Dennis Hopper
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1936-05-17
Day of Death
2010-05-29 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Dodge City, Kansas, USA
Dennis Hopper
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.
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Acting
The Good Life
as Mr. B
He's Alive
as Peter Vollmer
HOPPER: In His Own Words
as Dennis Hopper
(2023)
to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour
as Frank Booth (archive footage)
(2023)
Spirit of Golf
as Self (archive footage)
(2020)
Wim Wenders, Desperado
as Self (archive footage)
(2020)
(2020)
Hopper/Welles
as Self
(2018)
The Other Side of the Wind
as Dennis Hopper
(2018)
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
as Self (archive footage)
(2016)
Taylor & Ultra: On the 60s, The Factory, and Being a Warhol Superstar
as Self (archive footage)
(2016)
The Last Film Festival
as Nick Twain - Producer
(2016)
Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
as Self (archive footage)
(2016)
Along for the Ride
as Self (archive footage)
(2016)
Blue Velvet Revisited
as Self
(2014)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
(2013)
(2013)
Llyn Foulkes One Man Band
as Himself
(2012)
Scene Missing
as Self
(2012)
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
as Self (archive footage)
(2011)
Corman's World
as Various Roles (archive footage)
(2011)
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage
as Frank Booth
(2010)
Alpha and Omega
as Tony (voice)
(2010)
Beautiful Darling
as Self (archive footage)
(2010)
Stardust
as Self (uncredited)
(2009)
(2009)
(2009)
(2009)
B movie
as Himself
(2008)
Palermo Shooting
as Frank
(2008)
Sleepwalking
as Mr. Reedy
(2008)
The Brothers Warner
as Self - Actor
(2008)
The Cool School
as Self
(2008)
An American Carol
as Judge Clarence Henderson
(2008)
Hell Ride
as Eddie Zero
(2008)
Elegy
as George O'Hearn
(2008)
Swing Vote
as Donald Greenleaf
(2008)
Not Quite Hollywood
as Self
(2008)
Bananaz
as Narrator (voice)
(2008)
Chelsea on the Rocks
as Self
(2008)
Tim Leary: The Art of Dying
as Self
(2008)
Russian Suicide Chair
as Himself
(2008)
(2007)
Brando: An Icon Is Born
as Himself
(2007)
Brando
as Self
(2007)
(2006)
Wanderlust
as Himself
(2006)
Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi
as Narrator (voice)
(2006)
(2006)
10th & Wolf
as Matty Matello
(2006)
(2006)
Sketches of Frank Gehry
as Self
(2006)
Gorillaz: Demon Days Live at the Manchester Opera House
as Narrator (voice)
(2006)
(2006)
Memory
as Max Lichtenstein
(2006)
The Real James Dean
as Self
(2006)
Hoboken Hollow
as Sheriff Greer
(2006)
(2006)
(2005)
Land of the Dead
as Kaufman
(2005)
The Crow: Wicked Prayer
as El Niño
(2005)
House of 9
as Father Duffy
(2005)
Inside Deep Throat
as Narrator (voice)
(2005)
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
as Himself
(2005)
Americano
as Riccardo
(2005)
Champion
as Self
(2004)
The Keeper
as Krebs
(2004)
Out of Season
as Harry Barlow
(2004)
Tell Them Who You Are
as Self
(2004)
The Last Ride
as Ronnie Purnell
(2004)
(2003)
A Decade Under the Influence
as Self
(2003)
(2003)
Unspeakable
as Warden
(2003)
The Night We Called It a Day
as Frank Sinatra
(2003)
(2003)
New Scenes from America
as Himself - Actor
(2002)
The Piano Player
as Robert Nile
(2002)
Flatland
as Smith
(2002)
When Hippies Ruled The World
as Self
(2002)
Leo
as Horace
(2002)
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
as Self (uncredited)
(2002)
The Groovenians
as Dad/King Normans
(2002)
1 Giant Leap
as Self
(2002)
I Don't Know Jack
as Self
(2002)
Mysteries of Love
as Self
(2001)
Ticker
as Alex Swan
(2001)
Knockaround Guys
as Benny Chains
(2001)
L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve
as Captain Elsworth
(2001)
Choke
as Henry Clark
(2001)
Jazz Seen
as Self
(2001)
(2001)
Emmanuelle: A Hard Look
as Himself
(2000)
Held for Ransom
as JD
(2000)
The Prophet's Game
as Vincent Swan
(2000)
(2000)
Jesus' Son
as Bill
(2000)
Luck of the Draw
as Giani Ponti
(2000)
Spreading Ground
as Det. Ed DeLongpre
(2000)
The Apostate
as Lewis Garou
(2000)
Welcome to Hollywood
as Dennis Hopper
(1999)
The Venice Project
as Roland / Salvatore
(1999)
EDtv
as Henry 'Hank' Pekurny
(1999)
A Tribute To Johnny Cash
as Self
(1999)
Tycus
as Peter Crowford
(1999)
Straight Shooter
as Frank Hector
(1999)
Forever Hollywood
as Self
(1999)
Bad City Blues
as Cleveland Carter
(1999)
The Source
as William S. Burroughs
(1999)
The Pursuit of Happiness
as Self
(1999)
Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage
as Self
(1998)
Meet the Deedles
as Frank Slater
(1998)
(1997)
The Blackout
as Mickey
(1997)
Lured Innocence
as Rick Chambers
(1997)
U2: A Year in Pop
as Narrator (voice)
(1997)
Top of the World
as Charles Atlas
(1997)
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
as Self
(1997)
Road Ends
as Sheriff Ben Gilchrist
(1997)
(1997)
(1996)
Samson and Delilah
as Generale Tariq
(1996)
Rediscovering a Rebel
as Self / Goon (archive footage)
(1996)
Basquiat
as Bruno Bischofberger
(1996)
Space Truckers
as John Canyon
(1996)
The Last Days of Frankie the Fly
as Frankie
(1996)
Carried Away
as Joseph Svenden
(1996)
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
as Self - Host
(1996)
Cannes Man
as Self
(1996)
Return to 'Giant'
as Self
(1995)
Waterworld
as Deacon
(1995)
(1995)
Born to Be Wild
as Himself
(1995)
James Dean and Me
as Self (uncredited)
(1995)
Search and Destroy
as Dr. Waxling
(1994)
Speed
as Howard Payne
(1994)
Witch Hunt
as H. Phillip Lovecraft
(1994)
Chasers
as Doggie
(1994)
Marlon Brando: The Wild One
as Self
(1993)
True Romance
as Clifford Worley
(1993)
Red Rock West
as Lyle from Dallas
(1993)
Super Mario Bros.
as King Koopa
(1993)
Boiling Point
as Rudolph 'Red' Diamond
(1993)
(1993)
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
as Self
(1993)
The Revenge of the Dead Indians
as Himself
(1992)
Sunset Heat
as Carl Madson
(1992)
The Heart of Justice
as Austin Blair
(1992)
Nails
as Harry 'Nails' Niles
(1991)
(1991)
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
as Self (uncredited)
(1991)
Doublecrossed
as Barry Seal
(1991)
(1991)
The Indian Runner
as Caesar
(1991)
Paris Trout
as Paris Trout
(1991)
SnowwhiteRosered
as Self
(1991)
Eye of the Storm
as Marvin Gladstone
(1990)
Flashback
as Huey Walker
(1990)
(1990)
(1990)
Catchfire
as Milo
(1990)
Chattahoochee
as Walker Benson
(1990)
(1990)
Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1989)
Blood Red
as William Bradford Berrigan
(1989)
(1989)
Black Leather Jacket
as Narrator
(1989)
Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1988)
On the tracks of a filmmaker
as Dennis Hooper
(1988)
No Frank in Lumberton
as Self
(1987)
The American Way
as Captain
(1987)
Black Widow
as Ben Dumers
(1987)
Running Out of Luck
as Video Director
(1987)
Santabear's High Flying Adventure
as (voice)
(1987)
(1987)
Straight to Hell
as I.G. Farben
(1987)
The Pick-up Artist
as Flash Jensen
(1987)
O.C. and Stiggs
as Sponson
(1987)
Blue Peanuts
as Snoopy (Voice)
(1986)
Blue Velvet
as Frank Booth
(1986)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
as Lieutenant 'Lefty' Enright
(1986)
Some Kind of Genius
as Himself
(1986)
Hoosiers
as Shooter
(1986)
River's Edge
as Feck
(1986)
Stark: Mirror Image
as Lieutenant Ron Bliss
(1985)
A Hero of Our Time
as Casey
(1985)
Stark
as Lieutenant Ron Bliss
(1985)
My Science Project
as Bob Roberts
(1984)
The Inside Man
as Miller
(1983)
White Star
as Kenneth Barlow
(1983)
The Osterman Weekend
as Richard Tremayne
(1983)
Rumble Fish
as Father
(1983)
(1982)
Human Highway
as Cracker / Stranger
(1981)
King of the Mountain
as Cal
(1981)
Out of the Blue
as Don
(1981)
Reborn
as Rev. Tom Hartley
(1979)
Apocalypse Now
as Photojournalist
(1978)
Last In, First Out
as Medford
(1978)
Flesh Color
as Mel
(1977)
The Sorceror's Apprentice
as A Spy
(1977)
The American Friend
as Tom Ripley
(1976)
Tracks
as 1st Sgt. Jack Falen
(1976)
To Shoot a Mad Dog
as Self
(1976)
Mad Dog Morgan
as Daniel Morgan
(1975)
The Sky is Falling
as Chicken
(1975)
(1973)
Kid Blue
as Bickford Waner
(1972)
Crush Proof
as Dennis Hopper
(1972)
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
as Self
(1971)
The American Dreamer
as Himself
(1971)
The Last Movie
as Kansas
(1969)
True Grit
as "Moon"
(1969)
Easy Rider
as Billy
(1968)
Hang 'em High
as Prophet
(1968)
Head
as Self (uncredited)
(1968)
Panic in the City
as Goff
(1967)
The Glory Stompers
as Chino
(1967)
The Trip
as Max
(1967)
Cool Hand Luke
as Babalugats
(1966)
(1966)
Queen of Blood
as Paul Grant
(1966)
(1965)
The Sons of Katie Elder
as Dave Hastings
(1965)
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
as Self
(1964)
Screen Test [ST155]: Dennis Hopper
as Himself
(1964)
(1964)
Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort of
as Tarzan (Double)
(1961)
Night Tide
as Johnny Drake
(1960)
Key Witness
as William "Cowby" Tomkins
(1959)
Disneyland '59
as Self
(1959)
The Young Land
as Hatfield Carnes
(1959)
The Sunrise Gun
as Denny Sunrise
(1958)
From Hell to Texas
as Tom Boyd
(1958)
Swiss Family Robinson
as Fritz
(1957)
The James Dean Story
as Self
(1957)
The Story of Mankind
as Napoleon Bonaparte
(1957)
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
as Billy Clanton
(1957)
Sayonara
as MP in Kelly's House / MP at Tokyo Airport (voice) (uncredited)
(1956)
Giant
as Jordan "Jordy" Benedict III
(1956)
(1956)
High Air
as Steve Redman
(1955)
Rebel Without a Cause
as Goon
(1955)
I Died a Thousand Times
as Joe (uncredited)
Crew
(2008)
Pashmy Dream
Director, Writer
(2008)
Russian Suicide Chair
Director
(2000)
Homeless
Director
(1994)
Chasers
Director
(1990)
Catchfire
Director
(1990)
The Hot Spot
Director
(1988)
Colors
Director
(1981)
Out of the Blue
Director, Writer
(1971)
The Last Movie
Director, Story, Editor
(1971)
The American Dreamer
Writer
(1969)
Easy Rider
Director, Screenplay
(1967)
The Trip
Second Unit Director
(1967)
The Glory Stompers
Co-Director
(1964)
Mary Jennifer at the Beach
Director