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
He's Alive
as Peter Vollmer
The Good Life
as Mr. B
HOPPER: In His Own Words
as Dennis Hopper
(2024)
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
as Self (archive footage)
(2023)
to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour
as Frank Booth (archive footage)
(2023)
(2020)
(2020)
Wim Wenders, Desperado
as Self (archive footage)
(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)
Along for the Ride
as Self (archive footage)
(2016)
Blue Velvet Revisited
as Self
(2016)
The Last Film Festival
as Nick Twain - Producer
(2016)
Taylor & Ultra: On the 60s, The Factory, and Being a Warhol Superstar
as Self (archive footage)
(2016)
Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
as Self (archive footage)
(2014)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
(2013)
Llyn Foulkes One Man Band
as Himself
(2013)
(2012)
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
as Self (archive footage)
(2012)
Scene Missing
as Self
(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)
Elegy
as George O'Hearn
(2008)
Hell Ride
as Eddie Zero
(2008)
Swing Vote
as Donald Greenleaf
(2008)
Sleepwalking
as Mr. Reedy
(2008)
An American Carol
as Judge Clarence Henderson
(2008)
Palermo Shooting
as Frank
(2008)
Not Quite Hollywood
as Self
(2008)
The Cool School
as Self
(2008)
Chelsea on the Rocks
as Self
(2008)
(2008)
The Brothers Warner
as Self - Actor
(2008)
Russian Suicide Chair
as Himself
(2008)
Bananaz
as Narrator (voice)
(2008)
Tim Leary: The Art of Dying
as Self
(2007)
Brando
as Self
(2007)
Brando: An Icon Is Born
as Himself
(2007)
(2006)
10th & Wolf
as Matty Matello
(2006)
(2006)
Wanderlust
as Himself
(2006)
Hoboken Hollow
as Sheriff Greer
(2006)
Memory
as Max Lichtenstein
(2006)
Gorillaz: Demon Days Live at the Manchester Opera House
as Narrator (voice)
(2006)
(2006)
Sketches of Frank Gehry
as Self
(2006)
(2006)
(2006)
The Real James Dean
as Self
(2006)
(2006)
Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi
as Narrator (voice)
(2005)
Land of the Dead
as Kaufman
(2005)
Inside Deep Throat
as Narrator (voice)
(2005)
The Crow: Wicked Prayer
as El Niño
(2005)
House of 9
as Father Duffy
(2005)
Americano
as Riccardo
(2005)
Champion
as Self
(2005)
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
as Himself
(2004)
Out of Season
as Harry Barlow
(2004)
The Keeper
as Krebs
(2004)
The Last Ride
as Ronnie Purnell
(2004)
Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'
as Self (archive footage)
(2004)
Tell Them Who You Are
as Self
(2004)
(2003)
(2003)
Unspeakable
as Warden
(2003)
A Decade Under the Influence
as Self
(2003)
The Night We Called It a Day
as Frank Sinatra
(2003)
(2003)
New Scenes from America
as Himself - Actor
(2002)
Leo
as Horace
(2002)
Flatland
as Smith
(2002)
Mysteries of Love
as Self
(2002)
The Piano Player
as Robert Nile
(2002)
The Groovenians
as Dad/King Normans
(2002)
1 Giant Leap
as Self
(2002)
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
as Self (uncredited)
(2002)
I Don't Know Jack
as Self
(2002)
When Hippies Ruled The World
as Self
(2001)
Knockaround Guys
as Benny Chains
(2001)
Ticker
as Alex Swan
(2001)
L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve
as Captain Elsworth
(2001)
Choke
as Henry Clark
(2001)
Emmanuelle: A Hard Look
as Himself
(2001)
(2001)
Jazz Seen
as Self
(2000)
Jesus' Son
as Bill
(2000)
The Prophet's Game
as Vincent Swan
(2000)
Luck of the Draw
as Giani Ponti
(2000)
Spreading Ground
as Det. Ed DeLongpre
(2000)
Held for Ransom
as JD
(2000)
(2000)
The Apostate
as Lewis Garou
(1999)
EDtv
as Henry 'Hank' Pekurny
(1999)
Straight Shooter
as Frank Hector
(1999)
Tycus
as Peter Crowford
(1999)
Forever Hollywood
as Self
(1999)
The Source
as William S. Burroughs
(1999)
The Venice Project
as Roland / Salvatore
(1999)
The Pursuit of Happiness
as Self
(1999)
A Tribute To Johnny Cash
as Self
(1999)
Bad City Blues
as Cleveland Carter
(1999)
Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage
as Self
(1998)
Meet the Deedles
as Frank Slater
(1998)
Welcome to Hollywood
as Dennis Hopper
(1998)
(1997)
The Blackout
as Mickey
(1997)
Cannes Man
as Self
(1997)
Top of the World
as Charles Atlas
(1997)
Lured Innocence
as Rick Chambers
(1997)
Road Ends
as Sheriff Ben Gilchrist
(1997)
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
as Self
(1997)
(1997)
U2: A Year in Pop
as Narrator (voice)
(1997)
(1996)
Basquiat
as Bruno Bischofberger
(1996)
Space Truckers
as John Canyon
(1996)
Samson and Delilah
as Generale Tariq
(1996)
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
as Self - Host
(1996)
The Last Days of Frankie the Fly
as Frankie
(1996)
Carried Away
as Joseph Svenden
(1996)
Return to 'Giant'
as Self
(1996)
Rediscovering a Rebel
as Self / Goon (archive footage)
(1995)
Waterworld
as Deacon
(1995)
Search and Destroy
as Dr. Waxling
(1995)
James Dean and Me
as Self (uncredited)
(1995)
Born to Be Wild
as Himself
(1995)
(1994)
Speed
as Howard Payne
(1994)
Chasers
as Doggie
(1994)
Witch Hunt
as H. Phillip Lovecraft
(1994)
Marlon Brando: The Wild One
as Self
(1993)
True Romance
as Clifford Worley
(1993)
Super Mario Bros.
as King Koopa
(1993)
Red Rock West
as Lyle from Dallas
(1993)
Boiling Point
as Rudolph 'Red' Diamond
(1993)
The Revenge of the Dead Indians
as Himself
(1993)
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
as Self
(1993)
(1992)
Nails
as Harry 'Nails' Niles
(1992)
The Heart of Justice
as Austin Blair
(1992)
Sunset Heat
as Carl Madson
(1991)
The Indian Runner
as Caesar
(1991)
(1991)
Doublecrossed
as Barry Seal
(1991)
Paris Trout
as Paris Trout
(1991)
(1991)
Eye of the Storm
as Marvin Gladstone
(1991)
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
as Self (uncredited)
(1991)
SnowwhiteRosered
as Self
(1990)
Catchfire
as Milo
(1990)
Flashback
as Huey Walker
(1990)
Chattahoochee
as Walker Benson
(1990)
(1990)
Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1990)
(1990)
(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)
No Frank in Lumberton
as Self
(1988)
On the tracks of a filmmaker
as Dennis Hooper
(1987)
Black Widow
as Ben Dumers
(1987)
The Pick-up Artist
as Flash Jensen
(1987)
Straight to Hell
as I.G. Farben
(1987)
O.C. and Stiggs
as Sponson
(1987)
The American Way
as Captain
(1987)
Running Out of Luck
as Video Director
(1987)
(1987)
Blue Peanuts
as Snoopy (Voice)
(1987)
Santabear's High Flying Adventure
as (voice)
(1986)
Blue Velvet
as Frank Booth
(1986)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
as Lieutenant 'Lefty' Enright
(1986)
Hoosiers
as Shooter
(1986)
River's Edge
as Feck
(1986)
Stark: Mirror Image
as Lieutenant Ron Bliss
(1986)
Some Kind of Genius
as Himself
(1985)
My Science Project
as Bob Roberts
(1985)
Stark
as Lieutenant Ron Bliss
(1985)
A Hero of Our Time
as Casey
(1984)
The Inside Man
as Miller
(1983)
Rumble Fish
as Father
(1983)
The Osterman Weekend
as Richard Tremayne
(1983)
White Star
as Kenneth Barlow
(1983)
(1982)
Human Highway
as Cracker / Stranger
(1981)
Out of the Blue
as Don
(1981)
King of the Mountain
as Cal
(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 American Friend
as Tom Ripley
(1977)
The Sorceror's Apprentice
as A Spy
(1976)
Mad Dog Morgan
as Daniel Morgan
(1976)
Tracks
as 1st Sgt. Jack Falen
(1976)
To Shoot a Mad Dog
as Self
(1975)
Bloodbath
as Chicken
(1975)
(1973)
Kid Blue
as Bickford Waner
(1972)
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
as Self
(1972)
Crush Proof
as Dennis Hopper
(1971)
The Last Movie
as Kansas
(1971)
The American Dreamer
as Himself
(1969)
True Grit
as "Moon"
(1969)
Easy Rider
as Billy
(1968)
Hang 'em High
as Prophet
(1968)
Head
as Dennis Hopper (uncredited)
(1968)
Panic in the City
as Goff
(1967)
Cool Hand Luke
as Babalugats
(1967)
The Trip
as Max
(1967)
The Glory Stompers
as Chino
(1966)
Queen of Blood
as Paul Grant
(1966)
(1966)
(1965)
The Sons of Katie Elder
as Dave Hastings
(1965)
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
as Self
(1964)
Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort of
as Tarzan (Double)
(1964)
(1964)
Screen Test [ST155]: Dennis Hopper
as Himself
(1961)
Night Tide
as Johnny Drake
(1960)
Key Witness
as William "Cowby" Tomkins
(1959)
The Young Land
as Hatfield Carnes
(1959)
Disneyland '59
as Self
(1958)
From Hell to Texas
as Tom Boyd
(1958)
Swiss Family Robinson
as Fritz
(1957)
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
as Billy Clanton
(1957)
Sayonara
as MP in Kelly's House / MP at Tokyo Airport (voice) (uncredited)
(1957)
The James Dean Story
as Self
(1957)
The Story of Mankind
as Napoleon Bonaparte
(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