Gene Hackman
Acting
Born: Jan 30, 1930 — Died: Feb 17, 2025
From: San Bernardino, California, USA
Credits: 30 titles
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).
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Runaway Jury | Rankin Fitch | 2003 | 6.938 |
| Heartbreakers | William B. Tensy | 2001 | 6.118 |
| Heist | Joe Moore | 2001 | 6.329 |
| The Mexican | Arnold Margolese | 2001 | 5.954 |
| Behind Enemy Lines | Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic … | 2001 | 6.418 |
| Under Suspicion | Henry Hearst | 2000 | 6.119 |
| The Replacements | Jimmy McGinty | 2000 | 6.683 |
| Absolute Power | President Richmond | 1997 | 6.663 |
| The Birdcage | Senator Kevin Keeley | 1996 | 7.057 |
| Extreme Measures | Dr. Lawrence Myrick | 1996 | 5.991 |
| The Chamber | Sam Cayhall | 1996 | 5.985 |
| Get Shorty | Harry Zimm | 1995 | 6.505 |
| Unforgiven | 'Little' Bill Daggett | 1992 | 7.907 |
| Postcards from the Edge | Lowell Kolchek | 1990 | 6.619 |
| Narrow Margin | Robert Caulfield | 1990 | 6.462 |
| Mississippi Burning | Agent Rupert Anderson | 1988 | 7.679 |
| Another Woman | Larry | 1988 | 6.818 |
| No Way Out | Defense Secretary David Brice | 1987 | 6.855 |
| Superman IV: The Quest for Peace | Lex Luthor | 1987 | 4.596 |
| Hoosiers | Coach Norman Dale | 1986 | 7.052 |
| Target | Walter Lloyd | 1985 | 5.925 |
| Superman | Lex Luthor | 1978 | 7.162 |
| A Bridge Too Far | Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski | 1977 | 7.212 |
| French Connection II | "Popeye" Doyle | 1975 | 6.824 |
| The Conversation | Harry Caul | 1974 | 7.503 |
| Young Frankenstein | Blindman | 1974 | 7.9 |
| Scarecrow | Max Millan | 1973 | 7.056 |
| The Poseidon Adventure | Reverend Scott | 1972 | 7.136 |
| The French Connection | Jimmy Doyle | 1971 | 7.5 |
| Bonnie and Clyde | Buck Barrow | 1967 | 7.494 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1930 |
| From | San Bernardino, California, … |