage) | 2006-11-28 |
| Series | America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2006-11-17 |
| Movie | Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage | Narrator (voice) | 2005-10-09 |
| Movie | Welcome to Mooseport | Monroe Cole | 2004-02-24 |
| Movie | Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust | Narrator | 2004-01-01 |
| Movie | Runaway Jury | Rankin Fitch | 2003-01-16 |
| Movie | Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' | Self | 2002-09-24 |
| Movie | All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger | Self | 2002-09-24 |
| Movie | Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs' | Self | 2002-10-28 |
| Movie | Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman' | Self | 2001-05-01 |
| Movie | Heroes of Iwo Jima | Self - Host/Narrator | 2001-06-17 |
| Movie | Heartbreakers | William B. Tensy | 2001-03-23 |
| Movie | Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend | Self | 2001-01-01 |
| Movie | The Mexican | Arnold Margolese | 2001-03-01 |
| Movie | Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe | Himself/Narrator | 2001-08-01 |
| Movie | Heist | Joe Moore | 2001-11-09 |
| Movie | Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes | Lex Luthor (archive footage) | 2001-12-23 |
| Movie | Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection | Self | 2001-09-25 |
| Movie | With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson | Self | 2001-12-17 |
| Movie | Behind Enemy Lines | Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group | 2001-11-30 |
| Movie | The Royal Tenenbaums | Royal Tenenbaum | 2001-10-05 |
| Movie | The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection' | Self | 2000-01-15 |
| Movie | The Replacements | Jimmy McGinty | 2000-08-11 |
| Movie | Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows | Self | 2000-09-27 |
| Movie | Under Suspicion | Henry Hearst | 2000-08-24 |
| Series | The Directors | Self | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood | Narrator (voice) | 1999-01-23 |
| Movie | Twilight | Jack Ames | 1998-03-06 |
| Movie | Antz | General Mandible (voice) | 1998-10-02 |
| Movie | Enemy of the State | Brill | 1998-11-20 |
| Movie | Absolute Power | President Richmond | 1997-02-14 |
| Movie | Sports on the Silver Screen | Self (archive footage) | 1997-03-16 |
| Movie | Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein | Blind Man (archive footage) | 1996-01-01 |
| Movie | The Birdcage | Senator Kevin Keeley | 1996-03-08 |
| Movie | The Chamber | Sam Cayhall | 1996-10-11 |
| Movie | Extreme Measures | Dr. Lawrence Myrick | 1996-09-27 |
| Movie | The Making of 'Crimson Tide' | Self | 1995-01-01 |
| Movie | The Quick and the Dead | John Herod | 1995-02-09 |
| Movie | Crimson Tide | Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey | 1995-05-12 |
| Movie | Get Shorty | Harry Zimm | 1995-10-20 |
| Movie | Wyatt Earp | Nicholas Earp | 1994-06-24 |
| Movie | Shurtleff on Acting | Self | 1994-07-14 |
| Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Self | 1994-08-14 |
| Movie | Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso | Self | 1994-12-11 |
| Movie | The Firm | Avery Tolar | 1993-06-30 |
| Movie | Geronimo | 1993-12-05 | |
| Movie | Geronimo: An American Legend | Brig. Gen. George Crook | 1993-12-10 |
| Movie | Unforgiven | 'Little' Bill Daggett | 1992-08-07 |
| Movie | Earth and the American Dream | Reader (voice) | 1992-10-01 |
| Movie | Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' | Self | 1992-09-17 |
| Movie | Class Action | Jedediah Tucker Ward | 1991-03-15 |
| Movie | Company Business | Sam Boyd | 1991-09-06 |
| Movie | Loose Cannons | MacArthur Stern | 1990-02-09 |
| Movie | Narrow Margin | Robert Caulfield | 1990-09-21 |
| Movie | Postcards from the Edge | Lowell Kolchek | 1990-09-14 |
| Movie | The Package | Sgt. Johnny Gallagher | 1989-01-25 |
| Movie | Split Decisions | Dan McGuinn | 1988-06-11 |
| Movie | Bat★21 | Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton | 1988-07-21 |
| Movie | Another Woman | Larry | 1988-10-13 |
| Movie | Full Moon in Blue Water | Floyd | 1988-11-23 |
| Movie | Mississippi Burning | Agent Rupert Anderson | 1988-12-08 |
| Movie | Superman IV: The Quest for Peace | Lex Luthor | 1987-07-24 |
| Movie | No Way Out | Defense Secretary David Brice | 1987-08-14 |
| Movie | Power | Wilfred Buckley | 1986-01-31 |
| Series | American Masters | Self | 1986-06-23 |
| Movie | Hoosiers | Coach Norman Dale | 1986-11-14 |
| Movie | Night of 100 Stars II | Self | 1985-03-10 |
| Series | Larry King Live | Self | 1985-06-03 |
| Movie | Twice in a Lifetime | Harry MacKenzie | 1985-10-23 |
| Movie | Target | Walter Lloyd | 1985-11-08 |
| Movie | The Making of 'Superman II' | Self | 1983-07-17 |
| Movie | Eureka | Jack McCann | 1983-05-01 |
| Movie | Under Fire | Alex Grazier | 1983-10-21 |
| Movie | Two of a Kind | God (voice) (uncredited) | 1983-12-13 |
| Movie | Misunderstood | Ned Rawley | 1983-12-10 |
| Movie | Uncommon Valor | Col. Cal Rhodes | 1983-12-16 |
| Movie | The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' | Self | 1982-01-24 |
| Movie | All Night Long | George Dupler | 1981-03-06 |
| Movie | Reds | Pete van Wherry | 1981-12-25 |
| Series | Entertainment Tonight | Self | 1981-09-15 |
| Movie | Superman II | Lex Luthor | 1980-12-12 |
| Series | The South Bank Show | Self | 1978-01-14 |
| Movie | Formula 1 - Speed fever | Self | 1978-09-15 |
| Movie | Superman | Lex Luthor | 1978-12-14 |
| Movie | The Domino Principle | Tucker | 1977-03-23 |
| Movie | A Bridge Too Far | Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski | 1977-06-15 |
| Movie | March or Die | Major William Sherman Foster | 1977-09-08 |
| Series | The Hollywood Greats | Unknown | 1977-08-04 |
| Movie | French Connection II | "Popeye" Doyle | 1975-05-18 |
| Movie | Night Moves | Harry Moseby | 1975-06-11 |
| Movie | Lucky Lady | Kibby | 1975-12-25 |
| Movie | Bite the Bullet | Sam Clayton | 1975-09-26 |
| Movie | The Conversation | Harry Caul | 1974-04-07 |
| Movie | Zandy's Bride | Zandy Allen | 1974-05-19 |
| Movie | Young Frankenstein | Blindman | 1974-12-15 |
| Series | Dinah! | Self | 1974-10-21 |
| Series | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Self | 1973-04-02 |
| Movie | On the Road with: Scarecrow | Himself | 1973-01-01 |
| Movie | Scarecrow | Max Millan | 1973-04-11 |
| Movie | Prime Cut | Mary Ann | 1972-06-01 |
| Movie | The Poseidon Adventure | Reverend Scott | 1972-12-01 |
| Series | V.I.P. Schaukel | Self | 1971-05-09 |
| Movie | Doctors' Wives | Dave Randolph | 1971-02-03 |
| Movie | The French Connection | Jimmy Doyle | 1971-10-09 |
| Movie | Cisco Pike | Officer Leo Holland | 1971-11-02 |
| Movie | The Hunting Party | Brandt Ruger | 1971-07-16 |
| Movie | I Never Sang for My Father | Gene Garrison | 1970-10-18 |
| Movie | The Sky Divers | Self | 1969-01-01 |
| Movie | How Fast? | Self (Archive Footage) | 1969-01-01 |
| Movie | Riot | Red Fraker | 1969-01-15 |
| Movie | Downhill Racer | Eugene Claire | 1969-11-06 |
| Movie | The Gypsy Moths | Joe Browdy | 1969-08-29 |
| Movie | Marooned | Buzz Lloyd | 1969-12-11 |
| Series | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Self | 1968-01-22 |
| Movie | Shadow on the Land | Rev. Thomas Davis | 1968-12-04 |
| Movie | The Split | Lt. Walter Brill | 1968-11-04 |
| Movie | First to Fight | Sergeant Tweed | 1967-01-25 |
| Series | The Invaders | Tom Jessup | 1967-01-10 |
| Movie | A Covenant with Death | Harmsworth | 1967-02-15 |
| Movie | Community Shelter Planning | Donald Ross - Regional Civil Defense Officer | 1967-06-06 |
| Movie | Bonnie and Clyde | Buck Barrow | 1967-08-13 |
| Movie | Banning | Tommy Del Gaddo | 1967-12-13 |
| Series | Hawk | Unknown | 1966-09-08 |
| Movie | Hawaii | John Whipple | 1966-10-10 |
| Series | CBS Playhouse | Unknown | 1966-12-08 |
| Series | The Trials of O'Brien | Roger Nathan | 1965-09-18 |
| Series | The F.B.I. | Herb Kenyon | 1965-09-19 |
| Movie | Lilith | Norman | 1964-10-01 |
| Series | East Side/West Side | Unknown | 1963-09-23 |
| Series | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | 1962-10-01 |
| Series | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | 1962-10-01 |
| Movie | Mad Dog Coll | Cop (uncredited) | 1961-05-12 |
| Series | Tallahassee 7000 | Joe Lawson | 1961-01-24 |
| Series | The Defenders | Stanley McGuirk | 1961-09-16 |
| Series | The DuPont Show of the Week | Douglas McCann | 1961-09-17 |
| Series | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | 1961-12-11 |
| Series | Insight | Holt | 1960-10-02 |
| Series | Route 66 | Motorist | 1960-10-07 |
| Series | Naked City | Mr. Jasper | 1958-09-30 |
| Series | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | 1956-04-01 |
| Series | The Oscars | Self | 1953-03-19 |
| Series | The United States Steel Hour | Unknown | 1953-10-27 |
| Series | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee / Presenter | 1944-01-20 |