Gene Hackman
Acting
Born: 1930-01-30 in San 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
The Royal Tenenbaums
Royal Tenenbaum
Unforgiven
'Little' Bill Daggett
Antz
General Mandible (voice)
Enemy of the State
Brill
Superman
Lex Luthor
Young Frankenstein
Blindman
Superman II
Lex Luthor
The Firm
Avery Tolar
The French Connection
Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle
The Conversation
Harry Caul
Crimson Tide
Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey
The Quick and the Dead
Herod
Mississippi Burning
Agent Rupert Anderson
Bonnie and Clyde
Buck Barrow
Behind Enemy Lines
Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group
The Mexican
Margolese
Runaway Jury
Rankin Fitch
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Lex Luthor
The Birdcage
Senator Kevin Keeley
Absolute Power
President Richmond
Get Shorty
Harry Zimm
The Replacements
Jimmy McGinty
The Poseidon Adventure
Reverend Scott
Heartbreakers
William B. Tensy
A Bridge Too Far
Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski
Wyatt Earp
Nicholas Earp
No Way Out
Defense Secretary David Brice
Heist
Joe Moore
Hoosiers
Norman Dale
Under Suspicion
Henry Hearst
French Connection II
"Popeye" Doyle
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Lex Luthor
Reds
Pete van Wherry
Night Moves
Harry Moseby
Extreme Measures
Dr. Lawrence Myrick
Scarecrow
Max Millan
Geronimo: An American Legend
Brig. Gen. George Crook
Postcards from the Edge
Lowell Kolchek
Another Woman
Larry
The Chamber
Sam Cayhall