Gene Hackman
Known for: Acting
Born: January 30, 1930
Died: February 17, 2025
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…
Known for
The French Connection
1971
The Poseidon Adventure
1972
The Conversation
1974
Mississippi Burning
1988
Under Suspicion
2000
French Connection II
1975
Heist
2001
Hoosiers
1986
Scarecrow
1973
Narrow Margin
1990
Target
1985
The Package
1989
Loose Cannons
1990
The Domino Principle
1977
Night Moves
1975
Company Business
1991
March or Die
1977
The Royal Tenenbaums
2001
Bite the Bullet
1975
Uncommon Valor
1983
Full Moon in Blue Water
1988
Bat★21
1988
Class Action
1991
Eureka
1983
Welcome to Mooseport
2004
Misunderstood
1983
I Never Sang for My Father
1970
Split Decisions
1988
Lucky Lady
1975
Zandy's Bride
1974
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
2004
Twice in a Lifetime
1985
All Night Long
1981
Heroes of Iwo Jima
2001
We, the Marines
2017
Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage
2005
On the Road with: Scarecrow
1973
The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima
2016
Unforgiven
1992
Absolute Power
1997
No Way Out
1987
The Replacements
2000
The Birdcage
1996
Extreme Measures
1996
Runaway Jury
2003
Behind Enemy Lines
2001
Get Shorty
1995
The Chamber
1996
The Quick and the Dead
1995
Crimson Tide
1995
Downhill Racer
1969
Enemy of the State
1998
Under Fire
1983
Prime Cut
1972
Geronimo: An American Legend
1993
Riot
1969
Pattern Recognition
2017
First to Fight
1967
The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
1995
The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special
2025
Superman
1978
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987
Wyatt Earp
1994
Twilight
1998
The Firm
1993
The Hunting Party
1971
The Gypsy Moths
1969
Power
1986
Cisco Pike
1972
Shurtleff on Acting
1994
Doctors' Wives
1971
Sacheen: Breaking the Silence
2019
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
1999
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
2001
Formula 1 - Speed fever
1978
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
2006
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
2002
Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe
2001
Bonnie and Clyde
1967
Heartbreakers
2001
Postcards from the Edge
1990
Hawaii
1966
Shadow on the Land
1968
The Making of 'Superman II'
1983
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
2002
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
1992
Another Woman
1988
The Split
1968
Marooned
1969
A Covenant with Death
1967
The Sky Divers
1969
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2009
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
2001
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
1982
Superman II
1980
Antz
1998
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
2001
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
2013
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
2000
The Mexican
2001
Lilith
1964
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
2001
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
2008
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000
A Bridge Too Far
1977
Banning
1967
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
1994
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
2002
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
1996
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997
Mad Dog Coll
1961
Earth and the American Dream
1992
Reds
1981
Young Frankenstein
1974
Remembering Gene Wilder
2024
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
2001
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
Two of a Kind
1983
Breakdown: 1975
2025
100 Years at the Movies
1994
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
Larry King Live
1985
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
The F.B.I.
1965
The South Bank Show
1978
Naked City
1958
East Side/West Side
1963
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
The Defenders
1961
The United States Steel Hour
1953
The DuPont Show of the Week
1961
The Directors
1999
The Hollywood Greats
1977
The Oscars
1953
Hawk
1966
Tallahassee 7000
1961
The Trials of O'Brien
1965
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
2006
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
2007
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
American Masters
1986
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Entertainment Tonight
1981
The Invaders
1967
The Playboy Murders
2023
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Route 66
1960
Dinah!
1974
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
Film '72
1971
CBS Playhouse
1966