Gene Hackman
Born
1930-01-30
Place of birth
San Bernardino, California, USA
Died
2025-02-17
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 i...
Known for
The Royal Tenenbaums
Royal Tenenbaum
Unforgiven
'Little' Bill Daggett
Antz
General Mandible (voice)
Superman
Lex Luthor
Enemy of the State
Brill
Young Frankenstein
Blindman
Superman II
Lex Luthor
The Firm
Avery Tolar
The French Connection
Jimmy Doyle
The Conversation
Harry Caul
Crimson Tide
Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey
The Quick and the Dead
Herod
Mississippi Burning
Agent Rupert Anderson
Bonnie and Clyde
Buck Barrow
Behind Enemy Lines
Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group