Gene Hackman

Gene Hackman

Birthday: 1930-01-30

Deathday: 2025-02-17

Place of birth: San Bernardino, California, USA

Also known as: Eugene Allen Hackman, Eugene Alder, Eugene Allen "Gene" Hackman

imdb_id: nm0000432

Biography:

Eugene Allen Hackman was an American actor. In a career that spanned six decades, he received two Academy Awards, two British Academy Films Awards and four Golden Globes. Hackman's two Academy Award wins were for Best Actor for his role as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in William Friedkin's action thriller The French Connection (1971) and for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a villainous Sheriff in Clint Eastwood's Western film Unforgiven (1992). He was Oscar-nominated for his roles as 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). Hackman gained further fame for his portrayal of Lex Luthor in Superman (1978) and its sequel Superman II (1980). He also acted in: The Poseidon Adventure (1972), Scarecrow (1973), The Conversation (1974), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Under Fire (1983), Power (1986), Loose Cannons (1990), The Firm (1993), The Quick and the Dead (1995), The Birdcage (1996), Enemy of the State (1998), Behind Enemy Lines (2001) and Runaway Jury (2003). He retired from acting after starring in Welcome to Mooseport (2004).

Played in movies:

Sports on the Silver Screen

Score: 10.0

Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein

Score: 8.5

The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'

Score: 8.3

Shadow on the Land

Score: 8.0

Unforgiven

Score: 7.9

First to Fight

Score: 7.9

Young Frankenstein

Score: 7.9

Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'

Score: 7.8

Mississippi Burning

Score: 7.7

The Making of 'Superman II'

Score: 7.6

Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood

Score: 7.6

The Conversation

Score: 7.5

The French Connection

Score: 7.5

Bonnie and Clyde

Score: 7.5

The Royal Tenenbaums

Score: 7.5

Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso

Score: 7.4

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

Score: 7.4

A Bridge Too Far

Score: 7.2

Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'

Score: 7.2

Crimson Tide

Score: 7.2

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

Score: 7.2

Superman

Score: 7.2

The Poseidon Adventure

Score: 7.1

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

Score: 7.1

Scarecrow

Score: 7.1

Enemy of the State

Score: 7.1

The Birdcage

Score: 7.0

And the Oscar Goes To...

Score: 7.0

On the Road with: Scarecrow

Score: 7.0

Formula 1 - Speed fever

Score: 7.0

Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection

Score: 7.0

Hoosiers

Score: 7.0

Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes

Score: 6.9

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

Score: 6.9

Reds

Score: 6.9

Runaway Jury

Score: 6.9

No Way Out

Score: 6.9

Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend

Score: 6.8

Another Woman

Score: 6.8

French Connection II

Score: 6.8

Wyatt Earp

Score: 6.8

Superman II

Score: 6.7

The Firm

Score: 6.7

Earth and the American Dream

Score: 6.7

Misunderstood

Score: 6.7

Under Fire

Score: 6.7

The Split

Score: 6.7

Night Moves

Score: 6.7

The Replacements

Score: 6.7

Absolute Power

Score: 6.7

I Never Sang for My Father

Score: 6.6

Postcards from the Edge

Score: 6.6

The Quick and the Dead

Score: 6.6

Get Shorty

Score: 6.5

The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special

Score: 6.5

Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'

Score: 6.5

Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust

Score: 6.5

Lilith

Score: 6.5

The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'

Score: 6.4

Behind Enemy Lines

Score: 6.4

Bite the Bullet

Score: 6.4

Prime Cut

Score: 6.4

Narrow Margin

Score: 6.4

Bat★21

Score: 6.3

Heist

Score: 6.3

Zandy's Bride

Score: 6.3

Class Action

Score: 6.3

Hawaii

Score: 6.3

Geronimo: An American Legend

Score: 6.3

Uncommon Valor

Score: 6.2

The Hunting Party

Score: 6.2

Full Moon in Blue Water

Score: 6.2

Antz

Score: 6.2

The Package

Score: 6.1

Heartbreakers

Score: 6.1

Banning

Score: 6.1

The Gypsy Moths

Score: 6.1

Under Suspicion

Score: 6.1

Twilight

Score: 6.1

All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger

Score: 6.0

Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story

Score: 6.0

Extreme Measures

Score: 6.0

The Chamber

Score: 6.0

The Mexican

Score: 5.9

Power

Score: 5.9

Two of a Kind

Score: 5.9

Marooned

Score: 5.9

The Domino Principle

Score: 5.9

Target

Score: 5.9

Downhill Racer

Score: 5.9

We, the Marines

Score: 5.8

March or Die

Score: 5.8

Cisco Pike

Score: 5.7

Mad Dog Coll

Score: 5.6

Twice in a Lifetime

Score: 5.6

Heroes of Iwo Jima

Score: 5.5

Riot

Score: 5.3

Eureka

Score: 5.3

All Night Long

Score: 5.2

Lucky Lady

Score: 5.2

Company Business

Score: 5.2

Split Decisions

Score: 5.1

Welcome to Mooseport

Score: 5.1

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

Score: 5.0

A Covenant with Death

Score: 5.0

Doctors' Wives

Score: 5.0

With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson

Score: 5.0

Loose Cannons

Score: 4.9

Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'

Score: 4.6

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

Score: 4.6

The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima

Score: 0.0

The Making of 'Crimson Tide'

Score: 0.0

Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'

Score: 0.0

Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe

Score: 0.0

Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage

Score: 0.0

How Fast?

Score: 0.0

The Sky Divers

Score: 0.0

Pattern Recognition

Score: 0.0

Sacheen: Breaking the Silence

Score: 0.0

Shurtleff on Acting

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions

Score: 8.0

East Side/West Side

Score: 7.8

Inside the Actors Studio

Score: 7.5

The Playboy Murders

Score: 7.5

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Score: 7.5

American Masters

Score: 7.4

Golden Globe Awards

Score: 7.2

Golden Globe Awards

Score: 7.2

Golden Globe Awards

Score: 7.2

Golden Globe Awards

Score: 7.2

CBS Playhouse

Score: 7.0

The Oscars

Score: 7.0

The Invaders

Score: 6.8

The Trials of O'Brien

Score: 6.8

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

Score: 6.7

Dinah!

Score: 6.7

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Score: 6.6

Route 66

Score: 6.3

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

Score: 6.3

The Merv Griffin Show

Score: 6.2

The United States Steel Hour

Score: 6.2

V.I.P. Schaukel

Score: 6.0

The DuPont Show of the Week

Score: 6.0

Insight

Score: 6.0

Tony Awards

Score: 5.9

The Defenders

Score: 5.9

The Directors

Score: 5.8

The South Bank Show

Score: 5.6

Naked City

Score: 5.5

The F.B.I.

Score: 5.5

The Mike Douglas Show

Score: 5.4

Larry King Live

Score: 4.8

Entertainment Tonight

Score: 4.1

The Hollywood Greats

Score: 3.5

Tallahassee 7000

Score: 0.0

Hawk

Score: 0.0