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).

Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Mike Douglas Show

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

The Merv Griffin Show

Naked City

All Movies (120)

• Breakdown: 19752025 · as (archive footage)
• The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special2025 · as Self (archive footage)
• Remembering Gene Wilder2024 · as Self (archive footage)
• Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• Sacheen: Breaking the Silence2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• Pattern Recognition2017 · as Self (archive footage)
• We, the Marines2017 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima2016 · as Self - Narrator
• Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films2014 · as Lex Luthor (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story2013 · as Self
• I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale2009 · as Self
• Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'2008 · as Self
• Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut2006 · as Lex Luthor
• Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage2005 · as Narrator (voice)
• Welcome to Mooseport2004 · as Monroe Cole
• Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust2004 · as Narrator
• Runaway Jury2003 · as Rankin Fitch
• Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'2002 · as Self
• Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'2002 · as Self
• All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger2002 · as Self
• Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes2001 · as Lex Luthor (archive footage)
• With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson2001 · as Self
• Behind Enemy Lines2001 · as Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group
• Heist2001 · as Joe Moore
• The Royal Tenenbaums2001 · as Royal Tenenbaum
• Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection2001 · as Self
• Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe2001 · as Himself/Narrator
• Heroes of Iwo Jima2001 · as Self - Host/Narrator
• Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'2001 · as Self
• Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend2001 · as Self
• Heartbreakers2001 · as William B. Tensy
• The Mexican2001 · as Arnold Margolese
• Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows2000 · as Self
• Under Suspicion2000 · as Henry Hearst
• The Replacements2000 · as Jimmy McGinty
• The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'2000 · as Self
• Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood1999 · as Narrator (voice)
• Enemy of the State1998 · as Brill
• Antz1998 · as General Mandible (voice)
• Twilight1998 · as Jack Ames
• Sports on the Silver Screen1997 · as Self (archive footage)
• Absolute Power1997 · as President Richmond
• The Chamber1996 · as Sam Cayhall
• Extreme Measures1996 · as Dr. Lawrence Myrick
• The Birdcage1996 · as Senator Kevin Keeley
• Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein1996 · as Blind Man (archive footage)
• Get Shorty1995 · as Harry Zimm
• Crimson Tide1995 · as Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey
• The Quick and the Dead1995 · as Herod
• The Making of 'Crimson Tide'1995 · as Self
• Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso1994 · as Self
• Shurtleff on Acting1994 · as Self
• Wyatt Earp1994 · as Nicholas Earp
• Geronimo: An American Legend1993 · as Brig. Gen. George Crook
• The Firm1993 · as Avery Tolar
• Earth and the American Dream1992 · as Reader (voice)
• Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'1992 · as Self
• Unforgiven1992 · as 'Little' Bill Daggett
• Company Business1991 · as Sam Boyd
• Class Action1991 · as Jedediah Tucker Ward
• Narrow Margin1990 · as Robert Caulfield
• Postcards from the Edge1990 · as Lowell Kolchek
• Loose Cannons1990 · as MacArthur Stern
• The Package1989 · as Sgt. Johnny Gallagher
• Mississippi Burning1988 · as Agent Rupert Anderson
• Full Moon in Blue Water1988 · as Floyd
• Another Woman1988 · as Larry
• Bat★211988 · as Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton
• Split Decisions1988 · as Dan McGuinn
• No Way Out1987 · as Defense Secretary David Brice
• Superman IV: The Quest for Peace1987 · as Lex Luthor
• Hoosiers1986 · as Norman Dale
• Power1986 · as Wilfred Buckley
• Target1985 · as Walter Lloyd
• Twice in a Lifetime1985 · as Harry MacKenzie
• Uncommon Valor1983 · as Col. Cal Rhodes
• Two of a Kind1983 · as God (voice) (uncredited)
• Misunderstood1983 · as Ned Rawley
• Under Fire1983 · as Alex Grazier
• The Making of 'Superman II'1983 · as Self
• Eureka1983 · as Jack McCann
• The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'1982 · as Self
• Reds1981 · as Pete van Wherry
• All Night Long1981 · as George Dupler
• Superman II1980 · as Lex Luthor
• Superman1978 · as Lex Luthor
• Formula 1 - Speed fever1978 · as Self
• March or Die1977 · as Major William Sherman Foster
• A Bridge Too Far1977 · as Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski
• The Domino Principle1977 · as Tucker
• Lucky Lady1975 · as Kibby
• Bite the Bullet1975 · as Sam Clayton
• Night Moves1975 · as Harry Moseby
• French Connection II1975 · as "Popeye" Doyle
• Young Frankenstein1974 · as Blindman
• Zandy's Bride1974 · as Zandy Allen
• The Conversation1974 · as Harry Caul
• Scarecrow1973 · as Max Millan
• On the Road with: Scarecrow1973 · as Self
• The Poseidon Adventure1972 · as Reverend Scott
• Prime Cut1972 · as Mary Ann
• Cisco Pike1972 · as Officer Leo Holland
• The French Connection1971 · as Jimmy Doyle
• The Hunting Party1971 · as Brandt Ruger
• Doctors' Wives1971 · as Dave Randolph
• I Never Sang for My Father1970 · as Gene Garrison
• Marooned1969 · as Buzz Lloyd
• Downhill Racer1969 · as Eugene Claire
• The Gypsy Moths1969 · as Joe Browdy
• Riot1969 · as Red Fraker
• The Sky Divers1969 · as Self
• Shadow on the Land1968 · as Rev. Thomas Davis
• The Split1968 · as Lt. Walter Brill
• Banning1967 · as Tommy Del Gaddo
• Bonnie and Clyde1967 · as Buck Barrow
• A Covenant with Death1967 · as Harmsworth
• First to Fight1967 · as Sergeant Tweed
• Hawaii1966 · as John Whipple
• Lilith1964 · as Norman
• Mad Dog Coll1961 · as Cop (uncredited)

All TV Shows (35)

• The Playboy Murders2023 · as Self (archive footage)
• Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives2007 · as Self
• America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions2006 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• The Directors1999 · as Self
• Inside the Actors Studio1994 · as Self
• American Masters1986 · as Self
• Larry King Live1985 · as Self
• Entertainment Tonight1981 · as Self
• The South Bank Show1978 · as Self
• The Hollywood Greats1977
• Dinah!1974 · as Self
• The American Film Institute Salute to ...1973 · as Self
• Film '721971 · as Self
• V.I.P. Schaukel1971 · as Self
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In1968 · as Self
• The Invaders1967 · as Tom Jessup
• CBS Playhouse1966 · as Ned
• Hawk1966
• The F.B.I.1965 · as Herb Kenyon
• The Trials of O'Brien1965 · as Roger Nathan
• East Side/West Side1963
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962 · as Self
• The Merv Griffin Show1962 · as Self
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• The DuPont Show of the Week1961 · as Douglas McCann
• The Defenders1961 · as Stanley McGuirk
• Tallahassee 70001961 · as Joe Lawson
• Route 661960 · as Motorist
• Naked City1958 · as Mr. Jasper
• The United States Steel Hour1953
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Presenter
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee / Presenter