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Gene Hackman
Known for: ActingEugene 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).
Filmography 77
Unforgiven
+4
as 'Little' Bill Daggett 
Antz
+4
as General Mandible (voice) 
Runaway Jury
+3
as Rankin Fitch 
The Royal Tenenbaums
+3
as Royal Tenenbaum 
Crimson Tide
+3
as Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey 
The Quick and the Dead
+3
as Herod 
Narrow Margin
+1
as Robert Caulfield 
Superman
+4
as Lex Luthor 
Enemy of the State
+3
as Brill 
Absolute Power
+2
as President Richmond 
Behind Enemy Lines
+3
as Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group 
The Firm
+12
as Avery Tolar 
Superman II
+4
as Lex Luthor 
A Bridge Too Far
+3
as Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski 
Bonnie and Clyde
+2
as Buck Barrow 
The Birdcage
+4
as Senator Kevin Keeley 
The Replacements
+2
as Jimmy McGinty 
Mississippi Burning
+5
as Agent Rupert Anderson 
The Conversation
+4
as Harry Caul 
The Poseidon Adventure
+2
as Reverend Scott 
No Way Out
+4
as Defense Secretary David Brice 
The Mexican
+3
as Margolese 
Wyatt Earp
+3
as Nicholas Earp 
Geronimo: An American Legend
as Brig. Gen. George Crook 
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
+4
as Lex Luthor 
The French Connection
+4
as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle 
Get Shorty
+3
as Harry Zimm 
Heartbreakers
+2
as William B. Tensy 
The Hunting Party
as Brandt Ruger 
Under Suspicion
+1
as Henry Hearst 
Uncommon Valor
+3
as Col. Cal Rhodes 
The Chamber
+3
as Sam Cayhall 
The Domino Principle
as Tucker 
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
+1
as Lex Luthor 
The Package
+3
as Sgt. Johnny Gallagher 
Extreme Measures
+2
as Dr. Lawrence Myrick 
Night Moves
+1
as Harry Moseby 
Heist
as Joe Moore 
Another Woman
as Larry 
Postcards from the Edge
+5
as Lowell Kolchek 
Welcome to Mooseport
+2
as Monroe Cole 
Class Action
as Jedediah Tucker Ward 
Marooned
as Buzz Lloyd 
French Connection II
+3
as "Popeye" Doyle 
Hoosiers
+4
as Norman Dale 
Under Fire
as Alex Grazier 
March or Die
as Major William Sherman Foster 
Downhill Racer
+1
as Eugene Claire 
Bite the Bullet
+2
as Sam Clayton 
Scarecrow
+2
as Max Millan 
The Gypsy Moths
+1
as Joe Browdy 
Loose Cannons
as MacArthur Stern 
The Split
as Lt. Walter Brill 
Prime Cut
as Mary Ann 
Twilight
+1
as Jack Ames 
All Night Long
as George Dupler 
Company Business
as Sam Boyd 
Hawaii
as John Whipple 
Power
+1
as Wilfred Buckley 
Bat★21
as Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton 
Twice in a Lifetime
as Harry MacKenzie 
Target
as Walter Lloyd 
Split Decisions
as Dan McGuinn 
Eureka
as Jack McCann 
A Covenant with Death
as Harmsworth 
Lucky Lady
as Kibby 
Zandy's Bride
as Zandy Allen 
Full Moon in Blue Water
as Floyd 
Lilith
as Norman 
I Never Sang for My Father
+1
as Gene Garrison 
Sacheen: Breaking the Silence
as Self (archive footage) 
First to Fight
as Sergeant Tweed 
We, the Marines
+7
as Self - Narrator (voice)