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Gene Hackman

Gene Hackman

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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The Playboy Murders

2023

as Self (archive footage)

Sacheen: Breaking the Silence

2019

as Self (archive Footage)

Pattern Recognition

2017

as Self (Archival Footage)

We, The Marines

2017

as Narrator (voice)

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

2014

as Lex Luthor (archive footage) (uncredited)

And the Oscar Goes To...

2014

as Self (archive footage)

Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story

2013

as Self

I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale

2009

as Self

Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'

2008

as Self

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

2007

as Self

America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions

2006

as Narrator (voice)

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

2006

as Lex Luthor

Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman

2006

as Self (archive footage)

Shipibo Konibo: A Rite of Passage

2005

as Narrator (voice)

Welcome to Mooseport

2004

as Monroe Cole

Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust

2004

as Narrator

Runaway Jury

2003

as Rankin Fitch

Page to Screen: 'The Silence of the Lambs'

2002

as Self

Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'

2002

as Self

All on Accounta Pullin' a Trigger

2002

as Self

Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes

2001

as Lex Luthor (archive footage)

With the Filmmaker: Wes Anderson

2001

as Self

Behind Enemy Lines

2001

as Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group

Heist

2001

as Joe Moore

The Royal Tenenbaums

2001

as Royal Tenenbaum

Making the Connection: Untold Stories of 'The French Connection'

2001

as Self

Heroes of Iwo Jima

2001

as Self - Host/Narrator

Taking Flight: The Development of 'Superman'

2001

as Self

Heartbreakers

2001

as William B. Tensy

The Mexican

2001

as Arnold Margolese

Making 'Superman': Filming the Legend

2001

as Self

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows

2000

as Self

Under Suspicion

2000

as Henry Hearst

The Replacements

2000

as Jimmy McGinty

The Poughkeepsie Shuffle: Tracing 'The French Connection'

2000

as Self

Hitchcock, Selznick and the End of Hollywood

1999

as Narrator (voice)

The Directors

1999

as Self

Enemy of the State

1998

as Brill

Antz

1998

as General Mandible (voice)

Twilight

1998

as Jack Ames

Sports on the Silver Screen

1997

as Self (archive footage)

Absolute Power

1997

as President Richmond

The Chamber

1996

as Sam Cayhall

Extreme Measures

1996

as Dr. Lawrence Myrick

The Birdcage

1996

as Senator Kevin Keeley

Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein

1996

as Blind Man (archive footage)

Get Shorty

1995

as Harry Zimm

Crimson Tide

1995

as Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey

The Quick and the Dead

1995

as John Herod

Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso

1994

as Self

Shurtleff on Acting

1994

as Self

Wyatt Earp

1994

as Nicholas Earp

Geronimo: An American Legend

1993

as Brig. Gen. George Crook

The Firm

1993

as Avery Tolar

Earth and the American Dream

1992

as Reader (voice)

Unforgiven

1992

as 'Little' Bill Daggett

Company Business

1991

as Sam Boyd

Class Action

1991

as Jedediah Tucker Ward

Narrow Margin

1990

as Robert Caulfield

Postcards from the Edge

1990

as Lowell Kolchek

Loose Cannons

1990

as MacArthur Stern

The Package

1989

as Sgt. Johnny Gallagher

Mississippi Burning

1988

as Anderson

Full Moon in Blue Water

1988

as Floyd

Another Woman

1988

as Larry

Bat★21

1988

as Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton

Split Decisions

1988

as Dan McGuinn

No Way Out

1987

as Defense Secretary David Brice

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

1987

as Lex Luthor

Hoosiers

1986

as Coach Norman Dale

American Masters

1986

as Self

Power

1986

as Wilfred Buckley

Target

1985

as Walter Lloyd

Twice in a Lifetime

1985

as Harry MacKenzie

Night of 100 Stars II

1985

as Self

Misunderstood

1984

as Ned Rawley

Uncommon Valor

1983

as Col. Cal Rhodes

Two of a Kind

1983

as God (voice) (uncredited)

Under Fire

1983

as Alex Grazier

Eureka

1983

as Jack McCann

The Making of 'Superman II'

1982

as Self

Reds

1981

as Pete van Wherry

All Night Long

1981

as George Dupler

Superman II

1980

as Lex Luthor

The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'

1980

as Self

Superman

1978

as Lex Luthor

Formula 1 - Speed fever

1978

as Self

The South Bank Show

1978

as Self

March or Die

1977

as Major William Sherman Foster

The Hollywood Greats

1977

A Bridge Too Far

1977

as Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski

The Domino Principle

1977

as Tucker

Lucky Lady

1975

as Kibby

Bite the Bullet

1975

as Sam Clayton

French Connection II

1975

as "Popeye" Doyle

Night Moves

1975

as Harry Moseby

Young Frankenstein

1974

as Blindman

Zandy's Bride

1974

as Zandy Allen

The Conversation

1974

as Harry Caul

Scarecrow

1973

as Max Millan

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

1973

as Self

The Poseidon Adventure

1972

as Reverend Scott

Prime Cut

1972

as Mary Ann

Cisco Pike

1972

as Officer Leo Holland

The French Connection

1971

as Jimmy Doyle

The Hunting Party

1971

as Brandt Ruger

Doctors' Wives

1971

as Dave Randolph

I Never Sang for My Father

1970

as Gene Garrison

Marooned

1969

as Buzz Lloyd

Downhill Racer

1969

as Eugene Claire

The Gypsy Moths

1969

as Joe Browdy

Riot

1969

as Red Fraker

The Sky Divers

1969

as Self

How Fast?

1969

as Self (Archive Footage)

Shadow on the Land

1968

as Rev. Thomas Davis

The Split

1968

as Lt. Walter Brill

Banning

1967

as Tommy Del Gaddo

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

1967

as Self

Bonnie and Clyde

1967

as Buck Barrow

Community Shelter Planning

1967

as Donald Ross - Regional Civil Defense Officer

A Covenant with Death

1967

as Harmsworth

First to Fight

1967

as Sergeant Tweed

The Invaders

1967

as Tom Jessup

CBS Playhouse

1966

Hawaii

1966

as John Whipple

Hawk

1966

The F.B.I.

1965

as Herb Kenyon

The Trials of O'Brien

1965

as Roger Nathan

Lilith

1964

as Norman

East Side/West Side

1963

The DuPont Show of the Week

1961

as Douglas McCann

The Defenders

1961

as Stanley McGuirk

Mad Dog Coll

1961

as Cop (uncredited)

Tallahassee 7000

1961

Route 66

1960

Insight

1960

as Holt

Naked City

1958

as Mr. Jasper

The United States Steel Hour

1953

The Oscars

1953

as Self