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). From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known For
| Birth Location | San Bernardino, California, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1930-01-30 |
Movies
Sacheen: Breaking the Silence
as Self (archive Footage)
2019
Pattern Recognition
as Self (Archival Footage)
2017
We, The Marines
as Narrator (voice)
2017
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Lex Luthor (archive footage) (uncredited)
2014
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
2014
2013
Making The Royal Tenenbaums
as Self / Royal T.
2012
2009
2008
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
as Lex Luthor
2006
Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman
as Self (archive footage)
2006
Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage
as Narrator (voice)
2005
Welcome to Mooseport
as Monroe Cole
2004
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
as Narrator
2004
Runaway Jury
as Rankin Fitch
2003
2002
2002
2002
Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
as Lex Luthor (archive footage)
2001
With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
as Self
2001
Behind Enemy Lines
as Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group
2001
Heist
as Joe Moore
2001
The Royal Tenenbaums
as Royal Tenenbaum
2001
Heroes of Iwo Jima
as Self - Host/Narrator
2001
2001
Heartbreakers
as William B. Tensy
2001
The Mexican
as Arnold Margolese
2001
2001
2000
Under Suspicion
as Henry Hearst
2000
The Replacements
as Jimmy McGinty
2000
Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
as Narrator (voice)
1999
Enemy of the State
as Brill
1998
Antz
as General Mandible (voice)
1998
Twilight
as Jack Ames
1998
Sports on the Silver Screen
as Self (archive footage)
1997
Absolute Power
as President Richmond
1997
The Chamber
as Sam Cayhall
1996
Extreme Measures
as Dr. Lawrence Myrick
1996
The Birdcage
as Senator Kevin Keeley
1996
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
as Blind Man (archive footage)
1996
Get Shorty
as Harry Zimm
1995
Crimson Tide
as Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey
1995
The Quick and the Dead
as John Herod
1995
1994
Shurtleff on Acting
as Self
1994
Wyatt Earp
as Nicholas Earp
1994
Geronimo: An American Legend
as Brig. Gen. George Crook
1993
The Firm
as Avery Tolar
1993
Earth and the American Dream
as Reader (voice)
1992
Unforgiven
as 'Little' Bill Daggett
1992
Company Business
as Sam Boyd
1991
Class Action
as Jedediah Tucker Ward
1991
Narrow Margin
as Robert Caulfield
1990
Postcards from the Edge
as Lowell Kolchek
1990
Loose Cannons
as MacArthur Stern
1990
The Package
as Sgt. Johnny Gallagher
1989
Mississippi Burning
as Anderson
1988
Full Moon in Blue Water
as Floyd
1988
Another Woman
as Larry
1988
Bat★21
as Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton
1988
Split Decisions
as Dan McGuinn
1988
No Way Out
as Defense Secretary David Brice
1987
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
as Lex Luthor
1987
Hoosiers
as Coach Norman Dale
1986
Power
as Wilfred Buckley
1986
Target
as Walter Lloyd
1985
Twice in a Lifetime
as Harry MacKenzie
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985
Misunderstood
as Ned Rawley
1984
Uncommon Valor
as Col. Cal Rhodes
1983
Two of a Kind
as God (voice) (uncredited)
1983
Under Fire
as Alex Grazier
1983
Eureka
as Jack McCann
1983
The Making of 'Superman II'
as Self
1982
Reds
as Pete van Wherry
1981
All Night Long
as George Dupler
1981
Superman II
as Lex Luthor
1980
1980
Superman
as Lex Luthor
1978
Formula 1 - Speed fever
as Self
1978
March or Die
as Major William Sherman Foster
1977
A Bridge Too Far
as Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski
1977
The Domino Principle
as Tucker
1977
Lucky Lady
as Kibby
1975
Bite the Bullet
as Sam Clayton
1975
French Connection II
as "Popeye" Doyle
1975
Night Moves
as Harry Moseby
1975
Young Frankenstein
as Blindman
1974
Zandy's Bride
as Zandy Allen
1974
The Conversation
as Harry Caul
1974
Scarecrow
as Max Millan
1973
The Poseidon Adventure
as Reverend Scott
1972
Prime Cut
as Mary Ann
1972
Cisco Pike
as Officer Leo Holland
1972
The French Connection
as Jimmy Doyle
1971
The Hunting Party
as Brandt Ruger
1971
Doctors' Wives
as Dave Randolph
1971
I Never Sang for My Father
as Gene Garrison
1970
Marooned
as Buzz Lloyd
1969
Downhill Racer
as Eugene Claire
1969
The Gypsy Moths
as Joe Browdy
1969
Riot
as Red Fraker
1969
The Sky Divers
as Self
1969
Shadow on the Land
as Rev. Thomas Davis
1968
The Split
as Lt. Walter Brill
1968
Banning
as Tommy Del Gaddo
1967
Bonnie and Clyde
as Buck Barrow
1967
Community Shelter Planning
as Donald Ross - Regional Civil Defense Officer
1967
A Covenant with Death
as Harmsworth
1967
First to Fight
as Sergeant Tweed
1967
Hawaii
as John Whipple
1966
Lilith
as Norman
1964
Mad Dog Coll
as Cop (uncredited)
1961
