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).
151 acting credits
Acting · 151
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Naked City
1958
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The F.B.I.
1965
Route 66
1960
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
2007
American Masters
1986
The Defenders
1961
The Invaders
1967
The Oscars
1953
Dinah!
1974
The South Bank Show
1978
Film '72
1971
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
2006
The United States Steel Hour
1953
Unforgiven
1992
Superman
1978
Entertainment Tonight
1981
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
The Directors
1999
Mississippi Burning
1988
CBS Playhouse
1966
Enemy of the State
1998
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
Antz
1998
Crimson Tide
1995
The Firm
1993
Behind Enemy Lines
2001
The Royal Tenenbaums
2001
Superman II
1980
Bonnie and Clyde
1967
Young Frankenstein
1974
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987
Wyatt Earp
1994
The Quick and the Dead
1995
Get Shorty
1995
Heartbreakers
2001
The Poseidon Adventure
1972
The Replacements
2000
The Birdcage
1996
A Bridge Too Far
1977
East Side/West Side
1963
The Conversation
1974
The Playboy Murders
2023
Postcards from the Edge
1990
Runaway Jury
2003
The French Connection
1971
Absolute Power
1997
The Mexican
2001
The Trials of O'Brien
1965
Hawk
1966
No Way Out
1987
The Hollywood Greats
1977
Larry King Live
1985
Uncommon Valor
1983
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
2006
Under Fire
1983
Reds
1981
Geronimo: An American Legend
1993
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
2001
The Package
1989
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
Breakdown: 1975
2025
Hoosiers
1986
Heist
2001
Under Suspicion
2000
Narrow Margin
1990
The Chamber
1996
French Connection II
1975
Twilight
1998
March or Die
1977
Tallahassee 7000
1961
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2009
Bat★21
1988
Night Moves
1975
Power
1986
The DuPont Show of the Week
1961
Extreme Measures
1996
Bite the Bullet
1975
Downhill Racer
1969
Scarecrow
1973
Cisco Pike
1972
Prime Cut
1972
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
Marooned
1969
Two of a Kind
1983
Company Business
1991
Another Woman
1988
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
2004
Eureka
1983
Class Action
1991
Lilith
1964
The Hunting Party
1971
Hawaii
1966
Lucky Lady
1975
Earth and the American Dream
1992
Target
1985
The Domino Principle
1977
Welcome to Mooseport
2004
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
2013
Full Moon in Blue Water
1988
Riot
1969
The Split
1968
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
1999
The Gypsy Moths
1969
Loose Cannons
1990
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
1994
Twice in a Lifetime
1985
Split Decisions
1988
Misunderstood
1983
First to Fight
1967
Banning
1967
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
1996
Mad Dog Coll
1961
All Night Long
1981
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
2008
Doctors' Wives
1971
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
2001
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
2001
Zandy's Bride
1974
The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
1995
The Making of 'Superman II'
1983
I Never Sang for My Father
1970
A Covenant with Death
1967
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
1992
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
2002
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
1982
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
2001
Shadow on the Land
1968
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
2002
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
2002
Formula 1 - Speed fever
1978
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
2000
Sacheen: Breaking the Silence
2019
Shurtleff on Acting
1994
Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage
2005
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
2001
We, the Marines
2017
Pattern Recognition
2017
On the Road with: Scarecrow
1973
The Sky Divers
1969
The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima
2016
The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special
2025
Heroes of Iwo Jima
2001
Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe
2001