Gene Hackman

Gene Hackman

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).

  • The Playboy Murders
  • America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
  • The Directors
  • American Masters
  • Ciné regards
  • The Hollywood Greats
  • Dinah!
  • Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
  • The Invaders
  • Hawk
  • The F.B.I.
  • The Trials of O'Brien
  • East Side/West Side
  • The Defenders
  • The DuPont Show of the Week
  • Tallahassee 7000
  • Route 66
  • Naked City
  • The United States Steel Hour
  • The Oscars

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