
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