Place of Birth:
San Bernardino, California, USA
Date of Birth:
1/30/1930
Eugene Allen Hackman (January 30, 1930 – c. February 17, 2025) 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 Clint Eastwood's Western film Unforgiven (1992). He was Oscar-nominated for his roles as 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). Hackman gained further fame for his portrayal of Lex Luthor in Superman (1978) and its sequel Superman II (1980). He also acted in: The Poseidon Adventure (1972), Scarecrow (1973), The Conversation (1974), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Under Fire (1983), Power (1986), Loose Cannons (1990), The Firm (1993), The Quick and the Dead (1995), The Birdcage (1996), Enemy of the State (1998), Behind Enemy Lines (2001) and Runaway Jury (2003). He retired from acting after starring in Welcome to Mooseport (2004). Description above from the Wikipedia article Gene Hackman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Unforgiven
Absolute Power
Bonnie and Clyde
The French Connection
The Poseidon Adventure
The Conversation
Mississippi Burning
Young Frankenstein
Under Suspicion
No Way Out
Superman
The Replacements
French Connection II
Heartbreakers
The Birdcage
Heist
A Bridge Too Far
Hoosiers
Extreme Measures
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
The Mexican
Runaway Jury
Postcards from the Edge
Another Woman
Scarecrow
Behind Enemy Lines
Target
Narrow Margin
The Chamber
Get Shorty
The Package
The Split
Superman II
Loose Cannons
The Domino Principle
Night Moves
The Quick and the Dead
Company Business
Wyatt Earp
Crimson Tide
March or Die
Antz
The Royal Tenenbaums
Twilight
Downhill Racer
Bite the Bullet
Enemy of the State
Uncommon Valor
Under Fire
Prime Cut
Marooned
Geronimo: An American Legend
Full Moon in Blue Water
Hawaii
Lilith
Bat★21
The Firm
Class Action
Eureka
The Hunting Party
The Gypsy Moths
Welcome to Mooseport
Power
Reds
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Misunderstood
Cisco Pike
I Never Sang for My Father
Split Decisions
Riot
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
Lucky Lady
Zandy's Bride
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
Twice in a Lifetime
All Night Long
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
Shurtleff on Acting
Doctors' Wives
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
A Covenant with Death
Sports on the Silver Screen
Heroes of Iwo Jima
Sacheen: Breaking the Silence
Pattern Recognition
The Sky Divers
First to Fight
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Night of 100 Stars II
Banning
Shadow on the Land
How Fast?
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
The Making of 'Superman II'
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Mad Dog Coll
We, The Marines
Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage
Formula 1 - Speed fever
And the Oscar Goes To...
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Earth and the American Dream
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
Two of a Kind
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
On the Road with: Scarecrow
The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima