Person Details

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Aliases: Eugene Allen Hackman , Eugene Alder , Eugene Allen "Gene" Hackman

Gender: Male

Place of birth: San Bernardino, California, USA

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Movie Involvements: 105

TV Involvements: 21


Most Famous Work

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).

Most Famous Work

The Invaders
Average
7

The Invaders

(1967) Tom Jessup
American Masters
Average
7

American Masters

(1986) Self
The South Bank Show
Average
5

The South Bank Show

(1978) Self
The Defenders
Average
6

The Defenders

(1961) Stanley McGuirk
Naked City
Average
5

Naked City

(1958) Mr. Jasper
The F.B.I.
Average
6

The F.B.I.

(1965) Herb Kenyon
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Average
7
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Average
6

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2025 Self (Archival Footage)
2023 Self (archive footage)
2021 Self (archive footage)
2019 Self (archive footage)
2017 Self (archive footage)
Self - Narrator (voice)
2016 Self - Narrator
2014 Lex Luthor (archive footage) (uncredited)
2013 Self
2009 Self
2008 Self
2007 Self
2006 Self - Narrator (voice)
Lex Luthor
2005 Narrator (voice)
2004 Monroe Cole
Narrator
2003 Rankin Fitch
2002 Self
Self
Self
2001 Lex Luthor (archive footage)
Self
Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group
Joe Moore
Royal Tenenbaum
Self
Himself/Narrator
Self - Host/Narrator
Self
Self
William B. Tensy
Arnold Margolese
2000 Self
Henry Hearst
Jimmy McGinty
Self
1999 Narrator (voice)
Self
1998 Brill
General Mandible (voice)
Jack Ames
1997 Self (archive footage)
President Richmond
1996 Sam Cayhall
Dr. Lawrence Myrick
Senator Kevin Keeley
Blind Man (archive footage)
1995 Harry Zimm
Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey
John Herod
Self
1994 Self
Self
Self
Nicholas Earp
1993 Brig. Gen. George Crook
Avery Tolar
1992 Reader (voice)
Self
'Little' Bill Daggett
1991 Sam Boyd
Jedediah Tucker Ward
1990 Robert Caulfield
Lowell Kolchek
MacArthur Stern
1989 Sgt. Johnny Gallagher
1988 Agent Rupert Anderson
Floyd
Larry
Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton
Dan McGuinn
1987 Defense Secretary David Brice
Lex Luthor
1986 Coach Norman Dale
Self
Wilfred Buckley
1985 Walter Lloyd
Harry MacKenzie
Self
1983 Col. Cal Rhodes
God (voice) (uncredited)
Ned Rawley
Alex Grazier
Self
Jack McCann
1982 Self
1981 Pete van Wherry
Self
George Dupler
1980 Lex Luthor
1978 Lex Luthor
Self
Self
1977 Major William Sherman Foster
N/A
Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski
Tucker
1975 Kibby
Sam Clayton
Harry Moseby
"Popeye" Doyle
1974 Blindman
Self
Zandy Allen
Harry Caul
1973 Max Millan
Self
Himself
1972 Reverend Scott
Mary Ann
1971 Self
Officer Leo Holland
Jimmy Doyle
Brandt Ruger
Self
Dave Randolph
1970 Gene Garrison
1969 Buzz Lloyd
Eugene Claire
Joe Browdy
Red Fraker
Self
1968 Rev. Thomas Davis
Lt. Walter Brill
Self
1967 Tommy Del Gaddo
Buck Barrow
Harmsworth
Sergeant Tweed
Tom Jessup
1966 N/A
John Whipple
N/A
1965 Herb Kenyon
Roger Nathan
1964 Norman
1963 N/A
1962 Self
Self
1961 Self
Douglas McCann
Stanley McGuirk
Cop (uncredited)
Joe Lawson
1960 Motorist
1958 Mr. Jasper
1956 Self - Presenter
1953 N/A
Self
1944 Self - Nominee
Self - Presenter
Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
Self - Nominee / Presenter
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2000 Executive Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Crew

Year Role Movie/Tv
1990 Thanks
Year Role Movie/Tv

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