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).

Filmography

• 2014Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films — Lex Luthor (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2006Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut — Lex Luthor
• 2005Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage — Narrator (voice)
• 2004Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust — Narrator
• 2004Welcome to Mooseport — Monroe Cole
• 2003Runaway Jury — Rankin Fitch
• 2001Behind Enemy Lines — Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group
• 2001Heartbreakers — William B. Tensy
• 2001Heist — Joe Moore
• 2001Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes — Lex Luthor (archive footage)
• 2001The Mexican — Margolese
• 2001The Royal Tenenbaums — Royal Tenenbaum
• 2001Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe — Narrator / Self
• 2000The Replacements — Jimmy McGinty
• 2000Under Suspicion — Henry Hearst, Executive Producer
• 1999Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood — Narrator (voice)
• 1998Antz — General Mandible (voice)
• 1998Enemy of the State — Brill
• 1998Twilight — Jack Ames
• 1997Absolute Power — President Richmond
• 1996Extreme Measures — Dr. Lawrence Myrick
• 1996Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein — Blind Man (archive footage)
• 1996The Birdcage — Senator Kevin Keeley
• 1996The Chamber — Sam Cayhall
• 1995Crimson Tide — Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey
• 1995Get Shorty — Harry Zimm
• 1995The Quick and the Dead — Herod
• 1994Wyatt Earp — Nicholas Earp
• 1993Geronimo: An American Legend — Brig. Gen. George Crook
• 1993The Firm — Avery Tolar
• 1992Earth and the American Dream — Reader (voice)
• 1992Unforgiven — 'Little' Bill Daggett
• 1991Class Action — Jedediah Tucker Ward
• 1991Company Business — Sam Boyd
• 1990Loose Cannons — MacArthur Stern
• 1990Miami Blues — Thanks
• 1990Narrow Margin — Robert Caulfield
• 1990Postcards from the Edge — Lowell Kolchek
• 1989The Package — Sgt. Johnny Gallagher
• 1988Another Woman — Larry
• 1988Bat★21 — Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton
• 1988Full Moon in Blue Water — Floyd
• 1988Mississippi Burning — Agent Rupert Anderson
• 1988Split Decisions — Dan McGuinn
• 1987No Way Out — Defense Secretary David Brice
• 1987Superman IV: The Quest for Peace — Lex Luthor
• 1986Hoosiers — Norman Dale
• 1986Power — Wilfred Buckley
• 1985Target — Walter Lloyd
• 1985Twice in a Lifetime — Harry MacKenzie
• 1983Eureka — Jack McCann
• 1983Misunderstood — Ned Rawley
• 1983Two of a Kind — God (voice) (uncredited)
• 1983Uncommon Valor — Col. Cal Rhodes
• 1983Under Fire — Alex Grazier
• 1981All Night Long — George Dupler
• 1981Reds — Pete van Wherry
• 1980Superman II — Lex Luthor
• 1978Superman — Lex Luthor
• 1977A Bridge Too Far — Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski
• 1977March or Die — Major William Sherman Foster
• 1977The Domino Principle — Tucker
• The Hollywood Greats
• 1975Bite the Bullet — Sam Clayton
• 1975French Connection II — "Popeye" Doyle
• 1975Lucky Lady — Kibby
• 1975Night Moves — Harry Moseby
• 1974The Conversation — Harry Caul
• 1974Young Frankenstein — Blindman
• 1974Zandy's Bride — Zandy Allen
• 1973Scarecrow — Max Millan
• 1972Cisco Pike — Officer Leo Holland
• 1972Prime Cut — Mary Ann
• 1972The Poseidon Adventure — Reverend Scott
• 1971Doctors' Wives — Dave Randolph
• 1971The French Connection — Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle
• 1971The Hunting Party — Brandt Ruger
• 1970I Never Sang for My Father — Gene Garrison
• 1969Downhill Racer — Eugene Claire
• 1969Marooned — Buzz Lloyd
• 1969Riot — Red Fraker
• 1969The Gypsy Moths — Joe Browdy
• 1968Shadow on the Land — Rev. Thomas Davis
• 1968The Split — Lt. Walter Brill
• 1967A Covenant with Death — Harmsworth
• 1967Banning — Tommy Del Gaddo
• 1967Bonnie and Clyde — Buck Barrow
• 1967First to Fight — Sergeant Tweed
• The Invaders — Tom Jessup
• CBS Playhouse — Ned
• 1966Hawaii — John Whipple
• Hawk
• The F.B.I. — Herb Kenyon
• The Trials of O'Brien — Roger Nathan
• 1964Lilith — Norman
• East Side/West Side
• 1961Mad Dog Coll — Cop (uncredited)
• Tallahassee 7000 — Joe Lawson
• The Defenders — Stanley McGuirk
• The DuPont Show of the Week — Douglas McCann
• Route 66 — Motorist
• Naked City — Mr. Jasper
• The United States Steel Hour
• Close-Up on The Conversation

Appearances as themselves (51)

• 2025Breakdown: 1975 — Self (The Conversation/The Poseidon Adventure- archive footage)
• 2025The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special — Self (archive footage)
• 2024Remembering Gene Wilder — Self (archive footage)
• The Playboy Murders — Self (archive footage)
• 2021Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend — Self (archive footage)
• 2019Sacheen: Breaking the Silence — Self (archive footage)
• 2017Pattern Recognition — Self (archive footage)
• 2017We, the Marines — Self - Narrator (voice)
• 2016The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima — Self - Narrator
• 2013Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story — Self
• 2009I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale — Self
• 2008Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde' — Self
• Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — Self
• America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions — Self - Narrator (voice)
• 2002All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger — Self
• 2002Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' — Self
• 2002Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs' — Self
• 2001Heroes of Iwo Jima — Self - Host / Narrator
• 2001Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend — Self
• 2001Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection — Self
• 2001Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman' — Self
• 2001With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson — Self
• 2000Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows — Self
• 2000The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection' — Self
• The Directors — Self
• 1997Sports on the Silver Screen — Self (archive footage)
• 1995The Making of 'Crimson Tide' — Self
• 1994Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso — Self
• Inside the Actors Studio — Self
• 1994Shurtleff on Acting — Self
• 1992Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' — Self
• American Masters — Self
• Larry King Live — Self
• 1983The Making of 'Superman II' — Self
• 1982The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' — Self
• Entertainment Tonight — Self
• Ciné regards — Self
• 1978Formula 1 - Speed fever — Self
• The South Bank Show — Self
• Dinah! — Self
• 1973On the Road with: Scarecrow — Self
• The American Film Institute Salute to ... — Self
• Film '72 — Self
• V.I.P. Schaukel — Self
• 1969The Sky Divers — Self
• Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In — Self
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self
• The Oscars — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Nominee, Self - Presenter, Self - Cecil B. DeMille Award Recipient, Self - Nominee / Presenter