Gene Hackman
Acting

Gene Hackman

Born 30 January 1930 · San Bernardino, California, USA · Died 17 February 2025

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
Unforgiven
Antz
Superman
Enemy of the State
Young Frankenstein
Superman II
The Firm
The French Connection
The Conversation
Crimson Tide
The Quick and the Dead
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