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Gene Hackman
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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).
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
2007
The Oscars
1953
The Invaders
1967
Superman
1978
Unforgiven
1992
Enemy of the State
1998
The Quick and the Dead
1995
The Poseidon Adventure
1972
The Royal Tenenbaums
2001
The Firm
1993
Antz
1998
Bonnie and Clyde
1967
Crimson Tide
1995
Young Frankenstein
1974
Mississippi Burning
1988
Scarecrow
1973
Hoosiers
1986
The Replacements
2000
The Birdcage
1996
Absolute Power
1997
Wyatt Earp
1994
Behind Enemy Lines
2001
The French Connection
1971
Get Shorty
1995
Eureka
1983
Heist
2001
No Way Out
1987
Under Suspicion
2000
The Mexican
2001
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