Gene Hackman

Known For

Acting

Birthday

January 30, 1930

Day of Death

February 17, 2025 (95 years old)

Place of Birth

San Bernardino, California, USA

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).

Known For

  • The Royal Tenenbaums

    The Royal Tenenbaums

    2001

  • Unforgiven

    Unforgiven

    1992

  • Antz

    Antz

    1998

  • Superman

    Superman

    1978

  • Enemy of the State

    Enemy of the State

    1998

  • Young Frankenstein

    Young Frankenstein

    1974

  • Superman II

    Superman II

    1980

  • The Firm

    The Firm

    1993

  • The French Connection

    The French Connection

    1971

  • The Conversation

    The Conversation

    1974

  • Crimson Tide

    Crimson Tide

    1995

  • The Quick and the Dead

    The Quick and the Dead

    1995

  • Mississippi Burning

    Mississippi Burning

    1988

  • Bonnie and Clyde

    Bonnie and Clyde

    1967

  • Behind Enemy Lines

    Behind Enemy Lines

    2001