
Gene Hackman
Acting
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).
TV Shows(32)

The Playboy Murders
Self (archive footage)
2023

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Self
2007

America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
Self - Narrator (voice)
2006

The Directors
Self
1999

Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994

American Masters
Self
1986

Larry King Live
Self
1985

Entertainment Tonight
Self
1981

The South Bank Show
Self
1978

The Hollywood Greats
1977

Dinah!
Self
1974

The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
1973
Film '72
Self
1971
V.I.P. Schaukel
Self
1971

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
1968

The Invaders
Tom Jessup
1967
CBS Playhouse
Ned
1966

Hawk
1966

The F.B.I.
Herb Kenyon
1965

The Trials of O'Brien
Roger Nathan
1965

East Side/West Side
1963

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962

The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962

The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961

The DuPont Show of the Week
Douglas McCann
1961

The Defenders
Stanley McGuirk
1961

Tallahassee 7000
Joe Lawson
1961

Route 66
Motorist
1960

Naked City
Mr. Jasper
1958

The United States Steel Hour
1953

The Oscars
Self
1953

Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944
Movies(119)

Breakdown: 1975
(archive footage)
2025

The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special
Self (Archival Footage)
2025
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Self (archive footage)
2021

Sacheen: Breaking the Silence
Self (archive footage)
2019

Pattern Recognition
Self (archive footage)
2017

We, the Marines
Self - Narrator (voice)
2017

The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima
Self - Narrator
2016

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Lex Luthor (archive footage) (uncredited)
2014

Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Self
2013

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Self
2009

Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
Self
2008

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Lex Luthor
2006

Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage
Narrator (voice)
2005

Welcome to Mooseport
Monroe Cole
2004

Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
Narrator
2004

Runaway Jury
Rankin Fitch
2003

Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Self
2002

Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Self
2002

All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
Self
2002

Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
Lex Luthor (archive footage)
2001

With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
Self
2001

Behind Enemy Lines
Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group
2001

Heist
Joe Moore
2001

The Royal Tenenbaums
Royal Tenenbaum
2001

Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
Self
2001

Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe
Himself/Narrator
2001

Heroes of Iwo Jima
Self - Host/Narrator
2001

Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
Self
2001

Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
Self
2001

Heartbreakers
William B. Tensy
2001

The Mexican
Arnold Margolese
2001

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Self
2000

Under Suspicion
Henry Hearst
2000

The Replacements
Jimmy McGinty
2000

The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
Self
2000
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
Narrator (voice)
1999

Enemy of the State
Brill
1998

Antz
General Mandible (voice)
1998

Twilight
Jack Ames
1998

Sports on the Silver Screen
Self (archive footage)
1997

Absolute Power
President Richmond
1997

The Chamber
Sam Cayhall
1996

Extreme Measures
Dr. Lawrence Myrick
1996

The Birdcage
Senator Kevin Keeley
1996

Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
Blind Man (archive footage)
1996

Get Shorty
Harry Zimm
1995

Crimson Tide
Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey
1995

The Quick and the Dead
Herod
1995

The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
Self
1995

Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
Self
1994

Shurtleff on Acting
Self
1994

Wyatt Earp
Nicholas Earp
1994

Geronimo: An American Legend
Brig. Gen. George Crook
1993

The Firm
Avery Tolar
1993

Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
1992

Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Self
1992

Unforgiven
'Little' Bill Daggett
1992

Company Business
Sam Boyd
1991

Class Action
Jedediah Tucker Ward
1991

Narrow Margin
Robert Caulfield
1990

Postcards from the Edge
Lowell Kolchek
1990

Loose Cannons
MacArthur Stern
1990

The Package
Sgt. Johnny Gallagher
1989

Mississippi Burning
Agent Rupert Anderson
1988

Full Moon in Blue Water
Floyd
1988

Another Woman
Larry
1988

Bat*21
Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton
1988

Split Decisions
Dan McGuinn
1988

No Way Out
Defense Secretary David Brice
1987

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Lex Luthor
1987

Hoosiers
Coach Norman Dale
1986

Power
Wilfred Buckley
1986

Target
Walter Lloyd
1985

Twice in a Lifetime
Harry MacKenzie
1985

Uncommon Valor
Col. Cal Rhodes
1983

Two of a Kind
God (voice) (uncredited)
1983

Misunderstood
Ned Rawley
1983

Under Fire
Alex Grazier
1983

The Making of 'Superman II'
Self
1983

Eureka
Jack McCann
1983

The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
Self
1982

Reds
Pete van Wherry
1981

All Night Long
George Dupler
1981

Superman II
Lex Luthor
1980

Superman
Lex Luthor
1978

Formula 1 - Speed fever
Self
1978

March or Die
Major William Sherman Foster
1977

A Bridge Too Far
Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski
1977

The Domino Principle
Tucker
1977

Lucky Lady
Kibby
1975

Bite the Bullet
Sam Clayton
1975

Night Moves
Harry Moseby
1975

French Connection II
"Popeye" Doyle
1975

Young Frankenstein
Blindman
1974

Zandy's Bride
Zandy Allen
1974

The Conversation
Harry Caul
1974

Scarecrow
Max Millan
1973

On the Road with: Scarecrow
Self
1973

The Poseidon Adventure
Reverend Scott
1972

Prime Cut
Mary Ann
1972

Cisco Pike
Officer Leo Holland
1971

The French Connection
Jimmy Doyle
1971

The Hunting Party
Brandt Ruger
1971

Doctors' Wives
Dave Randolph
1971

I Never Sang for My Father
Gene Garrison
1970

Marooned
Buzz Lloyd
1969

Downhill Racer
Eugene Claire
1969

The Gypsy Moths
Joe Browdy
1969

Riot
Red Fraker
1969

The Sky Divers
Self
1969

Shadow on the Land
Rev. Thomas Davis
1968

The Split
Lt. Walter Brill
1968

Banning
Tommy Del Gaddo
1967

Bonnie and Clyde
Buck Barrow
1967

A Covenant with Death
Harmsworth
1967

First to Fight
Sergeant Tweed
1967

Hawaii
John Whipple
1966

Lilith
Norman
1964

Mad Dog Coll
Cop (uncredited)
1961