Gene Hackman
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).
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Full Filmography
All Credits (150)
Close-Up on The Conversation
as Unknown
Breakdown: 1975
as Self (The Conversation/The Poseidon Adventure- archive footage)
The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special
as Self (archive footage)
Remembering Gene Wilder
as Self (archive footage)
The Playboy Murders
as Self (archive footage)
Sacheen: Breaking the Silence
as Self (archive footage)
Pattern Recognition
as Self (archive footage)
We, the Marines
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima
as Self - Narrator
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Lex Luthor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
as Self
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
as Self
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
as Self
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
as Self
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
as Lex Luthor
Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage
as Narrator (voice)
Welcome to Mooseport
as Monroe Cole
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
as Narrator
Runaway Jury
as Rankin Fitch
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
as Self
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
as Self
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
as Self
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
as Lex Luthor (archive footage)
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
as Self
Heist
as Joe Moore
The Royal Tenenbaums
as Royal Tenenbaum
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
as Self
Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe
as Narrator / Self
Heroes of Iwo Jima
as Self - Host / Narrator
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
as Self
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
as Self
Heartbreakers
as William B. Tensy
The Mexican
as Margolese
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
as Self
Under Suspicion
as Henry Hearst
The Replacements
as Jimmy McGinty
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
as Self
The Directors
as Self
Enemy of the State
as Brill
Antz
as General Mandible (voice)
Sports on the Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
Absolute Power
as President Richmond
The Chamber
as Sam Cayhall
Extreme Measures
as Dr. Lawrence Myrick
The Birdcage
as Senator Kevin Keeley
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
as Blind Man (archive footage)
Get Shorty
as Harry Zimm
Crimson Tide
as Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey
The Quick and the Dead
as Herod
The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
as Self
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
as Self
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
Shurtleff on Acting
as Self
Wyatt Earp
as Nicholas Earp
Geronimo: An American Legend
as Brig. Gen. George Crook
The Firm
as Avery Tolar
Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
as Self
Unforgiven
as 'Little' Bill Daggett
Company Business
as Sam Boyd
Class Action
as Jedediah Tucker Ward
Narrow Margin
as Robert Caulfield
Postcards from the Edge
as Lowell Kolchek
Loose Cannons
as MacArthur Stern
The Package
as Sgt. Johnny Gallagher
Mississippi Burning
as Agent Rupert Anderson
Full Moon in Blue Water
as Floyd
Another Woman
as Larry
Bat★21
as Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton
Split Decisions
as Dan McGuinn
No Way Out
as Defense Secretary David Brice
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
as Lex Luthor
Hoosiers
as Norman Dale
American Masters
as Self
Power
as Wilfred Buckley
Target
as Walter Lloyd
Twice in a Lifetime
as Harry MacKenzie
Larry King Live
as Self
Uncommon Valor
as Col. Cal Rhodes
Two of a Kind
as God (voice) (uncredited)
Misunderstood
as Ned Rawley
Under Fire
as Alex Grazier
The Making of 'Superman II'
as Self
Eureka
as Jack McCann
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
as Self
Reds
as Pete van Wherry
Entertainment Tonight
as Self
All Night Long
as George Dupler
Superman II
as Lex Luthor
Superman
as Lex Luthor
Formula 1 - Speed fever
as Self
The South Bank Show
as Self
Ciné regards
as Self
March or Die
as Major William Sherman Foster
The Hollywood Greats
as Unknown
A Bridge Too Far
as Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski
The Domino Principle
as Tucker
Lucky Lady
as Kibby
Bite the Bullet
as Sam Clayton
Night Moves
as Harry Moseby
French Connection II
as "Popeye" Doyle
Young Frankenstein
as Blindman
Dinah!
as Self
Zandy's Bride
as Zandy Allen
The Conversation
as Harry Caul
Scarecrow
as Max Millan
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
On the Road with: Scarecrow
as Self
The Poseidon Adventure
as Reverend Scott
Prime Cut
as Mary Ann
Cisco Pike
as Officer Leo Holland
The French Connection
as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle
The Hunting Party
as Brandt Ruger
Doctors' Wives
as Dave Randolph
I Never Sang for My Father
as Gene Garrison
Marooned
as Buzz Lloyd
Downhill Racer
as Eugene Claire
The Gypsy Moths
as Joe Browdy
Riot
as Red Fraker
The Sky Divers
as Self
Shadow on the Land
as Rev. Thomas Davis
The Split
as Lt. Walter Brill
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
Banning
as Tommy Del Gaddo
Bonnie and Clyde
as Buck Barrow
A Covenant with Death
as Harmsworth
First to Fight
as Sergeant Tweed
The Invaders
as Tom Jessup
Hawaii
as John Whipple
Hawk
as Unknown
The F.B.I.
as Herb Kenyon
The Trials of O'Brien
as Roger Nathan
Lilith
as Norman
East Side/West Side
as Unknown
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
The DuPont Show of the Week
as Douglas McCann
The Defenders
as Stanley McGuirk
Mad Dog Coll
as Cop (uncredited)
Tallahassee 7000
as Joe Lawson
Route 66
as Motorist
Naked City
as Mr. Jasper
The United States Steel Hour
as Unknown
The Oscars
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee / Presenter