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Gene Hackman

Gene Hackman

ActingBorn: January 30, 1930in San Bernardino, California, USADied: February 17, 2025

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).

Breakdown: 1975

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Breakdown: 1975

2025Documentary

as (archive footage)

The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special

The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special

2025Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

Remembering Gene Wilder

Remembering Gene Wilder

2024Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

The Playboy Murders

The Playboy Murders

as Self (archive footage)

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

2021Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

Sacheen: Breaking the Silence

Sacheen: Breaking the Silence

2019Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

Pattern Recognition

Pattern Recognition

2017Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

We, the Marines

We, the Marines

2017Documentary

as Self - Narrator (voice)

The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima

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The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima

as Self - Narrator

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

2014Documentary

as Lex Luthor (archive footage) (uncredited)

Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story

Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story

2013Documentary

as Self

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

2009Documentary

as Self

Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'

Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'

2008Documentary

as Self

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

2007Documentary

as Self

America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions

America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions

2006Documentary

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

2006Science Fiction

as Lex Luthor

Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage

Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage

2005Documentary

as Narrator (voice)

Welcome to Mooseport

Welcome to Mooseport

as Monroe Cole

Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust

Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust

2004Documentary

as Narrator

Runaway Jury

Runaway Jury

as Rankin Fitch

Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'

Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'

2002Documentary

as Self

Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'

Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'

2002Documentary

as Self

All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger

All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger

2002Documentary

as Self

Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes

Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes

2001Documentary

as Lex Luthor (archive footage)

With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson

With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson

2001Documentary

as Self

Behind Enemy Lines

Behind Enemy Lines

as Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group

Heist

Heist

as Joe Moore

The Royal Tenenbaums

The Royal Tenenbaums

as Royal Tenenbaum

Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection

Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection

2001Documentary

as Self

Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe

Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe

2001Documentary

as Himself/Narrator

Heroes of Iwo Jima

Heroes of Iwo Jima

2001Documentary

as Self - Host/Narrator

Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'

Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'

2001Documentary

as Self

Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend

Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend

2001Documentary

as Self

Heartbreakers

Heartbreakers

as William B. Tensy

The Mexican

The Mexican

as Arnold Margolese

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

Fandango At Home

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

2000Documentary

as Self

Under Suspicion

Under Suspicion

as Henry Hearst

The Replacements

The Replacements

as Jimmy McGinty

The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'

The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'

2000Documentary

as Self

Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood

1999Documentary

as Narrator (voice)

The Directors

The Directors

1999Documentary

as Self

Enemy of the State

Enemy of the State

as Brill

Antz

Antz

as General Mandible (voice)

Twilight

Twilight

as Jack Ames

Sports on the Silver Screen

Sports on the Silver Screen

1997Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

Absolute Power

Absolute Power

as President Richmond

The Chamber

The Chamber

as Sam Cayhall

Extreme Measures

Extreme Measures

as Dr. Lawrence Myrick

The Birdcage

The Birdcage

as Senator Kevin Keeley

Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein

Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein

1996Documentary

as Blind Man (archive footage)

Get Shorty

Get Shorty

as Harry Zimm

Crimson Tide

Crimson Tide

as Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey

The Quick and the Dead

The Quick and the Dead

as Herod

The Making of 'Crimson Tide'

The Making of 'Crimson Tide'

1995Documentary

as Self

Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso

Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso

1994Documentary

as Self

Inside the Actors Studio

Inside the Actors Studio

as Self

Shurtleff on Acting

Shurtleff on Acting

as Self

Wyatt Earp

Wyatt Earp

as Nicholas Earp

Geronimo: An American Legend

Geronimo: An American Legend

as Brig. Gen. George Crook

The Firm

The Firm

as Avery Tolar

Earth and the American Dream

Earth and the American Dream

1992Documentary

as Reader (voice)

Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'

Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'

1992Documentary

as Self

Unforgiven

Unforgiven

as 'Little' Bill Daggett

Company Business

Company Business

as Sam Boyd

Class Action

Class Action

as Jedediah Tucker Ward

Narrow Margin

Narrow Margin

as Robert Caulfield

Postcards from the Edge

Postcards from the Edge

as Lowell Kolchek

Loose Cannons

Loose Cannons

as MacArthur Stern

The Package

The Package

as Sgt. Johnny Gallagher

Mississippi Burning

Mississippi Burning

as Agent Rupert Anderson

Full Moon in Blue Water

Full Moon in Blue Water

as Floyd

Another Woman

Another Woman

as Larry

Bat★21

Bat★21

as Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton

Split Decisions

Split Decisions

as Dan McGuinn

No Way Out

No Way Out

as Defense Secretary David Brice

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

as Lex Luthor

Hoosiers

Hoosiers

as Norman Dale

American Masters

American Masters

1986Documentary

as Self

Power

Power

as Wilfred Buckley

Target

Target

as Walter Lloyd

Twice in a Lifetime

Twice in a Lifetime

as Harry MacKenzie

Larry King Live

Larry King Live

as Self

Uncommon Valor

Uncommon Valor

as Col. Cal Rhodes

Two of a Kind

Two of a Kind

as God (voice) (uncredited)

Misunderstood

Misunderstood

as Ned Rawley

Under Fire

Under Fire

as Alex Grazier

The Making of 'Superman II'

The Making of 'Superman II'

1983Documentary

as Self

Eureka

Eureka

as Jack McCann

The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'

The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'

1982Documentary

as Self

Reds

Reds

as Pete van Wherry

Entertainment Tonight

Entertainment Tonight

as Self

All Night Long

All Night Long

as George Dupler

Superman II

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Superman II

1980Science Fiction

as Lex Luthor

Superman

Superman

1978Science Fiction

as Lex Luthor

Formula 1 - Speed fever

Formula 1 - Speed fever

1978Documentary

as Self

The South Bank Show

The South Bank Show

1978Documentary

as Self

March or Die

March or Die

as Major William Sherman Foster

The Hollywood Greats

The Hollywood Greats

1977Documentary

as Unknown

A Bridge Too Far

A Bridge Too Far

as Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski

The Domino Principle

The Domino Principle

as Tucker

Lucky Lady

Lucky Lady

as Kibby

Bite the Bullet

Bite the Bullet

as Sam Clayton

Night Moves

Night Moves

as Harry Moseby

French Connection II

French Connection II

as "Popeye" Doyle

Young Frankenstein

Young Frankenstein

as Blindman

Dinah!

Dinah!

as Self

Zandy's Bride

Zandy's Bride

as Zandy Allen

The Conversation

The Conversation

as Harry Caul

Scarecrow

Scarecrow

as Max Millan

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

as Self

On the Road with: Scarecrow

On the Road with: Scarecrow

1973Documentary

as Self

The Poseidon Adventure

The Poseidon Adventure

as Reverend Scott

Prime Cut

Prime Cut

as Mary Ann

Cisco Pike

Cisco Pike

as Officer Leo Holland

Film '72

as Self

The French Connection

The French Connection

as Jimmy Doyle

The Hunting Party

The Hunting Party

as Brandt Ruger

V.I.P. Schaukel

as Self

Doctors' Wives

Doctors' Wives

as Dave Randolph

I Never Sang for My Father

I Never Sang for My Father

as Gene Garrison

Marooned

Marooned

as Buzz Lloyd

Downhill Racer

Downhill Racer

as Eugene Claire

The Gypsy Moths

The Gypsy Moths

as Joe Browdy

Riot

Riot

as Red Fraker

The Sky Divers

The Sky Divers

1969Documentary

as Self

Shadow on the Land

Shadow on the Land

1968Science Fiction

as Rev. Thomas Davis

The Split

The Split

as Lt. Walter Brill

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

as Self

Banning

Banning

as Tommy Del Gaddo

Bonnie and Clyde

Bonnie and Clyde

as Buck Barrow

A Covenant with Death

A Covenant with Death

as Harmsworth

First to Fight

First to Fight

as Sergeant Tweed

The Invaders

The Invaders

as Tom Jessup

CBS Playhouse

as Ned

Hawaii

Hawaii

as John Whipple

Hawk

Hawk

as Unknown

The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.

as Herb Kenyon

The Trials of O'Brien

The Trials of O'Brien

as Roger Nathan

Lilith

Lilith

as Norman

East Side/West Side

East Side/West Side

as Unknown

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Peacock Premium

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self

The Merv Griffin Show

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

The DuPont Show of the Week

The DuPont Show of the Week

as Douglas McCann

The Defenders

The Defenders

as Stanley McGuirk

Mad Dog Coll

Mad Dog Coll

as Cop (uncredited)

Tallahassee 7000

Tallahassee 7000

as Joe Lawson

Route 66

Route 66

as Motorist

Naked City

Naked City

as Mr. Jasper

The United States Steel Hour

The United States Steel Hour

as Unknown

The Oscars

The Oscars

as Self

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee / Presenter