Actor profile
Gene Hackman
A benchmark for grounded American character acting, with no wasted gesture or false note.
American actor. Born 1930. Era: New Hollywood to modern cinema. Lane: Plainspoken authority.
Known for
- The French Connection
- Unforgiven
- The Conversation
- The Royal Tenenbaums
Ranking signals
- 2 Academy Awards
- New Hollywood fixture
- Genre range
Appears on
- #28 Top 100 Actors in the World - Character authority
- #20 Top Male Actors Ranked - Character authority
- #19 Best Oscar-Winning Actors Ranked - 2 Oscars