Eugene Allen "Gene" Hackman (born January 30, 1930) is a retired American actor and novelist.
Nominated for five Academy Awards, winning two, Hackman has also won three Golden Globes and two BAFTAs in a career that spanned four decades. He first came to fame in 1967 with his performance as Buck Barrow in Bonnie and Clyde. His major subsequent films include I Never Sang for My Father (1970); his role as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in The French Connection (1971) and its sequel French Connection II (1975); The Poseidon Adventure (1972); The Conversation (1974); A Bridge Too Far (1977); his role as arch-villain Lex Luthor in Superman (1978), Superman II (1980), and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987); Under Fire (1983); Twice in a Lifetime (1985); Hoosiers (1986); No Way Out (1987); Mississippi Burning (1987); Unforgiven (1992); Wyatt Earp (1994); The Quick and the Dead, Crimson Tide and Get Shorty (all 1995); Enemy of the State (1998); The Royal Tenenbaums (2001); and his final film role before retirement, in Welcome to Mooseport (2004).
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Movies
Unforgiven
'Little' Bill Daggett
Absolute Power
President Richmond
Bonnie and Clyde
Buck Barrow
The Poseidon Adventure
Reverend Scott
The Conversation
Harry Caul
The French Connection
Jimmy Doyle
Mississippi Burning
Anderson
No Way Out
Defense Secretary David Brice
Superman
Lex Luthor
The Replacements
Jimmy McGinty
Young Frankenstein
Blindman
Under Suspicion
Henry Hearst
French Connection II
"Popeye" Doyle
Heartbreakers
William B. Tensy
The Birdcage
Senator Kevin Keeley
Heist
Joe Moore
Hoosiers
Coach Norman Dale
Extreme Measures
Dr. Lawrence Myrick
Runaway Jury
Rankin Fitch
A Bridge Too Far
Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Lex Luthor
The Mexican
Arnold Margolese
Postcards from the Edge
Lowell Kolchek
Another Woman
Larry
The Chamber
Sam Cayhall
Scarecrow
Max Millan
Behind Enemy Lines
Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group
Narrow Margin
Robert Caulfield
Get Shorty
Harry Zimm
Target
Walter Lloyd
The Package
Sgt. Johnny Gallagher
Loose Cannons
MacArthur Stern
The Split
Lt. Walter Brill
Superman II
Lex Luthor
The Domino Principle
Tucker
Night Moves
Harry Moseby
The Quick and the Dead
John Herod
Company Business
Sam Boyd
Wyatt Earp
Nicholas Earp
March or Die
Major William Sherman Foster
Antz
General Mandible (voice)
Crimson Tide
Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey
Bite the Bullet
Sam Clayton
Under Fire
Alex Grazier
The Royal Tenenbaums
Royal Tenenbaum
Twilight
Jack Ames
Downhill Racer
Eugene Claire
Enemy of the State
Brill
Prime Cut
Mary Ann
Uncommon Valor
Col. Cal Rhodes
Marooned
Buzz Lloyd
Full Moon in Blue Water
Floyd
Geronimo: An American Legend
Brig. Gen. George Crook
Hawaii
John Whipple
Lilith
Norman
Bat★21
Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton
The Firm
Avery Tolar
Class Action
Jedediah Tucker Ward
Eureka
Jack McCann
The Hunting Party
Brandt Ruger
The Gypsy Moths
Joe Browdy
Welcome to Mooseport
Monroe Cole
Power
Wilfred Buckley
Reds
Pete van Wherry
Misunderstood
Ned Rawley
Cisco Pike
Officer Leo Holland
I Never Sang for My Father
Gene Garrison
Split Decisions
Dan McGuinn
Riot
Red Fraker
Lucky Lady
Kibby
Zandy's Bride
Zandy Allen
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
Narrator
Twice in a Lifetime
Harry MacKenzie
All Night Long
George Dupler
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
Self
Doctors' Wives
Dave Randolph
A Covenant with Death
Harmsworth
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
Lex Luthor (archive footage)
First to Fight
Sergeant Tweed
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Self
Banning
Tommy Del Gaddo
Shadow on the Land
Rev. Thomas Davis
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Self
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
Narrator (voice)
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
Self
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
Self
The Making of 'Superman II'
Self
Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
Self
Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
Self
Mad Dog Coll
Cop (uncredited)
We, The Marines
Narrator (voice)
Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage
Narrator (voice)
Formula 1 - Speed fever
Self
And the Oscar Goes To...
Self (archive footage)
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Lex Luthor
Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
Self
All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
Self
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
Blind Man (archive footage)
Two of a Kind
God (voice) (uncredited)
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
Self
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
Self (archive footage)
Community Shelter Planning
Donald Ross - Regional Civil Defense Officer
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
Self
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Lex Luthor (archive footage) (uncredited)
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
Self
Shurtleff on Acting
Self
Sports on the Silver Screen
Self (archive footage)
Heroes of Iwo Jima
Self - Host/Narrator
Sacheen: Breaking the Silence
Self (archive Footage)
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of 'The French Connection'
Self
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
Making The Royal Tenenbaums
Self / Royal T.
Pattern Recognition
Self (Archival Footage)
The Sky Divers
Self
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
Self
How Fast?
Self (Archive Footage)
Shows
Route 66
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
The Defenders
Stanley McGuirk
The United States Steel Hour
The Oscars
Self
Hawk
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
Larry King Live
Self
The F.B.I.
Herb Kenyon
The South Bank Show
Self
Naked City
Mr. Jasper
East Side/West Side
CBS Playhouse
The DuPont Show of the Week
Douglas McCann
The Hollywood Greats
The Directors
Self
Tallahassee 7000
The Trials of O'Brien
Roger Nathan
V.I.P. Schaukel
Self
The Invaders
Tom Jessup
Insight
Holt
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self
American Masters
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
Narrator (voice)
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Entertainment Tonight
Self