Gene Hackman
Born
1/30/1930
San Bernardino, California, USA
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).
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 For111 Movies
Superman
1978
★7.2
Unforgiven
1992
★8.2
The Quick and the Dead
1995
★6.5
Antz
1998
★6.2
Enemy of the State
1998
★7.1
Mississippi Burning
1988
★7.7
The Firm
1993
★6.7
Crimson Tide
1995
★7.2
The Royal Tenenbaums
2001
★7.5
Superman II
1980
★6.8
Young Frankenstein
1974
★7.9
The Replacements
2000
★6.7
Behind Enemy Lines
2001
★6.4
Runaway Jury
2003
★6.9
Under Suspicion
2000
★6.1
The Birdcage
1996
★7.0
The Poseidon Adventure
1972
★7.2
The French Connection
1971
★7.5
The Conversation
1974
★7.5
Bonnie and Clyde
1967
★7.5
A Bridge Too Far
1977
★7.2
Get Shorty
1995
★6.5
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987
★4.6
Absolute Power
1997
★6.7
Wyatt Earp
1994
★6.8
No Way Out
1987
★6.9
Heist
2001
★6.3
French Connection II
1975
★6.8
Uncommon Valor
1983
★6.3
Heartbreakers
2001
★6.1
Postcards from the Edge
1990
★6.6
The Package
1989
★6.1
The Mexican
2001
★6.0
Extreme Measures
1996
★6.0
Night Moves
1975
★6.7
Geronimo: An American Legend
1993
★6.3
Twilight
1998
★6.1
Hoosiers
1986
★7.0
Welcome to Mooseport
2004
★5.1
Under Fire
1983
★6.7
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
2006
★7.4
Narrow Margin
1990
★6.4
The Chamber
1996
★5.9
The Domino Principle
1977
★5.8
Breakdown: 1975
2025
★6.8
Target
1985
★5.8
Reds
1981
★6.9
Scarecrow
1973
★7.2
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
★7.2
The Hunting Party
1971
★6.2
Bat★21
1988
★6.3
Bite the Bullet
1975
★6.4
Downhill Racer
1969
★5.9
Class Action
1991
★6.3
Eureka
1983
★5.3
Lucky Lady
1975
★5.6
Power
1986
★5.8
March or Die
1977
★5.8
Another Woman
1988
★6.8
Two of a Kind
1983
★5.8
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2009
★6.9
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
2001
★6.9
Marooned
1969
★6.0
Prime Cut
1972
★6.5
Hawaii
1966
★6.3
The Gypsy Moths
1969
★6.0
Loose Cannons
1990
★5.0
All Night Long
1981
★5.2
Company Business
1991
★5.3
The Split
1968
★6.7
Zandy's Bride
1974
★6.4
Mad Dog Coll
1961
★5.4
Twice in a Lifetime
1985
★5.8
Remembering Gene Wilder
2024
★7.2
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
2004
★6.6
Banning
1967
★5.8
Cisco Pike
1972
★5.6
Lilith
1964
★6.4
Doctors' Wives
1971
★5.0
Earth and the American Dream
1992
★6.7
Full Moon in Blue Water
1988
★6.1
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
2013
★6.1
The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
1995
★9.0
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
1982
★6.8
The Making of 'Superman II'
1983
★7.6
First to Fight
1967
★7.9
Split Decisions
1988
★5.1
A Covenant with Death
1967
★4.8
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
2001
★7.6
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
1994
★7.4
Riot
1969
★5.3
I Never Sang for My Father
1970
★6.7
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000
★7.3
Misunderstood
1983
★6.5
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
2000
★8.1
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
2002
★6.5
We, the Marines
2017
★5.4
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997
★9.0
The Sky Divers
1969
★6.0
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
1996
★8.3
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
2002
★7.3
Shadow on the Land
1968
★7.7
Formula 1 - Speed fever
1978
★7.1
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
2008
★4.6
The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special
2025
★6.5
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
2001
★7.0
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
2002
★7.4
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
2001
★7.2
Heroes of Iwo Jima
2001
★6.1
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
2001
★7.0
On the Road with: Scarecrow
1973
★7.0