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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Known For
Acting

1979
asPhotojournalist

1955
asGoon

1983
asFather

1993
asClifford Worley

1967
asBabalugats

1996
asBruno Bischofberger

1999
asPeter Crowford

1969
asBilly

2008
asDonald Greenleaf

1994
asHoward Payne

1986
asFrank Booth

1956
asJordan "Jordy" Benedict III

1999
asFrank Hector

1996
asJohn Canyon

1993
asLyle from Dallas

1991
asSelf

1968
asProphet

2002
asRobert Nile

1996
asFrankie

1977
asTom Ripley

1986
asFeck

1986
asShooter

2001
asAlex Swan

1999
asHenry 'Hank' Pekurny

1993
asRudolph 'Red' Diamond

2005
asKaufman

1957
asBilly Clanton

2001
asBenny Chains

2002
asHorace

2005
asSelf

1967
asMax

1984
asMiller

1994
asDoggie

2008
asGeorge O'Hearn

2000
asDet. Ed DeLongpre

2008
asFrank

2005
asNarrator (voice)

2003
asSelf

1983
asRichard Tremayne

1991
asCaesar

2000
asBill

1997
asMickey

2010
asTony (voice)

2003
asWarden

1987
asSponson

2004
asHarry Barlow

2006
asMatty Matello

1993
asKing Koopa

1995
asDeacon

1990
asMilo

2008
asEddie Zero

1990
asHuey Walker

1966
asPaul Grant

1987
asI.G. Farben

2005
asRiccardo

2004
asKrebs

1998
asFrank Slater

2007
asHimself

1994
asH. Phillip Lovecraft

2008
asMr. Reedy

1996
asJoseph Svenden

2004
asRonnie Purnell

2006
asMax Lichtenstein

1976
asDaniel Morgan

1957
asNapoleon Bonaparte

2003
asFrank Sinatra

2002
asSelf

2006
asSelf

2006
asSheriff Greer

1997
asCharles Atlas

1965
asDave Hastings

2003
asSelf

1986
asLieutenant 'Lefty' Enright

2001
asHenry Clark

1961
asJohnny Drake

1999
asSelf

2006
asNarrator (voice)

1964
as
1969
as"Moon"

1981
asDon

1959
asHatfield Carnes

2005
asHimself

1987
asFlash Jensen

2006
asSelf

1972
asSelf

1985
asBob Roberts

1971
asKansas

1958
asFritz

1992
asAustin Blair

1987
asBen Dumers

1991
asSelf

2005
asFather Duffy

1982
asCracker / Stranger

2000
asVincent Swan

1991
asParis Trout

2006
asNarrator (voice)

1995
asDr. Waxling

2000
asGiani Ponti

1981
asCal

1992
asCarl Madson

1992
asHarry 'Nails' Niles
as
1958
asTom Boyd

1996
asGenerale Tariq

1990
asWalker Benson

1960
asWilliam "Cowby" Tomkins

1999
asSelf

1987
asVideo Director

1955
asJoe (uncredited)

1991
asBarry Seal

1967
asChino

1976
as1st Sgt. Jack Falen

2008
asSelf

2009
asSelf

2002
asSelf

1971
asHimself

1993
asSelf

1981
asRev. Tom Hartley

1973
asBickford Waner

1987
asCaptain

1997
asSheriff Ben Gilchrist

1976
asSelf

2023
as
1989
asWilliam Bradford Berrigan

2013
asHimself

2009
asSelf

2013
asHimself

2000
asJD

1997
asRick Chambers

1996
asSelf - Host

1957
asSelf

2001
asHimself

1975
asChicken

1991
asMarvin Gladstone

1993
asHimself

1978
asMedford

1999
asCleveland Carter

1983
asKenneth Barlow

1991
asSelf (uncredited)

1968
asDennis Hopper (uncredited)

2023
asFrank Booth (archive footage)

2000
asLewis Garou

2018
asDennis Hopper

2006
asHimself

2010
asSelf (uncredited)

2008
asJudge Clarence Henderson

1991
asSelf

1968
asGoff

1996
asSelf / Goon (archive footage)

2012
asSelf (archive footage)

2008
asSelf

2006
asSelf

1983
asHimself

2007
asSelf

2004
asSelf

1987
asSelf

1989
asNarrator

1985
asLieutenant Ron Bliss

1997
asSelf

1995
asHimself

1988
asSelf

1989
asNarrator (voice) (uncredited)

1995
asSelf (uncredited)

2012
asSelf

2007
asSelf

1988
asDennis Hooper

1989
asSelf

1987
asSnoopy (Voice)

1990
asSelf

1964
asTarzan (Double)

2016
asNick Twain - Producer
asPeter Vollmer

1978
asMel

1997
asSelf

1966
as
2016
asSelf

2020
asSelf

1999
asWilliam S. Burroughs

2008
asHimself

2008
asSelf

1997
asSelf

1999
asSelf

2005
asEl Niño

2016
asSelf (archive footage)

1957
asMP in Kelly's House / MP at Tokyo Airport (voice) (uncredited)

2010
asSelf (archive footage)

1999
asRoland / Salvatore

2002
asSelf

1998
asDennis Hopper

2016
asSelf (archive footage)

1966
as
2006
asNarrator

2009
asSelf

1975
asSelf

1977
asA Spy

1956
asSelf

2001
asCaptain Elsworth

1996
asSelf

2008
asSelf - Actor

1972
asDennis Hopper

1990
asSelf

2018
asSelf (archive footage)

2004
asSelf

1986
asHimself

1999
asSelf

2016
asSelf (archive footage)

2001
asSelf
![Screen Test [ST155]: Dennis Hopper](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500//gd6kmv76eK82k96iMRjbGfZRsVr.jpg)
1964
asHimself

1965
asSelf

2008
asSelf

1990
asSelf

2014
asSelf - Filmmaker (archive footage)

2000
asSelf

1998
asSelf

2009
asHimself

2008
asSelf

1994
asSelf

2011
asFrank Booth

1990
asSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)

2006
asSelf

2011
asVarious Roles (archive footage)

1993
asSelf

2008
asNarrator (voice)

2020
asSelf

2003
asHimself - Actor

1985
asCasey

1959
asSelf

2002
asSmith

2020
asSelf (archive footage)

1987
as(voice)

2004
asSelf (archive footage)

2006
asSelf

2002
asSelf

1986
asLieutenant Ron Bliss

1997
asSelf

1997
asNarrator (voice)

2003
asSelf

2002
asDad/King Normans

2001
asSelf

2024
asSelf (archive footage)
asMr. B

1956
asSteve Redman

1995
asHimself

2002
asSelf (uncredited)
asSelf
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asEli McNulty
as
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asVictor Drazen
as
asVinnie Winford
asAlan Landman
as
asBilly Kimbo
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asDavid Williams
asZack Fielder
asFred Judson
asPeter Vollmer
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asBen Cendars
as
asAdam Spencer
asSelf
asJimmy Sweetwater
as
asRobert
as
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asBilly the Kid
as
asVernon 'Vern' Tippert
asCpl. Peter Devlin
asSelf
asJud Salt
asSelf
asAlfred Carter Jr.
asJason Thomas
asRoss Morton
as
asGerald Collins
asUtah Kid
asSelf
asSelf - Host
asSelf
asSelf
asSelf
asDenny Sunrise
asJames Richardson
asPelias
asDev Farnum
asSteve Redman
asHarry Wales
asDad / King Normans (voice)
asSelf
asAndrew Mason
asSmith
asEl Niño
asDoc Holliday
asSelf
asDennis Hopper (voice)
asGenerale Tariq
asSelf - Presenter
asVernon Tippert
asself
as
asSelf
asSelf
as
asSelf - Nominee/Presenter
asAdrian
Production
Crew
Directing

1969
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1988
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1994
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1990
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1967
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1990
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1981
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1971
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1967
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2000
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2008
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2008
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