1930-01-30 San Bernardino, California, USA
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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Gene Hackman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story | Self (archive footage) | 2024-09-21 |
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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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And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
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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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Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman | Self (archive footage) | 2006-06-12 |
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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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Welcome to Mooseport | Monroe Cole | 2004-02-24 |
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Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust | Narrator | 2004-01-01 |
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Runaway Jury | Rankin Fitch | 2003-01-16 |
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Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' | Self | 2002-09-24 |
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All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger | Self | 2002-09-24 |
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Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs' | Self | 2002-10-28 |
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Heartbreakers | William B. Tensy | 2001-03-23 |
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Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman' | Self | 2001-05-01 |
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Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend | Self | 2001-01-01 |
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Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection | Self | 2001-09-25 |
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With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson | Self | 2001-12-17 |
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Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe | Himself/Narrator | 2001-08-01 |
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The Royal Tenenbaums | Royal Tenenbaum | 2001-10-05 |
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The Mexican | Arnold Margolese | 2001-03-01 |
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Behind Enemy Lines | Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group | 2001-11-30 |
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Heist | Joe Moore | 2001-11-09 |
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Heroes of Iwo Jima | Self - Host/Narrator | 2001-06-17 |
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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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The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection' | Self | 2000-01-15 |
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The Replacements | Jimmy McGinty | 2000-08-11 |
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Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows | Self | 2000-09-27 |
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Under Suspicion | Henry Hearst | 2000-08-24 |
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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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Antz | General Mandible (voice) | 1998-10-02 |
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Twilight | Jack Ames | 1998-03-06 |
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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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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 Birdcage | Senator Kevin Keeley | 1996-03-08 |
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Crimson Tide | Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey | 1995-05-12 |
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Get Shorty | Harry Zimm | 1995-10-20 |
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The Quick and the Dead | John Herod | 1995-02-09 |
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The Making of 'Crimson Tide' | Self | 1995-01-01 |
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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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Wyatt Earp | Nicholas Earp | 1994-06-24 |
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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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Unforgiven | 'Little' Bill Daggett | 1992-08-07 |
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Earth and the American Dream | Reader (voice) | 1992-10-01 |
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Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' | Self | 1992-09-17 |
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Class Action | Jedediah Tucker Ward | 1991-03-15 |
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Company Business | Sam Boyd | 1991-09-06 |
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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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Full Moon in Blue Water | Floyd | 1988-11-23 |
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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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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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Hoosiers | Coach Norman Dale | 1986-11-14 |
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Power | Wilfred Buckley | 1986-01-31 |
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Target | Walter Lloyd | 1985-11-08 |
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Night of 100 Stars II | Self | 1985-03-10 |
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Twice in a Lifetime | Harry MacKenzie | 1985-10-23 |
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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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Under Fire | Alex Grazier | 1983-10-21 |
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The Making of 'Superman II' | Self | 1982-01-01 |
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Reds | Pete van Wherry | 1981-12-25 |
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All Night Long | George Dupler | 1981-03-06 |
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The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' | Self | 1980-01-01 |
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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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A Bridge Too Far | Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski | 1977-06-15 |
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The Domino Principle | Tucker | 1977-03-23 |
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March or Die | Major William Sherman Foster | 1977-09-08 |
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French Connection II | "Popeye" Doyle | 1975-05-18 |
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Night Moves | Harry Moseby | 1975-06-11 |
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Lucky Lady | Kibby | 1975-12-25 |
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Bite the Bullet | Sam Clayton | 1975-09-26 |
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The Conversation | Harry Caul | 1974-04-07 |
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Zandy's Bride | Zandy Allen | 1974-05-19 |
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Young Frankenstein | Blindman | 1974-12-15 |
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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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The Poseidon Adventure | Reverend Scott | 1972-12-01 |
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Prime Cut | Mary Ann | 1972-06-01 |
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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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The Hunting Party | Brandt Ruger | 1971-07-16 |
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Cisco Pike | Officer Leo Holland | 1971-11-02 |
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I Never Sang for My Father | Gene Garrison | 1970-10-18 |
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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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Downhill Racer | Eugene Claire | 1969-11-06 |
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Riot | Red Fraker | 1969-01-15 |
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Marooned | Buzz Lloyd | 1969-12-11 |
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How Fast? | Self (Archive Footage) | 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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Bonnie and Clyde | Buck Barrow | 1967-08-13 |
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A Covenant with Death | Harmsworth | 1967-02-15 |
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First to Fight | Sergeant Tweed | 1967-01-25 |
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Banning | Tommy Del Gaddo | 1967-12-13 |
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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 |
