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Gene Hackman

1930 - 2025

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Eugene Allen Hackman (January 30, 1930 – c. February 18, 2025) was an American actor. 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 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). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gene Hackman is the 30th most popular actor (up from 137th in 2019), the 95th most popular biography from United States (up from 264th in 2019) and the 12th most popular American Actor.

Gene Hackman is most famous for his role as Roy "Popeye" Doyle in the 1971 film The French Connection.

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Among actors, Gene Hackman ranks 30 out of 13,578. Before him are Jackie Chan, Mary Pickford, Amitabh Bachchan, Sarah Bernhardt, Sean Connery, and Yul Brynner. After him are Morgan Freeman, Claudia Cardinale, Jack Nicholson, Jean Reno, Romy Schneider, and Dustin Hoffman.

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Among people born in 1930, Gene Hackman ranks 9. Before him are Neil Armstrong, Richard Harris, Warren Buffett, George Soros, Michael Collins, and Sean Connery. After him are Helmut Kohl, Anton LaVey, Jacques Derrida, Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, Pierre Bourdieu, and Steve McQueen. Among people deceased in 2025, Gene Hackman ranks 4. Before him are Pope Francis, David Lynch, and José Mujica. After him are Mario Vargas Llosa, Marianne Faithfull, Jean-Marie Le Pen, Boris Spassky, Richard Chamberlain, Ozzy Osbourne, Val Kilmer, and Brian Wilson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gene Hackman ranks 95 out of 20,380. Before him are Robin Williams (1951), John Glenn (1921), Al Capone (1899), Stephen King (1947), Caitlyn Jenner (1949), and John D. Rockefeller (1839). After him are Jeff Bezos (1964), Barack Obama (1961), Morgan Freeman (1937), Jack Nicholson (1937), Abraham Maslow (1908), and Anthony Fauci (1940).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Gene Hackman ranks 12. Before him are Bruce Lee (1940), Robert De Niro (1943), Marlon Brando (1924), Danny DeVito (1944), James Stewart (1908), and Patrick Swayze (1952). After him are Morgan Freeman (1937), Jack Nicholson (1937), Dustin Hoffman (1937), Nicolas Cage (1964), Debbie Reynolds (1932), and Paul Newman (1925).

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