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).
Awards & recognition
- Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award · 2002
- Golden Globe Award — Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy · 2001
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1993
- BAFTA Award — Best Actor in a Supporting Role · 1993
- Golden Globe Award — Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture · 1992
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- Silver Bear — Best Actor · 1989
- BAFTA Award — Best Actor in a Leading Role · 1973
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1972
- Golden Globe Award — Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama · 1971
- Clarence Derwent Awards
- Good Conduct Medal
- National Defense Service Medal
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1993 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1989 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Actor · 1972 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1971 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1968 · nominated
Filmography50+ titles
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
Unforgiven
Young Frankenstein
Mississippi Burning
The Playboy Murders
The Royal Tenenbaums
The Conversation
The French Connection
Bonnie and Clyde
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
American Masters
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Crimson Tide
Superman
A Bridge Too Far
Enemy of the State
The Birdcage
Scarecrow
The Poseidon Adventure
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Hoosiers
Runaway Jury
No Way Out
Reds
Breakdown: 1975
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Wyatt Earp
Another Woman
Superman II
French Connection II
The Replacements
Absolute Power
The Firm
Under Fire
Night Moves
I Never Sang for My Father
The Split
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Route 66
Postcards from the Edge
Get Shorty
The Quick and the Dead
Bite the Bullet
Behind Enemy Lines
Narrow Margin
Lilith
Heist