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).
Filmography
Cast Credits
The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special
Character: Self (Archival Footage)
MOVIE • 2025
The Playboy Murders
Character: Self (archive footage)
TV • 2023
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2021
Sacheen: Breaking the Silence
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2019
Pattern Recognition
Character: Self (archive footage)
MOVIE • 2017
We, the Marines
Character: Self - Narrator (voice)
MOVIE • 2017
The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima
Character: Self - Narrator
MOVIE • 2016
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2013
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2009
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2008
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Character: Self
TV • 2007
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
Character: Self - Narrator (voice)
TV • 2006
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Character: Lex Luthor
MOVIE • 2006
Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage
Character: Narrator (voice)
MOVIE • 2005
Welcome to Mooseport
Character: Monroe Cole
MOVIE • 2004
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
Character: Narrator
MOVIE • 2004
Runaway Jury
Character: Rankin Fitch
MOVIE • 2003
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2002
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2002
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2002
Crew
