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