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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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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And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
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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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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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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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Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs' | Self | 2002-10-28 |
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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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The Royal Tenenbaums | Royal Tenenbaum | 2001-10-05 |
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Heartbreakers | William B. Tensy | 2001-03-23 |
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Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection | Self | 2001-09-25 |
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Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe | Himself/Narrator | 2001-08-01 |
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Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman' | Self | 2001-05-01 |
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Behind Enemy Lines | Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group | 2001-11-30 |
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The Mexican | Arnold Margolese | 2001-03-01 |
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Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend | Self | 2001-01-01 |
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With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson | Self | 2001-12-17 |
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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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Heroes of Iwo Jima | Self - Host/Narrator | 2001-06-17 |
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Heist | Joe Moore | 2001-11-09 |
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Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows | Self | 2000-09-27 |
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The Replacements | Jimmy McGinty | 2000-08-11 |
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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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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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Extreme Measures | Dr. Lawrence Myrick | 1996-09-27 |
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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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The Chamber | Sam Cayhall | 1996-10-11 |
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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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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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Shurtleff on Acting | Self | 1994-07-14 |
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Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso | Self | 1994-12-11 |
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Wyatt Earp | Nicholas Earp | 1994-06-24 |
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The Firm | Avery Tolar | 1993-06-30 |
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Geronimo: An American Legend | Brig. Gen. George Crook | 1993-12-10 |
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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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Earth and the American Dream | Reader (voice) | 1992-10-01 |
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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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Loose Cannons | MacArthur Stern | 1990-02-09 |
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Postcards from the Edge | Lowell Kolchek | 1990-09-14 |
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Narrow Margin | Robert Caulfield | 1990-09-21 |
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The Package | Sgt. Johnny Gallagher | 1989-01-25 |
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Bat★21 | Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton | 1988-07-21 |
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Full Moon in Blue Water | Floyd | 1988-11-23 |
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Mississippi Burning | Agent Rupert Anderson | 1988-12-08 |
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Split Decisions | Dan McGuinn | 1988-06-11 |
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Another Woman | Larry | 1988-10-13 |
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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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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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Under Fire | Alex Grazier | 1983-10-21 |
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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 II' | Self | 1983-07-17 |
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Misunderstood | Ned Rawley | 1983-12-10 |
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Uncommon Valor | Col. Cal Rhodes | 1983-12-16 |
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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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March or Die | Major William Sherman Foster | 1977-09-08 |
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A Bridge Too Far | Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski | 1977-06-15 |
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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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Bite the Bullet | Sam Clayton | 1975-09-26 |
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Lucky Lady | Kibby | 1975-12-25 |
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Young Frankenstein | Blindman | 1974-12-15 |
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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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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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Doctors' Wives | Dave Randolph | 1971-02-03 |
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The Hunting Party | Brandt Ruger | 1971-07-16 |
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The French Connection | Jimmy Doyle | 1971-10-09 |
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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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Riot | Red Fraker | 1969-01-15 |
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Downhill Racer | Eugene Claire | 1969-11-06 |
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Marooned | Buzz Lloyd | 1969-12-11 |
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The Gypsy Moths | Joe Browdy | 1969-08-29 |
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How Fast? | Self (Archive Footage) | 1969-01-01 |
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The Sky Divers | Self | 1969-01-01 |
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The Split | Lt. Walter Brill | 1968-11-04 |
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Shadow on the Land | Rev. Thomas Davis | 1968-12-04 |
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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 |
