Dennis Hopper
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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
Credits
Apocalypse Now (1979)
as Photojournalist
Speed (1994)
as Howard Payne
Waterworld (1995)
as Deacon
True Romance (1993)
as Clifford Worley
Blue Velvet (1986)
as Frank Booth
Land of the Dead (2005)
as Kaufman
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
as Babalugats
Giant (1956)
as Jordan "Jordy" Benedict III
True Grit (1969)
as "Moon"
Easy Rider (1969)
as Billy
Hang 'em High (1968)
as Prophet
Super Mario Bros. (1993)
as King Koopa
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
as Goon
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
as Lieutenant 'Lefty' Enright
Alpha and Omega (2010)
as Tony (voice)
Inside Deep Throat (2005)
as Narrator (voice)
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
as Billy Clanton
Rumble Fish (1983)
as Father
Elegy (2008)
as George O'Hearn
The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
as Dave Hastings
Welcome to Hollywood (2000)
as Dennis Hopper
The Heart of Justice (1992)
as Austin Blair
10th & Wolf (2006)
as Matty Matello
Knockaround Guys (2001)
as Benny Chains
Hoosiers (1986)
as Wilbur "Shooter" Flatch
Chasers (1994)
as Doggie
The Crow: Wicked Prayer (2005)
as El Niño
Black Widow (1987)
as Ben Dumers
The American Friend (1977)
as Tom Ripley
Reborn (1981)
as Rev. Tom Hartley
River's Edge (1986)
as Feck
Scene Missing (2012)
as Self
Catchfire (1990)
as Milo
Space Truckers (1996)
as John Canyon
SnowwhiteRosered (1991)
as Self
The Source (1999)
as William S. Burroughs
EDtv (1999)
as Henry 'Hank' Pekurny
Corman's World (2011)
as Various Roles (archive footage)
Jesus' Son (2000)
as Bill
An American Carol (2008)
as Judge Clarence Henderson
The Osterman Weekend (1983)
as Richard Tremayne
Basquiat (1996)
as Bruno Bischofberger
Ticker (2001)
as Alex Swan
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)
as Self
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)
as Lt. Lefty Enright (archive footage) (uncredited)
Boiling Point (1993)
as Rudolph 'Red' Diamond
Forever Hollywood (1999)
as Self
Night Tide (1961)
as Johnny Drake
Americano (2005)
as Riccardo
Hell Ride (2008)
as Eddie Zero
The Last Movie (1971)
as Kansas
The Indian Runner (1991)
as Caesar
Flesh Color (1978)
as Mel
My Science Project (1985)
as Bob Roberts
Who Is Henry Jaglom? (1997)
as Self
Not Quite Hollywood (2008)
as Self
House of 9 (2005)
as Father Duffy
Tycus (1999)
as Peter Crowford
Emmanuelle: A Hard Look (2001)
as Himself
The Prophet's Game (2000)
as Vincent Swan
Straight to Hell (1987)
as I.G. Farben
Meet the Deedles (1998)
as Frank Slater
I Don't Know Jack (2002)
as Self
The Pick-up Artist (1987)
as Flash Jensen
Swing Vote (2008)
as Donald Greenleaf
Carried Away (1996)
as Joseph Svenden
Tracks (1976)
as 1st Sgt. Jack Falen
Unspeakable (2003)
as Warden
Flashback (1990)
as Huey Walker
A Decade Under the Influence (2003)
as Self
I Died a Thousand Times (1955)
as Joe (uncredited)
Red Rock West (1993)
as Lyle from Dallas
Tell Them Who You Are (2004)
as Self
Sayonara (1957)
as MP in Kelly's House / MP at Tokyo Airport (voice) (uncredited)
Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain (1997)
as Self
The Piano Player (2002)
as Robert Nile
Blue Velvet Revisited (2016)
as Self
Bananaz (2008)
as Self / Narrator (voice)
The Blackout (1997)
as Mickey
This Is Buzz (2026)
as Self (archive footage)
Mysteries of Love (2002)
as Self
Palermo Shooting (2008)
as Frank
Out of the Blue (1981)
as Don
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
Morceaux de Cannes (2021)
Actor
Chelsea on the Rocks (2008)
as Self
Marlon Brando: The Wild One (1994)
as Self
Leo (2002)
as Horace
Sleepwalking (2008)
as Mr. Reedy
Search and Destroy (1995)
as Dr. Waxling
A Tribute to Johnny Cash (1999)
as Self
King of the Mountain (1981)
as Cal
The Other Side of the Wind (2018)
as Dennis Hopper
Panic in the City (1968)
as Goff
The Trip (1967)
as Max
Lured Innocence (1998)
as Rick Chambers
The Sky is Falling (1975)
as Chicken
Memory (2006)
as Max Lichtenstein
The Last Ride (2004)
as Ronnie Purnell
Bad City Blues (1999)
as Cleveland Carter
From Hell to Texas (1958)
as Tom Boyd
Head (1968)
as Self (uncredited)
Blood Red (1989)
as William Bradford Berrigan
Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife (1989)
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
The Young Land (1959)
as Hatfield Carnes
The Last Days of Frankie the Fly (1996)
as Frankie
Sketches of Frank Gehry (2006)
as Self
Champion (2005)
as Self
New Scenes from America (2003)
as Himself - Actor
Chattahoochee (1990)
as Walker Benson
Queen of Blood (1966)
as Paul Grant
Luck of the Draw (2000)
as Giani Ponti
Stardust (2010)
as Self (uncredited)
Brando (2007)
as Self
Witch Hunt (1994)
as H. Phillip Lovecraft
Blue Peanuts (1987)
as Snoopy (Voice)
Hoboken Hollow (2006)
as Sheriff Greer
Wim Wenders, Desperado (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
Cannes Man (1996)
as Self
Light Years (1966)
Actor
The Glory Stompers (1967)
as Chino
The Night We Called It a Day (2003)
as Frank Sinatra
50 Films to See Before You Die (2006)
as Self
Swiss Family Robinson (1958)
as Fritz
Andy Warhol Screen Tests (1965)
as Self
L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve (2001)
as Captain Elsworth
Picture This (1991)
as Self
Key Witness (1960)
as William "Cowby" Tomkins
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003)
as Self
The Hold-Out (1962)
as Fred Judson
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos (2009)
as Self
Rediscovering a Rebel (1996)
as Self / Goon (archive footage)
Paris Trout (1991)
as Paris Trout
The Pursuit of Happiness (1999)
as Self
Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort of (1964)
as Tarzan (Double)
Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi (2006)
as Narrator (voice)
Running Out of Luck (1987)
as Video Director
The Venice Project (1999)
as Roland / Salvatore
Nails (1992)
as Harry 'Nails' Niles
Straight Shooter (1999)
as Frank Hector
Doublecrossed (1991)
as Barry Seal
Russian Suicide Chair (2008)
as Himself
The Last Film Festival (2016)
as Nick Twain - Producer
Beautiful Darling (2010)
as Self (archive footage)
The Cool School (2008)
as Self
Along for the Ride (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
Wanderlust (2006)
as Himself
The James Dean Story (1957)
as Self
Out of Season (2004)
as Harry Barlow
The Thirteen Most Beautiful Boys (1964)
Actor
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish' (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
Mad Dog Morgan (1976)
as Daniel Morgan
The Inside Man (1984)
as Miller
The Brothers Warner (2008)
as Self
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ (2012)
as Self (archive footage)
Spreading Ground (2000)
as Det. Ed DeLongpre
James Dean and Me (1995)
as Self (uncredited)
Disneyland '59 (1959)
as Self
Human Highway (1982)
as Cracker / Stranger
The Sorceror's Apprentice (1977)
as A Spy
Sunset Heat (1992)
as Carl Madson
Black Leather Jacket (1989)
as Narrator
The American Dreamer (1971)
as Himself
![Screen Test [ST155]: Dennis Hopper](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w92/gd6kmv76eK82k96iMRjbGfZRsVr.jpg)
Screen Test [ST155]: Dennis Hopper (1964)
as Himself
Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage (1999)
as Self
No Frank in Lumberton (1988)
as Self
Held for Ransom (2000)
as JD
The Groovenians (2002)
as Dad/King Normans
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage (2011)
as Frank Booth
Born to Be Wild (1995)
as Himself
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film (2002)
as Self (uncredited)
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch (1990)
as Self
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life (1997)
as Self
The Ten Commandments of Creativity (2000)
as Self
The Art of Football from A to Z (2006)
as Self
The American Way (1987)
as Captain
Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act (1983)
as Himself
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money (1996)
as Self - Host
Road Ends (1997)
as Sheriff Ben Gilchrist
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol (1990)
as Self
Kid Blue (1973)
as Bickford Waner
Willie Nelson: Down Home (1997)
as Self
Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth (2020)
as Self
1 Giant Leap (2002)
as Self
Michael Angel (2000)
as Lewis Garou
New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant' (1956)
as Self
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O (1993)
as Self
The Keeper (2004)
as Krebs
The Revenge of the Dead Indians (1993)
as Himself
White Star (1983)
as Kenneth Barlow
Top of the World (1997)
as Charles Atlas
Gorillaz: Demon Days Live at the Manchester Opera House (2006)
as Narrator (voice)
Crush Proof (1972)
as Dennis Hopper
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth (2008)
as Self
Choke (2001)
as Henry Clark
Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame (2011)
as Self (archive footage)
The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose (2007)
as Self
Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections (1990)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Last In, First Out (1978)
as Medford
The Real James Dean (2006)
as Self
Return to 'Giant' (1996)
as Self
Spirit of Golf (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
James Dean: The First American Teenager (1975)
as Self
Mickey Rourke: Just Like a Man (2022)
Actor
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments (2004)
as Self
Eye of the Storm (1991)
as Marvin Gladstone
High Air (1956)
as Steve Redman
Stark: Mirror Image (1986)
as Lieutenant Ron Bliss
Santabear's High Flying Adventure (1987)
as (voice)
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents (2005)
as Himself
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here (1972)
as Self
Art, Acting, & the Suicide Chair: A Conversation with Dennis Hopper (1988)
Actor
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders (1990)
as Self
The Story of Mankind (1957)
as Napoleon Bonaparte
Tim Leary: The Art of Dying (2008)
as Self
Films to Die For (2025)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
O.C. and Stiggs (1987)
as Sponson
U2: A Year in Pop (1997)
as Narrator (voice)
Out of the Blue and Into the Black (1987)
as Self
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die) (2003)
as Self
Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture (2001)
as Self
Some Kind of Genius (1986)
as Himself
Hopper/Welles (2020)
as Self
On the tracks of a filmmaker (1988)
as Dennis Hooper
Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work (1993)
as Self
13 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests (2009)
as Self
Brando: An Icon Is Born (2007)
as Himself
Gorillaz: Demon Days Live in Harlem at Apollo Theater (2006)
as Self
Fighting Against the Wind: Making 'the American Dreamer' (2015)
as Self
Flatland (2002)
as Smith
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper (1991)
as Self (uncredited)
Drawing the Line: A Portrait of Keith Haring (1989)
as Self
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: Alejandro Jodorowsky (1991)
as Self
Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter (2013)
as Himself
The A-Z of Separating People from their Money (1998)
as Self
Screen Test #3 (1966)
as Self (uncredited)
Taylor & Ultra: On the 60s, The Factory, and Being a Warhol Superstar (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
Llyn Foulkes One Man Band (2013)
as Himself
Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film (2006)
as Self
B movie (2009)
as Himself
Jazz Seen (2001)
as Self
A Hero of Our Time (1985)
as Casey
Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir (1995)
as Himself
To Shoot a Mad Dog (1976)
as Self
Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder (2009)
as Self
Stark (1985)
as Lieutenant Ron Bliss
When Hippies Ruled The World (2002)
as Self
The Sixth Element: The Ross Clarke-Jones Story (2006)
as Narrator