Dennis Hopper
Dennis Lee Hopper (May 17, 1936 – May 29, 2010) was an American actor, filmmaker and artist. As a young man, Hopper became interested in acting and eventually became a student of the Actors' Studio. He made his first television appearance in 1954, and appeared in two films featuring James Dean, Rebel Without a Cause (1955) and Giant (1956). During the next 10 years, Hopper appeared frequently on television in guest roles, and by the end of the 1960s had played supporting roles in several films. He directed and starred in Easy Rider (1969), winning an award at the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay as co-writer. "With its portrait of counterculture heroes raising their middle fingers to the uptight middle-class hypocrisies, Easy Rider became the cinematic symbol of the 1960s, a celluloid anthem to freedom, macho bravado and anti-establishment rebellion." Film critic Matthew Hays notes that "no other persona better signifies the lost idealism of the 1960s than that of Dennis Hopper." He was unable to build on his success for several years, until a featured role in Apocalypse Now (1979) brought him attention. He subsequently appeared in Rumble Fish (1983) and The Osterman Weekend (1983), and received critical recognition for his work in Blue Velvet and Hoosiers, with the latter film garnering him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He directed Colors (1988) and played the villain in Speed (1994). Hopper's later work included a leading role in the television series Crash. Hopper's last performance was filmed just before his death: The Last Film Festival, slated for a 2011 release. Hopper was also a prolific and acclaimed photographer, a profession he began in the 1960s.
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Known for
24
Victor Drazen
King of the Hill
Dennis Hopper (voice)
Bonanza
Dev Farnum
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Self
The Twilight Zone
Peter Vollmer
Wagon Train
Emmett Lawton
Entourage
Dennis Hopper
Las Vegas
Jon Castille
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Vernon 'Vern' Tippert
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Denny Sunrise
The Rifleman
The Rifleman
Vernon Tippert
Studio One
David Williams
Studio One
Harry Wales
Petticoat Junction
Alan Landman
Combat!
Zack Fielder
Cheyenne
Cheyenne
Utah Kid
Naked City
Vinnie Winford
Matinee Theater
The Big Valley
Jimmy Sweetwater
The Defenders
Alfred Carter Jr.
The Defenders
Jason Thomas
Biography
Self
Highway Patrol
Apocalypse Now
Photojournalist
Gunsmoke
Billy Kimbo
Surfside 6
Sugarfoot
Billy the Kid
Blue Velvet
Frank Booth
The Millionaire
Adam Spencer
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Screen Director's Playhouse
Steve Redman
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Gerald Collins
The Lieutenant
Cpl. Peter Devlin
Arrest and Trial
E-Ring
Eli McNulty
87th Precinct
Andrew Mason
HBO First Look
The Sons of Katie Elder
Dave Hastings
Waterworld
Deacon
The Greatest Show on Earth
Crash
Ben Cendars
Medic
Robert
The Heart of Justice
Austin Blair
Speed
Howard Payne
Cool Hand Luke
Babalugats
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
Self
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
Lieutenant 'Lefty' Enright
Flatland
Smith
River's Edge
Feck
Seitenblicke
self
The Dakotas
The Investigators
Adrian
Letter to Loretta
Ross Morton
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Billy Clanton
True Romance
Clifford Worley
Scene by Scene
Self
The Legend of Jesse James
Jud Salt
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders
Self
Blue Velvet Revisited
Self
Spirit of Golf
Self (archive footage)
Catchfire
Milo
Jason and the Argonauts
Pelias
Giant
Jordan "Jordy" Benedict III
True Grit
"Moon"
High Air
Steve Redman
The Story of Mankind
Napoleon Bonaparte
Hoosiers
Shooter
Night Tide
Johnny Drake
Swiss Family Robinson
Fritz
Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
Self
Super Mario Bros.
King Koopa
Brando: An Icon Is Born
Himself
The American Friend
Tom Ripley
The James Dean Story
Self
Easy Rider
Billy
Firestarter: Rekindled
James Richardson
Hang 'em High
Prophet
Head
Self (uncredited)
Rebel Without a Cause
Goon
Stark: Mirror Image
Lieutenant Ron Bliss
Tracks
1st Sgt. Jack Falen
Elegy
George O'Hearn
Land of the Dead
Kaufman
Rumble Fish
Father
10th & Wolf
Matty Matello
Unspeakable
Warden
Fishing with John
Self
Knockaround Guys
Benny Chains
Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth
Self
General Electric Theater
Fred Judson
Tycus
Peter Crowford
EDtv
Henry 'Hank' Pekurny
E! True Hollywood Story
Chasers
Doggie
The Crow: Wicked Prayer
El Niño
Black Widow
Ben Dumers
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Self
An American Carol
Judge Clarence Henderson
Conflict
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
Self
Picture This
Self
Doublecrossed
Barry Seal
Meet the Deedles
Frank Slater
The Piano Player
Robert Nile
Alpha and Omega
Tony (voice)
Sleepwalking
Mr. Reedy
Disneyland '59
Self
The Pick-up Artist
Flash Jensen
Bananaz
Self / Narrator (voice)
Inside Deep Throat
Narrator (voice)
A Hero of Our Time
Casey
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Lt. Lefty Enright (archive footage) (uncredited)
My Science Project
Bob Roberts
Flashback
Huey Walker
Jesus' Son
Bill
Beautiful Darling
Self (archive footage)
Cannes Man
Self
Ticker
Alex Swan
Space Truckers
John Canyon
A Decade Under the Influence
Self
The Blackout
Mickey
Americano
Riccardo
The Last Movie
Kansas
Flatland
Smith
Samson and Delilah
General Tariq
The Art of Football from A to Z
Self
Brando
Self
Corman's World
Various Roles (archive footage)
Leo
Horace
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Self (archive footage)
Champion
Self
The Indian Runner
Caesar
The Last Days of Frankie the Fly
Frankie
The Night We Called It a Day
Frank Sinatra
Memory
Max Lichtenstein
Out of the Blue
Don
Reborn
Rev. Tom Hartley
Wanderlust
Himself
Lynch/Oz
Self (archive footage)
Human Highway
Cracker / Stranger
Red Rock West
Lyle from Dallas
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
Self (uncredited)
A Tribute to Johnny Cash
Self
Basquiat
Bruno Bischofberger
The Last Ride
Ronnie Purnell
Wild Times
Doc Holliday
The Young Land
Hatfield Carnes
Boiling Point
Rudolph 'Red' Diamond
Queen of Blood
Paul Grant
SnowwhiteRosered
Self
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Self
Not Quite Hollywood
Self
Luck of the Draw
Giani Ponti
10 Things Every Guy Should Experience
Self
Witch Hunt
H. Phillip Lovecraft
Forever Hollywood
Self
Sayonara
MP in Kelly's House / MP at Tokyo Airport (voice) (uncredited)
From Hell to Texas
Tom Boyd
No Frank in Lumberton
Self
1 Giant Leap
Self
Hell Ride
Eddie Zero
Brando: The Documentary
Self
The Source
William S. Burroughs
Flesh Color
Mel
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Self
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
Self (archive footage)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Choke
Henry Clark
Swing Vote
Donald Greenleaf
House of 9
Father Duffy
Straight Shooter
Frank Hector
Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
Self
Llyn Foulkes One Man Band
Himself
King of the Mountain
Cal
Paris Trout
Paris Trout
The Other Side of the Wind
Dennis Hopper
Carried Away
Joseph Svenden
Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain
Self
The Trip
Max
Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth
Self
Scene Missing
Self
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
Self
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
Self
Running Out of Luck
Video Director
Straight to Hell
I.G. Farben
The Last Film Festival
Nick Twain - Producer
The Prophet's Game
Vincent Swan
Wim Wenders, Desperado
Self (archive footage)
Palermo Shooting
Frank
Stardust
Self (uncredited)
Samson and Delilah
Generale Tariq
Held for Ransom
JD
Hoboken Hollow
Sheriff Greer
Kings Row
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
Self (archive footage)
Crush Proof
Dennis Hopper
Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture
Self
I Died a Thousand Times
Joe (uncredited)
to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour
Frank Booth (archive footage)
The Glory Stompers
Chino
Spreading Ground
Det. Ed DeLongpre
The Groovenians
Dad / King Normans (voice)
Welcome to Hollywood
Dennis Hopper
Last In, First Out
Medford
Marlon Brando: The Wild One
Self
Mad Dog Morgan
Daniel Morgan
The Inside Man
Miller
The Osterman Weekend
Richard Tremayne
13 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests
Self
The Real James Dean
Self
Out of Season
Harry Barlow
Chelsea on the Rocks
Self
The American Way
Captain
Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi
Narrator (voice)
Panic in the City
Goff
The Sky is Falling
Chicken
Sunset Heat
Carl Madson
Light Years
Blood Red
William Bradford Berrigan
O.C. and Stiggs
Sponson
Santabear's High Flying Adventure
(voice)
The Brothers Warner
Self - Actor
On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America
Self
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
Self - Host
Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hopper/Welles
Self
Key Witness
William "Cowby" Tomkins
Top of the World
Charles Atlas
Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame
Self (archive footage)
Gorillaz: Demon Days Live at the Manchester Opera House
Narrator (voice)
Kid Blue
Bickford Waner
Chattahoochee
Walker Benson
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
Self
Mysteries of Love
Self
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch
Self
The Thirteen Most Beautiful Boys
The A-Z of Separating People from their Money
Self
The American Dreamer
Himself
The Pursuit of Happiness
Self
Black Leather Jacket
Narrator
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Self
I Don't Know Jack
Self
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
Self
Drawing the Line: A Portrait of Keith Haring
Self
50 Films to See Before You Die
Self
Nails
Harry 'Nails' Niles
Road Ends
Sheriff Ben Gilchrist
Search and Destroy
Dr. Waxling
James Dean: The First American Teenager
Self
Eye of the Storm
Marvin Gladstone
Return to 'Giant'
Self
Out of the Blue and Into the Black
Self
Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act
Himself
The Cool School
Self
B movie
Himself
The Keeper
Krebs
Blue Peanuts
Snoopy (Voice)
Michael Angel
Lewis Garou
Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter
Himself
Jazz Seen
Self
Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir
Himself
The Sorceror's Apprentice
A Spy
New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'
Self
Lured Innocence
Rick Chambers
Born to Be Wild
Himself
Bad City Blues
Cleveland Carter
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
Self
Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film
Self
The Revenge of the Dead Indians
Himself
On the tracks of a filmmaker
Dennis Hooper
Along for the Ride
Self (archive footage)
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
Self (uncredited)
The Sunrise Gun
Denny Sunrise
Gorillaz: Demon Days Live in Harlem at Apollo Theater
Russian Suicide Chair
Himself
Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work
Self
When Hippies Ruled The World
Self
The Sixth Element: The Ross Clarke-Jones Story
Narrator
The Groovenians
Dad/King Normans
Stark
Lieutenant Ron Bliss
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
Himself
Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage
Self
The Ten Commandments of Creativity
Self
L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve
Captain Elsworth
Tell Them Who You Are
Self
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
Self
Rediscovering a Rebel
Self / Goon (archive footage)
U2: A Year in Pop
Narrator (voice)
The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose
Self
White Star
Kenneth Barlow
Taylor & Ultra: On the 60s, The Factory, and Being a Warhol Superstar
Self (archive footage)
Screen Test #3
Self (uncredited)
Films to Die For
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort of
Tarzan (Double)
Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Some Kind of Genius
Himself
Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
Self (archive footage)
The Venice Project
Roland / Salvatore
Emmanuelle: A Hard Look
Himself
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage
Frank Booth
New Scenes from America
Himself - Actor
To Shoot a Mad Dog
Self
Tim Leary: The Art of Dying
Self
Fighting Against the Wind: Making 'the American Dreamer'
Self
The Daily Show
Self
Willie Nelson: Down Home
Self
James Dean and Me
Self (uncredited)
Screen Test [ST155]: Dennis Hopper
Himself
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Self
The Hold-Out
Fred Judson
The Graham Norton Show
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee / Presenter
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
V Graham Norton
Self
The Johnny Cash Show
Self
Inside the Actors Studio
Self