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).
Unforgiven
('Little' Bill Daggett)
Absolute Power
(President Richmond)
Bonnie and Clyde
(Buck Barrow)
The French Connection
(Jimmy Doyle)
The Poseidon Adventure
(Reverend Scott)
The Conversation
(Harry Caul)
Mississippi Burning
(Agent Rupert Anderson)
Young Frankenstein
(Blindman)
Under Suspicion
(Henry Hearst)
No Way Out
(Defense Secretary David Brice)
Superman
(Lex Luthor)
The Replacements
(Jimmy McGinty)
French Connection II
("Popeye" Doyle)
Heartbreakers
(William B. Tensy)
The Birdcage
(Senator Kevin Keeley)
Heist
(Joe Moore)
A Bridge Too Far
(Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski)
Hoosiers
(Coach Norman Dale)
Extreme Measures
(Dr. Lawrence Myrick)
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
(Lex Luthor)
The Mexican
(Arnold Margolese)
Runaway Jury
(Rankin Fitch)
Postcards from the Edge
(Lowell Kolchek)
Another Woman
(Larry)
Scarecrow
(Max Millan)
Behind Enemy Lines
(Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group)
Narrow Margin
(Robert Caulfield)
Target
(Walter Lloyd)
Get Shorty
(Harry Zimm)
The Chamber
(Sam Cayhall)
The Package
(Sgt. Johnny Gallagher)
The Split
(Lt. Walter Brill)
Superman II
(Lex Luthor)
Loose Cannons
(MacArthur Stern)
The Domino Principle
(Tucker)
Night Moves
(Harry Moseby)
The Quick and the Dead
(John Herod)
Company Business
(Sam Boyd)
Wyatt Earp
(Nicholas Earp)
March or Die
(Major William Sherman Foster)
Crimson Tide
(Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey)
Antz
(General Mandible (voice))
The Royal Tenenbaums
(Royal Tenenbaum)
Twilight
(Jack Ames)
Downhill Racer
(Eugene Claire)
Bite the Bullet
(Sam Clayton)
Enemy of the State
(Brill)
Uncommon Valor
(Col. Cal Rhodes)
Under Fire
(Alex Grazier)
Prime Cut
(Mary Ann)
Marooned
(Buzz Lloyd)
Geronimo: An American Legend
(Brig. Gen. George Crook)
Full Moon in Blue Water
(Floyd)
Hawaii
(John Whipple)
Lilith
(Norman)
Bat★21
(Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton)
The Firm
(Avery Tolar)
Class Action
(Jedediah Tucker Ward)
Eureka
(Jack McCann)
The Hunting Party
(Brandt Ruger)
The Gypsy Moths
(Joe Browdy)
Welcome to Mooseport
(Monroe Cole)
Power
(Wilfred Buckley)
Reds
(Pete van Wherry)
Misunderstood
(Ned Rawley)
Cisco Pike
(Officer Leo Holland)
I Never Sang for My Father
(Gene Garrison)
Split Decisions
(Dan McGuinn)
Riot
(Red Fraker)
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
(Self)
Lucky Lady
(Kibby)
Zandy's Bride
(Zandy Allen)
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
(Narrator)
Twice in a Lifetime
(Harry MacKenzie)
All Night Long
(George Dupler)
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
(Self)
Shurtleff on Acting
(Self)
Doctors' Wives
(Dave Randolph)
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
(Lex Luthor (archive footage))
A Covenant with Death
(Harmsworth)
Sports on the Silver Screen
(Self (archive footage))
Heroes of Iwo Jima
(Self - Host/Narrator)
Sacheen: Breaking the Silence
(Self (archive footage))
Pattern Recognition
(Self (archive footage))
The Sky Divers
(Self)
First to Fight
(Sergeant Tweed)
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
(Self)
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
(Self)
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
(Self)
Banning
(Tommy Del Gaddo)
Shadow on the Land
(Rev. Thomas Davis)
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
(Self)
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
(Narrator (voice))
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
(Self)
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
(Self)
The Making of 'Superman II'
(Self)
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
(Self)
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
(Self)
Mad Dog Coll
(Cop (uncredited))
We, the Marines
(Self - Narrator (voice))
Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage
(Narrator (voice))
Formula 1 - Speed fever
(Self)
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
(Lex Luthor)
Earth and the American Dream
(Reader (voice))
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
(Self)
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
(Self)
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
(Blind Man (archive footage))
Two of a Kind
(God (voice) (uncredited))
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
(Self)
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
(Self)
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
(Self (archive footage))
Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe
(Himself/Narrator)
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
(Self)
On the Road with: Scarecrow
(Himself)
The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
(Self)
The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima
(Self - Narrator)
The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special
(Self (Archival Footage))
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
(Lex Luthor (archive footage) (uncredited))
Larry King Live
(Self)
Inside the Actors Studio
(Self)
The F.B.I.
(Herb Kenyon)
The South Bank Show
(Self)
Naked City
(Mr. Jasper)
East Side/West Side
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
(Self)
The Defenders
(Stanley McGuirk)
The United States Steel Hour
CBS Playhouse
The DuPont Show of the Week
(Douglas McCann)
The Directors
(Self)
The Hollywood Greats
The Oscars
(Self)
Hawk
Tallahassee 7000
(Joe Lawson)
The Trials of O'Brien
(Roger Nathan)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
(Self)
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
(Self - Narrator (voice))
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
(Self)
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
(Self)
V.I.P. Schaukel
(Self)
American Masters
(Self)
The Mike Douglas Show
(Self)
Entertainment Tonight
(Self)
The Invaders
(Tom Jessup)
The Playboy Murders
(Self (archive footage))
Golden Globe Awards
(Self - Nominee)
Golden Globe Awards
(Self - Presenter)
Golden Globe Awards
(Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient)
Route 66
(Motorist)
Golden Globe Awards
(Self - Nominee / Presenter)
Tony Awards
(Self - Presenter)
Dinah!
(Self)
The Merv Griffin Show
(Self)
Film '72
(Self)