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Jan 26, 2020 · Gene Hackman: The tormented, brawling genius of film. Despite being voted ‘Least Likely to Succeed’ by his acting school classmates, Hackman has become one of the greatest actors of our age,...
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 four decades. He first came to fame in 1967 with his performance as Buck Barrow in Bonnie and Clyde.
Gene Hackman became one of the most important actors of his generation in the 1970s. At that times, and really throughout his career, Gene Hackman movies were the sign of something artistically sound, films written and directed by some of the best in our business.
