As Actor
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
2000
8.3
Gene Hackman
Acting
Birth Date
January 30, 1930
Place of Birth
San Bernardino, California, USA
Date of Death
February 17, 2025
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).
Complete Filmography
As Actor
Enemy of the State
1998
7.1
As Actor
Antz
1998
6.2
As Actor
Twilight
1998
6.1
As Actor
Absolute Power
1997
6.6
As Actor
The Chamber
1996
6.0
As Actor
Extreme Measures
1996
6.0
As Actor
The Birdcage
1996
7.1
As Actor
Get Shorty
1995
6.5
As Actor
Crimson Tide
1995
7.2
As Actor
The Quick and the Dead
1995
6.6
As Actor
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
1994
7.4
As Actor
Wyatt Earp
1994
6.8
As Actor
Geronimo: An American Legend
1993
6.3
As Actor
The Firm
1993
6.7
As Actor
Unforgiven
1992
7.9
As Actor
Company Business
1991
5.2
As Actor
Class Action
1991
6.3
As Actor
Narrow Margin
1990
6.4
As Actor
Postcards from the Edge
1990
6.6