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Gender

Male

Birthday

1930-01-30 (95 years old)

Place of Birth

San Bernardino, California, USA

Gene Hackman

Biography:

Eugene Allen Hackman (January 30, 1930 – c. February 17, 2025) was an American actor. In a career that spanned six decades, he received two Academy Awards, two British Academy Films Awards and four Golden Globes.

Hackman's two Academy Award wins were for Best Actor for his role as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in William Friedkin's action thriller The French Connection (1971) and for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a villainous Sheriff in Clint Eastwood's Western film Unforgiven (1992). He was Oscar-nominated for his roles as 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).

Hackman gained further fame for his portrayal of Lex Luthor in Superman (1978) and its sequel Superman II (1980). He also acted in: The Poseidon Adventure (1972), Scarecrow (1973), The Conversation (1974), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Under Fire (1983), Power (1986), Loose Cannons (1990), The Firm (1993), The Quick and the Dead (1995), The Birdcage (1996), Enemy of the State (1998), Behind Enemy Lines (2001) and Runaway Jury (2003). He retired from acting after starring in Welcome to Mooseport (2004).

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Known For

Acting

2024

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story as Self (archive footage)

2023

The Playboy Murders as Self (archive footage)

2021

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend as Self (archive footage)

2019

Sacheen: Breaking the Silence as Self (archive footage)

2017

Pattern Recognition as Self (archive footage)

We, The Marines as Self - Narrator (voice)

2016

The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima as Self - Narrator

2014

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

And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)

2013

Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story as Self

2009

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale as Self

2008

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

2007

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives as Self

2006

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut as Lex Luthor

Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman as Self (archive footage)

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

2005

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

2004

Welcome to Mooseport as Monroe Cole

Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust as Narrator

2003

Runaway Jury as Rankin Fitch

2002

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

Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' as Self

All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger as Self

2001

Heartbreakers as William B. Tensy

Heist as Joe Moore

The Mexican as Arnold Margolese

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

The Royal Tenenbaums as Royal Tenenbaum

With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson as Self

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

Heroes of Iwo Jima as Self - Host/Narrator

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

Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman' as Self

Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend as Self

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

2000

Under Suspicion as Henry Hearst

The Replacements as Jimmy McGinty

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows as Self

The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection' as Self

1999

Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood as Narrator (voice)

The Directors as Self

1998

Antz as General Mandible (voice)

Twilight as Jack Ames

Enemy of the State as Brill

1997

Absolute Power as President Richmond

Sports on the Silver Screen as Self (archive footage)

1996

The Birdcage as Senator Kevin Keeley

Extreme Measures as Dr. Lawrence Myrick

The Chamber as Sam Cayhall

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

1995

Get Shorty as Harry Zimm

The Quick and the Dead as John Herod

Crimson Tide as Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey

The Making of 'Crimson Tide' as Self

1994

Wyatt Earp as Nicholas Earp

Shurtleff on Acting as Self

Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso as Self

Inside the Actors Studio as Self

1993

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

The Firm as Avery Tolar

1992

Unforgiven as 'Little' Bill Daggett

Earth and the American Dream as Reader (voice)

Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' as Self

1991

Company Business as Sam Boyd

Class Action as Jedediah Tucker Ward

1990

Postcards from the Edge as Lowell Kolchek

Narrow Margin as Robert Caulfield

Loose Cannons as MacArthur Stern

1989

The Package as Sgt. Johnny Gallagher

1988

Mississippi Burning as Agent Rupert Anderson

Another Woman as Larry

Full Moon in Blue Water as Floyd

Bat★21 as Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton

Split Decisions as Dan McGuinn

1987

No Way Out as Defense Secretary David Brice

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace as Lex Luthor

1986

Hoosiers as Coach Norman Dale

Power as Wilfred Buckley

American Masters as Self

1985

Target as Walter Lloyd

Twice in a Lifetime as Harry MacKenzie

Night of 100 Stars II as Self

Larry King Live as Self

1983

Uncommon Valor as Col. Cal Rhodes

Under Fire as Alex Grazier

Eureka as Jack McCann

Misunderstood as Ned Rawley

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

1982

The Making of 'Superman II' as Self

1981

Reds as Pete van Wherry

All Night Long as George Dupler

Entertainment Tonight as Self

1980

Superman II as Lex Luthor

The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' as Self

1978

Superman as Lex Luthor

Formula 1 - Speed fever as Self

The South Bank Show as Self

1977

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

The Domino Principle as Tucker

March or Die as Major William Sherman Foster

The Hollywood Greats

1975

French Connection II as "Popeye" Doyle

Night Moves as Harry Moseby

Bite the Bullet as Sam Clayton

Lucky Lady as Kibby

1974

The Conversation as Harry Caul

Young Frankenstein as Blindman

Zandy's Bride as Zandy Allen

1973

Scarecrow as Max Millan

On the Road with: Scarecrow as Himself

The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self

1972

The Poseidon Adventure as Reverend Scott

Prime Cut as Mary Ann

Cisco Pike as Officer Leo Holland

1971

The French Connection as Jimmy Doyle

The Hunting Party as Brandt Ruger

Doctors' Wives as Dave Randolph

V.I.P. Schaukel as Self

1970

I Never Sang for My Father as Gene Garrison

1969

Downhill Racer as Eugene Claire

Marooned as Buzz Lloyd

The Gypsy Moths as Joe Browdy

Riot as Red Fraker

The Sky Divers as Self

How Fast? as Self (Archive Footage)

1968

The Split as Lt. Walter Brill

Shadow on the Land as Rev. Thomas Davis

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In as Self

1967

Bonnie and Clyde as Buck Barrow

A Covenant with Death as Harmsworth

First to Fight as Sergeant Tweed

Banning as Tommy Del Gaddo

The Invaders as Tom Jessup

1966

Hawaii as John Whipple

1965

The F.B.I. as Herb Kenyon

The Trials of O'Brien as Roger Nathan

1964

Lilith as Norman

1963

East Side/West Side

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self

1961

Mad Dog Coll as Cop (uncredited)

The Defenders as Stanley McGuirk

The DuPont Show of the Week as Douglas McCann

Tallahassee 7000

The Mike Douglas Show as Self

1960

Insight as Holt

Route 66 as Motorist

1958

Naked City as Mr. Jasper

1953

The United States Steel Hour

The Oscars as Self

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Winner

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee / Presenter

Crew

1990

Miami Blues as Thanks

Production

2000

Under Suspicion as Executive Producer