Gene Hackman
Acting
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).
Movies
Scarecrow
1973
Superman
1978
Unforgiven
1992
A Covenant with Death
1967
Wyatt Earp
1994
The Firm
1993
Antz
1998
The Replacements
2000
The Royal Tenenbaums
2001
Enemy of the State
1998
Get Shorty
1995
Young Frankenstein
1974
The Quick and the Dead
1995
Crimson Tide
1995
Runaway Jury
2003
Downhill Racer
1969
A Bridge Too Far
1977
The French Connection
1971
Superman II
1980
The Conversation
1974
TV Shows
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Tony Awards
1956
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
2007
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The United States Steel Hour
1953
The Invaders
1967
American Masters
1986
Naked City
1958
The F.B.I.
1965
Route 66
1960
The Oscars
1953
The Defenders
1961
Dinah!
1974
The South Bank Show
1978
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968