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Gene Hackman

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Date of birth
Jan 30, 1930
Date of death
Feb 17, 2025(aged 95)
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Gene Hackman

Biography of 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).

Gene Hackman has acted in:

Breakdown: 1975(2025) ... as (archive footage)
The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special(2025) ... as Self (archive footage)
Remembering Gene Wilder(2024) ... as Self (archive footage)
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend(2021) ... as Self (archive footage)
Sacheen: Breaking the Silence(2019) ... as Self (archive footage)
Pattern Recognition(2017) ... as Self (archive footage)
We, the Marines(2017) ... as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima(2016) ... as Self - Narrator
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films(2014) ... as Lex Luthor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story(2013) ... as Self
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale(2009) ... as Self
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'(2008) ... as Self
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut(2006) ... as Lex Luthor
Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage(2005) ... as Narrator (voice)
Welcome to Mooseport(2004) ... as Monroe Cole
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust(2004) ... as Narrator
Runaway Jury(2003) ... as Rankin Fitch
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'(2002) ... as Self
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'(2002) ... as Self
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger(2002) ... as Self
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes(2001) ... as Lex Luthor (archive footage)
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson(2001) ... as Self
Behind Enemy Lines(2001) ... as Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group
Heist(2001) ... as Joe Moore
The Royal Tenenbaums(2001) ... as Royal Tenenbaum
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection(2001) ... as Self
Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe(2001) ... as Himself/Narrator
Heroes of Iwo Jima(2001) ... as Self - Host/Narrator
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'(2001) ... as Self
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend(2001) ... as Self
Heartbreakers(2001) ... as William B. Tensy
The Mexican(2001) ... as Arnold Margolese
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows(2000) ... as Self
Under Suspicion(2000) ... as Henry Hearst
The Replacements(2000) ... as Jimmy McGinty
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'(2000) ... as Self
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood(1999) ... as Narrator (voice)
Enemy of the State(1998) ... as Brill
Antz(1998) ... as General Mandible (voice)
Twilight(1998) ... as Jack Ames
Sports on the Silver Screen(1997) ... as Self (archive footage)
Absolute Power(1997) ... as President Richmond
The Chamber(1996) ... as Sam Cayhall
Extreme Measures(1996) ... as Dr. Lawrence Myrick
The Birdcage(1996) ... as Senator Kevin Keeley
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein(1996) ... as Blind Man (archive footage)
Get Shorty(1995) ... as Harry Zimm
Crimson Tide(1995) ... as Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey
The Quick and the Dead(1995) ... as Herod
The Making of 'Crimson Tide'(1995) ... as Self
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso(1994) ... as Self
Shurtleff on Acting(1994) ... as Self
Wyatt Earp(1994) ... as Nicholas Earp
100 Years at the Movies(1994) ... as Self (archive footage)
Geronimo: An American Legend(1993) ... as Brig. Gen. George Crook
The Firm(1993) ... as Avery Tolar
Earth and the American Dream(1992) ... as Reader (voice)
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'(1992) ... as Self
Unforgiven(1992) ... as 'Little' Bill Daggett
Company Business(1991) ... as Sam Boyd
Class Action(1991) ... as Jedediah Tucker Ward
Narrow Margin(1990) ... as Robert Caulfield
Postcards from the Edge(1990) ... as Lowell Kolchek
Loose Cannons(1990) ... as MacArthur Stern
The Package(1989) ... as Sgt. Johnny Gallagher
Mississippi Burning(1988) ... as Agent Rupert Anderson
Full Moon in Blue Water(1988) ... as Floyd
Another Woman(1988) ... as Larry
Bat★21(1988) ... as Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton
Split Decisions(1988) ... as Dan McGuinn
No Way Out(1987) ... as Defense Secretary David Brice
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace(1987) ... as Lex Luthor
Hoosiers(1986) ... as Norman Dale
Power(1986) ... as Wilfred Buckley
Target(1985) ... as Walter Lloyd
Twice in a Lifetime(1985) ... as Harry MacKenzie
Uncommon Valor(1983) ... as Col. Cal Rhodes
Two of a Kind(1983) ... as God (voice) (uncredited)
Misunderstood(1983) ... as Ned Rawley
Under Fire(1983) ... as Alex Grazier
The Making of 'Superman II'(1983) ... as Self
Eureka(1983) ... as Jack McCann
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'(1982) ... as Self
Reds(1981) ... as Pete van Wherry
All Night Long(1981) ... as George Dupler
Superman II(1980) ... as Lex Luthor
Superman(1978) ... as Lex Luthor
Formula 1 - Speed fever(1978) ... as Self
March or Die(1977) ... as Major William Sherman Foster
A Bridge Too Far(1977) ... as Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski
The Domino Principle(1977) ... as Tucker
Lucky Lady(1975) ... as Kibby
Bite the Bullet(1975) ... as Sam Clayton
Night Moves(1975) ... as Harry Moseby
French Connection II(1975) ... as "Popeye" Doyle
Young Frankenstein(1974) ... as Blindman
Zandy's Bride(1974) ... as Zandy Allen
The Conversation(1974) ... as Harry Caul
Scarecrow(1973) ... as Max Millan
On the Road with: Scarecrow(1973) ... as Self
The Poseidon Adventure(1972) ... as Reverend Scott
Prime Cut(1972) ... as Mary Ann
Cisco Pike(1972) ... as Officer Leo Holland
The French Connection(1971) ... as Jimmy Doyle
The Hunting Party(1971) ... as Brandt Ruger
Doctors' Wives(1971) ... as Dave Randolph
I Never Sang for My Father(1970) ... as Gene Garrison
Marooned(1969) ... as Buzz Lloyd
Downhill Racer(1969) ... as Eugene Claire
The Gypsy Moths(1969) ... as Joe Browdy
Riot(1969) ... as Red Fraker
The Sky Divers(1969) ... as Self
Shadow on the Land(1968) ... as Rev. Thomas Davis
The Split(1968) ... as Lt. Walter Brill
Banning(1967) ... as Tommy Del Gaddo
Bonnie and Clyde(1967) ... as Buck Barrow
A Covenant with Death(1967) ... as Harmsworth
First to Fight(1967) ... as Sergeant Tweed
Hawaii(1966) ... as John Whipple
Lilith(1964) ... as Norman
Mad Dog Coll(1961) ... as Cop (uncredited)

Additional credits for Gene Hackman:

Under Suspicion(2000)(Executive Producer)
Miami Blues(1990)(Thanks)

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