FrameThrower · Actors · Gene Hackman
Gene Hackman
14 films · 907 frames · top-billed in 12 · 1967–2001
Born 30 January 1930 · San Bernardino, California, USA · died 17 February 2025
Eugene Allen Hackman 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).
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 14 films · 907 frames · top-billed in 12 · 1967–2001
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor1993
- Academy Award for Best Actor1972
- Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award2002
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy2001
- Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture1992
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama1971
- BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role1993
- BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role1973
- Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
- Silver Bear for Best Actor1989
- Clarence Derwent Awards
- Good Conduct Medal
How their films are shot
Measured across 907 frames from the 14 films we hold. This is the look of the work Gene takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 14 films we hold, 52% of their frames are day, 50% natural — the look of the work Gene takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Behind Enemy Lines
2001 · Admiral Leslie Reigart, Commander Adriatic Battle Group
The Royal Tenenbaums
2001 · Royal Tenenbaum
The Birdcage
1996 · Senator Kevin Keeley
Crimson Tide
1995 · Captain Franklin "Frank" Ramsey
The Quick and the Dead
1995 · John Herod
Unforgiven
1992 · 'Little' Bill Daggett
Mississippi Burning
1988 · Agent Rupert Anderson
No Way Out
1987 · Defense Secretary David Brice
Superman
1978 · Lex Luthor
The Conversation
1974 · Harry Caul
Scarecrow
1973 · Max Millan
The French Connection
1971 · Jimmy Doyle
The Mexican
2001 · Arnold Margolese
Bonnie And Clyde
1967 · Buck Barrow
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 907 frames from Gene Hackman's 14 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.