Gene Hackman
Acting
- Born:
- 1930-01-30
- Died:
- 2025-02-17
- Place of birth:
- 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
Filmography
Breakdown: 1975
The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special
Remembering Gene Wilder
The Playboy Murders
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Sacheen: Breaking the Silence
Pattern Recognition
We, the Marines
The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage
Welcome to Mooseport
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
Runaway Jury
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
Behind Enemy Lines
Heist
The Royal Tenenbaums
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe
Heroes of Iwo Jima
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
Heartbreakers
The Mexican
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Under Suspicion
The Replacements
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
The Directors
Enemy of the State
Antz
Twilight
Sports on the Silver Screen
Absolute Power
The Chamber
Extreme Measures
The Birdcage
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
Get Shorty
Crimson Tide
The Quick and the Dead
The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
Inside the Actors Studio
Shurtleff on Acting
Wyatt Earp
Geronimo: An American Legend
The Firm
Earth and the American Dream
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Unforgiven
Company Business
Class Action
Narrow Margin
Postcards from the Edge
Loose Cannons
The Package
Mississippi Burning
Full Moon in Blue Water
Another Woman
Bat★21
Split Decisions
No Way Out
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Hoosiers
American Masters
Power
Target
Twice in a Lifetime
Larry King Live
Uncommon Valor
Two of a Kind
Misunderstood
Under Fire
The Making of 'Superman II'
Eureka
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
Reds
Entertainment Tonight
All Night Long
Superman II
Superman
Formula 1 - Speed fever
The South Bank Show
Ciné regards
March or Die
The Hollywood Greats
A Bridge Too Far
The Domino Principle
Lucky Lady
Bite the Bullet
Night Moves
French Connection II
Young Frankenstein
Dinah!
Zandy's Bride
The Conversation
Scarecrow
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
On the Road with: Scarecrow
The Poseidon Adventure
Prime Cut
Cisco Pike
Film '72
The French Connection
The Hunting Party
V.I.P. Schaukel
Doctors' Wives
I Never Sang for My Father
Marooned
Downhill Racer
The Gypsy Moths
Riot
The Sky Divers
Shadow on the Land
The Split
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Banning
Bonnie and Clyde
A Covenant with Death
First to Fight
The Invaders
CBS Playhouse
Hawaii
Hawk
The F.B.I.
The Trials of O'Brien
Lilith
East Side/West Side
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Merv Griffin Show
The Mike Douglas Show
The DuPont Show of the Week
The Defenders
Mad Dog Coll
Tallahassee 7000
Route 66
Naked City
The United States Steel Hour
The Oscars
Golden Globe Awards
Close-Up on The Conversation