
1930-01-30 ( 95 years old ) in San Bernardino, California, USA
Eugene Allen Hackman (January 30, 1930 – c. February 17, 2025) was an American actor. In a career that spanned six decades, he received two Academy Awards, two British Academy Films Awards and four Golden Globes.
Hackman's two Academy Award wins were for Best Actor for his role as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in William Friedkin's action thriller The French Connection (1971) and for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a villainous Sheriff in Clint Eastwood's Western film Unforgiven (1992). He was Oscar-nominated for his roles as 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).
Hackman gained further fame for his portrayal of Lex Luthor in Superman (1978) and its sequel Superman II (1980). He also acted in: The Poseidon Adventure (1972), Scarecrow (1973), The Conversation (1974), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Under Fire (1983), Power (1986), Loose Cannons (1990), The Firm (1993), The Quick and the Dead (1995), The Birdcage (1996), Enemy of the State (1998), Behind Enemy Lines (2001) and Runaway Jury (2003). He retired from acting after starring in Welcome to Mooseport (2004).
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Movies
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
2024-09-21
Sacheen: Breaking the Silence
2019-04-05
Pattern Recognition
2017-12-01
We, The Marines
2017-07-21
The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima
2016-07-01
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014-02-01
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
2013-04-27
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
2009-01-16
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
2008-03-25
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
2006-11-02
Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage
2005-10-09
Welcome to Mooseport
2004-02-24
Runaway Jury
2003-01-16
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
2002-10-28
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
2002-09-24
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
2002-09-24
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
2001-12-23
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
2001-12-17
Behind Enemy Lines
2001-11-30
Heist
2001-11-09
The Royal Tenenbaums
2001-10-05
Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe
2001-08-01
Heroes of Iwo Jima
2001-06-17
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
2001-05-01
Heartbreakers
2001-03-23
The Mexican
2001-03-01
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
2001-01-01
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
2000-09-27
Under Suspicion
2000-08-24
The Replacements
2000-08-11
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
1999-01-23
Enemy of the State
1998-11-20
Antz
1998-10-02
Twilight
1998-03-06
Sports on the Silver Screen
1997-03-16
Absolute Power
1997-02-14
The Chamber
1996-10-11
Extreme Measures
1996-09-27
The Birdcage
1996-03-08
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
1996-01-01
Get Shorty
1995-10-20
Crimson Tide
1995-05-12
The Quick and the Dead
1995-02-09
The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
1995-01-01
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
1994-12-11
Shurtleff on Acting
1994-07-14
Wyatt Earp
1994-06-24
Geronimo: An American Legend
1993-12-10
The Firm
1993-06-30
Earth and the American Dream
1992-10-01
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
1992-09-17
Unforgiven
1992-08-07
Company Business
1991-09-06
Class Action
1991-03-15
Narrow Margin
1990-09-21
Postcards from the Edge
1990-09-14
Loose Cannons
1990-02-09
The Package
1989-01-25
Mississippi Burning
1988-12-08
Full Moon in Blue Water
1988-11-23
Another Woman
1988-10-13
Bat★21
1988-07-21
Split Decisions
1988-06-11
No Way Out
1987-08-14
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
1987-07-24
Hoosiers
1986-11-14
Power
1986-01-31
Target
1985-11-08
Twice in a Lifetime
1985-10-23
Night of 100 Stars II
1985-03-10
Misunderstood
1984-03-30
Uncommon Valor
1983-12-16
Two of a Kind
1983-12-13
Under Fire
1983-10-21
Eureka
1983-05-01
The Making of 'Superman II'
1982-01-01
Reds
1981-12-25
All Night Long
1981-03-06
Superman II
1980-12-12
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
1980-01-01
Superman
1978-12-14
Formula 1 - Speed fever
1978-09-15
March or Die
1977-09-08
A Bridge Too Far
1977-06-15
The Domino Principle
1977-03-23
Lucky Lady
1975-12-25
Bite the Bullet
1975-09-26
Night Moves
1975-06-11
French Connection II
1975-05-18
Young Frankenstein
1974-12-15
Zandy's Bride
1974-05-19
The Conversation
1974-04-07
Scarecrow
1973-04-11
On the Road with: Scarecrow
1973-01-01
The Poseidon Adventure
1972-12-01
Prime Cut
1972-06-01
Cisco Pike
1972-01-14
The French Connection
1971-10-09
The Hunting Party
1971-07-16
Doctors' Wives
1971-02-03
I Never Sang for My Father
1970-10-18
Marooned
1969-12-11
Downhill Racer
1969-11-06
The Gypsy Moths
1969-08-29
Riot
1969-01-15
The Sky Divers
1969-01-01
How Fast?
1969-01-01
Shadow on the Land
1968-12-04
The Split
1968-11-04
Banning
1967-12-13
Bonnie and Clyde
1967-08-13
A Covenant with Death
1967-02-15
First to Fight
1967-01-25
Hawaii
1966-10-10
Lilith
1964-10-01
Mad Dog Coll
1961-05-12
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