Gene Hackman
Known for ActingBorn 1930-01-30 — died 2025-02-17San 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).
Known for
Unforgiven
1992 · as 'Little' Bill Daggett
Enemy of the State
1998 · as Brill
Superman
1978 · as Lex Luthor
Behind Enemy Lines
2001 · as Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group
Crimson Tide
1995 · as Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey
Absolute Power
1997 · as President Richmond
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987 · as Lex Luthor
The Replacements
2000 · as Jimmy McGinty
Young Frankenstein
1974 · as Blindman
Superman II
1980 · as Lex Luthor
Antz
1998 · as General Mandible (voice)
A Bridge Too Far
1977 · as Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski
The Firm
1993 · as Avery Tolar
The Quick and the Dead
1995 · as Herod
Bonnie and Clyde
1967 · as Buck Barrow
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
1982 · as Self
The French Connection
1971 · as Jimmy Doyle
The Royal Tenenbaums
2001 · as Royal Tenenbaum