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Gene Hackman

Actor • Born 1930

Gene Hackman

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About

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

Naked City posterNaked CitySeries • 1958The F.B.I. posterThe F.B.I.Series • 1965Route 66 posterRoute 66Series • 1960The Defenders posterThe DefendersSeries • 1961The Invaders posterThe InvadersSeries • 1967The Quick and the Dead posterThe Quick and the DeadMovie • 1995Unforgiven posterUnforgivenMovie • 1992Enemy of the State posterEnemy of the StateMovie • 1998The United States Steel Hour posterThe United States Steel HourSeries • 1953Behind Enemy Lines posterBehind Enemy LinesMovie • 2001Antz posterAntzMovie • 1998Superman posterSupermanMovie • 1978Crimson Tide posterCrimson TideMovie • 1995The Conversation posterThe ConversationMovie • 1974Superman II posterSuperman IIMovie • 1980Mississippi Burning posterMississippi BurningMovie • 1988Runaway Jury posterRunaway JuryMovie • 2003The Royal Tenenbaums posterThe Royal TenenbaumsMovie • 2001The Birdcage posterThe BirdcageMovie • 1996A Bridge Too Far posterA Bridge Too FarMovie • 1977The Firm posterThe FirmMovie • 1993Get Shorty posterGet ShortyMovie • 1995Bonnie and Clyde posterBonnie and ClydeMovie • 1967The Replacements posterThe ReplacementsMovie • 2000