Gene Siskel
Birthday
1946/01/26
Day of death
1999/02/20 (53 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Also know as
Eugene Kal Siskel
Biography
Eugene Kal Siskel (January 26, 1946 – February 20, 1999) was an American film critic and journalist for the Chicago Tribune who co-hosted a movie review television series alongside colleague Roger Ebert. Siskel started writing for the Chicago Tribune in 1969, becoming its film critic soon after. In 1975, he was paired with Roger Ebert to co-host a monthly show called Opening Soon at a Theater Near You airing locally on PBS member station WTTW. In 1978, the show, renamed Sneak Previews, was expa...Read more
Acting
(1987) A Confessional Documentary
as Roger Ebert
(2010) Don't You Forget About Me
as Self (archive footage)
(2002) Mysteries of Love
as Self (archive footage)
(2009) Waking Sleeping Beauty
as Self (archive footage)
(2004) Chicago Filmmakers on the Chicago River
as Self
(1999) Television: The First Fifty Years
as Self
(2020) AGFA Mystery Mixtape #3: Sequelitis
as Self
(2014) Life Itself
as Self - Film Critic (archive footage)
(2020) The AGFA Mystery Mixtape Vault
as (archive footage)
(1991) Siskel & Ebert 1991 Holiday Video Gift Guide
as Gene Siskel
(1994) The Critic
as Gene Siskel (voice)
(1986) At the Movies
as ---
(1982) At the Movies
as ---
(1992) The Larry Sanders Show
as Gene Siskel
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(1988) LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as ---
Sneak Previews
as Himself