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Gene Hackman

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Known For

95 Years Old

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).

Born

San Bernardino, California, USA on 30th January 1930

Died

17th February 2025

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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Golden Globe Awards
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Golden Globe Awards
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Golden Globe Awards
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Golden Globe Awards
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The Mike Douglas Show
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The Merv Griffin Show
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Naked City
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The F.B.I.
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The Oscars
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Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
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American Masters
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The Defenders
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The Invaders
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Route 66
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Unforgiven
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The South Bank Show
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Superman
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Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
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Downhill Racer
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The Replacements
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Misunderstood
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Target
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Under Fire
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Class Action
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Hawaii
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Marooned
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Power
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Antz
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Eureka
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The Gypsy Moths
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America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
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Young Frankenstein
Blindman
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Enemy of the State
Brill
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Geronimo: An American Legend
Brig. Gen. George Crook
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The Firm
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Twilight
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Superman II
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Entertainment Tonight
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Hoosiers
Coach Norman Dale
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Royal Tenenbaum
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Bonnie and Clyde
Buck Barrow
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Behind Enemy Lines
Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group
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Crimson Tide
Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey
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Mississippi Burning
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Lucky Lady
Kibby
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Pattern Recognition
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The Conversation
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Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Lex Luthor
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Absolute Power
President Richmond
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No Way Out
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Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
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The Quick and the Dead
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Banning
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A Bridge Too Far
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The Birdcage
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Get Shorty
Harry Zimm
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Runaway Jury
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The French Connection
Jimmy Doyle
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The Poseidon Adventure
Reverend Scott
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The Mexican
Arnold Margolese
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Wyatt Earp
Nicholas Earp
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Zandy's Bride
Zandy Allen
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Larry King Live
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The Playboy Murders
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The Trials of O'Brien
Roger Nathan
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Reds
Pete van Wherry
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Heartbreakers
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Mad Dog Coll
Cop (uncredited)
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Lilith
Norman
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Scarecrow
Max Millan
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March or Die
Major William Sherman Foster
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The Sky Divers
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Under Suspicion
Henry Hearst
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The Hollywood Greats
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Hawk
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Night Moves
Harry Moseby
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Prime Cut
Mary Ann
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Shurtleff on Acting
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East Side/West Side
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The Chamber
Sam Cayhall
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Uncommon Valor
Col. Cal Rhodes
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The DuPont Show of the Week
Douglas McCann
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The Package
Sgt. Johnny Gallagher
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We, the Marines
Self - Narrator (voice)
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Another Woman
Larry
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Riot
Red Fraker
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Bite the Bullet
Sam Clayton
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Welcome to Mooseport
Monroe Cole
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Postcards from the Edge
Lowell Kolchek
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Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Lex Luthor
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Tallahassee 7000
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Breakdown: 1975
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Twice in a Lifetime
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French Connection II
"Popeye" Doyle
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Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes
Lex Luthor (archive footage)
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Two of a Kind
God (voice) (uncredited)
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A Covenant with Death
Harmsworth
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Bat★21
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The Hunting Party
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All Night Long
George Dupler
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Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
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The Domino Principle
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Split Decisions
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Inside the Actors Studio
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Company Business
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I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
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I Never Sang for My Father Image
I Never Sang for My Father
Gene Garrison
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Sports on the Silver Screen
Self (archive footage)
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Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
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Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
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Doctors' Wives
Dave Randolph
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Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
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Formula 1 - Speed fever
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The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
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Earth and the American Dream
Reader (voice)
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Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
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First to Fight
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Cisco Pike
Officer Leo Holland
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Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'
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Heroes of Iwo Jima
Self - Host/Narrator
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With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson
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Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven' Image
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'
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On the Road with: Scarecrow
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Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman' Image
Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'
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The Split
Lt. Walter Brill
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Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend
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Full Moon in Blue Water
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Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
Blind Man (archive footage)
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Shadow on the Land
Rev. Thomas Davis
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Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood
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The Making of 'Superman II'
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Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'
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Making THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS (with Wes Anderson & Robert Yeoman) Image
Making THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS (with Wes Anderson & Robert Yeoman)
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Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
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Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection Image
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of The French Connection
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The Unknown Flag Raiser of Iwo Jima
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The Making of 'Crimson Tide' Image
The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
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The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection' Image
The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'
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Sacheen: Breaking the Silence
Self (archive footage)
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All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger
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The Last Days of Gene Hackman: ABC News Special
Self (Archival Footage)
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Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage
Narrator (voice)
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Will Shuster's Zozobra™ de Santa Fe
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