Gene Hackman

Gene Hackman

Actor. Born 30 January 1930 in San Bernardino, California, USA. Died 17 February 2025.

15

Titles on Fi1m

76

Average Fi1m scoreas actor · 15 titles

2

Oscars2 won · 3 nominated

Born

30 January 1930, San Bernardino, California, USA

Died

17 February 2025

Active

1967–2001

Frequently works with

Christopher Reeve, Danny DeVito, David Newman, Jerry Bruckheimer, Margot Kidder, Scott Rudin, Tony Scott

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Gene Hackman as Harry Caul in The Conversation (1974) — Gene Hackman as Harry Caul in The Conversation (1974)Image via TMDB

Gene Hackman as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in The French Connection (1971) — Gene Hackman as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in The French Connection (1971)Image via TMDB

Gene Hackman as 'Little' Bill Daggett in Unforgiven (1992) — Gene Hackman as 'Little' Bill Daggett in Unforgiven (1992)Image via TMDB

Gene Hackman as Agent Rupert Anderson in Mississippi Burning (1988) — Gene Hackman as Agent Rupert Anderson in Mississippi Burning (1988)Image via TMDB

Gene Hackman — Gene HackmanChicago Daily News, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Academy Award winner Gene Hackman cuts cake on set of his new film, The Poseidon Adventure, at 20th Century Fox. Other members of cast who previously had won Os (1972) — Academy Award winner Gene Hackman cuts cake on set of his new film, The Poseidon Adventure, at 20th Century Fox. Other members of cast who previously had won Os (1972)Bruce H. Cox, Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Window card poster to promote showings of the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde at college campuses. — Window card poster to promote showings of the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde at college campuses.Distributed by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Main cast photo for the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde. From left to right: Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons, Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, and Michael J. Pollard. — Main cast photo for the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde. From left to right: Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons, Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, and Michael J. Pollard.Distributed by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Gene Hackman — Gene HackmanImage via TMDB

Bowie theater advertisement for the biographical neo-noir crime film, Bonnie and Clyde. 22 September 1967. — Bowie theater advertisement for the biographical neo-noir crime film, Bonnie and Clyde. 22 September 1967.Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Celebrities from Danville, Il. Walldog Mural. Bobby Short Jerry Van Dyke Dick Van Dyke Gene Hackman Donald O'Connor Helen Morgan (2022) — Celebrities from Danville, Il. Walldog Mural. Bobby Short Jerry Van Dyke Dick Van Dyke Gene Hackman Donald O'Connor Helen Morgan (2022)ComRela, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Photographs: Chicago Daily News, Public domain; Bruce H. Cox, Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0 (licence); Distributed by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts., Public domain; Distributed by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts., Public domain; Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, Public domain; ComRela, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence). Stills courtesy of the studios via TMDB.