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Gene Hackman - Actor & Filmmaker | The Couch Critic

Home/People/Gene Hackman

Born

January 30, 1930
Died: February 17, 2025

(Lived 95 years)

Place of Birth

San Bernardino, California, USA

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Career Highlights

121

Movies

36

TV Shows

Also Known As

Eugene Allen Hackman

Eugene Alder

Eugene Allen "Gene" Hackman

External Links

Gene Hackman

Biography

Eugene Allen Hackman was an American actor. In a career that spanned six decades, he received two Academy Awards, two British Academy Films Awards and four Golden Globes. Hackman's two Academy Award wins were for Best Actor for his role as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in William Friedkin's action thriller The French Connection (1971) and for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a villainous Sheriff in C...

The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special poster

The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special

as Self (Archival Footage)

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

as Self (archive footage)

January 2, 2021

Sacheen: Breaking the Silence poster

Sacheen: Breaking the Silence

as Self (archive footage)

Pattern Recognition poster

Pattern Recognition

as Self (archive footage)

December 1, 2017

We, The Marines poster

We, The Marines

as Self - Narrator (voice)

The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima poster

The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima

as Self - Narrator

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films poster

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

as Lex Luthor (archive footage) (uncredited)

October 6, 2014

And the Oscar Goes To... poster

And the Oscar Goes To...

as Self (archive footage)

February 1, 2014

Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story poster

Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale poster

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

January 16, 2009

Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde' poster

Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut poster

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

November 2, 2006

Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage poster

Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage

as Narrator (voice)

October 9, 2005

Welcome to Mooseport poster

Welcome to Mooseport

February 24, 2004

Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust poster

Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust

January 1, 2004

Runaway Jury poster

Runaway Jury

as Rankin Fitch

January 16, 2003

Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs' poster

Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'

October 28, 2002

Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' poster

Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'

September 24, 2002

All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger poster

All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger

September 24, 2002

Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes poster

Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes

as Lex Luthor (archive footage)

December 23, 2001

With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson poster

With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson

December 17, 2001

Behind Enemy Lines poster

Behind Enemy Lines

as Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group

November 30, 2001

Heist poster

Heist

November 9, 2001

The Royal Tenenbaums poster

The Royal Tenenbaums

as Royal Tenenbaum

October 5, 2001

Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection poster

Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection

September 25, 2001

Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe poster

Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe

as Himself/Narrator

Heroes of Iwo Jima poster

Heroes of Iwo Jima

as Self - Host/Narrator

Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman' poster

Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'

Heartbreakers poster

Heartbreakers

as William B. Tensy

The Mexican poster

The Mexican

as Arnold Margolese

Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend poster

Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend

January 1, 2001

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows poster

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

September 27, 2000

Under Suspicion poster

Under Suspicion

as Henry Hearst

August 24, 2000

The Replacements poster

The Replacements

as Jimmy McGinty

August 11, 2000

The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection' poster

The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'

January 15, 2000

Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood

as Narrator (voice)

January 23, 1999

Enemy of the State poster

Enemy of the State

November 20, 1998

Antz poster

Antz

as General Mandible (voice)

October 2, 1998

Twilight poster

Twilight

Sports on the Silver Screen

as Self (archive footage)

Absolute Power poster

Absolute Power

as President Richmond

February 14, 1997

The Chamber poster

The Chamber

October 11, 1996

Extreme Measures poster

Extreme Measures

as Dr. Lawrence Myrick

September 27, 1996

The Birdcage poster

The Birdcage

as Senator Kevin Keeley

Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein poster

Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein

as Blind Man (archive footage)

January 1, 1996

Get Shorty poster

Get Shorty

October 20, 1995

Crimson Tide poster

Crimson Tide

as Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey

The Quick and the Dead poster

The Quick and the Dead

February 9, 1995

The Making of 'Crimson Tide' poster

The Making of 'Crimson Tide'

January 1, 1995

Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso poster

Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso

December 11, 1994

Shurtleff on Acting poster

Shurtleff on Acting

Wyatt Earp poster

Wyatt Earp

as Nicholas Earp

Geronimo: An American Legend poster

Geronimo: An American Legend

as Brig. Gen. George Crook

December 10, 1993

The Firm poster

The Firm

Earth and the American Dream poster

Earth and the American Dream

as Reader (voice)

October 1, 1992

Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' poster

Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'

September 17, 1992

Unforgiven poster

Unforgiven

as 'Little' Bill Daggett

Company Business poster

Company Business

September 6, 1991

Class Action poster

Class Action

as Jedediah Tucker Ward

Narrow Margin poster

Narrow Margin

as Robert Caulfield

September 21, 1990

Postcards from the Edge poster

Postcards from the Edge

as Lowell Kolchek

September 14, 1990

Loose Cannons poster

Loose Cannons

as MacArthur Stern

February 9, 1990

The Package poster

The Package

as Sgt. Johnny Gallagher

January 25, 1989

Mississippi Burning poster

Mississippi Burning

as Agent Rupert Anderson

December 8, 1988

Full Moon in Blue Water poster

Full Moon in Blue Water

November 23, 1988

Another Woman poster

Another Woman

October 13, 1988

Bat★21 poster

Bat★21

as Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton

Split Decisions poster

Split Decisions

No Way Out poster

No Way Out

as Defense Secretary David Brice

August 14, 1987

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace poster

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

Hoosiers poster

Hoosiers

as Coach Norman Dale

November 14, 1986

Power poster

Power

as Wilfred Buckley

January 31, 1986

Target poster

Target

as Walter Lloyd

November 8, 1985

Twice in a Lifetime poster

Twice in a Lifetime

as Harry MacKenzie

October 23, 1985

Night of 100 Stars II poster

Night of 100 Stars II

Uncommon Valor poster

Uncommon Valor

as Col. Cal Rhodes

December 16, 1983

Two of a Kind poster

Two of a Kind

as God (voice) (uncredited)

December 13, 1983

Misunderstood poster

Misunderstood

December 10, 1983

Under Fire poster

Under Fire

as Alex Grazier

October 21, 1983

The Making of 'Superman II' poster

The Making of 'Superman II'

Eureka poster

Eureka

The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' poster

The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'

January 24, 1982

Reds poster

Reds

as Pete van Wherry

December 25, 1981

All Night Long poster

All Night Long

as George Dupler

Superman II poster

Superman II

December 12, 1980

Superman poster

Superman

December 14, 1978

Formula 1 - Speed fever poster

Formula 1 - Speed fever

September 15, 1978

March or Die poster

March or Die

as Major William Sherman Foster

September 8, 1977

A Bridge Too Far poster

A Bridge Too Far

as Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski

The Domino Principle poster

The Domino Principle

Lucky Lady poster

Lucky Lady

December 25, 1975

Bite the Bullet poster

Bite the Bullet

September 26, 1975

Night Moves poster

Night Moves

as Harry Moseby

French Connection II poster

French Connection II

as "Popeye" Doyle

Young Frankenstein poster

Young Frankenstein

December 15, 1974

Zandy's Bride poster

Zandy's Bride

The Conversation poster

The Conversation

Scarecrow poster

Scarecrow

On the Road with: Scarecrow poster

On the Road with: Scarecrow

January 1, 1973

The Poseidon Adventure poster

The Poseidon Adventure

as Reverend Scott

December 1, 1972

Prime Cut poster

Prime Cut

Cisco Pike poster

Cisco Pike

as Officer Leo Holland

November 2, 1971

The French Connection poster

The French Connection

October 9, 1971

The Hunting Party poster

The Hunting Party

as Brandt Ruger

Doctors' Wives poster

Doctors' Wives

as Dave Randolph

February 3, 1971

I Never Sang for My Father poster

I Never Sang for My Father

as Gene Garrison

October 18, 1970

Marooned poster

Marooned

December 11, 1969

Downhill Racer poster

Downhill Racer

as Eugene Claire

November 6, 1969

The Gypsy Moths poster

The Gypsy Moths

August 29, 1969

Riot poster

Riot

January 15, 1969

The Sky Divers

January 1, 1969

How Fast?

as Self (Archive Footage)

January 1, 1969

Shadow on the Land poster

Shadow on the Land

as Rev. Thomas Davis

December 4, 1968

The Split poster

The Split

as Lt. Walter Brill

November 4, 1968

Banning poster

Banning

as Tommy Del Gaddo

December 13, 1967

Bonnie and Clyde poster

Bonnie and Clyde

August 13, 1967

A Covenant with Death poster

A Covenant with Death

February 15, 1967

First to Fight poster

First to Fight

as Sergeant Tweed

January 25, 1967

Hawaii poster

Hawaii

as John Whipple

October 10, 1966

Lilith poster

Lilith

October 1, 1964

Mad Dog Coll poster

Mad Dog Coll

as Cop (uncredited)