Gene Hackman

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).

Known For

Runaway Jury 2003 ★ 6.9
The Royal Tenenbaums 2001 ★ 7.5
Behind Enemy Lines 2001 ★ 6.4
The Mexican 2001 ★ 6.0
Antz 1998 ★ 6.2
Enemy of the State 1998 ★ 7.1
Absolute Power 1997 ★ 6.7
Crimson Tide 1995 ★ 7.2
The Quick and the Dead 1995 ★ 6.5
Get Shorty 1995 ★ 6.5
The Firm 1993 ★ 6.7
Unforgiven 1992 ★ 7.9
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace 1987 ★ 4.6
Superman II 1980 ★ 6.8
Superman 1978 ★ 7.2
A Bridge Too Far 1977 ★ 7.2
Young Frankenstein 1974 ★ 7.9
The Invaders 1967 ★ 6.9
Bonnie and Clyde 1967 ★ 7.5
The F.B.I. 1965 ★ 5.6
The Defenders 1961 ★ 6.3
Route 66 1960 ★ 6.7
Naked City 1958 ★ 5.7
The United States Steel Hour 1953 ★ 6.3