Dennis Hopper
Acting
Born: May 17, 1936 · Dodge City, Kansas, USA
Died: May 29, 2010 (aged 74)
Highest Rated
Biography
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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known for
Apocalypse Now
1979
Speed
1994
Waterworld
1995
Blue Velvet
1986
True Romance
1993
Easy Rider
1969
Land of the Dead
2005
24
2001
Rebel Without a Cause
1955
Cool Hand Luke
1967
Super Mario Bros.
1993
The Twilight Zone
1959
Photos (11)
Movies (140)
Apocalypse Now
Photojournalist
Speed
Howard Payne
Waterworld
Deacon
The Heart of Justice
Austin Blair
True Romance
Clifford Worley
Blue Velvet
Frank Booth
Chasers
Doggie
Land of the Dead
Kaufman
Cool Hand Luke
Babalugats
Giant
Jordy Benedict
True Grit
"Moon"
Super Mario Bros.
King Koopa
Hang 'em High
Prophet
Rumble Fish
Father
Easy Rider
Billy
Rebel Without a Cause
Goon
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
Lieutenant 'Lefty' Enright
Inside Deep Throat
Narrator (voice)
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Billy Clanton
Black Widow
Ben
EDtv
Henry 'Hank' Pekurny
River's Edge
Feck
Hoosiers
Wilbur "Shooter" Flatch
The American Friend
Tom Ripley
10th & Wolf
Matty Matello
Meet the Deedles
Frank Slater
Knockaround Guys
Benny Chains
Alpha and Omega
Tony (voice)
Space Truckers
John Canyon
Basquiat
Bruno Bischofberger
Hell Ride
Eddie Zero
Boiling Point
Rudolph 'Red' Diamond
The Sons of Katie Elder
Dave Hastings
The Crow: Wicked Prayer
El Niño
Elegy
George O'Hearn
Swing Vote
Donald Greenleaf
Ticker
Alex Swan
House of 9
Father Duffy
The Last Ride
Ronnie Purnell
The Pick-up Artist
Flash Jensen
The Osterman Weekend
Richard Tremayne
Red Rock West
Lyle from Dallas
Witch Hunt
H. Phillip Lovecraft
Carried Away
Joseph Svenden
Catchfire
Milo
Sayonara
MP in Kelly's House / MP at Tokyo Airport (voice) (uncredited)
An American Carol
Judge Clarence Henderson
Tycus
Peter Crowford
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Lt. Lefty Enright (archive footage) (uncredited)
Unspeakable
Warden
The Indian Runner
Caesar
The Keeper
Krebs
The Other Side of the Wind
Dennis Hopper
Queen of Blood
Paul Grant
Flashback
Huey Walker
Welcome to Hollywood
Dennis Hopper
Jesus' Son
Bill
Night Tide
Johnny Drake
Crush Proof
Dennis Hopper
My Science Project
Bob Roberts
The Last Movie
Kansas
Corman's World
Various Roles (archive footage)
The Last Days of Frankie the Fly
Frankie
The Trip
Max
Sleepwalking
Mr. Reedy
The Prophet's Game
Vincent Swan
The Blackout
Mickey
I Died a Thousand Times
Joe (uncredited)
From Hell to Texas
Tom Boyd
The Source
William S. Burroughs
The Story of Mankind
Napoleon Bonaparte
Reborn
Rev. Tom Hartley
Kid Blue
Bickford Waner
Paris Trout
Paris Trout
Flesh Color
Mel
Human Highway
Cracker / Stranger
Mad Dog Morgan
Daniel Morgan
Out of Season
Harry Barlow
Luck of the Draw
Giani Ponti
Straight to Hell
I.G. Farben
O.C. and Stiggs
Sponson
Lured Innocence
Rick Chambers
Out of the Blue
Don
The Night We Called It a Day
Frank Sinatra
Top of the World
Charles Atlas
Chattahoochee
Walker Benson
Leo
Horace
The Piano Player
Robert Nile
Palermo Shooting
Frank
Sunset Heat
Carl Madson
Hoboken Hollow
Sheriff Greer
Search and Destroy
Dr. Waxling
Held for Ransom
JD
Americano
Riccardo
Memory
Max Lichtenstein
King of the Mountain
Cal
Spreading Ground
Det. Ed DeLongpre
The Young Land
Hatfield Carnes
Michael Angel
Lewis Garou
Straight Shooter
Frank Hector
Mickey Rourke: Just Like a Man
2022
Tracks
1st Sgt. Jack Falen
Nails
Harry 'Nails' Niles
Running Out of Luck
Video Director
Blood Red
William Bradford Berrigan
Doublecrossed
Barry Seal
Key Witness
William "Cowby" Tomkins
Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Panic in the City
Goff
The Hold-Out
Fred Judson
The Glory Stompers
Chino
Stark: Mirror Image
Lieutenant Ron Bliss
L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve
Captain Elsworth
Road Ends
Sheriff Ben Gilchrist
The American Way
Captain
The Venice Project
Roland / Salvatore
Last In, First Out
Medford
The Groovenians
Dad/King Normans
Black Leather Jacket
Narrator
The Sky is Falling
Chicken
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage
Frank Booth
The Inside Man
Miller
Flatland
Smith
Bad City Blues
Cleveland Carter
The Last Film Festival
Nick Twain - Producer
High Air
Steve Redman
White Star
Kenneth Barlow
Films to Die For
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Choke
Henry Clark
On the tracks of a filmmaker
Dennis Hooper
Gorillaz: Demon Days Live at the Manchester Opera House
Narrator (voice)
The Sixth Element: The Ross Clarke-Jones Story
Narrator
Eye of the Storm
Marvin Gladstone
Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi
Narrator (voice)
A Hero of Our Time
Casey
Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort of
Tarzan (Double)
U2: A Year in Pop
Narrator (voice)
Stark
Lieutenant Ron Bliss
Art, Acting, & the Suicide Chair: A Conversation with Dennis Hopper
1988
The Thirteen Most Beautiful Boys
1964
TV Shows (51)
Jason and the Argonauts
Pelias · 2 eps
24
Victor Drazen · 5 eps
King of the Hill
Dennis Hopper (voice) · 1 eps
Entourage
Dennis Hopper · 1 eps
Bonanza
Dev Farnum · 1 eps
Las Vegas
Jon Castille · 1 eps
The Rifleman
Vernon Tippert · 1 eps
The Rifleman
Johnny Clover · 1 eps
Wagon Train
Emmett Lawton · 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
Peter Vollmer · 1 eps
Highway Patrol
1 eps
Combat!
Zack Fielder · 1 eps
Cheyenne
Utah Kid · 1 eps
Cheyenne
Abe Larson · 1 eps
Matinee Theater
1 eps
Studio One
David Williams · 1 eps
Studio One
Harry Wales · 1 eps
The Big Valley
Jimmy Sweetwater · 1 eps
Petticoat Junction
Alan Landman · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Billy Kimbo · 1 eps
Naked City
Vinnie Winford · 1 eps
Surfside 6
1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Vern Tippert · 1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Denny Sunrise · 1 eps
The Defenders
Alfred Carter Jr. · 1 eps
The Defenders
Jason Thomas · 1 eps
The Millionaire
Adam Spencer · 1 eps
Sugarfoot
Billy the Kid · 1 eps
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Vern Reed · 1 eps
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Gerald Collins · 1 eps
HBO First Look
1 eps
Arrest and Trial
Coley Mitchum · 1 eps
The Investigators
Adrian · 1 eps
87th Precinct
Andrew Mason · 1 eps
Espionage
Ferno · 1 eps
Screen Director's Playhouse
Steve Redman · 1 eps
Public Defender
Frank Terry · 1 eps
E-Ring
Eli McNulty · 22 eps
The Lieutenant
Cpl. Peter Devlin · 1 eps
The Legend of Jesse James
Jud Salt · 1 eps
Firestarter: Rekindled
James Richardson · 2 eps
Crash
Ben Cendars · 26 eps
Flatland
Smith · 22 eps
The Dakotas
1 eps
General Electric Theater
Fred Judson · 1 eps
Letter to Loretta
Ross Morton · 1 eps
Medic
Robert · 1 eps
E! True Hollywood Story
2 eps
Wild Times
Doc Holliday · 2 eps
Samson and Delilah
General Tariq · 2 eps
The Groovenians
Dad / King Normans (voice) · 1 eps
Self / Appearances (115)
The Daily Show
Self · 1 eps
The Graham Norton Show
Self · 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host · 2 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee / Presenter · 1 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · 1 eps
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest · 2 eps
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self · 1 eps
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Self · 1 eps
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self · 1 eps
Biography
Self · 1 eps
V Graham Norton
Self · 1 eps
The Johnny Cash Show
Self · 1 eps
Scene by Scene
Self · 1 eps
Brando: The Documentary
Self · 2 eps
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Self
Fishing with John
Self · 2 eps
Head
Self (uncredited)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America
Self · 1 eps
SnowwhiteRosered
Self
Forever Hollywood
Self
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Self
A Decade Under the Influence
Self
Not Quite Hollywood
Self
Morceaux de Cannes
Self (archive footage)
Scene Missing
Self
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Self (archive footage)
Marlon Brando: The Wild One
Self
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
Self
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Self
Cannes Man
Self
This Is Buzz
Self (archive footage)
Picture This
Self
Brando
Self
Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth
Self
Inside the Actors Studio
Self · 1 eps
50 Films to See Before You Die
Self
Mysteries of Love
Self
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Self
The Brothers Warner
Self
Bananaz
Self / Narrator (voice)
Stardust
Self (uncredited)
Beautiful Darling
Self (archive footage)
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
Self (archive footage)
Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships and Intersections
Self (uncredited)
Champion
Self
Disneyland '59
Self
Blue Velvet Revisited
Self
Spirit of Golf
Self (archive footage)
Wim Wenders, Desperado
Self (archive footage)
Along for the Ride
Self (archive footage)
Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
Self (archive footage)
Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter
Himself
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
Self
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
Self (archive footage)
James Dean: The First American Teenager
Self
The James Dean Story
Self
James Dean and Me
Self (uncredited)
Chelsea on the Rocks
Self
Tell Them Who You Are
Self
The Art of Football from A to Z
Self
The Cool School
Self
13 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests
Self
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
Self - Host
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
Self
Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage
Self
A Tribute to Johnny Cash
Self
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch
Self
Emmanuelle: A Hard Look
Himself
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
Self
Drawing the Line: A Portrait of Keith Haring
Self
Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film
Self
Rediscovering a Rebel
Self / Goon (archive footage)
Screen Test #3
Self (uncredited)
I Don't Know Jack
Self
Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain
Self
Hopper/Welles
Self
Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act
Himself
The American Dreamer
Himself
Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work
Self
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
Self
1 Giant Leap
Self
Gorillaz: Demon Days Live in Harlem at Apollo Theater
Self
The Ten Commandments of Creativity
Self
Brando: An Icon Is Born
Himself
The Pursuit of Happiness
Self
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
Self
The A-Z of Separating People from their Money
Self
The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose
Self
Jazz Seen
Self
The Revenge of the Dead Indians
Himself
The Real James Dean
Self
Born to Be Wild
Himself
Taylor & Ultra: On the 60s, The Factory, and Being a Warhol Superstar
Self (archive footage)
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
Self
Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir
Himself
When Hippies Ruled The World
Self
Wanderlust
Himself
The Making of 'Speed'
Self / Host
No Frank in Lumberton
Self
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Self
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
Himself
Return to 'Giant'
Self
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders
Self
Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
Self
Llyn Foulkes One Man Band
Himself
Out of the Blue and Into the Black
Self
B movie
Himself
Tim Leary: The Art of Dying
Self
Russian Suicide Chair
Himself
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Screen Test [ST155]: Dennis Hopper
Himself
New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'
Self
Some Kind of Genius
Himself
To Shoot a Mad Dog
Self
Directing (10)
The Hot Spot
Director
Chasers
Director
Easy Rider
Director
Colors
Director
Catchfire
Director
The Last Movie
Director
The Trip
Second Unit Director
Out of the Blue
Director
Russian Suicide Chair
Director
Homeless
Director