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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).

Filmography

2003
Runaway Jury

as Rankin Fitch

Movie
2001
Heist

as Joe Moore

Movie
1998
Antz

as General Mandible (voice)

Movie
1995
Get Shorty

as Harry Zimm

Movie
1995
The Quick and the Dead

as John Herod

Movie
1992
Unforgiven

as 'Little' Bill Daggett

Movie
1983
Under Fire

as Alex Grazier

Movie
1981
Reds

as Pete van Wherry

Movie
1980
Superman II

as Lex Luthor

Movie
1978
Superman

as Lex Luthor

Movie
1974
Young Frankenstein

as Blindman

Movie