Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1/30/1930
Place of Birth
San Bernardino, California, USA
Also Known As
Eugene Allen HackmanEugene AlderEugene Allen "Gene" Hackman
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 i...
Known For
Reds
as Pete van Wherry
Runaway Jury
as Rankin Fitch
The Conversation
as Harry Caul
The Replacements
as Jimmy McGinty
Get Shorty
as Harry Zimm
Downhill Racer
as Eugene Claire
Superman
as Lex Luthor
Scarecrow
as Max Millan
Wyatt Earp
as Nicholas Earp
The Mexican
as Arnold Margolese
Under Fire
as Alex Grazier
Under Suspicion
as Henry Hearst
Unforgiven
as 'Little' Bill Daggett
Marooned
as Buzz Lloyd
Absolute Power
as President Richmond
Company Business
as Sam Boyd
Antz
as General Mandible (voice)
Target
as Walter Lloyd
Class Action
as Jedediah Tucker Ward
The Chamber
as Sam Cayhall
Career Timeline
2006
2004
2002
2001
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
as Lex Luthor (archive footage)
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
as Self
Behind Enemy Lines
as Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group
Heist
as Joe Moore
The Royal Tenenbaums
as Royal Tenenbaum
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
as Self
Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe
as Himself/Narrator
Heroes of Iwo Jima
as Self - Host/Narrator
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
as Self
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
as Self
Heartbreakers
as William B. Tensy
The Mexican
as Arnold Margolese