Gene Hackman

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).

Personal information

Birth Place

San Bernardino, California, USA

Birthday

1930-01-30

Filmography :
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Sports on the Silver Screen
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
Shadow on the Land
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
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Unforgiven
First to Fight
Young Frankenstein
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
East Side/West Side
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Mississippi Burning
The Making of 'Superman II'
The Playboy Murders
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Bonnie and Clyde
The French Connection
The Conversation
The Royal Tenenbaums
Inside the Actors Studio
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
American Masters
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A Bridge Too Far
Superman
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Golden Globe Awards
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Golden Globe Awards
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Golden Globe Awards
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Golden Globe Awards
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Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Crimson Tide
The Poseidon Adventure
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Enemy of the State
The Birdcage
Hoosiers
Scarecrow
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
Formula 1 - Speed fever
On the Road with: Scarecrow
The Oscars
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I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Runaway Jury
No Way Out
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
Reds
French Connection II
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
The Trials of O'Brien
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The Invaders
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Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
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Another Woman
Wyatt Earp
Superman II
The Firm
The Split
Under Fire
Misunderstood
Earth and the American Dream
Dinah!
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The Replacements
Night Moves
Absolute Power
Postcards from the Edge
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
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The Quick and the Dead
Get Shorty
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special
I Never Sang for My Father
Behind Enemy Lines
Bite the Bullet
Narrow Margin
Lilith
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
Prime Cut
Heist
Class Action
Geronimo: An American Legend
Hawaii
Bat★21
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
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Route 66
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Uncommon Valor
The United States Steel Hour
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The Merv Griffin Show
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Antz
Zandy's Bride
Under Suspicion
Heartbreakers
The Package
Twilight
The Hunting Party
The Gypsy Moths
Full Moon in Blue Water
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
The DuPont Show of the Week
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Extreme Measures
The Chamber
The Mexican
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Target
The Domino Principle
Marooned
Power
Two of a Kind
The Defenders
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Tony Awards
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March or Die
Downhill Racer
The Directors
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We, the Marines
Twice in a Lifetime
Cisco Pike
Banning
The South Bank Show
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Heroes of Iwo Jima
Naked City
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The Mike Douglas Show
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The F.B.I.
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Eureka
Lucky Lady
Mad Dog Coll
Company Business
Riot
All Night Long
Welcome to Mooseport
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
Split Decisions
Loose Cannons
Doctors' Wives
Larry King Live
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A Covenant with Death
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Entertainment Tonight
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The Hollywood Greats
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Shurtleff on Acting
Sacheen: Breaking the Silence
Pattern Recognition
The Sky Divers
Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage
Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima
Hawk
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Tallahassee 7000
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