List of awards and nominations received by Gene Hackman

American actor Gene Hackman was known for his distinctive and authoritative leading roles on stage and screen. Over his four decade long career he received two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.

Gene Hackman awards and nominations

Hackman in 2008
Awards and nominations Award Wins Nominations Academy Awards 2 5 BAFTA Awards 2 7 Golden Globes 3 8 SAG Awards 1 2
Totals[a]
Wins	78
Nominations	170
Note Certain award groups do not simply award one winner. They acknowledge several different recipients, have runners-up, and have third place. Since this is a specific recognition and is different from losing an award, runner-up mentions are considered wins in this award tally. For simplification and to avoid errors, each award in this list has been presumed to have had a prior nomination.

Hackman's two Academy Award wins were for Best Actor for his role as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in William Friedkin's action thriller The French Connection (1971) and for Best Supporting Actor for his role as a villainous Sheriff in Clint Eastwood's Western film Unforgiven (1992). He was also Oscar-nominated for three other roles: that of 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).

He won two Golden Globes for both The French Connection (1971) and Unforgiven (1992) as well as the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his comedic role as the family patriarch in the Wes Anderson comedy-drama film The Royal Tenenbaums (2001). He was Globe-nominated for his roles in The Conversation (1974), French Connection II (1975), Under Fire (1983), Twice in a Lifetime (1985), and Mississippi Burning (1988). Hackman received the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2003.

Major associations

Academy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1968	Best Supporting Actor	Bonnie & Clyde	Nominated	[1]
1971		I Never Sang for My Father	Nominated	[2]
1972	Best Actor	The French Connection	Won	[3]
1989		Mississippi Burning	Nominated	[4]
1993	Best Supporting Actor	Unforgiven	Won	[5]

BAFTA Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
British Academy Film Awards
1973	Best Actor in a Leading Role	The French Connection / The Poseidon Adventure	Won	[6]
1975		The Conversation	Nominated	[7]
1976		French Connection II / Night Moves	Nominated	[8]
1978	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Superman	Nominated	[9]
1992		Unforgiven	Won	[10]

Golden Globe Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1972	Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama	The French Connection	Won	[11]
1975		The Conversation	Nominated	[11]
1976		French Connection II	Nominated	[11]
1984	Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture	Under Fire	Nominated	[11]
1986	Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama	Twice in a Lifetime	Nominated	[11]
1989		Mississippi Burning	Nominated	[11]
1993	Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture	Unforgiven	Won	[11]
2002	Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy	The Royal Tenenbaums	Won	[11]
2003	Cecil B. DeMille Award		Honored	[11]

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1996	Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture	Get Shorty	Nominated	[12]
1997		The Birdcage	Won	[13]

Miscellaneous awards

Year	Association	Category	Project	Result	Ref.
1988	Berlin International Film Festival	Silver Bear for Best Actor	Mississippi Burning	Won	[14]
	David di Donatello Award	Best Foreign Actor		Nominated
1971	National Board of Review	Best Actor	The French Connection	Won	[15]
1974			The Conversation	Won	[16]
1988			Mississippi Burning	Won	[17]
1996	Satellite Award	Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture	The Birdcage	Nominated	[18]
2001		Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy	The Royal Tenenbaums	Nominated	[19]

Film critic awards

Year	Association	Category	Project	Result
1967	National Society of Film Critics	Best Supporting Actor	Bonnie & Clyde	Won
1969	New York Film Critics Circle	Best Actor	Downhill Racer	3rd place
1971	Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award		The French Connection	Won
	National Society of Film Critics			3rd place
	New York Film Critics Circle			Won
1974			The Conversation	2nd Place
1981	National Society of Film Critics		All Night Long	2nd Place
1988	Los Angeles Film Critics Association		Bat*21	2nd Place
			Mississippi Burning	2nd Place
	National Society of Film Critics			2nd Place
	Chicago Film Critics Association			Nominated
	Los Angeles Film Critics Association		Another Woman	2nd Place
			Full Moon in Blue Water	2nd Place
			Split Decisions	2nd Place
1992	Boston Society of Film Critics	Best Supporting Actor	Unforgiven	Won
	Kansas City Film Critics Circle			Won
	Los Angeles Film Critics Association			Won
	National Society of Film Critics			Won
	New York Film Critics Circle			Won
	Chicago Film Critics Association			Nominated
1995			Get Shorty	Nominated
2001	Boston Society of Film Critics	Best Actor	The Royal Tenenbaums	2nd Place
	Chicago Film Critics Association			Won
	National Society of Film Critics			Won
	Phoenix Film Critics Society	Best Acting Ensemble		Nominated
		Best Actor		Nominated

Military awards

Gene Hackman's military decorations and medals include:^[20]

U.S. Marine Corps Basic Qualification