Gene Hackman (1930-2025)
87.8 TOPICAL actor score · #44 of 1,977 actors
Gene Hackman (1930-2025) has a TOPICAL actor score of 87.8 - one of the 100 best actors of all time by TOPICAL's score. Their strongest parts are acting honours and prime. They've won 8 acting honours from 8 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Actor. Their best ten-year run was 1967-1976. Best films: The French Connection (1971), Unforgiven (1992), The Conversation (1974).
Why this score
Each bar: better than this % of the 1,977 actors we rank. How the score works.
Acting honours99
Prime97
Their movies91
Credits81
Career standing92
- Acting honours8 wins, 8 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best Actor; Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor; Silver Bear for Best Actor
- Prime1967-1976
- Credits83 films and shows · billed in the top 8 of 33 scored films (22 as a lead)
- Known inWikipedia articles in 86 languages
“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.”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 8/10
Gene Hackman's scored films
| TOPICAL rank | Film | Year | Billed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 46 | Unforgiven | 1992 | 2 |
| 85 | The French Connection | 1971 | 1 |
| 154 | Bonnie and Clyde | 1967 | 4 |
| 164 | The Conversation | 1974 | 1 |
| 377 | Superman | 1978 | 3 |
| 506 | Mississippi Burning | 1988 | 1 |
| 829 | The Poseidon Adventure | 1972 | 1 |
| 916 | The Royal Tenenbaums | 2001 | 1 |
| 1,077 | Scarecrow | 1973 | 1 |
| 1,107 | The Birdcage | 1996 | 2 |
| 1,153 | Crimson Tide | 1995 | 2 |
| 1,159 | Hoosiers | 1986 | 1 |
| 1,806 | I Never Sang for My Father | 1970 | 1 |
| 1,905 | Enemy of the State | 1998 | 2 |
| 1,928 | Postcards from the Edge | 1990 | 4 |
| 2,065 | The Firm | 1993 | 3 |
| 2,210 | Runaway Jury | 2003 | 2 |
| 2,270 | No Way Out | 1987 | 2 |
| 2,357 | Antz | 1998 | 6 |
| 2,453 | Superman II | 1980 | 6 |
| 2,628 | The Quick and the Dead | 1995 | 2 |
| 2,655 | Get Shorty | 1995 | 2 |
| 2,767 | Under Fire | 1983 | 2 |
| 2,872 | Hawaii | 1966 | 4 |
| 2,989 | Absolute Power | 1997 | 2 |
| 3,630 | Bite the Bullet | 1975 | 1 |
| 3,759 | Wyatt Earp | 1994 | 3 |
| 3,808 | Twice in a Lifetime | 1985 | 1 |
| 4,208 | Geronimo: An American Legend | 1993 | 2 |
| 4,298 | Marooned | 1969 | 5 |
| 4,558 | The Mexican | 2001 | 8 |
| 4,578 | Behind Enemy Lines | 2001 | 2 |
| 6,625 | Superman IV: The Quest for Peace | 1987 | 3 |