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Gene Hackman
Born 1930-01-30San Bernardino, California, USA
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).
Screen work
Movies & roles
Breakdown: 1975Self (The Conversation/The Poseidon Adventure- archive footage)The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News SpecialSelf (archive footage)Remembering Gene WilderSelf (archive footage)Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood LegendSelf (archive footage)Sacheen: Breaking the SilenceSelf (archive footage)Pattern RecognitionSelf (archive footage)We, the MarinesSelf - Narrator (voice)The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo JimaSelf - NarratorElectric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon FilmsLex Luthor (archive footage) (uncredited)Eastwood Directs: The Untold StorySelfI Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John CazaleSelfRevolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'SelfSuperman II: The Richard Donner CutLex LuthorShipibo Konibo: A Rite of PassageNarrator (voice)Welcome to MooseportMonroe ColeImaginary Witness: Hollywood and the HolocaustNarratorRunaway JuryRankin FitchPage to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'SelfEastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'SelfAll on Accounta Pullin' a TriggerSelfOnce Upon a Time: The Super HeroesLex Luthor (archive footage)With the Filmmaker: Wes AndersonSelfBehind Enemy LinesAdmiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle GroupHeistJoe Moore