
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).

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