1930-01-30 San Bernardino, California, USA
Eugene Allen Hackman 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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The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special | Self (Archival Footage) | 2025-03-18 |
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Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend | Self (archive footage) | 2021-01-02 |
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Sacheen: Breaking the Silence | Self (archive footage) | 2019-04-05 |
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We, the Marines | Self - Narrator (voice) | 2017-07-21 |
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Pattern Recognition | Self (archive footage) | 2017-12-01 |
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The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima | Self - Narrator | 2016-07-01 |
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Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films | Lex Luthor (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2014-10-06 |
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Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story | Self | 2013-04-27 |
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I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale | Self | 2009-01-16 |
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Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde' | Self | 2008-03-25 |
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Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut | Lex Luthor | 2006-11-02 |
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Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage | Narrator (voice) | 2005-10-09 |
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Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust | Narrator | 2004-01-01 |
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Welcome to Mooseport | Monroe Cole | 2004-02-24 |
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Runaway Jury | Rankin Fitch | 2003-01-16 |
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All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger | Self | 2002-09-24 |
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Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' | Self | 2002-09-24 |
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Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs' | Self | 2002-10-28 |
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With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson | Self | 2001-12-17 |
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Behind Enemy Lines | Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group | 2001-11-30 |
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Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection | Self | 2001-09-25 |
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Heist | Joe Moore | 2001-11-09 |
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De Superman à Spider-Man: L'aventure des super-héros | Lex Luthor (archive footage) | 2001-12-23 |
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Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman' | Self | 2001-05-01 |
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The Royal Tenenbaums | Royal Tenenbaum | 2001-10-05 |
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Heroes of Iwo Jima | Self - Host/Narrator | 2001-06-17 |
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Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe | Himself/Narrator | 2001-08-01 |
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Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend | Self | 2001-05-01 |
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The Mexican | Arnold Margolese | 2001-03-01 |
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Heartbreakers | William B. Tensy | 2001-03-23 |
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Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows | Self | 2000-09-27 |
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The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection' | Self | 2000-01-15 |
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Under Suspicion | Henry Hearst | 2000-08-24 |
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The Replacements | Jimmy McGinty | 2000-08-11 |
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Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood | Narrator (voice) | 1999-01-23 |
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Enemy of the State | Brill | 1998-11-20 |
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Twilight | Jack Ames | 1998-03-06 |
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Antz | General Mandible (voice) | 1998-10-02 |
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Absolute Power | President Richmond | 1997-02-14 |
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Sports on the Silver Screen | Self (archive footage) | 1997-03-16 |
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The Chamber | Sam Cayhall | 1996-10-11 |
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The Birdcage | Senator Kevin Keeley | 1996-03-08 |
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Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein | Blind Man (archive footage) | 1996-01-01 |
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Extreme Measures | Dr. Lawrence Myrick | 1996-09-27 |
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The Quick and the Dead | John Herod | 1995-02-09 |
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Crimson Tide | Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey | 1995-05-12 |
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The Making of 'Crimson Tide' | Self | 1995-01-01 |
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Get Shorty | Harry Zimm | 1995-10-20 |
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Wyatt Earp | Nicholas Earp | 1994-06-24 |
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Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso | Self | 1994-12-11 |
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Shurtleff on Acting | Self | 1994-07-14 |
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Geronimo: An American Legend | Brig. Gen. George Crook | 1993-12-10 |
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The Firm | Avery Tolar | 1993-06-30 |
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Earth and the American Dream | Reader (voice) | 1992-10-01 |
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Unforgiven | 'Little' Bill Daggett | 1992-08-07 |
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Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' | Self | 1992-09-17 |
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Company Business | Sam Boyd | 1991-09-06 |
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Class Action | Jedediah Tucker Ward | 1991-03-15 |
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Narrow Margin | Robert Caulfield | 1990-09-21 |
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Loose Cannons | MacArthur Stern | 1990-02-09 |
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Postcards from the Edge | Lowell Kolchek | 1990-09-14 |
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The Package | Sgt. Johnny Gallagher | 1989-01-25 |
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Split Decisions | Dan McGuinn | 1988-06-11 |
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Mississippi Burning | Agent Rupert Anderson | 1988-12-08 |
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Another Woman | Larry | 1988-10-13 |
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Full Moon in Blue Water | Floyd | 1988-11-23 |
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Bat★21 | Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton | 1988-07-21 |
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Superman IV: The Quest for Peace | Lex Luthor | 1987-07-24 |
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No Way Out | Defense Secretary David Brice | 1987-08-14 |
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Power | Wilfred Buckley | 1986-01-31 |
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Hoosiers | Coach Norman Dale | 1986-11-14 |
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Twice in a Lifetime | Harry MacKenzie | 1985-10-23 |
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Target | Walter Lloyd | 1985-11-08 |
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Under Fire | Alex Grazier | 1983-10-21 |
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The Making of 'Superman II' | Self | 1983-07-17 |
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Uncommon Valor | Col. Cal Rhodes | 1983-12-16 |
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Misunderstood | Ned Rawley | 1983-12-10 |
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Eureka | Jack McCann | 1983-05-01 |
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Two of a Kind | God (voice) (uncredited) | 1983-12-13 |
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The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' | Self | 1982-01-24 |
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All Night Long | George Dupler | 1981-03-06 |
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Reds | Pete van Wherry | 1981-12-25 |
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Superman II | Lex Luthor | 1980-12-12 |
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Formula 1 - Febbre della velocità | Self | 1978-09-15 |
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Superman | Lex Luthor | 1978-12-14 |
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The Domino Principle | Tucker | 1977-03-23 |
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A Bridge Too Far | Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski | 1977-06-15 |
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March or Die | Major William Sherman Foster | 1977-09-08 |
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Bite the Bullet | Sam Clayton | 1975-09-26 |
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Lucky Lady | Kibby | 1975-12-25 |
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Night Moves | Harry Moseby | 1975-06-11 |
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French Connection II | "Popeye" Doyle | 1975-05-18 |
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The Conversation | Harry Caul | 1974-04-07 |
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Young Frankenstein | Blindman | 1974-12-15 |
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Zandy's Bride | Zandy Allen | 1974-05-19 |
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Scarecrow | Max Millan | 1973-04-11 |
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On the Road with: Scarecrow | Himself | 1973-01-01 |
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Prime Cut | Mary Ann | 1972-06-01 |
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The Poseidon Adventure | Reverend Scott | 1972-12-01 |
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The Hunting Party | Brandt Ruger | 1971-07-16 |
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Cisco Pike | Officer Leo Holland | 1971-11-02 |
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The French Connection | Jimmy Doyle | 1971-10-09 |
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Doctors' Wives | Dave Randolph | 1971-02-03 |
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I Never Sang for My Father | Gene Garrison | 1970-10-18 |
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Marooned | Buzz Lloyd | 1969-12-11 |
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Downhill Racer | Eugene Claire | 1969-11-06 |
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How Fast? | Self (Archive Footage) | 1969-01-01 |
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Riot | Red Fraker | 1969-01-15 |
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The Gypsy Moths | Joe Browdy | 1969-08-29 |
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The Sky Divers | Self | 1969-01-01 |
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Shadow on the Land | Rev. Thomas Davis | 1968-12-04 |
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The Split | Lt. Walter Brill | 1968-11-04 |
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A Covenant with Death | Harmsworth | 1967-02-15 |
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Banning | Tommy Del Gaddo | 1967-12-13 |
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Bonnie and Clyde | Buck Barrow | 1967-08-13 |
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First to Fight | Sergeant Tweed | 1967-01-25 |
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Hawaii | John Whipple | 1966-10-10 |
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Lilith | Norman | 1964-10-01 |
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Mad Dog Coll | Cop (uncredited) | 1961-05-12 |
