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