Acting

Gene Hackman

1930–2025 · Acting

66.7avg grm
20titles
#123best rank
13honors
Ubest title · #123 on siteUnforgiven1992 · as Little Bill Daggett81.2

Honors

13
1972Academy Award — Best Actor
1993Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor
2001Golden Globe Award — Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
1973BAFTA — Best Actor (lead)
1993BAFTA — Best Actor (supporting)
Honors
  • 1972Academy Award — Best Actor
  • 1993Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor
  • 2001Golden Globe Award — Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
  • 1973BAFTA — Best Actor (lead)
  • 1993BAFTA — Best Actor (supporting)
  • 1971Golden Globe Award — Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
  • 2002Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award
  • 1992Golden Globe Award — Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
  • 1989Silver Bear — Best Actor
  • —Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
  • —Clarence Derwent Awards
  • —National Defense Service Medal
  • —Good Conduct Medal

Bio

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).

Biography

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).

Filmography

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2000s4 titlesAAmerica's Game: The Super Bowl Champions2006 · as Self - Narrator · series64.4IImaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust2004 · as Narrator58.5RRunaway Jury2003 · as Rankin Fitch51.7RThe Royal Tenenbaums2001 · as Royal Tenenbaum73.1
1990s4 titlesEEnemy of the State1998 · as Brill68.3BThe Birdcage1996 · as Senator Keeley70.7CCrimson Tide1995 · as Ramsey71.7UUnforgiven1992 · as Little Bill Daggett81.2
1980s4 titlesMMississippi Burning1988 · as Anderson73.5AAnother Woman1988 · as Larry62.4NNo Way Out1987 · as David Brice51.9HHoosiers1986 · as Coach Norman Dale72.8
1970s7 titlesSSuperman1978 · as Lex Luthor72.7NNight Moves1975 · as Harry Moseby52.4CThe Conversation1974 · as Harry Caul76.8SScarecrow1973 · as Max69.0PThe Poseidon Adventure1972 · as Reverend Scott51.9FThe French Connection1971 · as Jimmy Doyle76.8II Never Sang for My Father1970 · as Gene Garrison57.3
1960s1 titleBBonnie and Clyde1967 · as Buck Barrow76.2

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Gene Hackman

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born1930
died2025
known forActing
titles on site20
best title rank#123 · Unforgiven (1992)
avg GRM66.7
honors13 · Academy Award — Best Actor, 1972
Honors
  • 1972Academy Award — Best Actor
  • 1993Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor
  • 2001Golden Globe Award — Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
  • 1973BAFTA — Best Actor (lead)
  • 1993BAFTA — Best Actor (supporting)
  • 1971Golden Globe Award — Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
  • 2002Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award
  • 1992Golden Globe Award — Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
  • 1989Silver Bear — Best Actor
  • —Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
  • —Clarence Derwent Awards
  • —National Defense Service Medal
  • —Good Conduct Medal
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).

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