Gene Hackman
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 30, 1930
- Died
- February 17, 2025
- Birthplace
- San Bernardino, California, USA
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
Close-Up on The Conversation TBA
Actor
Breakdown: 1975 2025
as (archive footage)
The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special 2025
as Self (archive footage)
Remembering Gene Wilder 2024
as Self (archive footage)
- Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend 2021
as Self (archive footage)
Sacheen: Breaking the Silence 2019
as Self (archive footage)
Pattern Recognition 2017
as Self (archive footage)
We, the Marines 2017
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima 2016
as Self - Narrator
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films 2014
as Lex Luthor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story 2013
as Self
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale 2009
as Self
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde' 2008
as Self
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut 2006
as Lex Luthor
Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage 2005
as Narrator (voice)
Welcome to Mooseport 2004
as Monroe Cole
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust 2004
as Narrator
Runaway Jury 2003
as Rankin Fitch
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs' 2002
as Self
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger 2002
as Self
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' 2002
as Self
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes 2001
as Lex Luthor (archive footage)
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson 2001
as Self
Behind Enemy Lines 2001
as Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group
Heist 2001
as Joe Moore
The Royal Tenenbaums 2001
as Royal Tenenbaum
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection 2001
as Self
Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe 2001
as Narrator / Self
Heroes of Iwo Jima 2001
as Self - Host / Narrator
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend 2001
as Self
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman' 2001
as Self
Heartbreakers 2001
as William B. Tensy
The Mexican 2001
as Margolese
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows 2000
as Self
Under Suspicion 2000
as Henry Hearst, Executive Producer
The Replacements 2000
as Jimmy McGinty
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection' 2000
as Self
- Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood 1999
as Narrator (voice)
Enemy of the State 1998
as Brill
Antz 1998
as General Mandible (voice)
Twilight 1998
as Jack Ames
Sports on the Silver Screen 1997
as Self (archive footage)
Absolute Power 1997
as President Richmond
The Chamber 1996
as Sam Cayhall
Extreme Measures 1996
as Dr. Lawrence Myrick
The Birdcage 1996
as Senator Kevin Keeley
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein 1996
as Blind Man (archive footage)
Get Shorty 1995
as Harry Zimm
Crimson Tide 1995
as Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey
The Quick and the Dead 1995
as Herod
The Making of 'Crimson Tide' 1995
as Self
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso 1994
as Self
Shurtleff on Acting 1994
as Self
Wyatt Earp 1994
as Nicholas Earp
Geronimo: An American Legend 1993
as Brig. Gen. George Crook
The Firm 1993
as Avery Tolar
Earth and the American Dream 1992
as Reader (voice)
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' 1992
as Self
Unforgiven 1992
as 'Little' Bill Daggett
Company Business 1991
as Sam Boyd
Class Action 1991
as Jedediah Tucker Ward
Narrow Margin 1990
as Robert Caulfield
Postcards from the Edge 1990
as Lowell Kolchek
Miami Blues 1990
Thanks
Loose Cannons 1990
as MacArthur Stern
The Package 1989
as Johnny Gallagher
Mississippi Burning 1988
as Agent Rupert Anderson
Full Moon in Blue Water 1988
as Floyd
Another Woman 1988
as Larry
Bat★21 1988
as Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton
Split Decisions 1988
as Dan McGuinn
No Way Out 1987
as Defense Secretary David Brice
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace 1987
as Lex Luthor
Hoosiers 1986
as Norman Dale
Power 1986
as Wilfred Buckley
Target 1985
as Walter Lloyd
Twice in a Lifetime 1985
as Harry MacKenzie
Uncommon Valor 1983
as Col. Cal Rhodes
Two of a Kind 1983
as God (voice) (uncredited)
Misunderstood 1983
as Ned Rawley
Under Fire 1983
as Alex Grazier
The Making of 'Superman II' 1983
as Self
Eureka 1983
as Jack McCann
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' 1982
as Self
Reds 1981
as Pete van Wherry
All Night Long 1981
as George Dupler
Superman II 1980
as Lex Luthor
Superman 1978
as Lex Luthor
Formula 1 - Speed fever 1978
as Self
March or Die 1977
as Major William Sherman Foster
A Bridge Too Far 1977
as Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski
The Domino Principle 1977
as Tucker
Lucky Lady 1975
as Kibby
Bite the Bullet 1975
as Sam Clayton
Night Moves 1975
as Harry Moseby
French Connection II 1975
as "Popeye" Doyle
Young Frankenstein 1974
as Blindman
Zandy's Bride 1974
as Zandy Allen
The Conversation 1974
as Harry Caul
Scarecrow 1973
as Max Millan
On the Road with: Scarecrow 1973
as Self
The Poseidon Adventure 1972
as Reverend Scott
Prime Cut 1972
as Mary Ann
Cisco Pike 1972
as Officer Leo Holland
The French Connection 1971
as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle
The Hunting Party 1971
as Brandt Ruger
Doctors' Wives 1971
as Dave Randolph
I Never Sang for My Father 1970
as Gene Garrison
Marooned 1969
as Buzz Lloyd
Downhill Racer 1969
as Eugene Claire
The Gypsy Moths 1969
as Joe Browdy
Riot 1969
as Red Fraker
The Sky Divers 1969
as Self
Shadow on the Land 1968
as Rev. Thomas Davis
The Split 1968
as Lt. Walter Brill
Banning 1967
as Tommy Del Gaddo
Bonnie and Clyde 1967
as Buck Barrow
A Covenant with Death 1967
as Harmsworth
First to Fight 1967
as Sergeant Tweed
Hawaii 1966
as John Whipple
Lilith 1964
as Norman
Mad Dog Coll 1961
as Cop (uncredited)
Credits from TMDB.