Actor
Gene Hackman
Born 30 January 1930 · San Bernardino, California, USA · Died 17 February 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 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).
Films and shows
- 2025
The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special41mSelf (archive footage) - 2019
Sacheen: Breaking the Silence26mSelf (archive footage) - 2017
We, the Marines38mSelf - Narrator (voice) - 2017
Pattern Recognition8mSelf (archive footage) - 2016
The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima48mSelf - Narrator - 2013
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story1h 5mSelf - 2009
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale40mSelf - 2008
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'1h 5mSelf - 2006
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut1h 56mLex Luthor - 2005
Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage1h 37mNarrator (voice) - 2004
Welcome to Mooseport1h 50mMonroe Cole - 2004
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust1h 32mNarrator - 2003
Runaway Jury2h 7mRankin Fitch - 2002
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'41mSelf - 2002
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger23mSelf - 2002
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'24mSelf - 2001
Heist1h 47mJoe Moore - 2001
Heroes of Iwo Jima1h 34mSelf - Host/Narrator - 2001
The Royal Tenenbaums1h 50mRoyal Tenenbaum - 2001
Behind Enemy Lines1h 46mAdmiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group - 2001
Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe1hHimself/Narrator - 2001
Heartbreakers2h 3mWilliam B. Tensy - 2001
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection56mSelf - 2001
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'30mSelf - 2001
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend31mSelf - 2001
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson27mSelf - 2001
The Mexican2h 3mArnold Margolese - 2000
Under Suspicion1h 50mHenry Hearst - 2000
The Replacements1h 58mJimmy McGinty - 2000
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows1h 27mSelf - 2000
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'54mSelf - 1999Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood1h 26mNarrator (voice)
- 1998
Enemy of the State2h 12mBrill - 1998
Twilight1h 34mJack Ames - 1998
Antz1h 23mGeneral Mandible (voice) - 1997
Sports on the Silver Screen1h 25mSelf (archive footage) - 1997
Absolute Power2h 1mPresident Richmond - 1996
Extreme Measures1h 58mDr. Lawrence Myrick - 1996
The Chamber1h 53mSam Cayhall - 1996
The Birdcage1h 59mSenator Kevin Keeley - 1996
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein42mBlind Man (archive footage) - 1995
Get Shorty1h 45mHarry Zimm - 1995
Crimson Tide1h 56mCaptain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey - 1995
The Quick and the Dead1h 47mHerod - 1995
The Making of 'Crimson Tide'20mSelf - 1994
Wyatt Earp3h 11mNicholas Earp - 1994
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso58mSelf - 1994
Shurtleff on Acting1h 8mSelf - 1993
Geronimo: An American Legend1h 55mBrig. Gen. George Crook - 1993
The Firm2h 34mAvery Tolar - 1992
Unforgiven2h 10m'Little' Bill Daggett - 1992
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'24mSelf - 1992
Earth and the American Dream1h 18mReader (voice) - 1991
Class Action1h 45mJedediah Tucker Ward - 1991
Company Business1h 38mSam Boyd - 1990
Narrow Margin1h 37mRobert Caulfield - 1990
Loose Cannons1h 34mMacArthur Stern - 1990
Postcards from the Edge1h 41mLowell Kolchek - 1989
The Package1h 48mSgt. Johnny Gallagher - 1988
Bat★211h 45mLt. Col. Iceal Hambleton - 1988
Split Decisions1h 35mDan McGuinn - 1988
Full Moon in Blue Water1h 35mFloyd - 1988
Mississippi Burning2h 8mAgent Rupert Anderson - 1988
Another Woman1h 24mLarry - 1987
No Way Out1h 54mDefense Secretary David Brice - 1987
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace1h 30mLex Luthor - 1986
Hoosiers1h 54mNorman Dale - 1986
Power1h 51mWilfred Buckley - 1985
Target1h 57mWalter Lloyd - 1985
Twice in a Lifetime1h 51mHarry MacKenzie - 1983
Uncommon Valor1h 45mCol. Cal Rhodes - 1983
Eureka2h 10mJack McCann - 1983
Misunderstood1h 31mNed Rawley - 1983
Under Fire2h 8mAlex Grazier - 1983
The Making of 'Superman II'52mSelf - 1982
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'52mSelf - 1981
All Night Long1h 27mGeorge Dupler - 1980
Superman II2h 7mLex Luthor - 1978
Superman2h 24mLex Luthor - 1978
Formula 1 - Speed fever1h 35mSelf - 1977
The Domino Principle1h 38mTucker - 1977
March or Die1h 47mMajor William Sherman Foster - 1977
A Bridge Too Far2h 55mMaj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski - 1975
Night Moves1h 40mHarry Moseby - 1975
French Connection II1h 59m"Popeye" Doyle - 1975
Bite the Bullet2h 12mSam Clayton - 1975
Lucky Lady1h 58mKibby - 1974
The Conversation1h 55mHarry Caul - 1974
Zandy's Bride1h 37mZandy Allen - 1973
Scarecrow1h 52mMax Millan - 1973
On the Road with: Scarecrow4mSelf - 1972
The Poseidon Adventure1h 57mReverend Scott - 1972
Prime Cut1h 28mMary Ann - 1972
Cisco Pike1h 35mOfficer Leo Holland - 1971
The French Connection1h 44mJimmy Doyle - 1971
The Hunting Party1h 51mBrandt Ruger - 1971
Doctors' Wives1h 42mDave Randolph - 1970
I Never Sang for My Father1h 32mGene Garrison - 1969
Riot1h 36mRed Fraker - 1969
Downhill Racer1h 41mEugene Claire - 1969
The Gypsy Moths1h 47mJoe Browdy - 1969
Marooned2h 14mBuzz Lloyd - 1969
The Sky Divers15mSelf - 1968
Shadow on the Land1h 40mRev. Thomas Davis - 1968
The Split1h 31mLt. Walter Brill - 1967
First to Fight1h 37mSergeant Tweed - 1967
Bonnie and Clyde1h 51mBuck Barrow - 1967
A Covenant with Death1h 37mHarmsworth - 1967
Banning1h 42mTommy Del Gaddo - 1966
Hawaii3h 9mJohn Whipple - 1964
Lilith1h 54mNorman - 1961
Mad Dog Coll1h 28mCop (uncredited)
Close-Up on The Conversation9m
