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

  1. 2025The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special41mSelf (archive footage)
  2. 2019Sacheen: Breaking the Silence26mSelf (archive footage)
  3. 2017We, the Marines38mSelf - Narrator (voice)
  4. 2017Pattern Recognition8mSelf (archive footage)
  5. 2016The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima48mSelf - Narrator
  6. 2013Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story1h 5mSelf
  7. 2009I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale40mSelf
  8. 2008Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'1h 5mSelf
  9. 2006Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut1h 56mLex Luthor
  10. 2005Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage1h 37mNarrator (voice)
  11. 2004Welcome to Mooseport1h 50mMonroe Cole
  12. 2004Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust1h 32mNarrator
  13. 2003Runaway Jury2h 7mRankin Fitch
  14. 2002Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'41mSelf
  15. 2002All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger23mSelf
  16. 2002Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'24mSelf
  17. 2001Heist1h 47mJoe Moore
  18. 2001Heroes of Iwo Jima1h 34mSelf - Host/Narrator
  19. 2001The Royal Tenenbaums1h 50mRoyal Tenenbaum
  20. 2001Behind Enemy Lines1h 46mAdmiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group
  21. 2001Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe1hHimself/Narrator
  22. 2001Heartbreakers2h 3mWilliam B. Tensy
  23. 2001Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection56mSelf
  24. 2001Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'30mSelf
  25. 2001Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend31mSelf
  26. 2001With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson27mSelf
  27. 2001The Mexican2h 3mArnold Margolese
  28. 2000Under Suspicion1h 50mHenry Hearst
  29. 2000The Replacements1h 58mJimmy McGinty
  30. 2000Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows1h 27mSelf
  31. 2000The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'54mSelf
  32. 1999Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood1h 26mNarrator (voice)
  33. 1998Enemy of the State2h 12mBrill
  34. 1998Twilight1h 34mJack Ames
  35. 1998Antz1h 23mGeneral Mandible (voice)
  36. 1997Sports on the Silver Screen1h 25mSelf (archive footage)
  37. 1997Absolute Power2h 1mPresident Richmond
  38. 1996Extreme Measures1h 58mDr. Lawrence Myrick
  39. 1996The Chamber1h 53mSam Cayhall
  40. 1996The Birdcage1h 59mSenator Kevin Keeley
  41. 1996Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein42mBlind Man (archive footage)
  42. 1995Get Shorty1h 45mHarry Zimm
  43. 1995Crimson Tide1h 56mCaptain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey
  44. 1995The Quick and the Dead1h 47mHerod
  45. 1995The Making of 'Crimson Tide'20mSelf
  46. 1994Wyatt Earp3h 11mNicholas Earp
  47. 1994Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso58mSelf
  48. 1994Shurtleff on Acting1h 8mSelf
  49. 1993Geronimo: An American Legend1h 55mBrig. Gen. George Crook
  50. 1993The Firm2h 34mAvery Tolar
  51. 1992Unforgiven2h 10m'Little' Bill Daggett
  52. 1992Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'24mSelf
  53. 1992Earth and the American Dream1h 18mReader (voice)
  54. 1991Class Action1h 45mJedediah Tucker Ward
  55. 1991Company Business1h 38mSam Boyd
  56. 1990Narrow Margin1h 37mRobert Caulfield
  57. 1990Loose Cannons1h 34mMacArthur Stern
  58. 1990Postcards from the Edge1h 41mLowell Kolchek
  59. 1989The Package1h 48mSgt. Johnny Gallagher
  60. 1988Bat★211h 45mLt. Col. Iceal Hambleton
  61. 1988Split Decisions1h 35mDan McGuinn
  62. 1988Full Moon in Blue Water1h 35mFloyd
  63. 1988Mississippi Burning2h 8mAgent Rupert Anderson
  64. 1988Another Woman1h 24mLarry
  65. 1987No Way Out1h 54mDefense Secretary David Brice
  66. 1987Superman IV: The Quest for Peace1h 30mLex Luthor
  67. 1986Hoosiers1h 54mNorman Dale
  68. 1986Power1h 51mWilfred Buckley
  69. 1985Target1h 57mWalter Lloyd
  70. 1985Twice in a Lifetime1h 51mHarry MacKenzie
  71. 1983Uncommon Valor1h 45mCol. Cal Rhodes
  72. 1983Eureka2h 10mJack McCann
  73. 1983Misunderstood1h 31mNed Rawley
  74. 1983Under Fire2h 8mAlex Grazier
  75. 1983The Making of 'Superman II'52mSelf
  76. 1982The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'52mSelf
  77. 1981All Night Long1h 27mGeorge Dupler
  78. 1980Superman II2h 7mLex Luthor
  79. 1978Superman2h 24mLex Luthor
  80. 1978Formula 1 - Speed fever1h 35mSelf
  81. 1977The Domino Principle1h 38mTucker
  82. 1977March or Die1h 47mMajor William Sherman Foster
  83. 1977A Bridge Too Far2h 55mMaj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski
  84. 1975Night Moves1h 40mHarry Moseby
  85. 1975French Connection II1h 59m"Popeye" Doyle
  86. 1975Bite the Bullet2h 12mSam Clayton
  87. 1975Lucky Lady1h 58mKibby
  88. 1974The Conversation1h 55mHarry Caul
  89. 1974Zandy's Bride1h 37mZandy Allen
  90. 1973Scarecrow1h 52mMax Millan
  91. 1973On the Road with: Scarecrow4mSelf
  92. 1972The Poseidon Adventure1h 57mReverend Scott
  93. 1972Prime Cut1h 28mMary Ann
  94. 1972Cisco Pike1h 35mOfficer Leo Holland
  95. 1971The French Connection1h 44mJimmy Doyle
  96. 1971The Hunting Party1h 51mBrandt Ruger
  97. 1971Doctors' Wives1h 42mDave Randolph
  98. 1970I Never Sang for My Father1h 32mGene Garrison
  99. 1969Riot1h 36mRed Fraker
  100. 1969Downhill Racer1h 41mEugene Claire
  101. 1969The Gypsy Moths1h 47mJoe Browdy
  102. 1969Marooned2h 14mBuzz Lloyd
  103. 1969The Sky Divers15mSelf
  104. 1968Shadow on the Land1h 40mRev. Thomas Davis
  105. 1968The Split1h 31mLt. Walter Brill
  106. 1967First to Fight1h 37mSergeant Tweed
  107. 1967Bonnie and Clyde1h 51mBuck Barrow
  108. 1967A Covenant with Death1h 37mHarmsworth
  109. 1967Banning1h 42mTommy Del Gaddo
  110. 1966Hawaii3h 9mJohn Whipple
  111. 1964Lilith1h 54mNorman
  112. 1961Mad Dog Coll1h 28mCop (uncredited)
  113. Close-Up on The Conversation9m