Gene Hackman was an American actor born on January 30, 1930. A veteran performer who had his first prominent role in the 1960s in the film Bonnie and Clyde (1967), for which he received his first Oscar nomination. Other of his nominations were for films such as I Never Sang for My Father (1970) and Mississippi Burning (1988).
Throughout his career he participated in westerns, political dramas and police films. Eventually, he would win his first Oscar in the category for Best Actor for The French Connection (1971), by William Friedkin, and for Best Supporting Actor for Unforgiven (1992), by Clint Eastwood.
Known and remembered worldwide for giving life to Lex Luthor in the Superman films produced between 1978 and 1987.
Due to various heart conditions, he retired from acting in 2004 to live a quiet life writing fiction stories. On February 27, 2025, the actor was found dead in his home with his wife and one of his three dogs. He was 95 years old.
File for Dubbing Actor[]
| Dubbing Actor | No. of Projects | Place |
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| José Lavat | 8 | 
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| Víctor Mares | 6 | 
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| Jorge Lapuente | 5 |
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| Maynardo Zavala | 5 |
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| Esteban Siller | 3 |
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| Carlos Becerril | 3 |
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| Eduardo Liñán | 3 |
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| Agustín López Zavala | 2 |
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| Arturo Mercado | 2 |
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| Blas García | 2 |
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| Dany de Álzaga | 2 | 
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| Carlos Petrel | 2 |
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| Guillermo Romano | 2 |
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| Pedro D'Aguillón Jr. | 2 |
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| Arturo Casanova | 1 |
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| Carlos Magaña | 1 |
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| César Arias | 1 |
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| Edgar Wald | 1 | 
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| Emilio Guerrero | 1 |
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| Federico Romano | 1 |
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| Guillermo Coria | 1 |
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| Jaime Vega | 1 |
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| Jorge Roig | 1 |
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| José Luis Orozco | 1 |
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| Juan Carlos Santacruz | 1 | 
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| Luis de León | 1 |
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| Mario Hernandez | 1 |
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| Octavio Rojas | 1 |
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| Óscar Morelli | 1 |
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| Raúl Anaya | 1 |
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| Ricardo Lezama | 1 |
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| Ricardo Méndez | 1 |
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| Rodolfo Rodas | 1 |
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| Sebastián Fernández | 1 | 
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| Yuval Benamú | 1 | 
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Filmography[]
| Image | Year | Character | Qualification | Dubbing Actor | Place |
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| 2022 | Lex Luthor | WWE Evil | Yuval Benamú | Peru | |
| 2014 | Lex Luthor | Electric Boogaloo: The Story of Cannon Films | Pedro D'Aguillón Jr. | Mexico | |
| 2006 | Lex Luthor | Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut | Ricardo Méndez | Mexico | |
| 2004 | Monroe 'Eagle' Cole | Candidate forever | ? | Cuernavaca, Mexico | |
| 2003 | Rankin Fitch | Court on the run | Mario Hernandez | Cuernavaca, Mexico | |
| 2001 | Leslie McMahon Reigart | Behind enemy lines | Carlos Becerril | Cuernavaca, Mexico | |
| 2001 | Royal Tenenbaum | The Royal Tenenbaums | José Lavat | Mexico | |
| 2001 | Joe Moore | A perfect plan | Jose Lavat | Mexico | |
| 2001 | William B. Tensy | The scammers | Jose Lavat | Mexico | |
| Jaime Vega | |||||
| ? | Cuernavaca, Mexico | ||||
| 2001 | Arnold Margolese | The Mexican | José Lavat | Mexico | |
| 2000 | Henry Hearst | Under Suspicion | Carlos Becerril | Mexico | |
| 2000 | Jimmy McGinty | The substitutes | Jorge Lapuente | Mexico | |
| 1998 | Edward "Brill" Lyle | Public enemy | Jose Lavat | Mexico | |
| 1998 | General Mandible | Ant | Emilio Guerrero | Mexico | |
| 1998 | Jack Ames | Twilight | Ricardo Lezama | Mexico | |
| 1997 | President Allen Richmond | Absolute power | Esteban Siller | Mexico | |
| 1996 | Sam Cayhall | The camera | Arturo Casanova | Mexico | |
| 1996 | Dr. Lawrence Myrick | Extreme measures | Maynardo Zavala | Mexico | |
| 1996 | Senator Kevin Keeley | The Birdcage | Blas García | Mexico | |
| 1995 | Harry Zimm | Get Shorty | Blas García | Mexico | |
| Dany de Álzaga | Argentina | ||||
| 1995 | Captain Frank Ramsey | Red tide | Victor Mares | Mexico | |
| 1995 | John Herod | Fast and deadly | Arturo Mercado | Mexico | |
| Dany de Álzaga | Argentina | ||||
| 1994 | Nicholas Earp | Wyatt Earp | Maynardo Zavala | Mexico | |
| 1993 | General George Crook | Geronimo: An American Legend | Arturo Mercado | Mexico | |
| 1993 | Avery Tolar | The Firm | Jorge Lapuente | Mexico | |
| 1992 | Little Bill Daggett | The Unforgivable | Carlos Magaña | Mexico | |
| 1991 | Sam Boyd | Company Business | Pedro D'Aguillón Jr. | Mexico | |
| 1991 | Jedediah "Jed" Tucker Ward | Judicial action | Arturo Casanova | Mexico | |
| 1990 | MacArthur Stern | A backfire | José Luis Orozco | Mexico | |
| 1990 | Lowell Kolchek | Hollywood Memories | Eduardo Liñán | Mexico | |
| 1990 | Robert Caulfield | On the brink of danger | Maynardo Zavala | Mexico | |
| 1989 | Sergeant Johnny Gallagher | The package | Jorge Lapuente | Mexico | |
| 1988 | Agent Rupert Anderson | Mississippi Burning | Maynardo Zavala | Mexico | |
| 1988 | Larry | Another woman | Maynardo Zavala | Mexico | |
| 1988 | Lieutenant Colonel Iceal Hambleton | Bat 21 | ? | ? | |
| 1987 | David Brice | Without any escape | Carlos Petrel | Mexico | |
| 1987 | Lex Luthor / Voice of Nuclear Man | Superman IV: The Quest for Peace | Victor Mares | Los Angeles | |
| Rodolfo Rodas | Argentina | ||||
| Lex Luthor | Esteban Siller | Mexico | |||
| Nuclear Man voice | Luis de León | ||||
| 1986 | Coach Norman Dale | Winners | Victor Mares | Los Angeles | |
| 1986 | Wilfred Buckley | Power | Guillermo Coria | Mexico | |
| 1985 | Harry MacKenzie | Twice in a lifetime | Jose Lavat | Mexico | |
| 1983 | Jack McCann | Cursed Gold | Jorge Lapuente | Mexico | |
| 1983 | Colonel Cal Rhodes | Beyond value | Victor Mares | Los Angeles | |
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1983 | Alex Grazia | Under Fire | Carlos Petrel | Mexico |
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Iván Nedok | Argentina | |||
| 1983 | God | Such as so | Federico Romano | Mexico | |
| 1981 | Pete Van Wherry | Networks | Jorge Lapuente | Mexico | |
| 1981 | George Dupler | With you all night | Pedro D'Aguillón Jr. | Mexico | |
| 1980 | Lex Luthor | Superman II | Eduardo Liñán | Mexico | |
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1978 | Lex Luthor | Superman | Eduardo Liñán | Mexico |
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Raúl Anaya | Mexico | |||
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? | Los Angeles | |||
| 1977 | Major General Sosabowski | A bridge too far | César Arias | Mexico | |
| 1975 | Sam Clayton | Bite the bullet | ? | Mexico | |
| 1975 | Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle | Contact in France II | Jose Lavat | Mexico | |
| Carlos Becerril | |||||
| 1975 | Harry Moseby | Hidden secret in the sea | Victor Mares | Mexico | |
| 1974 | Blind man | Frankenstein Junior | Edgar Wald | Los Angeles | |
| 1974 | Harry Caul | The Conversation | Jose Lavat | Mexico | |
| 1973 | Max Millan | Scarecrow | Victor Mares | Mexico | |
| 1972 | Reverend Frank Scott | The Adventure of Poseidon | Óscar Morelli | Mexico | |
| 1971 | Jimmy Popeye Doyle | The French Connection | Juan Carlos Santacruz | Puerto Rico | |
| Octavio Rojas | Mexico | ||||
| 1971 | Brandt Ruger | Manhunt | Jorge Roig | Mexico | |
| 1970 | Tom Garrison | I never sang for my father | Esteban Siller | Mexico | |
| 1969 | Joe Browdy | The paratroopers arrived | Agustín López Zavala | Mexico | |
| 1969 | Eugene Claire | Dizzying career | Guillermo Romano | Los Angeles | |
| 1969 | Red Fraker | The Mutiny | Guillermo Romano | Los Angeles | |
| 1967 | Buck Barrow | Bonnie & Clyde | Agustín López Zavala | Mexico | |
| 1966 | Dr. John Whipple | Hawaii | Sebastián Fernández | Chile | |
| 1964 | Norman | Lilith | ? | ? |
Filmography as a character[]
| Year | Qualification | Original Actor | Dubbing Actor | Place |
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| 2003 2015 |
South Park | Trey Parker | Raúl Xiques Fabián Hernández |
Miami |