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Gene Hackman
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).
51
Films
6.8
Avg Score
Filmography (51)
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
75
as Lex Luthor
Runaway Jury
71
as Rankin Fitch
The Royal Tenenbaums
76
as Royal Tenenbaum
Heartbreakers
62
as William B. Tensy
Behind Enemy Lines
64
as Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group
The Mexican
61
as Arnold Margolese
Heist
65
as Joe Moore
The Replacements
66
as Jimmy McGinty
Under Suspicion
64
as Henry Hearst
Executive Producer
Enemy of the State
73
as Brill
Antz
65
as General Mandible (voice)
Twilight
62
as Jack Ames
Absolute Power
67
as President Richmond
The Birdcage
72
as Senator Kevin Keeley
Extreme Measures
62
as Dr. Lawrence Myrick
The Chamber
60
as Sam Cayhall
Crimson Tide
74
as Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey
Get Shorty
69
as Harry Zimm
The Quick and the Dead
65
as John Herod
Wyatt Earp
67
as Nicholas Earp
The Firm
69
as Avery Tolar
Geronimo: An American Legend
65
as Brig. Gen. George Crook
Unforgiven
82
as 'Little' Bill Daggett
Postcards from the Edge
67
as Lowell Kolchek
Loose Cannons
49
as MacArthur Stern
Narrow Margin
66
as Robert Caulfield
Miami Blues
64
Thanks
The Package
64
as Sgt. Johnny Gallagher
Mississippi Burning
78
as Agent Rupert Anderson
Another Woman
72
as Larry
Bat★21
65
as Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton
No Way Out
71
as Defense Secretary David Brice
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
38
as Lex Luthor
Hoosiers
74
as Coach Norman Dale
Two of a Kind
47
as God (voice) (uncredited)
Uncommon Valor
63
as Col. Cal Rhodes
Under Fire
70
as Alex Grazier
Reds
73
as Pete van Wherry
Superman II
68
as Lex Luthor
Superman
74
as Lex Luthor
A Bridge Too Far
74
as Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski
French Connection II
67
as "Popeye" Doyle
Night Moves
71
as Harry Moseby
The Conversation
77
as Harry Caul
Young Frankenstein
80
as Blindman
Scarecrow
72
as Max Millan
The Poseidon Adventure
71
as Reverend Scott
Prime Cut
67
as Mary Ann
The French Connection
77
as Jimmy Doyle
The Hunting Party
62
as Brandt Ruger
Bonnie and Clyde
77
as Buck Barrow