Gene Hackman
Department: Acting
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
Unforgiven
1992
Absolute Power
1997
Bonnie and Clyde
1967
The French Connection
1971
The Poseidon Adventure
1972
The Conversation
1974
Mississippi Burning
1988
Young Frankenstein
1974
Under Suspicion
2000
No Way Out
1987
Superman
1978
The Replacements
2000
French Connection II
1975
Heartbreakers
2001
The Birdcage
1996
Heist
2001
A Bridge Too Far
1977
Hoosiers
1986
Extreme Measures
1996
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987
The Mexican
2001
Runaway Jury
2003
Postcards from the Edge
1990
Another Woman
1988
Scarecrow
1973
Behind Enemy Lines
2001
Target
1985
Narrow Margin
1990
The Chamber
1996
Get Shorty
1995
The Package
1989
The Split
1968
Superman II
1980
Loose Cannons
1990
The Domino Principle
1977
Night Moves
1975
The Quick and the Dead
1995
Company Business
1991
Wyatt Earp
1994
March or Die
1977
Crimson Tide
1995
Antz
1998
The Royal Tenenbaums
2001
Twilight
1998
Downhill Racer
1969
Bite the Bullet
1975
Enemy of the State
1998
Uncommon Valor
1983
Under Fire
1983
Prime Cut
1972
Marooned
1969
Geronimo: An American Legend
1993
Full Moon in Blue Water
1988
Hawaii
1966
Lilith
1964
Bat★21
1988
The Firm
1993
Class Action
1991
Eureka
1983
The Hunting Party
1971
The Gypsy Moths
1969
Welcome to Mooseport
2004
Power
1986
Reds
1981
Misunderstood
1983
Cisco Pike
1971
I Never Sang for My Father
1970
Split Decisions
1988
Riot
1969
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
2001
Lucky Lady
1975
Zandy's Bride
1974
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
2004
Twice in a Lifetime
1985
All Night Long
1981
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
2008
Shurtleff on Acting
1994
Doctors' Wives
1971
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
2001
A Covenant with Death
1967
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997
Heroes of Iwo Jima
2001
Sacheen: Breaking the Silence
2019
Pattern Recognition
2017
The Sky Divers
1969
First to Fight
1967
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
2001
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
2013
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000
Banning
1967
Shadow on the Land
1968
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2009
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
1999
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
2001
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
1982
The Making of 'Superman II'
1983
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
2001
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
2002
Mad Dog Coll
1961
We, the Marines
2017
Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage
2005
Formula 1 - Speed fever
1978
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
2006
Earth and the American Dream
1992
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
2002
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
2002
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
1996
Two of a Kind
1983
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
1994
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
2000
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe
2001
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
1992
On the Road with: Scarecrow
1973
The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
1995
The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima
2016
The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special
2025
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
Breakdown: 1975
2025
Making THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS (with Wes Anderson & Robert Yeoman)
2001
Larry King Live
1985
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
The F.B.I.
1965
The South Bank Show
1978
Naked City
1958
East Side/West Side
1963
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
The Defenders
1961
The United States Steel Hour
1953
CBS Playhouse
1966
The DuPont Show of the Week
1961
The Directors
1999
The Hollywood Greats
1977
The Oscars
1953
Hawk
1966
Tallahassee 7000
1961
The Trials of O'Brien
1965
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
2006
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
2007
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
American Masters
1986
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Entertainment Tonight
1981
The Invaders
1967
The Playboy Murders
2023
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Route 66
1960
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Dinah!
1974
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
Film '72
1971