Dennis Hopper
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 17, 1936
- Died
- May 29, 2010 (aged 74)
- Birthplace
- Dodge City, Kansas, USA
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
Photos
Filmography
The Good Life
Movie · as Mr. B
This Is Buzz
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Films to Die For
Movie · as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Spirit of Golf
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Mickey Rourke: Just Like a Man
Movie
Morceaux de Cannes
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth
Movie · as Self
Hopper/Welles
Movie · as Self
Wim Wenders, Desperado
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
TV · as Self · 4 eps
The Other Side of the Wind
Movie · as Dennis Hopper
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Last Film Festival
Movie · as Nick Twain - Producer
Blue Velvet Revisited
Movie · as Self
Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Along for the Ride
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Taylor & Ultra: On the 60s, The Factory, and Being a Warhol Superstar
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Fighting Against the Wind: Making 'the American Dreamer'
Movie · as Self
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Movie · as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Movie · as Lt. Lefty Enright (archive footage) (uncredited)
Llyn Foulkes One Man Band
Movie · as Himself
Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter
Movie · as Himself
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Scene Missing
Movie · as Self
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage
Movie · as Frank Booth
Corman's World
Movie · as Various Roles (archive footage)
Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Alpha and Omega
Movie · as Tony (voice)
Stardust
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
Beautiful Darling
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
Movie · as Self
Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
Movie · as Self
13 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests
Movie · as Self
B movie
Movie · as Himself
Swing Vote
Movie · as Donald Greenleaf
Elegy
Movie · as George O'Hearn
Palermo Shooting
Movie · as Frank
Hell Ride
Movie · as Eddie Zero
Sleepwalking
Movie · as Mr. Reedy
Chelsea on the Rocks
Movie · as Self
An American Carol
Movie · as Judge Clarence Henderson
Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth
Movie · as Self
Russian Suicide Chair
Movie · as Himself
Tim Leary: The Art of Dying
Movie · as Self
The Brothers Warner
Movie · as Self
Not Quite Hollywood
Movie · as Self
The Cool School
Movie · as Self
Bananaz
Movie · as Self / Narrator (voice)
Crash
TV · as Ben Cendars · 26 eps
Brando: An Icon Is Born
Movie · as Himself
The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose
Movie · as Self
Brando
Movie · as Self
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Brando: The Documentary
TV · as Self · 2 eps
10th & Wolf
Movie · as Matty Matello
Memory
Movie · as Max Lichtenstein
50 Films to See Before You Die
Movie · as Self
Hoboken Hollow
Movie · as Sheriff Greer
Gorillaz: Demon Days Live at the Manchester Opera House
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Art of Football from A to Z
Movie · as Self
Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Wanderlust
Movie · as Himself
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Movie · as Self
The Sixth Element: The Ross Clarke-Jones Story
Movie · as Narrator
The Real James Dean
Movie · as Self
Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film
Movie · as Self
Gorillaz: Demon Days Live in Harlem at Apollo Theater
Movie · as Self
Land of the Dead
Movie · as Kaufman
Champion
Movie · as Self
Inside Deep Throat
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Americano
Movie · as Riccardo
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
Movie · as Self
House of 9
Movie · as Father Duffy
The Crow: Wicked Prayer
Movie · as El Niño
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
E-Ring
TV · as Eli McNulty · 22 eps
Out of Season
Movie · as Harry Barlow
The Keeper
Movie · as Krebs
The Last Ride
Movie · as Ronnie Purnell
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
Movie · as Self
Tell Them Who You Are
Movie · as Self
Entourage
TV · as Dennis Hopper · 1 ep
10 Things Every Guy Should Experience
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Movie · as Self
Unspeakable
Movie · as Warden
The Night We Called It a Day
Movie · as Frank Sinatra
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
Movie · as Self
New Scenes from America
Movie · as Himself - Actor
A Decade Under the Influence
Movie · as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps
Las Vegas
TV · as Jon Castille · 1 ep
The Piano Player
Movie · as Robert Nile
Leo
Movie · as Horace
I Don't Know Jack
Movie · as Self
Mysteries of Love
Movie · as Self
When Hippies Ruled The World
Movie · as Self
Flatland
Movie · as Smith
1 Giant Leap
Movie · as Self
The Groovenians
Movie · as Dad/King Normans
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
V Graham Norton
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Firestarter: Rekindled
TV · as James Richardson · 2 eps
The Groovenians
TV · as Dad / King Normans (voice) · 1 ep
Flatland
TV · as Smith · 22 eps
Ticker
Movie · as Alex Swan
Knockaround Guys
Movie · as Benny Chains
Choke
Movie · as Henry Clark
Emmanuelle: A Hard Look
Movie · as Himself
L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve
Movie · as Captain Elsworth
Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture
Movie · as Self
Jazz Seen
Movie · as Self
24
TV · as Victor Drazen · 5 eps
Spreading Ground
Movie · as Det. Ed DeLongpre
Jesus' Son
Movie · as Bill
The Prophet's Game
Movie · as Vincent Swan
Luck of the Draw
Movie · as Giani Ponti
Held for Ransom
Movie · as JD
Michael Angel
Movie · as Lewis Garou
Welcome to Hollywood
Movie · as Dennis Hopper
The Ten Commandments of Creativity
Movie · as Self
Jason and the Argonauts
TV · as Pelias · 2 eps
Tycus
Movie · as Peter Crowford
Straight Shooter
Movie · as Frank Hector
EDtv
Movie · as Henry 'Hank' Pekurny
The Pursuit of Happiness
Movie · as Self
A Tribute to Johnny Cash
Movie · as Self
Bad City Blues
Movie · as Cleveland Carter
The Source
Movie · as William S. Burroughs
Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage
Movie · as Self
The Venice Project
Movie · as Roland / Salvatore
Forever Hollywood
Movie · as Self
Meet the Deedles
Movie · as Frank Slater
Lured Innocence
Movie · as Rick Chambers
The Blackout
Movie · as Mickey
Top of the World
Movie · as Charles Atlas
Road Ends
Movie · as Sheriff Ben Gilchrist
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
Movie · as Self
Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain
Movie · as Self
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Movie · as Self
U2: A Year in Pop
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Willie Nelson: Down Home
Movie · as Self
Scene by Scene
TV · as Self · 1 ep
King of the Hill
TV · as Dennis Hopper (voice) · 1 ep
Basquiat
Movie · as Bruno Bischofberger
Space Truckers
Movie · as John Canyon
The Last Days of Frankie the Fly
Movie · as Frankie
Carried Away
Movie · as Joseph Svenden
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
Movie · as Self - Host
Rediscovering a Rebel
Movie · as Self / Goon (archive footage)
Cannes Man
Movie · as Self
Return to 'Giant'
Movie · as Self
The Daily Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
E! True Hollywood Story
TV · 2 eps
Samson and Delilah
TV · as General Tariq · 2 eps
Film Independent Spirit Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep
Waterworld
Movie · as Deacon
Search and Destroy
Movie · as Dr. Waxling
Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir
Movie · as Himself
James Dean and Me
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
Born to Be Wild
Movie · as Himself
Die Harald Schmidt Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Speed
Movie · as Howard Payne
Chasers
Movie · as Doggie
Witch Hunt
Movie · as H. Phillip Lovecraft
Marlon Brando: The Wild One
Movie · as Self
Inside the Actors Studio
TV · as Self · 1 ep
True Romance
Movie · as Clifford Worley
Red Rock West
Movie · as Lyle from Dallas
Boiling Point
Movie · as Rudolph 'Red' Diamond
Super Mario Bros.
Movie · as King Koopa
Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work
Movie · as Self
The Revenge of the Dead Indians
Movie · as Himself
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
Movie · as Self
The Heart of Justice
Movie · as Austin Blair
Sunset Heat
Movie · as Carl Madson
Nails
Movie · as Harry 'Nails' Niles
HBO First Look
TV · 1 ep
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Movie · as Self
The Indian Runner
Movie · as Caesar
Picture This
Movie · as Self
Paris Trout
Movie · as Paris Trout
Doublecrossed
Movie · as Barry Seal
Eye of the Storm
Movie · as Marvin Gladstone
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
SnowwhiteRosered
Movie · as Self
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Movie · as Self
Fishing with John
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Catchfire
Movie · as Milo
Flashback
Movie · as Huey Walker
Chattahoochee
Movie · as Walker Benson
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch
Movie · as Self
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders
Movie · as Self
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
Movie · as Self
Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships and Intersections
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
Blood Red
Movie · as William Bradford Berrigan
Black Leather Jacket
Movie · as Narrator
Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife
Movie · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Drawing the Line: A Portrait of Keith Haring
Movie · as Self
No Frank in Lumberton
Movie · as Self
On the tracks of a filmmaker
Movie · as Dennis Hooper
Art, Acting, & the Suicide Chair: A Conversation with Dennis Hopper
Movie
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV · as Self · 1 ep
O.C. and Stiggs
Movie · as Sponson
Straight to Hell
Movie · as I.G. Farben
The Pick-up Artist
Movie · as Flash Jensen
Black Widow
Movie · as Ben
Running Out of Luck
Movie · as Video Director
The American Way
Movie · as Captain
Out of the Blue and Into the Black
Movie · as Self
Santabear's High Flying Adventure
Movie · as (voice)
Seitenblicke
TV · as self · 1 ep
Biography
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Blue Velvet
Movie · as Frank Booth
River's Edge
Movie · as Feck
Hoosiers
Movie · as Wilbur 'Shooter' Flatch
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2
Movie · as Lieutenant 'Lefty' Enright
Some Kind of Genius
Movie · as Himself
Stark: Mirror Image
Movie · as Lieutenant Ron Bliss
My Science Project
Movie · as Bob Roberts
Stark
Movie · as Lieutenant Ron Bliss
A Hero of Our Time
Movie · as Casey
The Inside Man
Movie · as Miller
Rumble Fish
Movie · as Father
The Osterman Weekend
Movie · as Richard Tremayne
White Star
Movie · as Kenneth Barlow
Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act
Movie · as Himself
Human Highway
Movie · as Cracker / Stranger
Out of the Blue
Movie · as Don
King of the Mountain
Movie · as Cal
Reborn
Movie · as Rev. Tom Hartley
Wild Times
TV · as Doc Holliday · 2 eps
Apocalypse Now
Movie · as Photojournalist
Last In, First Out
Movie · as Medford
Flesh Color
Movie · as Mel
The American Friend
Movie · as Tom Ripley
The Sorceror's Apprentice
Movie · as A Spy
Mad Dog Morgan
Movie · as Daniel Morgan
Tracks
Movie · as 1st Sgt. Jack Falen
To Shoot a Mad Dog
Movie · as Self
The Sky is Falling
Movie · as Chicken
James Dean: The First American Teenager
Movie · as Self
Saturday Night Live
TV · as Self - Host · 2 eps
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Kid Blue
Movie · as Bickford Waner
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
Movie · as Self
Crush Proof
Movie · as Dennis Hopper
The Last Movie
Movie · as Kansas
The American Dreamer
Movie · as Himself
Easy Rider
Movie · as Billy
True Grit
Movie · as "Moon"
The Johnny Cash Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Hang 'em High
Movie · as Prophet
Head
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
Panic in the City
Movie · as Goff
Cool Hand Luke
Movie · as Babalugats
The Trip
Movie · as Max
The Glory Stompers
Movie · as Chino
The Guns of Will Sonnett
TV · as Vern Reed · 1 ep
Queen of Blood
Movie · as Paul Grant
Light Years
Movie
Screen Test #3
Movie · as Self (uncredited)
The Sons of Katie Elder
Movie · as Dave Hastings
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
Movie · as Self
The Big Valley
TV · as Jimmy Sweetwater · 1 ep
The Legend of Jesse James
TV · as Jud Salt · 1 ep
Convoy
TV · as Roger Small · 1 ep
The Thirteen Most Beautiful Boys
Movie
Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort of
Movie · as Tarzan (Double)
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Screen Test [ST155]: Dennis Hopper
Movie · as Himself
He's Alive
Movie · as Peter Vollmer
Petticoat Junction
TV · as Alan Landman · 1 ep
Arrest and Trial
TV · as Coley Mitchum · 1 ep
The Greatest Show on Earth
TV · as Rhymer · 1 ep
The Dakotas
TV · 1 ep
The Lieutenant
TV · as Cpl. Peter Devlin · 1 ep
Espionage
TV · as Ferno · 1 ep
The Hold-Out
Movie · as Fred Judson
Combat!
TV · as Zack Fielder · 1 ep
Night Tide
Movie · as Johnny Drake
The Defenders
TV · as Alfred Carter Jr., Jason Thomas · 1 ep
The Mike Douglas Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
87th Precinct
TV · as Andrew Mason · 1 ep
The Investigators
TV · as Adrian · 1 ep
Key Witness
Movie · as William "Cowby" Tomkins
Surfside 6
TV · 1 ep
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
TV · as Gerald Collins · 1 ep
The Young Land
Movie · as Hatfield Carnes
Disneyland '59
Movie · as Self
The Twilight Zone
TV · as Peter Vollmer · 1 ep
Bonanza
TV · as Dev Farnum · 1 ep
Swiss Family Robinson
Movie · as Fritz
From Hell to Texas
Movie · as Tom Boyd
Naked City
TV · as Vinnie Winford · 1 ep
The Rifleman
TV · as Vernon Tippert, Johnny Clover · 1 ep
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Movie · as Billy Clanton
The Story of Mankind
Movie · as Napoleon Bonaparte
The James Dean Story
Movie · as Self
Sayonara
Movie · as MP in Kelly's House / MP at Tokyo Airport (voice) (uncredited)
Sugarfoot
TV · as Billy the Kid · 1 ep
Wagon Train
TV · as Emmett Lawton · 1 ep
Giant
Movie · as Jordy Benedict
New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'
Movie · as Self
High Air
Movie · as Steve Redman
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV · as Vern Tippert, Denny Sunrise · 1 ep
Conflict
TV · as Ed Novak · 1 ep
Rebel Without a Cause
Movie · as Goon
I Died a Thousand Times
Movie · as Joe (uncredited)
Gunsmoke
TV · as Billy Kimbo · 1 ep
Highway Patrol
TV · 1 ep
The Millionaire
TV · as Adam Spencer · 1 ep
Matinee Theater
TV · 1 ep
Kings Row
TV · 1 ep
Cheyenne
TV · as Utah Kid, Abe Larson · 1 ep
Screen Director's Playhouse
TV · as Steve Redman · 1 ep
Medic
TV · as Robert · 1 ep
Public Defender
TV · as Frank Terry · 1 ep
General Electric Theater
TV · as Fred Judson · 1 ep
Letter to Loretta
TV · as Ross Morton · 1 ep
Lux Video Theatre
TV · as Steven, at 18 · 1 ep
Studio One
TV · as David Williams, Harry Wales · 1 ep
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee / Presenter · 1 ep