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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
(1967) Tom JessupAmerican Masters
(1986) SelfThe South Bank Show
(1978) SelfThe Defenders
(1961) Stanley McGuirkNaked City
(1958) Mr. JasperThe F.B.I.
(1965) Herb KenyonDiners, Drive-Ins and Dives
(2007) SelfThe American Film Institute Salute to ...
(1973) SelfActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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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 | ||
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Production
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2000 | Executive Producer | |
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Crew
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1990 | Thanks | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |