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Gene Hackman

Acting Born Jan 30, 1930 Died Feb 17, 2025 San Bernardino, California, USA 158 credits

Biography

Eugene Allen Hackman was an American actor born in San Bernardino, California, on January 30, 1930. He died on February 17, 2025, at the age of 95, and had 154 known acting credits. Hackman made his credited film debut in the 1964 drama Lilith. He won two Academy Awards during his career. His first was for Best Actor for his role as Jimmy Popeye Doyle in William Friedkin's 1971 action thriller The French Connection. His second Academy Award was for Best Supporting Actor for playing a sheriff in Clint Eastwood's 1992 Western Unforgiven. Hackman also received Oscar nominations for playing Buck Barrow in the 1967 crime drama Bonnie and Clyde, a college professor in the 1970 drama I Never Sang for My Father, and an FBI agent in the 1988 historical drama Mississippi Burning.

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Career overview

Eugene Allen Hackman was an American actor born on January 30, 1930, in San Bernardino, California. He made his credited film debut in the 1964 drama Lilith. Throughout his career, he earned widespread recognition and Academy Award nominations for his performances in various prominent films. He received an Oscar nomination for playing Buck Barrow in the 1967 crime drama Bonnie and Clyde, for portraying a college professor in the 1970 drama I Never Sang for My Father, and for playing an FBI agent in the 1988 historical drama Mississippi Burning.

Hackman won two Academy Awards during his career. He received his first Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Jimmy Popeye Doyle in William Friedkin's 1971 action thriller The French Connection. His second Academy Award was for Best Supporting Actor, which he won for playing a sheriff in Clint Eastwood's 1992 Western Unforgiven. Across his extensive acting career, he accumulated 154 known credits in movies and television shows. He passed away at the age of 95, with his day of death recorded as February 17, 2025.

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Breakdown: 1975The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special
Remembering Gene Wilder
The Playboy Murders
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Sacheen: Breaking the Silence
Pattern RecognitionWe, the Marines
The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
America's Game: The Super Bowl ChampionsSuperman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage
Welcome to MooseportImaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
Runaway Jury
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'All on Accounta Pullin' a TriggerPage to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Behind Enemy LinesThe Royal TenenbaumsHeistHeartbreakersThe Mexican
The ReplacementsUnder SuspicionUnder Suspicion · Executive ProducerClint Eastwood: Out of the ShadowsThe Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
The DirectorsHitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
Enemy of the StateAntzTwilight
Absolute PowerSports on the Silver Screen
The BirdcageExtreme MeasuresThe ChamberMaking Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
The Quick and the DeadCrimson TideGet ShortyThe Making of 'Crimson Tide'
Wyatt EarpInside the Actors StudioShurtleff on ActingClint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
The FirmGeronimo: An American Legend
UnforgivenEarth and the American DreamEastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Class ActionCompany Business
Postcards from the EdgeNarrow MarginMiami Blues · ThanksLoose Cannons
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