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