Gene Hackman
Known for Acting
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).
Filmography
Superman
1978
as Lex Luthor
Unforgiven
1992
as 'Little' Bill Daggett
The Package
1989
as Sgt. Johnny Gallagher
Enemy of the State
1998
as Brill
The Firm
1993
as Avery Tolar
The Royal Tenenbaums
2001
as Royal Tenenbaum
Superman II
1980
as Lex Luthor
The Poseidon Adventure
1972
as Reverend Scott
Antz
1998
as General Mandible (voice)
The Quick and the Dead
1995
as Herod
Behind Enemy Lines
2001
as Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group
Wyatt Earp
1994
as Nicholas Earp
Mississippi Burning
1988
as Agent Rupert Anderson
Get Shorty
1995
as Harry Zimm
Bonnie and Clyde
1967
as Buck Barrow
Crimson Tide
1995
as Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey
The Conversation
1974
as Harry Caul
Young Frankenstein
1974
as Blindman
Heartbreakers
2001
as William B. Tensy
The Mexican
2001
as Arnold Margolese