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Gene Hackman
Actor, Producer
Born January 30, 1930Died February 17, 2025 (95 years)
Eugene Allen Hackman (January 30, 1930 – c. February 17, 2025) was an American actor. In a career that spanned six decades, he received two Academy Awards, two British Academy Films Awards and four Golden Globes.
Hackman's two Academy Award wins were for Best Actor for his role as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in William Friedkin's action thriller The French Connection (1971) and for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a villainous Sheriff in Clint Eastwood's Western film Unforgiven (1992). He was Oscar-nominated for his roles as 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).
Hackman gained further fame for his portrayal of Lex Luthor in Superman (1978) and its sequel Superman II (1980). He also acted in: The Poseidon Adventure (1972), Scarecrow (1973), The Conversation (1974), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Under Fire (1983), Power (1986), Loose Cannons (1990), The Firm (1993), The Quick and the Dead (1995), The Birdcage (1996), Enemy of the State (1998), Behind Enemy Lines (2001) and Runaway Jury (2003). He retired from acting after starring in Welcome to Mooseport (2004).
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Hackman's two Academy Award wins were for Best Actor for his role as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in William Friedkin's action thriller The French Connection (1971) and for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a villainous Sheriff in Clint Eastwood's Western film Unforgiven (1992). He was Oscar-nominated for his roles as 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).
Hackman gained further fame for his portrayal of Lex Luthor in Superman (1978) and its sequel Superman II (1980). He also acted in: The Poseidon Adventure (1972), Scarecrow (1973), The Conversation (1974), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Under Fire (1983), Power (1986), Loose Cannons (1990), The Firm (1993), The Quick and the Dead (1995), The Birdcage (1996), Enemy of the State (1998), Behind Enemy Lines (2001) and Runaway Jury (2003). He retired from acting after starring in Welcome to Mooseport (2004).
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Filmography
| 2014 | Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films · as Lex Luthor (archive Footage) (uncredited) |
| 2006 | Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut · as Lex Luthor |
| 2006 | Premio Donostia a Matt Dillon · as Walter Lloyd |
| 2006 | The Godfather and the Mob · as Cast |
| 2004 | Welcome to Mooseport · as Monroe Cole |
| 2004 | Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust · as Narrator |
| 2003 | Runaway Jury · as Rankin Fitch |
| 2001 | De Superman à Spider-Man: L'aventure des super-héros · as Lex Luthor (archive Footage) |
| 2001 | Behind Enemy Lines · as Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group |
| 2001 | Heist · as Joe Moore |
| 2001 | The Royal Tenenbaums · as Royal Tenenbaum |
| 2001 | Heartbreakers · as William B. Tensy |
| 2001 | The Mexican · as Arnold Margolese |
| 2000 | Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years · as Jimmy Doyle |
| 2000 | The Replacements · as Jimmy Mcginty |
| 2000 | Under Suspicion · as Henry Hearst |
| 2000 | |
| 1999 | Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1998 | Enemy of the State · as Brill |
| 1998 | Antz · as General Mandible (voice) |
| 1998 | Twilight · as Jack Ames |
| 1997 | Absolute Power · as President Richmond |
| 1996 | The Chamber · as Sam Cayhall |
| 1996 | Extreme Measures · as Dr. Lawrence Myrick |
| 1996 | The Birdcage · as Senator Kevin Keeley |
| 1995 | Get Shorty · as Harry Zimm |
| 1995 | Crimson Tide · as Captain Franklin "frank" Ramsey |
| 1995 | The Quick and the Dead · as John Herod |
| 1994 | |
| 1994 | Wyatt Earp · as Nicholas Earp |
| 1993 | Geronimo: An American Legend · as Brig. Gen. George Crook |
| 1993 | The Firm · as Avery Tolar |
| 1992 | Earth and the American Dream · as Reader (voice) |
| 1992 | Unforgiven · as 'little' Bill Daggett |
| 1991 | Company Business · as Sam Boyd |
| 1991 | Class Action · as Jedediah Tucker Ward |
| 1990 | Narrow Margin · as Robert Caulfield |
| 1990 | Postcards from the Edge · as Lowell Kolchek |
| 1990 | Loose Cannons · as Macarthur Stern |
| 1989 | The Package · as Sgt. Johnny Gallagher |
| 1988 | Mississippi Burning · as Agent Rupert Anderson |
| 1988 | Full Moon in Blue Water · as Floyd |
| 1988 | Another Woman · as Larry |
| 1988 | Split Decisions · as Dan Mcguinn |
| 1988 | Bat*21 · as Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton |
| 1987 | No Way Out · as Defense Secretary David Brice |
| 1987 | Superman IV: The Quest for Peace · as Lex Luthor |
| 1987 | The 59th Annual Academy Awards · as Jimmy Doyle |
| 1986 | Hoosiers · as Coach Norman Dale |
| 1986 | The 58th Annual Academy Awards · as Harry Mackenzie |
| 1986 | Power · as Wilfred Buckley |
| 1985 | Target · as Walter Lloyd |
| 1985 | Twice in a Lifetime · as Harry Mackenzie |
| 1984 | Misunderstood · as Ned Rawley |
| 1983 | Uncommon Valor · as Col. Cal Rhodes |
| 1983 | Two of a Kind · as God (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1983 | Under Fire · as Alex Grazier |
| 1983 | Eureka · as Jack Mccann |
| 1983 | En Büyük Yumruk · as Jimmy Doyle |
| 1981 | Reds · as Pete Van Wherry |
| 1981 | All Night Long · as George Dupler |
| 1980 | Superman II · as Lex Luthor |
| 1978 | Superman · as Lex Luthor |
| 1977 | March or Die · as Major William Sherman Foster |
| 1977 | The Hollywood Greats (TV Series) |
| 1977 | A Bridge Too Far · as Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski |
| 1977 | The Domino Principle · as Tucker |
| 1975 | Lucky Lady · as Kibby |
| 1975 | Night Moves · as Harry Moseby |
| 1975 | French Connection II · as "popeye" Doyle |
| 1975 | Bite the Bullet · as Sam Clayton |
| 1974 | Young Frankenstein · as Blindman |
| 1974 | Zandy's Bride · as Zandy Allen |
| 1974 | The Conversation · as Harry Caul |
| 1973 | Scarecrow · as Max Millan |
| 1972 | The Poseidon Adventure · as Reverend Scott |
| 1972 | Prime Cut · as Mary Ann |
| 1971 | Cisco Pike · as Officer Leo Holland |
| 1971 | The French Connection · as Jimmy Doyle |
| 1971 | The Hunting Party · as Brandt Ruger |
| 1971 | Doctors' Wives · as Dave Randolph |
| 1970 | I Never Sang for My Father · as Gene Garrison |
| 1969 | Marooned · as Buzz Lloyd |
| 1969 | Downhill Racer · as Eugene Claire |
| 1969 | The Gypsy Moths · as Joe Browdy |
| 1969 | Riot · as Red Fraker |
| 1968 | Shadow on the Land · as Rev. Thomas Davis |
| 1968 | The Split · as Lt. Walter Brill |
| 1967 | Banning · as Tommy Del Gaddo |
| 1967 | Bonnie and Clyde · as Buck Barrow |
| 1967 | First to Fight · as Sergeant Tweed |
| 1967 | A Covenant with Death · as Harmsworth |
| 1967 | CBS Playhouse (TV Series) |
| 1967 | The Invaders (TV Series) · as Tom Jessup |
| 1966 | Hawaii · as John Whipple |
| 1966 | The Iron Horse (TV Series) · as Harry Wadsworth |
| 1966 | Hawk (TV Series) |
| 1965 | Trials of O'Brien (TV Series) · as Roger Nathan |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. (TV Series) · as Herb Kenyon |
| 1965 | I Spy (TV Series) · as Frank Hunter |
| 1964 | Lilith · as Norman |
| 1963 | East Side/West Side (TV Series) |
| 1961 | Mad Dog Coll · as Cop (uncredited) |
| 1961 | The DuPont Show of the Week (TV Series) · as Douglas Mccann |
| 1961 | The Defenders (TV Series) · as Stanley Mcguirk |
| 1961 | Tallahassee 7000 (TV Series) |
| 1960 | |
| 1960 | Insight (TV Series) · as Holt |
| 1959 | Brenner (TV Series) · as Officer Dick Clayburn |
| 1958 | Naked City (TV Series) · as Mr. Jasper |
| 1953 | The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) |