Gene Hackman
Born: 1930-01-30
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
Scarecrow
1973★ 7.0
Unforgiven
1992★ 7.9
Superman
1978★ 7.2
The Replacements
2000★ 6.7
Antz
1998★ 6.2
Wyatt Earp
1994★ 6.8
Enemy of the State
1998★ 7.1
The Firm
1993★ 6.7
Narrow Margin
1990★ 6.4
Crimson Tide
1995★ 7.2
Heist
2001★ 6.3
The Royal Tenenbaums
2001★ 7.5
Get Shorty
1995★ 6.5
Downhill Racer
1969★ 5.8
Hawaii
1966★ 6.3
Class Action
1991★ 6.3
Lilith
1964★ 6.4
The Split
1968★ 6.7
Behind Enemy Lines
2001★ 6.4
Under Suspicion
2000★ 6.1
A Bridge Too Far
1977★ 7.2
Hoosiers
1986★ 7.0
Target
1985★ 5.9
Superman II
1980★ 6.7
Bonnie and Clyde
1967★ 7.5
Young Frankenstein
1974★ 7.9
Twilight
1998★ 6.1
Eureka
1983★ 5.3
Riot
1969★ 5.2
The Quick and the Dead
1995★ 6.5
The Birdcage
1996★ 7.0
Marooned
1969★ 5.9
Extreme Measures
1996★ 6.0
The French Connection
1971★ 7.5
Mississippi Burning
1988★ 7.7
Runaway Jury
2003★ 6.9
Lucky Lady
1975★ 5.3
Power
1986★ 5.9
The Conversation
1974★ 7.5
Misunderstood
1983★ 6.7
A Covenant with Death
1967★ 4.7
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987★ 4.6
Absolute Power
1997★ 6.7
Breakdown: 1975
2025★ 6.2
No Way Out
1987★ 6.9
Banning
1967★ 5.6
Heartbreakers
2001★ 6.1
The Poseidon Adventure
1972★ 7.1
Company Business
1991★ 5.2
The Mexican
2001★ 5.9
Under Fire
1983★ 6.7
March or Die
1977★ 5.8
Pattern Recognition
2017★ 0.0
Geronimo: An American Legend
1993★ 6.3
The Chamber
1996★ 6.0
Uncommon Valor
1983★ 6.2
Night Moves
1975★ 6.7
The Gypsy Moths
1969★ 6.0
Reds
1981★ 6.9
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2009★ 6.9
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
2006★ 7.4
The Package
1989★ 6.1
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014★ 7.2
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
2001★ 6.9
Bite the Bullet
1975★ 6.4
The Hunting Party
1971★ 6.1
Bat★21
1988★ 6.3
French Connection II
1975★ 6.8
Another Woman
1988★ 6.8
Two of a Kind
1983★ 5.9
Twice in a Lifetime
1985★ 5.6
Postcards from the Edge
1990★ 6.6
Prime Cut
1972★ 6.4
Loose Cannons
1990★ 5.0
Earth and the American Dream
1992★ 6.7
Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe
2001★ 0.0
Zandy's Bride
1974★ 6.2
The Domino Principle
1977★ 5.9
Welcome to Mooseport
2004★ 5.1
Formula 1 - Speed fever
1978★ 7.0
Mad Dog Coll
1961★ 5.3
The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special
2025★ 6.5
All Night Long
1981★ 5.1
Heroes of Iwo Jima
2001★ 5.5
Cisco Pike
1971★ 5.6
Split Decisions
1988★ 5.0
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
2013★ 5.9
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000★ 7.1
Doctors' Wives
1971★ 4.8
Full Moon in Blue Water
1988★ 6.0
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
1982★ 6.4
The Making of 'Superman II'
1983★ 7.6
First to Fight
1967★ 7.9
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
1994★ 7.4
Shadow on the Land
1968★ 8.0
I Never Sang for My Father
1970★ 6.5
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
1992★ 0.0
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997★ 10.0
The Sky Divers
1969★ 0.0
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
2001★ 5.0
Shurtleff on Acting
1994★ 0.0
We, the Marines
2017★ 5.7
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
2001★ 7.8
The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
1995★ 0.0
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
2001★ 7.0
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
2002★ 6.0
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
2004★ 6.5
Superman Redeemed
N/A★ 0.0
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
2001★ 6.8
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
1996★ 8.5
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
2008★ 4.6
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
2000★ 8.3
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
2002★ 7.2
On the Road with: Scarecrow
1973★ 7.0
Sacheen: Breaking the Silence
2019★ 0.0
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
2002★ 6.5
The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima
2016★ 0.0
Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage
2005★ 0.0
Making THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS (with Wes Anderson & Robert Yeoman)
2001★ 0.0