Gene Hackman
Acting1930San Bernardino, California, USA
Biography
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
Acting History
2025
Breakdown: 1975
as (archive footage)
2024
The Playboy Murders
TVas Self (archive footage)• 1 eps
2014
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Lex Luthor (archive footage) (uncredited)
2009
2008
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
TVas Self• 1 eps
2007
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
TVas Self - Narrator (voice)• 4 eps
2006
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
as Lex Luthor
2004
Welcome to Mooseport
as Monroe Cole
2003
Runaway Jury
as Rankin Fitch
2001
Behind Enemy Lines
as Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group
The Royal Tenenbaums
as Royal Tenenbaum
Heist
as Joe Moore
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
as Lex Luthor (archive footage)
Heartbreakers
as William B. Tensy
The Mexican
as Arnold Margolese
Inside the Actors Studio
TVas Self• 1 eps
2000
The Replacements
as Jimmy McGinty
Under Suspicion
as Henry Hearst
American Masters
TVas Self• 1 eps
Under Suspicion
Executive Producer
1999
The Directors
TVas Self• 1 eps
1998
1997
Absolute Power
as President Richmond
1996
The Birdcage
as Senator Kevin Keeley
The Chamber
as Sam Cayhall
Extreme Measures
as Dr. Lawrence Myrick
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
as Blind Man (archive footage)
1995
The Quick and the Dead
as John Herod
Get Shorty
as Harry Zimm
Crimson Tide
as Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey
The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
as Self
1994
Wyatt Earp
as Nicholas Earp
1993
The Firm
as Avery Tolar
Geronimo: An American Legend
as Brig. Gen. George Crook
1992
Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)
Unforgiven
as 'Little' Bill Daggett
1991
Class Action
as Jedediah Tucker Ward
Company Business
as Sam Boyd
1990
Loose Cannons
as MacArthur Stern
Postcards from the Edge
as Lowell Kolchek
Narrow Margin
as Robert Caulfield
Miami Blues
Thanks
1989
The Package
as Sgt. Johnny Gallagher
1988
1987
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
as Lex Luthor
No Way Out
as Defense Secretary David Brice
1986
Power
as Wilfred Buckley
Hoosiers
as Coach Norman Dale
Entertainment Tonight
TVas Self• 1 eps
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
TVas Self• 1 eps
1985
Target
as Walter Lloyd
Twice in a Lifetime
as Harry MacKenzie
1984
Golden Globe Awards
TVas Self - Nominee / Presenter• 1 eps
1983
Eureka
as Jack McCann
Misunderstood
as Ned Rawley
Under Fire
as Alex Grazier
Pair of Jokers
as God (voice) (uncredited)
Uncommon Valor
as Col. Cal Rhodes
The South Bank Show
TVas Self• 1 eps
1981
Reds
as Pete van Wherry
1980
Superman II
as Lex Luthor
1978
Superman
as Lex Luthor
V.I.P. Schaukel
TVas Self• 1 eps
1977
A Bridge Too Far
as Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski
March or Die
as Major William Sherman Foster
1975
Lucky Lady
as Kibby
French Connection II
as "Popeye" Doyle
Night Moves
as Harry Moseby
Bite the Bullet
as Sam Clayton
Dinah!
TVas Self• 1 eps
1974
1972
The Poseidon Adventure
as Reverend Scott
The Oscars
TVas Self• 5 eps
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
TVas Self• 2 eps
1971
Cisco Pike
as Officer Leo Holland
The French Connection
as Jimmy Doyle
The Hunting Party
as Brandt Ruger
The Merv Griffin Show
TVas Self• 5 eps
1969
1968
1967
Banning
as Tommy Del Gaddo
A Covenant with Death
as Harmsworth
Bonnie and Clyde
as Buck Barrow
The Invaders
TVas Tom Jessup• 1 eps
The F.B.I.
TVas Herb Kenyon• 1 eps
1966
Hawaii
as John Whipple
The Trials of O'Brien
TVas Roger Nathan• 1 eps
1964
Lilith
as Norman
1963
Naked City
TVas Mr. Jasper• 1 eps
Route 66
TVas Motorist• 1 eps
1962
1961
Mad Dog Coll
as Cop (uncredited)
The Defenders
TVas Stanley McGuirk• 2 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
TVas Self