Gene Hackman
Biography
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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Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1930-01-30
Place of birth
San Bernardino, California, USA
Images
Cast
Unforgiven
1992
7.91
Absolute Power
1997
6.60
Bonnie and Clyde
1967
7.49
The French Connection
1971
7.50
The Poseidon Adventure
1972
7.10
The Conversation
1974
7.51
Mississippi Burning
1988
7.67
Young Frankenstein
1974
7.87
Under Suspicion
2000
6.10
No Way Out
1987
6.89
Superman
1978
7.14
The Replacements
2000
6.65
French Connection II
1975
6.80
Heartbreakers
2001
6.10
The Birdcage
1996
7.03
Heist
2001
6.32
A Bridge Too Far
1977
7.20
Hoosiers
1986
7.05
Extreme Measures
1996
6.00
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987
4.60
The Mexican
2001
5.93
Runaway Jury
2003
6.93
Postcards from the Edge
1990
6.60
Another Woman
1988
6.80
Scarecrow
1973
7.00
Behind Enemy Lines
2001
6.41
Target
1985
5.89
Narrow Margin
1990
6.40
The Chamber
1996
6.00
Get Shorty
1995
6.49
The Package
1989
6.10
The Split
1968
6.70
Superman II
1980
6.74
Loose Cannons
1990
4.90
The Domino Principle
1977
5.90
Night Moves
1975
6.70
The Quick and the Dead
1995
6.60
Company Business
1991
5.20
Wyatt Earp
1994
6.80
Crimson Tide
1995
7.20
March or Die
1977
5.80
Antz
1998
6.17
The Royal Tenenbaums
2001
7.47
Twilight
1998
6.06
Downhill Racer
1969
5.90
Bite the Bullet
1975
6.40
Enemy of the State
1998
7.05
Uncommon Valor
1983
6.20
Under Fire
1983
6.60
Prime Cut
1972
6.40
Marooned
1969
5.90
Geronimo: An American Legend
1993
6.30
Full Moon in Blue Water
1988
6.20
Hawaii
1966
6.40
Lilith
1964
6.50
Bat★21
1988
6.30
The Firm
1993
6.73
Class Action
1991
6.30
Eureka
1983
5.30
The Hunting Party
1971
6.20
The Gypsy Moths
1969
6.10
Welcome to Mooseport
2004
5.10
Power
1986
5.90
Reds
1981
6.90
Misunderstood
1984
6.70
Cisco Pike
1972
5.70
I Never Sang for My Father
1970
6.60
Split Decisions
1988
5.10
Riot
1969
5.30
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
2001
5.00
Lucky Lady
1975
5.20
Zandy's Bride
1974
6.31
Twice in a Lifetime
1985
5.60
All Night Long
1981
5.20
Shurtleff on Acting
1994
0.00
Doctors' Wives
1971
5.00
A Covenant with Death
1967
5.00
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997
10.00
Heroes of Iwo Jima
2001
5.50
Sacheen: Breaking the Silence
2019
0.00
Pattern Recognition
2017
0.00
The Sky Divers
1969
0.00
First to Fight
1967
7.90
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
8.00
Banning
1967
6.10
Shadow on the Land
1968
8.00
How Fast?
1969
0.00
The Making of 'Superman II'
1982
7.60
Mad Dog Coll
1961
5.40
We, The Marines
2017
5.80
Formula 1 - Speed fever
1978
7.00
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
7.00
Earth and the American Dream
1992
6.70
Two of a Kind
1983
5.90
On the Road with: Scarecrow
1973
0.00
The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
1995
0.00
