Gene Hackman
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).
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
122
Gender
Male
Birthday
1930-01-30
Place of Birth
San Bernardino, California, USA
Also Known As
Eugene Allen Hackman, Eugene Alder, Eugene Allen "Gene" Hackman
Known For
Unforgiven 
Absolute Power 
Bonnie and Clyde 
The French Connection 
The Poseidon Adventure 
The Conversation 
Mississippi Burning 
Young Frankenstein 
Under Suspicion 
No Way Out 
Superman 
The Replacements 
French Connection II 
Heartbreakers 
The Birdcage 
Heist 
A Bridge Too Far 
Hoosiers 
Extreme Measures 
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace 
The Mexican 
Runaway Jury 
Postcards from the Edge 
Another Woman 
Scarecrow 
Behind Enemy Lines 
Narrow Margin 
Target 
Get Shorty 
The Chamber 
The Package 
The Split 
Superman II 
Loose Cannons 
The Domino Principle 
Night Moves 
The Quick and the Dead 
Company Business 
Wyatt Earp 
March or Die 
Crimson Tide 
Antz 
The Royal Tenenbaums 
Twilight 
Downhill Racer 
Bite the Bullet 
Enemy of the State 
Uncommon Valor 
Under Fire 
Prime Cut 
Marooned 
Geronimo: An American Legend 
Full Moon in Blue Water 
Hawaii 
Lilith 
Bat★21 
The Firm 
Class Action 
Eureka 
The Hunting Party 
The Gypsy Moths 
Welcome to Mooseport 
Power 
Reds 
Misunderstood 
Cisco Pike 
I Never Sang for My Father 
Split Decisions 
Riot 
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson 
Lucky Lady 
Zandy's Bride 
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust 
Twice in a Lifetime 
All Night Long 
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde' 
Shurtleff on Acting 
Doctors' Wives 
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes 
A Covenant with Death 
Sports on the Silver Screen 
Heroes of Iwo Jima 
Sacheen: Breaking the Silence 
Pattern Recognition 
The Sky Divers 
First to Fight 
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection 
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows 
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story 
Banning 
Shadow on the Land 
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale 
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood 
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman' 
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' 
The Making of 'Superman II' 
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend 
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs' 
Mad Dog Coll 
We, the Marines 
Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage 
Formula 1 - Speed fever 
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut 
Earth and the American Dream 
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' 
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger 
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein 
Two of a Kind 
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso 
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection' Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend 
Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe 
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' 
On the Road with: Scarecrow 
The Making of 'Crimson Tide' 
The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima 
The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special 
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films 
Breakdown: 1975 
Remembering Gene Wilder