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Acting

Gene Hackman

Career: Active from 1964 to 2006, busiest in 1988 and 2001 with 5 main titles each.

Leading roles: 66
top three billing

Average score: 61/100

Highest rated: The French Connection
87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 89 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Gene Hackman Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Coming of Age
1.8, average 3.0
Fantasy
0.7, average 1.7
Absurdist Humor
1.2, average 2.0
Uncanny
1.7, average 2.5

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Character-Driven 14
Character Study 7
Moral Dilemma 6
Conspiracy 6
Fast-Paced 6
Social Commentary 6
Gritty Realism 5
Political Thriller 5
Star-Studded Cast 4
Legal Drama 3
Neo-Noir 3
Mystery 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

103

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

1 title · average score 84

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

84

as Lex Luthor (archive footage) (uncredited)

2000s

14 titles · average score 61

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

76

as Lex Luthor

Welcome to Mooseport

33

as Monroe Cole

Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust

81

as Narrator

Runaway Jury

68

as Rankin Fitch

The Royal Tenenbaums

79

as Royal Tenenbaum

Behind Enemy Lines

52

as Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group

Heist

64

as Joe Moore

Heartbreakers

55

as William B. Tensy

The Mexican

53

as Margolese

Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes

68

as Lex Luthor (archive footage)

The Replacements

51

as Jimmy McGinty

Under Suspicion

52

as Henry Hearst

1990s

23 titles · average score 63

Enemy of the State

70

as Brill

Absolute Power

59

as President Richmond

The Birdcage

76

as Senator Kevin Keeley

Extreme Measures

50

as Dr. Lawrence Myrick

The Chamber

42

as Sam Cayhall

The Quick and the Dead

59

as Herod

Crimson Tide

77

as Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey

Get Shorty

76

as Harry Zimm

Wyatt Earp

52

as Nicholas Earp

The Firm

68

as Avery Tolar

Geronimo: An American Legend

58

as Brig. Gen. George Crook

Unforgiven

87

as 'Little' Bill Daggett

1980s

20 titles · average score 56

The Package

60

as Sgt. Johnny Gallagher

Mississippi Burning

76

as Agent Rupert Anderson

Bat★21

67

as Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

26

as Lex Luthor

No Way Out

77

as Defense Secretary David Brice

Hoosiers

79

as Norman Dale

Power

44

as Wilfred Buckley

Target

48

as Walter Lloyd

Under Fire

68

as Alex Grazier

Uncommon Valor

53

as Col. Cal Rhodes

Eureka

44

as Jack McCann

Superman II

77

as Lex Luthor

1970s

20 titles · average score 66

Superman

80

as Lex Luthor

March or Die

56

as Major William Sherman Foster

Night Moves

75

as Harry Moseby

French Connection II

70

as "Popeye" Doyle

Lucky Lady

37

as Kibby

Bite the Bullet

56

as Sam Clayton

The Conversation

85

as Harry Caul

Scarecrow

74

as Max Millan

The Poseidon Adventure

74

as Reverend Scott

Prime Cut

69

as Mary Ann

The French Connection

87

as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle

The Hunting Party

39

as Brandt Ruger

1960s

23 titles · average score 63

Downhill Racer

74

as Eugene Claire

The Gypsy Moths

55

as Joe Browdy

Riot

44

as Red Fraker

Marooned

62

as Buzz Lloyd

The Split

48

as Lt. Walter Brill

Bonnie and Clyde

83

as Buck Barrow

First to Fight

68

as Sergeant Tweed

A Covenant with Death

58

as Harmsworth

The Invaders

49

TV show · as Tom Jessup

Hawaii

64

as John Whipple

Lilith

75

as Norman

Route 66

48

TV show · as Motorist

1950s

2 titles · average score 70

Naked City

69

TV show · as Mr. Jasper

The United States Steel Hour

71

TV show