Gene Hackman: movies and TV shows
Gene Hackman has 158 credits in the archive: 122 films and 36 TV series, from 1944 to 2025. Highest rated: V.I.P. Schaukel (8.0/10).
Career timeline
1944 – 2025 · busiest year: 2001 (12 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Breakdown: 1975 | (archive footage) | Film | 6.8 | 95 |
| 2025 | The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.5 | 95 |
| 2024 | Remembering Gene Wilder | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.2 | 94 |
| 2023 | The Playboy Murders | Self (archive footage) | TV | 7.6 | 93 |
| 2021 | Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend | Self (archive footage) | Film | 5.0 | 91 |
| 2019 | Sacheen: Breaking the Silence | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 89 |
| 2017 | Pattern Recognition | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 87 |
| 2017 | We, the Marines | Self - Narrator (voice) | Film | 5.4 | 87 |
| 2016 | The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima | Self - Narrator | Film | — | 86 |
| 2014 | Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films | Lex Luthor (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.2 | 84 |
| 2013 | Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story | Self | Film | 6.1 | 83 |
| 2009 | I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale | Self | Film | 6.9 | 79 |
| 2008 | Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde' | Self | Film | 4.6 | 78 |
| 2007 | Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives | Self | TV | 6.8 | 77 |
| 2006 | America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions | Self - Narrator (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 76 |
| 2006 | Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut | Lex Luthor | Film | 7.4 | 76 |
| 2005 | Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage | Narrator (voice) | Film | — | 75 |
| 2004 | Welcome to Mooseport | Monroe Cole | Film | 5.1 | 74 |
| 2004 | Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust | Narrator | Film | 6.6 | 74 |
| 2003 | Runaway Jury | Rankin Fitch | Film | 6.9 | 73 |
| 2002 | Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' | Self | Film | 7.4 | 72 |
| 2002 | All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger | Self | Film | 7.3 | 72 |
| 2002 | Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs' | Self | Film | 6.5 | 72 |
| 2001 | Behind Enemy Lines | Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group | Film | 6.4 | 71 |
| 2001 | The Royal Tenenbaums | Royal Tenenbaum | Film | 7.5 | 71 |
| 2001 | Heist | Joe Moore | Film | 6.3 | 71 |
| 2001 | Heartbreakers | William B. Tensy | Film | 6.1 | 71 |
| 2001 | The Mexican | Arnold Margolese | Film | 6.0 | 71 |
| 2001 | Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes | Lex Luthor (archive footage) | Film | 6.9 | 71 |
| 2001 | Heroes of Iwo Jima | Self - Host/Narrator | Film | 6.1 | 71 |
| 2001 | Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe | Himself/Narrator | Film | — | 71 |
| 2001 | Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman' | Self | Film | 7.6 | 71 |
| 2001 | Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend | Self | Film | 7.2 | 71 |
| 2001 | With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson | Self | Film | 7.0 | 71 |
| 2001 | Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection | Self | Film | 7.0 | 71 |
| 2000 | The Replacements | Jimmy McGinty | Film | 6.7 | 70 |
| 2000 | Under Suspicion | Henry Hearst | Film | 6.1 | 70 |
| 2000 | Under Suspicion | Film | 6.1 | 70 | |
| 2000 | Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows | Self | Film | 7.3 | 70 |
| 2000 | The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection' | Self | Film | 8.1 | 70 |
| 1999 | The Directors | Self | TV | 6.1 | 69 |
| 1999 | Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.8 | 69 |
| 1998 | Enemy of the State | Brill | Film | 7.1 | 68 |
| 1998 | Antz | General Mandible (voice) | Film | 6.2 | 68 |
| 1998 | Twilight | Jack Ames | Film | 6.1 | 68 |
| 1997 | Absolute Power | President Richmond | Film | 6.7 | 67 |
| 1997 | Sports on the Silver Screen | Self (archive footage) | Film | 9.0 | 67 |
| 1996 | The Birdcage | Senator Kevin Keeley | Film | 7.0 | 66 |
| 1996 | Extreme Measures | Dr. Lawrence Myrick | Film | 6.0 | 66 |
| 1996 | The Chamber | Sam Cayhall | Film | 6.0 | 66 |
| 1996 | Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein | Blind Man (archive footage) | Film | 8.3 | 66 |
| 1995 | The Quick and the Dead | Herod | Film | 6.5 | 65 |
| 1995 | Crimson Tide | Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey | Film | 7.2 | 65 |
| 1995 | Get Shorty | Harry Zimm | Film | 6.5 | 65 |
| 1995 | The Making of 'Crimson Tide' | Self | Film | 9.0 | 65 |
| 1994 | Wyatt Earp | Nicholas Earp | Film | 6.8 | 64 |
| 1994 | Inside the Actors Studio | Self | TV | 7.6 | 64 |
| 1994 | Shurtleff on Acting | Self | Film | — | 64 |
| 1994 | Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso | Self | Film | 7.4 | 64 |
| 1993 | The Firm | Avery Tolar | Film | 6.7 | 63 |
| 1993 | Geronimo: An American Legend | Brig. Gen. George Crook | Film | 6.3 | 63 |
| 1992 | Unforgiven | 'Little' Bill Daggett | Film | 7.9 | 62 |
| 1992 | Earth and the American Dream | Reader (voice) | Film | 6.7 | 62 |
| 1992 | Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' | Self | Film | — | 62 |
| 1991 | Class Action | Jedediah Tucker Ward | Film | 6.3 | 61 |
| 1991 | Company Business | Sam Boyd | Film | 5.2 | 61 |
| 1990 | Postcards from the Edge | Lowell Kolchek | Film | 6.6 | 60 |
| 1990 | Narrow Margin | Robert Caulfield | Film | 6.5 | 60 |
| 1990 | Miami Blues | Film | 6.0 | 60 | |
| 1990 | Loose Cannons | MacArthur Stern | Film | 5.0 | 60 |
| 1989 | The Package | Sgt. Johnny Gallagher | Film | 6.1 | 59 |
| 1988 | Mississippi Burning | Agent Rupert Anderson | Film | 7.7 | 58 |
| 1988 | Another Woman | Larry | Film | 6.8 | 58 |
| 1988 | Bat★21 | Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton | Film | 6.3 | 58 |
| 1988 | Full Moon in Blue Water | Floyd | Film | 6.1 | 58 |
| 1988 | Split Decisions | Dan McGuinn | Film | 5.1 | 58 |
| 1987 | Superman IV: The Quest for Peace | Lex Luthor | Film | 4.6 | 57 |
| 1987 | No Way Out | Defense Secretary David Brice | Film | 6.9 | 57 |
| 1986 | American Masters | Self | TV | 7.0 | 56 |
| 1986 | Hoosiers | Norman Dale | Film | 7.0 | 56 |
| 1986 | Power | Wilfred Buckley | Film | 5.8 | 56 |
| 1985 | Larry King Live | Self | TV | 5.3 | 55 |
| 1985 | Twice in a Lifetime | Harry MacKenzie | Film | 5.8 | 55 |
| 1985 | Target | Walter Lloyd | Film | 5.9 | 55 |
| 1983 | Eureka | Jack McCann | Film | 5.3 | 53 |
| 1983 | Under Fire | Alex Grazier | Film | 6.7 | 53 |
| 1983 | Uncommon Valor | Col. Cal Rhodes | Film | 6.3 | 53 |
| 1983 | Two of a Kind | God (voice) (uncredited) | Film | 5.9 | 53 |
| 1983 | The Making of 'Superman II' | Self | Film | 7.6 | 53 |
| 1983 | Misunderstood | Ned Rawley | Film | 6.5 | 53 |
| 1982 | The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' | Self | Film | 6.8 | 52 |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight | Self | TV | 4.3 | 51 |
| 1981 | Reds | Pete van Wherry | Film | 6.9 | 51 |
| 1981 | All Night Long | George Dupler | Film | 5.2 | 51 |
| 1980 | Superman II | Lex Luthor | Film | 6.8 | 50 |
| 1978 | Ciné regards | Self | TV | — | 48 |
| 1978 | The South Bank Show | Self | TV | 5.6 | 48 |
| 1978 | Superman | Lex Luthor | Film | 7.2 | 48 |
| 1978 | Formula 1 - Speed fever | Self | Film | 7.1 | 48 |
| 1977 | A Bridge Too Far | Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski | Film | 7.2 | 47 |
| 1977 | The Domino Principle | Tucker | Film | 5.9 | 47 |
| 1977 | The Hollywood Greats | TV | 4.7 | 47 | |
| 1977 | March or Die | Major William Sherman Foster | Film | 5.8 | 47 |
| 1975 | French Connection II | "Popeye" Doyle | Film | 6.8 | 45 |
| 1975 | Night Moves | Harry Moseby | Film | 6.7 | 45 |
| 1975 | Lucky Lady | Kibby | Film | 5.5 | 45 |
| 1975 | Bite the Bullet | Sam Clayton | Film | 6.5 | 45 |
| 1974 | Dinah! | Self | TV | 7.0 | 44 |
| 1974 | Young Frankenstein | Blindman | Film | 7.9 | 44 |
| 1974 | The Conversation | Harry Caul | Film | 7.5 | 44 |
| 1974 | Zandy's Bride | Zandy Allen | Film | 6.3 | 44 |
| 1973 | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Self | TV | 6.3 | 43 |
| 1973 | Scarecrow | Max Millan | Film | 7.1 | 43 |
| 1973 | On the Road with: Scarecrow | Self | Film | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1972 | The Poseidon Adventure | Reverend Scott | Film | 7.1 | 42 |
| 1972 | Prime Cut | Mary Ann | Film | 6.4 | 42 |
| 1972 | Cisco Pike | Officer Leo Holland | Film | 5.6 | 42 |
| 1971 | Film '72 | Self | TV | 4.7 | 41 |
| 1971 | The French Connection | Jimmy Doyle | Film | 7.5 | 41 |
| 1971 | V.I.P. Schaukel | Self | TV | 8.0 | 41 |
| 1971 | The Hunting Party | Brandt Ruger | Film | 6.1 | 41 |
| 1971 | Doctors' Wives | Dave Randolph | Film | 5.0 | 41 |
| 1970 | I Never Sang for My Father | Gene Garrison | Film | 6.7 | 40 |
| 1969 | Marooned | Buzz Lloyd | Film | 6.0 | 39 |
| 1969 | The Gypsy Moths | Joe Browdy | Film | 6.1 | 39 |
| 1969 | Downhill Racer | Eugene Claire | Film | 5.9 | 39 |
| 1969 | The Sky Divers | Self | Film | 6.0 | 39 |
| 1969 | Riot | Red Fraker | Film | 5.3 | 39 |
| 1968 | Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | Self | TV | 6.8 | 38 |
| 1968 | The Split | Lt. Walter Brill | Film | 6.7 | 38 |
| 1968 | Shadow on the Land | Rev. Thomas Davis | Film | 7.7 | 38 |
| 1967 | The Invaders | Tom Jessup | TV | 6.9 | 37 |
| 1967 | Bonnie and Clyde | Buck Barrow | Film | 7.5 | 37 |
| 1967 | Banning | Tommy Del Gaddo | Film | 5.8 | 37 |
| 1967 | A Covenant with Death | Harmsworth | Film | 4.8 | 37 |
| 1967 | First to Fight | Sergeant Tweed | Film | 7.9 | 37 |
| 1966 | CBS Playhouse | Ned | TV | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1966 | Hawk | TV | 8.0 | 36 | |
| 1966 | Hawaii | John Whipple | Film | 6.3 | 36 |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Herb Kenyon | TV | 5.6 | 35 |
| 1965 | The Trials of O'Brien | Roger Nathan | TV | 7.0 | 35 |
| 1964 | Lilith | Norman | Film | 6.4 | 34 |
| 1963 | East Side/West Side | TV | 7.8 | 33 | |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 32 |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 32 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 31 |
| 1961 | The Defenders | Stanley McGuirk | TV | 6.3 | 31 |
| 1961 | Mad Dog Coll | Cop (uncredited) | Film | 5.4 | 31 |
| 1961 | Tallahassee 7000 | Joe Lawson | TV | 8.5 | 31 |
| 1961 | The DuPont Show of the Week | Douglas McCann | TV | 7.0 | 31 |
| 1960 | Route 66 | Motorist | TV | 6.7 | 30 |
| 1958 | Naked City | Mr. Jasper | TV | 5.7 | 28 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 23 |
| 1953 | The United States Steel Hour | TV | 6.3 | 23 | |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | 7.1 | 14 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | 7.1 | 14 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient | TV | 7.1 | 14 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee / Presenter | TV | 7.1 | 14 |