Gene Hackman
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1930-01-30 – 2025-02-17
Place of birth: San Bernardino, California, USA
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
Unforgiven
1992'Little' Bill Daggett
Absolute Power
1997President Richmond
Bonnie and Clyde
1967Buck Barrow
The French Connection
1971Jimmy Doyle
The Poseidon Adventure
1972Reverend Scott
The Conversation
1974Harry Caul
Mississippi Burning
1988Agent Rupert Anderson
Young Frankenstein
1974Blindman
Under Suspicion
2000Henry Hearst
No Way Out
1987Defense Secretary David Brice
Superman
1978Lex Luthor
The Replacements
2000Jimmy McGinty
French Connection II
1975"Popeye" Doyle
Heartbreakers
2001William B. Tensy
The Birdcage
1996Senator Kevin Keeley
Heist
2001Joe Moore
A Bridge Too Far
1977Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski
Hoosiers
1986Coach Norman Dale
Extreme Measures
1996Dr. Lawrence Myrick