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 (21)
Runaway Jury
as Rankin Fitch
Behind Enemy Lines
as Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group
Heist
as Joe Moore
The Royal Tenenbaums
as Royal Tenenbaum
Heartbreakers
as William B. Tensy
The Mexican
as Arnold Margolese
Under Suspicion
as Henry Hearst
The Replacements
as Jimmy McGinty
Enemy of the State
as Brill
Antz
as General Mandible (voice)
Absolute Power
as President Richmond
The Birdcage
as Senator Kevin Keeley
Get Shorty
as Harry Zimm
Crimson Tide
as Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey
The Quick and the Dead
as John Herod
Wyatt Earp
as Nicholas Earp
The Firm
as Avery Tolar
Unforgiven
as 'Little' Bill Daggett
Night Moves
as Harry Moseby
The Conversation
as Harry Caul
The French Connection
as Jimmy Doyle