Acting
Gene Hackman
Jan 30, 1930 (died Feb 17, 2025, aged 95) San Bernardino, California, USA
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).
Known for
7.5
The Royal Tenenbaums
Royal Tenenbaum
7.9
Unforgiven
'Little' Bill Daggett
6.2
Antz
General Mandible (voice)
7.2
Superman
Lex Luthor
7.1
Enemy of the State
Brill
7.9
Young Frankenstein
Blindman
6.6
The Quick and the Dead
Herod
7.2
Crimson Tide
Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey
6.8
Superman II
Lex Luthor
6.7
The Firm
Avery Tolar
7.5
Bonnie and Clyde
Buck Barrow
7.0
Runaway Jury
Rankin Fitch
7.5
The Conversation
Harry Caul
7.7
Mississippi Burning
Agent Rupert Anderson
6.5
Behind Enemy Lines
Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group
Filmography
6.9
Breakdown: 1975
2025 · Self (The Conversation/The Poseidon Adventure- archive footage)
7.3
Remembering Gene Wilder
2024 · Self (archive footage)
7.6
The Playboy Murders
2023 · Self (archive footage)
5.4
We, the Marines
2017 · Self - Narrator (voice)
7.2
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014 · Lex Luthor (archive footage) (uncredited)
6.1
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
2013 · Self
6.9
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2009 · Self
7.4
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
2006 · Lex Luthor
8.0
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
2006 · Self - Narrator (voice)
5.1
Welcome to Mooseport
2004 · Monroe Cole
6.6
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
2004 · Narrator
7.0
Runaway Jury
2003 · Rankin Fitch
7.5
The Royal Tenenbaums
2001 · Royal Tenenbaum
6.5
Behind Enemy Lines
2001 · Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group
6.0
The Mexican
2001 · Margolese
6.1
Heartbreakers
2001 · William B. Tensy
6.3
Heist
2001 · Joe Moore
6.9
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
2001 · Lex Luthor (archive footage)
6.7
The Replacements
2000 · Jimmy McGinty
6.1
Under Suspicion
2000 · Henry Hearst
6.1
The Directors
1999 · Self
6.2
Antz
1998 · General Mandible (voice)
7.1
Enemy of the State
1998 · Brill
6.1
Twilight
1998 · Jack Ames
6.7
Absolute Power
1997 · President Richmond
7.0
The Birdcage
1996 · Senator Kevin Keeley
6.0
Extreme Measures
1996 · Dr. Lawrence Myrick
5.9
The Chamber
1996 · Sam Cayhall
6.6
The Quick and the Dead
1995 · Herod
7.2
Crimson Tide
1995 · Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey