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Gene Hackman

Gene Hackman

Acting · 1930–2025 · San Bernardino, California, USA

IMDb

56 titles in this catalog with a median Balasaur Score of 68. The 1970s rate best: median 72 across 12 titles. Gene Hackman appears most often alongside Christopher Reeve (5 titles), Margot Kidder (5), Candice Bergen (3).

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).

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