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).
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
San Bernardino, California, USA
Birthday
30 January 1930
Unforgiven
7.913
Absolute Power
6.662
Bonnie and Clyde
7.487
The French Connection
7.491
The Poseidon Adventure
7.159
The Conversation
7.491
Mississippi Burning
7.675
Young Frankenstein
7.9
Under Suspicion
6.114
No Way Out
6.859
Superman
7.166
The Replacements
6.733
French Connection II
6.765
Heartbreakers
6.148
The Birdcage
7
Heist
6.325
A Bridge Too Far
7.2
Hoosiers
7.042
Extreme Measures
6.015
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
4.6
The Mexican
5.962
Runaway Jury
7
Postcards from the Edge
6.6
Another Woman
6.846
Scarecrow
7
Behind Enemy Lines
6.46
Narrow Margin
6.4
Target
5.9
Get Shorty
6.507
The Chamber
5.9
The Package
6.117
The Split
6.7
Superman II
6.75
Loose Cannons
5.021
The Domino Principle
5.8
Night Moves
6.709
The Quick and the Dead
6.571
Company Business
5.3
Wyatt Earp
6.8
March or Die
5.8
Crimson Tide
7.192
Antz
6.192
The Royal Tenenbaums
7.452
Twilight
6.1
Downhill Racer
6
Bite the Bullet
6.4
Enemy of the State
7.081
Uncommon Valor
6.233
Under Fire
6.7
Prime Cut
6.5
Marooned
5.945
Geronimo: An American Legend
6.3
Full Moon in Blue Water
6.022
Hawaii
6.3
Lilith
6.4
Bat★21
6.291
The Firm
6.747
Class Action
6.3
Eureka
5.3
The Hunting Party
6.1
The Gypsy Moths
6
Welcome to Mooseport
5.1
Power
5.8
Reds
6.9
Misunderstood
6.5
Cisco Pike
5.6
I Never Sang for My Father
6.7
Split Decisions
5.1
Riot
5.3
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
7
Lucky Lady
5.6
Zandy's Bride
6.4
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
6.6
Twice in a Lifetime
5.8
All Night Long
5.27
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
4.6
Shurtleff on Acting
0
Doctors' Wives
4.9
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
6.9
A Covenant with Death
4.8
Sports on the Silver Screen
9
Heroes of Iwo Jima
6.1
Sacheen: Breaking the Silence
0
Pattern Recognition
0
The Sky Divers
6
First to Fight
7.9
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
7
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
7.2
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
6.1
Banning
5.7
Shadow on the Land
7.7
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
6.9
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
7.714
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
7.6
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
6.8
The Making of 'Superman II'
7.6
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
7.2
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
6.5
Mad Dog Coll
5.4
We, the Marines
5.4
Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage
0
Formula 1 - Speed fever
7.1
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
7.4
Earth and the American Dream
6.7
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
7.4
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
7.3
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
8.3
Two of a Kind
6.051
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
7.4
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
7.9
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
5
Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe
0
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
0
On the Road with: Scarecrow
7
The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
9
The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima
0
The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special
6.5
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
7.2
Breakdown: 1975
6.9
Remembering Gene Wilder
7.318