Gene Hackman
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).
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Unforgiven
as 'Little' Bill Daggett
1992
Absolute Power
as President Richmond
1997
Bonnie and Clyde
as Buck Barrow
1967
The French Connection
as Jimmy Doyle
1971
The Poseidon Adventure
as Reverend Scott
1972
The Conversation
as Harry Caul
1974
Mississippi Burning
as Agent Rupert Anderson
1988
Young Frankenstein
as Blindman
1974
Under Suspicion
as Henry Hearst
2000
No Way Out
as Defense Secretary David Brice
1987
Superman
as Lex Luthor
1978
The Replacements
as Jimmy McGinty
2000
French Connection II
as "Popeye" Doyle
1975
Heartbreakers
as William B. Tensy
2001
The Birdcage
as Senator Kevin Keeley
1996
Heist
as Joe Moore
2001
A Bridge Too Far
as Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski
1977
Hoosiers
as Coach Norman Dale
1986
Extreme Measures
as Dr. Lawrence Myrick
1996
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
as Lex Luthor
1987
TV Appearances
Larry King Live
as Self
1985
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
1994
The F.B.I.
as Herb Kenyon
1965
The South Bank Show
as Self
1978
Naked City
as Mr. Jasper
1958
East Side/West Side
1963
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
as Self
1968
The Defenders
as Stanley McGuirk
1961
The United States Steel Hour
1953
The DuPont Show of the Week
as Douglas McCann
1961
The Directors
as Self
1999
The Hollywood Greats
1977