Gene Hackman
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).
Top Filmography
The Royal Tenenbaums
2001 // MOVIE
Unforgiven
1992 // MOVIE
Antz
1998 // MOVIE
Superman
1978 // MOVIE
Enemy of the State
1998 // MOVIE
Young Frankenstein
1974 // MOVIE
Superman II
1980 // MOVIE
The Firm
1993 // MOVIE
The French Connection
1971 // MOVIE
The Conversation
1974 // MOVIE
Crimson Tide
1995 // MOVIE
The Quick and the Dead
1995 // MOVIE
Mississippi Burning
1988 // MOVIE
Bonnie and Clyde
1967 // MOVIE
Behind Enemy Lines
2001 // MOVIE