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Gene Hackman
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American actor (1930–2025)
Gene Hackman was an American actor who had a long career in film and television from the 1960s until his retirement in the 2000s. He is widely regarded as one of the most accomplished and respected actors in Hollywood history, known for his versatile performances in a variety of genres.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1930-01-30
- Died
- 2025
- Works
- 19
Top works
- Wake of the Perdido Star
- Justice for none
- A Bridge Too Far
- Heist
- Heroes of World War II
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
Discography
- Loophole2009
- The Always EP2010
- Bodies EP2010
- More Than Ever EP2010
- Made Up My Mind2011
- Close2011
- Agree to Disagree2011
- Now I've Lost My Number 4 / Feel Like Loving Me2012
- Forgotten Notes2012
- What Matters2012
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 52
- Total plays
- 228
Eugene Allen "Gene" Hackman (born January 30, 1930) is a retired American actor and novelist. Nominated for five Academy Awards, winning two, Hackman has also won three Golden Globes and two BAFTAs in a career that spanned five decades. He first came to fame in 1967 with his performance as Buck Barrow in Bonnie and Clyde. His major subsequent films include The French Connection (1971), in which he played Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle; The Poseidon Adventure (1972); The Conversation (1974); Superman (197
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,412x
- The american rheumatism association 1987 revised criteria for the classification of rheumatoid arthritis
· 1988 · cited 15,767x
- CheckM: assessing the quality of microbial genomes recovered from isolates, single cells, and metagenomes
· 2015 · cited 11,564x
- The Sequence of the Human Genome
· 2001 · cited 10,178x
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 9,767x
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- Gene Hackman - 1972.jpg
- Height
- 1.88
- Number of children
- 3
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- start of work period
- 1959-00-00
- name in native language
- Gene Hackman
- date of death
- 2025-02-18
- birth name
- Eugene Allen Hackman
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Eugene Allen Hackman (January 30, 1930 – c. February 18, 2025) was an American actor. Considered one of the greatest actors of his generation and a paragon of the New Hollywood movement, Hackman's mainstream acting career spanned over four decades. He received several accolades, including two Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, one Silver Bear and four Golden Globe Awards.
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 villainous 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).
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