Gene Hackman
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
150 titles
Prime Cut
Doctors' Wives
Loose Cannons
Misunderstood
All Night Long
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
The Split
Banning
Twice in a Lifetime
The Domino Principle
Welcome to Mooseport
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
The Gypsy Moths
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Shadow on the Land
Riot
Inside the Actors Studio
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
Split Decisions
Zandy's Bride
First to Fight
The Making of 'Superman II'
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
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