Gene Hackman
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 ...
Known For
Filmography
The Watergate Caper: Richard Nixon and the Death of the American Dream
2026
as Harry Caul
The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Breakdown: 1975
2025
as Self (The Conversation/The Poseidon Adventure- archive footage)
Remembering Gene Wilder
2024
as Self (archive footage)
The Playboy Murders
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Sacheen: Breaking the Silence
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Pattern Recognition
2017
as Self (archive footage)
We, the Marines
2017
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima
2016
as Self - Narrator
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
as Lex Luthor (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
2013
as Self
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2009
as Self
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
2008
as Self
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
2007
as Self
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
2006
as Lex Luthor
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
2006
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage
2005
as Narrator (voice)
Welcome to Mooseport
2004
as Monroe Cole
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
2004
as Narrator
Runaway Jury
2003
as Rankin Fitch
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
2002
as Self
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
2002
as Self
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
2002
as Self
Heartbreakers
2001
as William B. Tensy
Heist
2001
as Joe Moore
The Mexican
2001
as Margolese
Behind Enemy Lines
2001
as Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group
The Royal Tenenbaums
2001
as Royal Tenenbaum
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
2001
as Self
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
2001
as Lex Luthor (archive footage)
Heroes of Iwo Jima
2001
as Self - Host/Narrator
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
2001
as Self
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
2001
as Self
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
2001
as Self
Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe
2001
as Himself/Narrator
Under Suspicion
2000
as Henry Hearst
The Replacements
2000
as Jimmy McGinty
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000
as Self
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
2000
as Self
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
1999
as Narrator (voice)
The Directors
1999
as Self
Antz
1998
as General Mandible (voice)
Twilight
1998
as Jack Ames
Enemy of the State
1998
as Brill
Absolute Power
1997
as President Richmond
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997
as Self (archive footage)
The Birdcage
1996
as Senator Kevin Keeley
Extreme Measures
1996
as Dr. Lawrence Myrick
The Chamber
1996
as Sam Cayhall
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
1996
as Blind Man (archive footage)
Get Shorty
1995
as Harry Zimm
The Quick and the Dead
1995
as Herod
Crimson Tide
1995
as Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey
The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
1995
as Self
Wyatt Earp
1994
as Nicholas Earp
Shurtleff on Acting
1994
as Self
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
1994
as Self
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
Geronimo: An American Legend
1993
as Brig. Gen. George Crook
The Firm
1993
as Avery Tolar
Unforgiven
1992
as 'Little' Bill Daggett
Earth and the American Dream
1992
as Reader (voice)
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
1992
as Self
Company Business
1991
as Sam Boyd
Class Action
1991
as Jedediah Tucker Ward
Postcards from the Edge
1990
as Lowell Kolchek
Narrow Margin
1990
as Robert Caulfield
Loose Cannons
1990
as MacArthur Stern
The Package
1989
as Sgt. Johnny Gallagher
Mississippi Burning
1988
as Agent Rupert Anderson
Another Woman
1988
as Larry
Full Moon in Blue Water
1988
as Floyd
Bat★21
1988
as Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton
Split Decisions
1988
as Dan McGuinn
No Way Out
1987
as Defense Secretary David Brice
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987
as Lex Luthor
Hoosiers
1986
as Norman Dale
Power
1986
as Wilfred Buckley
American Masters
1986
as Self
Target
1985
as Walter Lloyd
Twice in a Lifetime
1985
as Harry MacKenzie
Larry King Live
1985
as Self
Uncommon Valor
1983
as Col. Cal Rhodes
Under Fire
1983
as Alex Grazier
Eureka
1983
as Jack McCann
Misunderstood
1983
as Ned Rawley
The Making of 'Superman II'
1983
as Self
Two of a Kind
1983
as God (voice) (uncredited)
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
1982
as Self
Reds
1981
as Pete van Wherry
All Night Long
1981
as George Dupler
Entertainment Tonight
1981
as Self
Superman II
1980
as Lex Luthor
Superman
1978
as Lex Luthor
Formula 1 - Speed fever
1978
as Self
The South Bank Show
1978
as Self
Ciné regards
1978
as Self
A Bridge Too Far
1977
as Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski
The Domino Principle
1977
as Tucker
March or Die
1977
as Major William Sherman Foster
The Hollywood Greats
1977
French Connection II
1975
as "Popeye" Doyle
Night Moves
1975
as Harry Moseby
Bite the Bullet
1975
as Sam Clayton
Lucky Lady
1975
as Kibby
The Conversation
1974
as Harry Caul
Young Frankenstein
1974
as Blindman
Zandy's Bride
1974
as Zandy Allen
Dinah!
1974
as Self
Scarecrow
1973
as Max Millan
On the Road with: Scarecrow
1973
as Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
The Poseidon Adventure
1972
as Reverend Scott
Prime Cut
1972
as Mary Ann
Cisco Pike
1972
as Officer Leo Holland
The French Connection
1971
as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle
The Hunting Party
1971
as Brandt Ruger
Doctors' Wives
1971
as Dave Randolph
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
as Self
Film '72
1971
as Self
I Never Sang for My Father
1970
as Gene Garrison
Downhill Racer
1969
as Eugene Claire
Marooned
1969
as Buzz Lloyd
The Gypsy Moths
1969
as Joe Browdy
Riot
1969
as Red Fraker
The Sky Divers
1969
as Self
The Split
1968
as Lt. Walter Brill
Shadow on the Land
1968
as Rev. Thomas Davis
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self
Bonnie and Clyde
1967
as Buck Barrow
A Covenant with Death
1967
as Harmsworth
First to Fight
1967
as Sergeant Tweed
Banning
1967
as Tommy Del Gaddo
The Invaders
1967
as Tom Jessup
Hawaii
1966
as John Whipple
Hawk
1966
CBS Playhouse
1966
as Ned
The F.B.I.
1965
as Herb Kenyon
The Trials of O'Brien
1965
as Roger Nathan
Lilith
1964
as Norman
East Side/West Side
1963
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Mad Dog Coll
1961
as Cop (uncredited)
The Defenders
1961
as Stanley McGuirk
The DuPont Show of the Week
1961
as Douglas McCann
Tallahassee 7000
1961
as Joe Lawson
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Route 66
1960
as Motorist
Naked City
1958
as Mr. Jasper
The United States Steel Hour
1953
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee / Presenter