Ned Beatty has died, at the age of 83. One of the greatest ‘hey, it’s that guy!’ character actors, Beatty starred in over 160 films, was nominated for an Oscar and two Emmys, and embodied each role with a deceptive ease that made you feel like you and he had just had a nice catch-up at a bar together, right before he sauntered on screen.

From his shocking debut in John Boorman’s Deliverance (1972), to Robert Altman’s Nashville (1975), Elaine May’s Mikey and Nicky (1976), Alan J. Pakula’s All the President’s Men and countless others, Beatty was as much a mainstay of the golden age of the Hollywood new-wave as cocaine and safari suits.