Gene Hackman

Born 1930-01-30, San Bernardino, California, USA, Died 2025-02-17

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).

Superman

Superman (1978) as Lex Luthor
Superman II (1980) as Lex Luthor
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) as Lex Luthor

DreamWorks Animation

Antz (1998) as General Mandible (voice)

'90s Action

Enemy of the State (1998) as Brill

Wes Anderson

The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) as Royal Tenenbaum

John Williams

Superman (1978) as Lex Luthor

Hans Zimmer

Crimson Tide (1995) as Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey

Sports Movies

Hoosiers (1986) as Norman Dale

Westerns

Unforgiven (1992) as 'Little' Bill Daggett