Gene Hackman

Career timeline

1. 1930 · Born

   Born in San Bernardino, California, USA

2. 1953 · Screen debut

   The United States Steel Hour (TV)

3. 1992 · Breakthrough

   Unforgiven (Movie)

4. 2025 · Latest release

   Breakdown: 1975 (Movie)

5. 2025 · Died

   February 17, 2025

Career in numbers

2 1950s

15 1960s

15 1970s

16 1980s

18 1990s

12 2000s

1 2010s

1 2020s

• Drama48
• Thriller23
• Crime22
• Action20
• Comedy15
• Adventure8

Highest-rated title Unforgiven 1992 7.9 Most popular title Unforgiven 1992 7.9

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Gene Hackman in our catalogue.

Christopher Reeve

4 titles together

Mario Puzo

3 titles together

John Williams

3 titles together

E.G. Marshall

3 titles together

Stuart Rosenberg

3 titles together

Sam Wanamaker

3 titles together

Marlon Brando

2 titles together

John Debney

2 titles together

Robert Douglas

2 titles together

Reginald Rose

2 titles together

1. 2025 Breakdown: 1975 as (archive footage) 6.9 Movie
2. 2014 Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films as Lex Luthor (archive footage) (uncredited) 7.2 Movie
3. 2006 America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions as Self - Narrator (voice) TV
4. 2006 Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut as Lex Luthor 7.3 Movie
5. 2004 Welcome to Mooseport as Monroe Cole 5.1 Movie
6. 2003 Runaway Jury as Rankin Fitch 7.0 Movie
7. 2001 Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes as Lex Luthor (archive footage) 6.9 Movie
8. 2001 Behind Enemy Lines as Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group 6.5 Movie
9. 2001 Heist as Joe Moore 6.3 Movie
10. 2001 The Royal Tenenbaums as Royal Tenenbaum 7.5 Movie
11. 2001 Heartbreakers as William B. Tensy 6.2 Movie
12. 2001 The Mexican as Margolese 6.0 Movie
13. 2000 Under Suspicion as Henry Hearst 6.1 Movie
14. 2000 The Replacements as Jimmy McGinty 6.7 Movie
15. 1998 Enemy of the State as Brill 7.1 Movie
16. 1998 Antz as General Mandible (voice) 6.2 Movie
17. 1998 Twilight as Jack Ames 6.1 Movie
18. 1997 Absolute Power as President Richmond 6.7 Movie
19. 1996 The Chamber as Sam Cayhall 5.9 Movie
20. 1996 Extreme Measures as Dr. Lawrence Myrick 6.0 Movie
21. 1996 The Birdcage as Senator Kevin Keeley 7.1 Movie
22. 1995 Get Shorty as Harry Zimm 6.5 Movie
23. 1995 Crimson Tide as Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey 7.2 Movie
24. 1995 The Quick and the Dead as Herod 6.6 Movie
25. 1994 Wyatt Earp as Nicholas Earp 6.8 Movie
26. 1993 Geronimo: An American Legend as Brig. Gen. George Crook 6.3 Movie
27. 1993 The Firm as Avery Tolar 6.8 Movie
28. 1992 Unforgiven as 'Little' Bill Daggett 7.9 Movie
29. 1991 Class Action as Jedediah Tucker Ward 6.3 Movie
30. 1990 Narrow Margin as Robert Caulfield 6.4 Movie
31. 1990 Postcards from the Edge as Lowell Kolchek 6.6 Movie
32. 1990 Loose Cannons as MacArthur Stern 5.0 Movie
33. 1989 The Package as Johnny Gallagher 6.1 Movie
34. 1988 Mississippi Burning as Agent Rupert Anderson 7.7 Movie
35. 1988 Another Woman as Larry 6.8 Movie
36. 1988 Bat★21 as Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton 6.3 Movie
37. 1987 No Way Out as Defense Secretary David Brice 6.9 Movie
38. 1987 Superman IV: The Quest for Peace as Lex Luthor 4.6 Movie
39. 1986 Hoosiers as Norman Dale 7.1 Movie
40. 1986 Power as Wilfred Buckley 5.8 Movie
41. 1985 Target as Walter Lloyd 5.9 Movie
42. 1985 Twice in a Lifetime as Harry MacKenzie 5.7 Movie
43. 1983 Uncommon Valor as Col. Cal Rhodes 6.2 Movie
44. 1983 Two of a Kind as God (voice) (uncredited) 6.1 Movie
45. 1983 Under Fire as Alex Grazier 6.7 Movie
46. 1983 Eureka as Jack McCann 5.4 Movie
47. 1981 Reds as Pete van Wherry 6.9 Movie
48. 1980 Superman II as Lex Luthor 6.7 Movie
49. 1978 Superman as Lex Luthor 7.2 Movie
50. 1977 March or Die as Major William Sherman Foster 5.8 Movie
51. 1977 The Hollywood Greats TV
52. 1977 A Bridge Too Far as Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski 7.2 Movie
53. 1977 The Domino Principle as Tucker 5.8 Movie
54. 1975 Bite the Bullet as Sam Clayton 6.4 Movie
55. 1975 Night Moves as Harry Moseby 6.7 Movie
56. 1975 French Connection II as "Popeye" Doyle 6.8 Movie
57. 1974 Young Frankenstein as Blindman 7.9 Movie
58. 1974 The Conversation as Harry Caul 7.5 Movie
59. 1973 Scarecrow as Max Millan 7.0 Movie
60. 1972 The Poseidon Adventure as Reverend Scott 7.2 Movie
61. 1972 Prime Cut as Mary Ann 6.5 Movie
62. 1971 The French Connection as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle 7.5 Movie
63. 1971 The Hunting Party as Brandt Ruger 6.2 Movie
64. 1969 Marooned as Buzz Lloyd 5.9 Movie
65. 1969 Downhill Racer as Eugene Claire 6.0 Movie
66. 1967 Bonnie and Clyde as Buck Barrow 7.5 Movie
67. 1967 The Invaders as Tom Jessup 6.9 TV
68. 1966 CBS Playhouse as Ned TV
69. 1966 Hawaii as John Whipple 6.3 Movie
70. 1966 Hawk TV
71. 1965 The F.B.I. as Herb Kenyon 5.6 TV
72. 1965 The Trials of O'Brien as Roger Nathan TV
73. 1964 Lilith as Norman 6.4 Movie
74. 1963 East Side/West Side TV
75. 1961 The DuPont Show of the Week as Douglas McCann TV
76. 1961 The Defenders as Stanley McGuirk TV
77. 1961 Tallahassee 7000 as Joe Lawson TV
78. 1960 Route 66 as Motorist 6.7 TV
79. 1958 Naked City as Mr. Jasper TV
80. 1953 The United States Steel Hour TV

1. 2000 Under Suspicion 6.1 Movie

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