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Gene Hackman

In Memoriam · 1930 – 2025

Gene Hackman

Person · Actor

Gene Hackman

Born

January 30, 1930

Died

Feb 17, 2025

From

San Bernardino, California, USA

Also:
Producer
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103

Credits on file

8

Decades active

8

Awards

In short · Acted for eight decades — 103 credits, 5 Golden Globe Award wins.

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2002
Award win
Golden Globe Awards — Golden Globe — Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award
1992
Award win
Golden Globe Awards — Golden Globe — Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
1992
Award win
Academy Awards — Oscar — Actor in a Supporting Role
1971
Award win
Golden Globe Awards — Golden Globe — Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama

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Biography

Eugene Allen Hackman (January 30, 1930 – c. February 18, 2025) was an American actor. He made his credited film debut in the drama *Lilith* (1964). Hackman won two Academy Awards: his first for Best Actor for his portrayal of Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in William Friedkin's action thriller *The French Connection* (1971), and his second for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a sheriff in Clint Eastwood's Western *Unforgiven* (1992). He received additional Oscar nominations for his performances as 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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5 wins · 3 nominations

Golden Globe Awards

Won2002Golden Globe — Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award
Won1992Golden Globe — Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
Won1971Golden Globe — Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama

Academy Awards

Won1992Oscar — Actor in a Supporting Role
Nom1988Oscar — Actor in a Leading Role
Won1971Oscar — Actor in a Leading Role
Nom1970Oscar — Actor in a Supporting Role
Nom1967Oscar — Actor in a Supporting Role

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Additional credits21Show

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The Apprenticeship of Ted KotcheffSelf · 2026
Al Pacino, le Bronx et la fureurSelf · 2022
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic LegacySelf · 2021
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood LegendSelf (archive footage) · 2021
Eastwood Directs: The Untold StorySelf · 2013
Revolution! The Making of 'Bonnie and Clyde'Self · 2008
Diners, Drive-Ins and DivesSelf (1 Episode) · 2007
America's Game: The Super Bowl ChampionsSelf - Narrator · 2006
Heroes of Iwo JimaSelf - Host · 2001
With the Filmmaker: Wes AndersonSelf · 2001
Making 'Superman': Filming the LegendSelf · 2001
Making the Connection: Untold Stories of 'the French Connection'Self · 2001
Once Upon a Time: The Super HeroesLex Luthor (archive footage) · 2001
the-poughkeepsie-shuffle-tracing-the-french-connection-2000Self · 2000
Diners Drive Ins And DivesSelf (1 Episode) · 2000
Making Frankensense of 'Young Frankenstein'Self · 1996
Eastwood & Co.: Making 'Unforgiven'Self · 1992
The Making of 'Superman II'Self · 1982
The Making of Superman: The MovieSelf · 1980
A Look at LivSelf · 1979
Speed FeverSelf · 1978

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