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Gene Hackman

Acting Born Jan 30, 1930 San Bernardino, California, USA 24 credits

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).

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Full filmography

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
  • The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self
  • Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Nominee
  • Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Presenter
  • Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient
  • Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Nominee / Presenter
  • The Merv Griffin Show (1962) as Self
  • Naked City (1958) as Mr. Jasper
  • The F.B.I. (1965) as Herb Kenyon
  • The Invaders (1967) as Tom Jessup
  • Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives (2007) as Self
  • Film '72 (1971) as Self
  • Route 66 (1960) as Motorist
  • The Defenders (1961) as Stanley McGuirk
  • The Oscars (1953) as Self
  • American Masters (1986) as Self
  • Dinah! (1974) as Self
  • The South Bank Show (1978) as Self
  • Superman (1978) as Lex Luthor
  • Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968) as Self
  • The French Connection (1971) as Jimmy Doyle
  • Unforgiven (1992) as 'Little' Bill Daggett
  • The Domino Principle (1977) as Tucker
  • Enemy of the State (1998) as Brill