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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: 104

TV Involvements: 11


Most Famous Work

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

The Invaders
Average
7

The Invaders

(1967) Tom Jessup
American Masters
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7

American Masters

(1986) Self
The South Bank Show
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5
The Defenders
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6

The Defenders

(1961) Stanley McGuirk
Naked City
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5

Naked City

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

The F.B.I.

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

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2019 Self (archive Footage)
2017 Self (Archival Footage)
Narrator (voice)
2014 Lex Luthor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Self (archive footage)
2013 Self
2012 Self / Royal T.
2009 Self
2008 Self
2007 Self
2006 Narrator (voice)
Lex Luthor
Self (archive footage)
2005 Narrator (voice)
2004 Monroe Cole
Narrator
2003 Rankin Fitch
2002 Self
Self
Self
2001 Lex Luthor (archive footage)
Self
Admiral Leslie McMahon Reigart
Joe Moore
Royal Tenenbaum
Self
Self - Host/Narrator
Self
William B. Tensy
Arnold Margolese
Self
2000 Self
Henry Hearst
Jimmy McGinty
Self
1999 Narrator (voice)
N/A
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
1994 Self
Self
Self
Nicholas Earp
1993 Brig. Gen. George Crook
Avery Tolar
1992 Reader (voice)
'Little' Bill Daggett
1991 Sam Boyd
Jedediah Tucker Ward
1990 Robert Caulfield
Lowell Kolchek
MacArthur Stern
1989 Sgt. Johnny Gallagher
1988 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
Self
1984 Ned Rawley
1983 Col. Cal Rhodes
God (voice) (uncredited)
Alex Grazier
Jack McCann
1982 Self
1981 Pete van Wherry
George Dupler
1980 Lex Luthor
Self
1978 Lex Luthor
Self
Self
1977 Major William Sherman Foster
N/A
Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski
Tucker
1975 Kibby
Sam Clayton
"Popeye" Doyle
Harry Moseby
1974 Blindman
Zandy Allen
Harry Caul
1973 Max Millan
Self
1972 Reverend Scott
Mary Ann
Officer Leo Holland
1971 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
1967 Tommy Del Gaddo
Self
Buck Barrow
Donald Ross - Regional Civil Defense Officer
Harmsworth
Sergeant Tweed
Tom Jessup
1966 N/A
John Whipple
N/A
1965 Herb Kenyon
Roger Nathan
1964 Norman
1963 N/A
1962 Self
1961 Douglas McCann
Stanley McGuirk
Cop (uncredited)
N/A
1960 N/A
Holt
1958 Mr. Jasper
1953 N/A
Self
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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