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
Blue Velvet (1986)
as Frank Booth
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2 (1986)
as Lieutenant 'Lefty' Enright
True Romance (1993)
as Clifford Worley
Giant (1956)
as Jordy Benedict
Land of the Dead (2005)
as Kaufman
10th & Wolf (2006)
as Matty Matello
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
as Goon
Super Mario Bros. (1993)
as King Koopa
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
as Babalugats
Easy Rider (1969)
as Billy
Rumble Fish (1983)
as Father
True Grit (1969)
as "Moon"
Forever Hollywood (1999)
as Self
Catchfire (1990)
as Milo
Elegy (2008)
as George O'Hearn
House of 9 (2005)
as Father Duffy
Hang 'em High (1968)
as Prophet
Jesus' Son (2000)
as Bill
Hoosiers (1986)
as Wilbur 'Shooter' Flatch
Alpha and Omega (2010)
as Tony (voice)
Inside Deep Throat (2005)
as Narrator (voice)
River's Edge (1986)
as Feck
Tycus (1999)
as Peter Crowford
Welcome to Hollywood (2000)
as Dennis Hopper
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
as Billy Clanton
EDtv (1999)
as Henry 'Hank' Pekurny
Picture This (1991)
as Self
The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
as Dave Hastings
Champion (2005)
as Self
An American Carol (2008)
as Judge Clarence Henderson
Corman's World (2011)
as Various Roles (archive footage)
Night Tide (1961)
as Johnny Drake
Chasers (1994)
as Doggie
Scene Missing (2012)
as Self
The Crow: Wicked Prayer (2005)
as El Niño
Americano (2005)
as Riccardo
Black Widow (1987)
as Ben
The Last Movie (1971)
as Kansas
Reborn (1981)
as Rev. Tom Hartley
The Indian Runner (1991)
as Caesar
Unspeakable (2003)
as Warden
The Source (1999)
as William S. Burroughs
Stardust (2010)
as Self (uncredited)
The Pick-up Artist (1987)
as Flash Jensen
Sayonara (1957)
as MP in Kelly's House / MP at Tokyo Airport (voice) (uncredited)
SnowwhiteRosered (1991)
as Self
50 Films to See Before You Die (2006)
as Self
Red Rock West (1993)
as Lyle from Dallas
Emmanuelle: A Hard Look (2001)
as Himself
The Good Life (—)
as Mr. B
Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships and Intersections (1990)
as Self (uncredited)
Morceaux de Cannes (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Swing Vote (2008)
as Donald Greenleaf
Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain (1997)
as Self
Ticker (2001)
as Alex Swan
Mysteries of Love (2002)
as Self
Flesh Color (1978)
as Mel
The American Friend (1977)
as Tom Ripley
Head (1968)
as Self (uncredited)
Basquiat (1996)
as Bruno Bischofberger
Knockaround Guys (2001)
as Benny Chains
Mickey Rourke: Just Like a Man (2023)
Actor
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)
as Self
The Osterman Weekend (1983)
as Richard Tremayne
Flashback (1990)
as Huey Walker
Space Truckers (1996)
as John Canyon
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage (2011)
as Frank Booth
Tracks (1976)
as 1st Sgt. Jack Falen
Hell Ride (2008)
as Eddie Zero
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)
as Lt. Lefty Enright (archive footage) (uncredited)
This Is Buzz (2026)
as Self (archive footage)
The Other Side of the Wind (2018)
as Dennis Hopper
Bananaz (2008)
as Self / Narrator (voice)
A Decade Under the Influence (2003)
as Self
The Heart of Justice (1992)
as Austin Blair
Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish' (2005)
as Self (archive footage)
Mad Dog Morgan (1976)
as Daniel Morgan
Palermo Shooting (2008)
as Frank
Crush Proof (1972)
as Dennis Hopper
Who Is Henry Jaglom? (1997)
as Self
Boiling Point (1993)
as Rudolph 'Red' Diamond
The Last Days of Frankie the Fly (1996)
as Frankie
Meet the Deedles (1998)
as Frank Slater
The Cool School (2008)
as Self
The Prophet's Game (2000)
as Vincent Swan
James Dean and Me (1995)
as Self (uncredited)
My Science Project (1985)
as Bob Roberts
Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife (1989)
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Out of the Blue (1981)
as Don
Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage (1999)
as Self
Marlon Brando: The Wild One (1994)
as Self
The Trip (1967)
as Max
Luck of the Draw (2000)
as Giani Ponti
Carried Away (1996)
as Joseph Svenden
Memory (2006)
as Max Lichtenstein
I Don't Know Jack (2002)
as Self
The Blackout (1997)
as Mickey
The Last Film Festival (2016)
as Nick Twain - Producer
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003)
as Self
Bad City Blues (1999)
as Cleveland Carter
The Piano Player (2002)
as Robert Nile
From Hell to Texas (1958)
as Tom Boyd
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ (2012)
as Self (archive footage)
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
The Hold-Out (1962)
as Fred Judson
Cannes Man (1996)
as Self
Light Years (1966)
Actor
The James Dean Story (1957)
as Self
Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort of (1964)
as Tarzan (Double)
Sleepwalking (2008)
as Mr. Reedy
O.C. and Stiggs (1987)
as Sponson
I Died a Thousand Times (1955)
as Joe (uncredited)
Witch Hunt (1994)
as H. Phillip Lovecraft
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The Keeper (2004)
as Krebs
Willie Nelson: Down Home (1997)
as Self
Paris Trout (1991)
as Paris Trout
The Story of Mankind (1957)
as Napoleon Bonaparte
Blue Velvet Revisited (2016)
as Self
Top of the World (1997)
as Charles Atlas
The Pursuit of Happiness (1999)
as Self
Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act (1983)
as Himself
Rediscovering a Rebel (1996)
as Self / Goon (archive footage)
King of the Mountain (1981)
as Cal
The Young Land (1959)
as Hatfield Carnes
Spreading Ground (2000)
as Det. Ed DeLongpre
Queen of Blood (1966)
as Paul Grant
Hoboken Hollow (2006)
as Sheriff Greer
He's Alive (1963)
as Peter Vollmer
The Last Ride (2004)
as Ronnie Purnell
Blood Red (1989)
as William Bradford Berrigan
A Tribute to Johnny Cash (1999)
as Self
Out of Season (2004)
as Harry Barlow
Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter (2013)
as Himself
Along for the Ride (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
Flatland (2002)
as Smith
Nails (1992)
as Harry 'Nails' Niles
Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work (1993)
as Self
Lured Innocence (1998)
as Rick Chambers
The Art of Football from A to Z (2006)
as Self
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O (1993)
as Self
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments (2004)
as Self
Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film (2006)
as Self
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos (2009)
as Self
Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth (2020)
as Self
Sketches of Frank Gehry (2006)
as Self
Brando (2007)
as Self
Last In, First Out (1978)
as Medford
Art, Acting, & the Suicide Chair: A Conversation with Dennis Hopper (1988)
Actor
Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir (1995)
as Himself
13 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests (2009)
as Self
Born to Be Wild (1995)
as Himself
Black Leather Jacket (1989)
as Narrator
Key Witness (1960)
as William "Cowby" Tomkins
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film (2002)
as Self (uncredited)
The Night We Called It a Day (2003)
as Frank Sinatra
The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose (2007)
as Self
The Ten Commandments of Creativity (2000)
as Self
New Scenes from America (2003)
as Himself - Actor
James Dean: The First American Teenager (1975)
as Self
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money (1996)
as Self - Host
Straight to Hell (1987)
as I.G. Farben
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders (1990)
as Self
Chelsea on the Rocks (2008)
as Self
The Glory Stompers (1967)
as Chino
Michael Angel (2000)
as Lewis Garou
Gorillaz: Demon Days Live at the Manchester Opera House (2006)
as Narrator (voice)
The Sky is Falling (1975)
as Chicken
Not Quite Hollywood (2008)
as Self
Straight Shooter (1999)
as Frank Hector
The Venice Project (1999)
as Roland / Salvatore
Kid Blue (1973)
as Bickford Waner
The Real James Dean (2006)
as Self
Leo (2002)
as Horace
When Hippies Ruled The World (2002)
as Self
The American Way (1987)
as Captain
Tell Them Who You Are (2004)
as Self
Human Highway (1982)
as Cracker / Stranger
The Thirteen Most Beautiful Boys (1964)
Actor
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol (1990)
as Self
Road Ends (1997)
as Sheriff Ben Gilchrist
Wim Wenders, Desperado (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here (1972)
as Self
Tim Leary: The Art of Dying (2008)
as Self
1 Giant Leap (2002)
as Self
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die) (2003)
as Self
L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve (2001)
as Captain Elsworth
Stark (1985)
as Lieutenant Ron Bliss
Chattahoochee (1990)
as Walker Benson
Panic in the City (1968)
as Goff
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch (1990)
as Self
Wanderlust (2006)
as Himself
The Inside Man (1984)
as Miller
Andy Warhol Screen Tests (1965)
as Self
Russian Suicide Chair (2008)
as Himself
Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder (2009)
as Self
Llyn Foulkes One Man Band (2013)
as Himself
Sunset Heat (1992)
as Carl Madson
Brando: An Icon Is Born (2007)
as Himself
The Groovenians (2002)
as Dad/King Normans
White Star (1983)
as Kenneth Barlow
Santabear's High Flying Adventure (1987)
as (voice)
The Revenge of the Dead Indians (1993)
as Himself
Beautiful Darling (2010)
as Self (archive footage)
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Screen Test [ST155]: Dennis Hopper (1964)
as Himself
To Shoot a Mad Dog (1976)
as Self
Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi (2006)
as Narrator (voice)
Eye of the Storm (1991)
as Marvin Gladstone
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: Alejandro Jodorowsky (1991)
as Self
Spirit of Golf (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Running Out of Luck (1987)
as Video Director
Doublecrossed (1991)
as Barry Seal
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life (1997)
as Self
Search and Destroy (1995)
as Dr. Waxling
The Brothers Warner (2008)
as Self
Jazz Seen (2001)
as Self
Gorillaz: Demon Days Live in Harlem at Apollo Theater (2006)
as Self
Held for Ransom (2000)
as JD
Disneyland '59 (1959)
as Self
On the tracks of a filmmaker (1988)
as Dennis Hooper
No Frank in Lumberton (1988)
as Self
New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant' (1956)
as Self
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper (1991)
as Self (uncredited)
Out of the Blue and Into the Black (1987)
as Self
Films to Die For (2025)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Choke (2001)
as Henry Clark
Taylor & Ultra: On the 60s, The Factory, and Being a Warhol Superstar (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
Some Kind of Genius (1986)
as Himself
Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame (2011)
as Self (archive footage)
Drawing the Line: A Portrait of Keith Haring (1989)
as Self
Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture (2001)
as Self
U2: A Year in Pop (1997)
as Narrator (voice)
B movie (2009)
as Himself
Screen Test #3 (1966)
as Self (uncredited)
The Sixth Element: The Ross Clarke-Jones Story (2006)
as Narrator
Stark: Mirror Image (1986)
as Lieutenant Ron Bliss
The Sorceror's Apprentice (1977)
as A Spy
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents (2005)
as Self
A Hero of Our Time (1985)
as Casey
Swiss Family Robinson (1958)
as Fritz
High Air (1956)
as Steve Redman
Return to 'Giant' (1996)
as Self
Fighting Against the Wind: Making 'the American Dreamer' (2015)
as Self
The American Dreamer (1971)
as Himself
Hopper/Welles (2020)
as Self
Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth (2008)
as Self