Gene Hackman - Movies, Bio & Filmography

Meet Gene Hackman

★ Acting🎥 120 films📺 35 TV shows📅 1944–2025🔥 2

Also known as: Eugene Allen Hackman, Eugene Alder, Eugene Allen "Gene" Hackman

Born in San Bernardino, California, USA

1930-01-30 (age 95 at death)

Died 2025-02-17

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).