Gene Hackman
- Born
- January 30, 1930
- Died
- February 17, 2025
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).
Acting
By IMDb rating
Unforgiven
'Little' Bill Daggett
Mississippi Burning
Agent Rupert Anderson
Bonnie and Clyde
Buck Barrow
The Conversation
Harry Caul
The French Connection
Jimmy Doyle
The Royal Tenenbaums
Royal Tenenbaum
Superman
Lex Luthor
Crimson Tide
Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey
A Bridge Too Far
Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski
Hoosiers
Norman Dale
Enemy of the State
Brill
The Birdcage
Senator Kevin Keeley
The Poseidon Adventure
Reverend Scott
Runaway Jury
Rankin Fitch
No Way Out
Defense Secretary David Brice
The Firm
Avery Tolar
Superman II
Lex Luthor
Absolute Power
President Richmond
Wyatt Earp
Nicholas Earp
The Replacements
Jimmy McGinty
Antz
General Mandible (voice)
Heist
Joe Moore
Behind Enemy Lines
Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group
The Package
Sgt. Johnny Gallagher
The Mexican
Arnold Margolese