Gene Hackman

Known for: Acting

Born: 1930-01-30 – 2025-02-17 (aged 95)

From: San Bernardino, California, USA

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).

Filmography (152)

MOVIE★ 6.8
Breakdown: 1975
2025
as (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special
2025
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.2
Remembering Gene Wilder
2024
as Self (archive footage)
TV★ 7.6
The Playboy Murders
2023
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 5.0
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE
Sacheen: Breaking the Silence
2019
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE
Pattern Recognition
2017
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 5.4
We, the Marines
2017
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MOVIE
The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima
2016
as Self - Narrator
MOVIE★ 7.2
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
as Lex Luthor (archive footage) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.1
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
2013
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.9
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2009
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.6
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
2008
as Self
TV★ 6.8
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
2007
as Self
TV★ 8.0
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
2006
as Self - Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 7.4
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
2006
as Lex Luthor
MOVIE
Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage
2005
as Narrator (voice)
MOVIE★ 5.1
Welcome to Mooseport
2004
as Monroe Cole
MOVIE★ 6.6
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
2004
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.9
Runaway Jury
2003
as Rankin Fitch
MOVIE★ 6.5
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
2002
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.4
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
2002
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.3
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
2002
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.9
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
2001
as Lex Luthor (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.0
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
2001
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.4
Behind Enemy Lines
2001
as Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group
MOVIE★ 6.3
Heist
2001
as Joe Moore
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Royal Tenenbaums
2001
as Royal Tenenbaum
MOVIE★ 7.0
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
2001
as Self
MOVIE
Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe
2001
as Himself/Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.1
Heroes of Iwo Jima
2001
as Self - Host/Narrator
MOVIE★ 7.6
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
2001
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.2
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
2001
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.1
Heartbreakers
2001
as William B. Tensy
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Mexican
2001
as Arnold Margolese
MOVIE★ 7.3
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.1
Under Suspicion
2000
as Henry Hearst
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Replacements
2000
as Jimmy McGinty
MOVIE★ 8.1
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
2000
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.8
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
1999
as Narrator (voice)
TV★ 6.1
The Directors
1999
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.1
Enemy of the State
1998
as Brill
MOVIE★ 6.2
Antz
1998
as General Mandible (voice)
MOVIE★ 6.1
Twilight
1998
as Jack Ames
MOVIE★ 9.0
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.7
Absolute Power
1997
as President Richmond
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Chamber
1996
as Sam Cayhall
MOVIE★ 6.0
Extreme Measures
1996
as Dr. Lawrence Myrick
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Birdcage
1996
as Senator Kevin Keeley
MOVIE★ 8.3
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
1996
as Blind Man (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 6.5
Get Shorty
1995
as Harry Zimm
MOVIE★ 7.2
Crimson Tide
1995
as Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Quick and the Dead
1995
as Herod
MOVIE★ 9.0
The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
1995
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.4
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
1994
as Self
TV★ 7.6
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
MOVIE
Shurtleff on Acting
1994
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.8
Wyatt Earp
1994
as Nicholas Earp
MOVIE★ 6.3
Geronimo: An American Legend
1993
as Brig. Gen. George Crook
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Firm
1993
as Avery Tolar
MOVIE★ 6.7
Earth and the American Dream
1992
as Reader (voice)
MOVIE
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
1992
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.9
Unforgiven
1992
as 'Little' Bill Daggett
MOVIE★ 5.2
Company Business
1991
as Sam Boyd
MOVIE★ 6.3
Class Action
1991
as Jedediah Tucker Ward
MOVIE★ 6.5
Narrow Margin
1990
as Robert Caulfield
MOVIE★ 6.6
Postcards from the Edge
1990
as Lowell Kolchek
MOVIE★ 5.0
Loose Cannons
1990
as MacArthur Stern
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Package
1989
as Sgt. Johnny Gallagher
MOVIE★ 7.7
Mississippi Burning
1988
as Agent Rupert Anderson
MOVIE★ 6.1
Full Moon in Blue Water
1988
as Floyd
MOVIE★ 6.8
Another Woman
1988
as Larry
MOVIE★ 6.3
Bat★21
1988
as Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton
MOVIE★ 5.1
Split Decisions
1988
as Dan McGuinn
MOVIE★ 6.9
No Way Out
1987
as Defense Secretary David Brice
MOVIE★ 4.6
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987
as Lex Luthor
MOVIE★ 7.0
Hoosiers
1986
as Norman Dale
TV★ 7.0
American Masters
1986
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.8
Power
1986
as Wilfred Buckley
MOVIE★ 5.9
Target
1985
as Walter Lloyd
MOVIE★ 5.8
Twice in a Lifetime
1985
as Harry MacKenzie
TV★ 5.3
Larry King Live
1985
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.3
Uncommon Valor
1983
as Col. Cal Rhodes
MOVIE★ 5.9
Two of a Kind
1983
as God (voice) (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 6.5
Misunderstood
1983
as Ned Rawley
MOVIE★ 6.7
Under Fire
1983
as Alex Grazier
MOVIE★ 7.6
The Making of 'Superman II'
1983
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.3
Eureka
1983
as Jack McCann
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
1982
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.9
Reds
1981
as Pete van Wherry
TV★ 4.3
Entertainment Tonight
1981
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.2
All Night Long
1981
as George Dupler
MOVIE★ 6.8
Superman II
1980
as Lex Luthor
MOVIE★ 7.2
Superman
1978
as Lex Luthor
MOVIE★ 7.1
Formula 1 - Speed fever
1978
as Self
TV★ 5.6
The South Bank Show
1978
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.8
March or Die
1977
as Major William Sherman Foster
TV★ 4.7
The Hollywood Greats
1977
MOVIE★ 7.2
A Bridge Too Far
1977
as Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski
MOVIE★ 5.9
The Domino Principle
1977
as Tucker
MOVIE★ 5.5
Lucky Lady
1975
as Kibby
MOVIE★ 6.5
Bite the Bullet
1975
as Sam Clayton
MOVIE★ 6.7
Night Moves
1975
as Harry Moseby
MOVIE★ 6.8
French Connection II
1975
as "Popeye" Doyle
MOVIE★ 7.9
Young Frankenstein
1974
as Blindman
TV★ 7.0
Dinah!
1974
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.3
Zandy's Bride
1974
as Zandy Allen
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Conversation
1974
as Harry Caul
MOVIE★ 7.1
Scarecrow
1973
as Max Millan
TV★ 6.3
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
On the Road with: Scarecrow
1973
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.2
The Poseidon Adventure
1972
as Reverend Scott
MOVIE★ 6.4
Prime Cut
1972
as Mary Ann
MOVIE★ 5.7
Cisco Pike
1972
as Officer Leo Holland
TV★ 4.7
Film '72
1971
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.5
The French Connection
1971
as Jimmy Doyle
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Hunting Party
1971
as Brandt Ruger
TV★ 8.0
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.0
Doctors' Wives
1971
as Dave Randolph
MOVIE★ 6.7
I Never Sang for My Father
1970
as Gene Garrison
MOVIE★ 6.0
Marooned
1969
as Buzz Lloyd
MOVIE★ 5.9
Downhill Racer
1969
as Eugene Claire
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Gypsy Moths
1969
as Joe Browdy
MOVIE★ 5.3
Riot
1969
as Red Fraker
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Sky Divers
1969
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.7
Shadow on the Land
1968
as Rev. Thomas Davis
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Split
1968
as Lt. Walter Brill
TV★ 6.8
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.8
Banning
1967
as Tommy Del Gaddo
MOVIE★ 7.5
Bonnie and Clyde
1967
as Buck Barrow
MOVIE★ 4.8
A Covenant with Death
1967
as Harmsworth
MOVIE★ 7.9
First to Fight
1967
as Sergeant Tweed
TV★ 6.9
The Invaders
1967
as Tom Jessup
TV★ 7.0
CBS Playhouse
1966
as Ned
MOVIE★ 6.3
Hawaii
1966
as John Whipple
TV★ 8.0
Hawk
1966
TV★ 5.6
The F.B.I.
1965
as Herb Kenyon
TV★ 7.0
The Trials of O'Brien
1965
as Roger Nathan
MOVIE★ 6.4
Lilith
1964
as Norman
TV★ 7.8
East Side/West Side
1963
TV★ 7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TV★ 6.6
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
TV★ 5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
TV★ 7.0
The DuPont Show of the Week
1961
as Douglas McCann
TV★ 6.3
The Defenders
1961
as Stanley McGuirk
MOVIE★ 5.4
Mad Dog Coll
1961
as Cop (uncredited)
TV★ 8.5
Tallahassee 7000
1961
as Joe Lawson
TV★ 6.7
Route 66
1960
as Motorist
TV★ 5.7
Naked City
1958
as Mr. Jasper
TV★ 6.3
The United States Steel Hour
1953
TV★ 7.0
The Oscars
1953
as Self
TV★ 7.0
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee