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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dennis Hopper, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie | Sonic the Hedgehog | Howard Payne (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2020-02-12 |
Movie | Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth | Self | 2020-03-06 |
Movie | Wim Wenders, Desperado | Self (archive footage) | 2020-07-16 |
Movie | They'll Love Me When I'm Dead | Self (archive footage) | 2018-08-31 |
Movie | The Other Side of the Wind | Dennis Hopper | 2018-11-02 |
Movie | Taylor & Ultra: On the 60s, The Factory, and Being a Warhol Superstar | Self (archive footage) | 2016-04-14 |
Movie | Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider | Self (archive footage) | 2016-06-29 |
Movie | 'Blue Velvet' Revisited | Self | 2016-10-07 |
Movie | Along for the Ride | Self (archive footage) | 2016-11-03 |
Movie | Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles | Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) | 2014-12-12 |
Movie | Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter | Himself | 2013-02-08 |
Movie | Llyn Foulkes One Man Band | Himself | 2013-06-20 |
Movie | Corman's World | Various Roles (archive footage) | 2011-12-16 |
Movie | Beautiful Darling | Self (archive footage) | 2010-04-02 |
Movie | Stardust | Self (uncredited) | 2010-10-16 |
Movie | Alpha and Omega | Tony (voice) | 2010-09-16 |
Movie | No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos | Self | 2009-01-11 |
Movie | Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder | Himself | 2009-04-01 |
Movie | 13 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests | Himself | 2009-04-07 |
Movie | Swing Vote | Donald Greenleaf | 2008-08-01 |
Movie | Chelsea on the Rocks | Himself | 2008-05-23 |
Movie | The Cool School | Self | 2008-03-07 |
Movie | Hell Ride | Eddie Zero | 2008-08-08 |
Movie | Sleepwalking | Mr. Reedy | 2008-03-14 |
Movie | Bananaz | Narrator (voice) | 2008-02-07 |
Series | Crash | Ben Cendars | 2008-10-17 |
Movie | Elegy | George O'Hearn | 2008-08-08 |
Movie | The Brothers Warner | Self - Actor | 2008-10-16 |
Movie | Palermo Shooting | Frank | 2008-11-20 |
Movie | Not Quite Hollywood | Self | 2008-08-28 |
Movie | An American Carol | Judge Clarence Henderson | 2008-10-03 |
Movie | The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose | Self | 2007-12-07 |
Movie | Sketches of Frank Gehry | Self | 2006-05-12 |
Movie | Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi | Narrator (voice) | 2006-04-07 |
Movie | Hoboken Hollow | Sheriff Greer | 2006-01-04 |
Movie | The Art of Football from A to Z | Self | 2006-05-25 |
Movie | Gorillaz | Demon Days Live | Narrator (voice) | 2006-03-27 |
Movie | 10th & Wolf | Matty Matello | 2006-02-19 |
Movie | Memory | Max Lichtenstein | 2006-11-01 |
Movie | Wanderlust | Himself | 2006-07-12 |
Movie | Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film | Self | 2006-09-01 |
Movie | The Sixth Element: The Ross Clarke-Jones Story | Narrator | 2006-10-03 |
Movie | 50 Films to See Before You Die | Self | 2006-07-22 |
Movie | The Real James Dean | Self | 2006-08-01 |
Movie | Champion | Self | 2005-03-12 |
Movie | Americano | Riccardo | 2005-01-07 |
Movie | The Crow: Wicked Prayer | El NiƱo | 2005-05-04 |
Movie | Inside Deep Throat | Narrator (voice) | 2005-02-11 |
Movie | Land of the Dead | Kaufman | 2005-06-18 |
Series | E-Ring | Eli McNulty | 2005-09-21 |
Movie | House of 9 | Father Duffy | 2005-06-19 |
Movie | The Keeper | Krebs | 2004-05-14 |
Series | 10 Things Every Guy Should Experience | Unknown | 2004-02-02 |
Movie | Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments | Self | 2004-05-01 |
Movie | The Last Ride | Ronnie Purnell | 2004-06-02 |
Series | Entourage | Unknown | 2004-07-18 |
Movie | Out of Season | Harry Barlow | 2004-12-23 |
Movie | Tell Them Who You Are | Self | 2004-09-06 |
Movie | Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood | Self | 2003-03-09 |
Movie | New Scenes from America | Himself - Actor | 2003-03-13 |
Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
Movie | Unspeakable | Warden | 2003-12-01 |
Series | Las Vegas | Unknown | 2003-09-22 |
Movie | A Decade Under the Influence | Self | 2003-04-25 |
Movie | The Night We Called It a Day | Frank Sinatra | 2003-08-14 |
Movie | I Don't Know Jack | Self | 2002-04-05 |
Movie | Leo | Horace | 2002-03-12 |
Series | Firestarter: Rekindled | James Richardson | 2002-03-10 |
Series | V Graham Norton | Unknown | 2002-05-06 |
Movie | Mysteries of Love | Self | 2002-06-04 |
Series | The Groovenians | Dad / King Normans (voice) | 2002-11-10 |
Movie | The Piano Player | Robert Nile | 2002-10-06 |
Movie | 1 Giant Leap | Self | 2002-09-10 |
Movie | Emmanuelle: A Hard Look | Himself | 2001-01-01 |
Movie | Choke | Henry Clark | 2001-08-14 |
Movie | Ticker | Alex Swan | 2001-06-23 |
Movie | Knockaround Guys | Benny Chains | 2001-09-07 |
Movie | Jazz Seen | Self | 2001-10-06 |
Series | 24 | Victor Drazen | 2001-11-06 |
Movie | Spreading Ground | Det. Ed DeLongpre | 2000-03-05 |
Movie | The Apostate | Lewis Garou | 2000-02-23 |
Movie | The Ten Commandments of Creativity | Self | 2000-02-01 |
Movie | Lured Innocence | Rick Chambers | 2000-02-12 |
Movie | Luck of the Draw | Giani Ponti | 2000-04-06 |
Series | Jason and the Argonauts | Pelias | 2000-05-07 |
Movie | Tycus | Peter Crowford | 2000-08-08 |
Movie | Held for Ransom | JD | 2000-11-14 |
Movie | Jesus' Son | Bill | 2000-06-16 |
Movie | The Prophet's Game | Vincent Swan | 2000-06-06 |
Movie | Bad City Blues | Cleveland Carter | 1999-02-16 |
Movie | The Source | William S. Burroughs | 1999-01-23 |
Movie | Edtv | Henry 'Hank' Pekurny | 1999-03-26 |
Movie | Forever Hollywood | Self | 1999-01-01 |
Movie | The Venice Project | Roland / Salvatore | 1999-09-09 |
Movie | Straight Shooter | Frank Hector | 1999-04-15 |
Movie | Me and Will | (Easy Rider movie clip) | 1999-07-10 |
Movie | A Tribute To Johnny Cash | Self | 1999-06-04 |
Movie | Meet the Deedles | Frank Slater | 1998-03-27 |
Movie | Welcome to Hollywood | Dennis Hopper | 1998-10-01 |
Movie | Top of the World | Charles Atlas | 1998-09-29 |
Movie | Cannes Man | Self | 1997-06-03 |
Movie | The Blackout | Mickey | 1997-06-11 |
Movie | Road Ends | Sheriff Ben Gilchrist | 1997-10-05 |
Movie | Who Is Henry Jaglom? | Self | 1997-07-08 |
Series | The Daily Show | Unknown | 1996-07-22 |
Movie | Space Truckers | John Canyon | 1996-03-01 |
Movie | Basquiat | Bruno Bischofberger | 1996-08-09 |
Movie | Carried Away | Joseph Svenden | 1996-01-26 |
Movie | The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money | Self - Host | 1996-11-17 |
Series | E! True Hollywood Story | Unknown | 1996-08-21 |
Movie | Samson and Delilah | Generale Tariq | 1996-12-08 |
Movie | The Last Days of Frankie the Fly | Frankie | 1996-10-24 |
Movie | James Dean and Me | Self (uncredited) | 1995-01-01 |
Movie | Search and Destroy | Dr. Waxling | 1995-04-23 |
Movie | Waterworld | Deacon | 1995-07-28 |
Series | Die Harald Schmidt Show | Unknown | 1995-12-05 |
Movie | Speed | Howard Payne | 1994-06-09 |
Movie | Chasers | Doggie | 1994-04-22 |
Movie | Marlon Brando: The Wild One | Self | 1994-08-11 |
Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 1994-08-14 |
Movie | Witch Hunt | H. Phillip Lovecraft | 1994-12-10 |
Movie | Boiling Point | Rudolph 'Red' Diamond | 1993-04-16 |
Movie | Red Rock West | Lyle from Dallas | 1993-05-14 |
Movie | The Revenge of the Dead Indians | Himself | 1993-01-01 |
Movie | True Romance | Clifford Worley | 1993-09-09 |
Movie | Super Mario Bros. | King Koopa | 1993-05-28 |
Movie | Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O | Self | 1993-05-22 |
Movie | Sunset Heat | Carl Madson | 1992-07-02 |
Movie | Nails | Harry 'Nails' Niles | 1992-07-25 |
Movie | The Heart of Justice | Austin Blair | 1992-10-14 |
Movie | Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas | Self | 1991-09-06 |
Movie | Doublecrossed | Barry Seal | 1991-07-20 |
Movie | Paris Trout | Paris Trout | 1991-04-21 |
Movie | The Indian Runner | Caesar | 1991-09-20 |
Movie | Eye of the Storm | Marvin Gladstone | 1991-10-03 |
Movie | Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse | Self | 1991-11-27 |
Series | Fishing with John | 1991-11-20 | |
Movie | SnowwhiteRosered | Self | 1991-10-24 |
Movie | Flashback | Huey Walker | 1990-02-02 |
Movie | Chattahoochee | Walker Benson | 1990-04-20 |
Movie | Catchfire | Milo | 1990-04-03 |
Movie | Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol | Self | 1990-07-18 |
Movie | Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1990-06-01 |
Movie | Blood Red | William Bradford Berrigan | 1989-08-18 |
Movie | No Frank in Lumberton | 1988-01-19 | |
Series | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Unknown | 1988-09-05 |
Movie | Black Widow | Ben Dumers | 1987-02-06 |
Movie | Running Out of Luck | Video Director | 1987-02-02 |
Movie | Straight to Hell | I.G. Farben | 1987-06-26 |
Movie | The American Way | Captain | 1987-11-13 |
Movie | O.C. and Stiggs | Sponson | 1987-07-10 |
Movie | Santabear's High Flying Adventure | (voice) | 1987-12-01 |
Movie | The Pick-up Artist | Flash Jensen | 1987-09-18 |
Movie | Some Kind of Genius | Himself | 1986-01-01 |
Movie | River's Edge | Feck | 1986-08-27 |
Movie | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 | Lieutenant 'Lefty' Enright | 1986-08-22 |
Movie | Blue Velvet | Frank Booth | 1986-09-19 |
Movie | Hoosiers | Shooter | 1986-11-14 |
Movie | A Hero of Our Time | Casey | 1985-01-01 |
Movie | Stark | Lieutenant Ron Bliss | 1985-04-10 |
Movie | My Science Project | Bob Roberts | 1985-08-09 |
Movie | The Inside Man | Miller | 1984-08-31 |
Movie | Rumble Fish | Father | 1983-10-09 |
Movie | The Osterman Weekend | Richard Tremayne | 1983-10-14 |
Movie | White Star | Kenneth Barlow | 1983-10-27 |
Movie | Human Highway | Cracker / Stranger | 1982-09-10 |
Movie | King of the Mountain | Cal | 1981-04-04 |
Movie | Out of the Blue | Don | 1981-04-29 |
Movie | Reborn | Rev. Tom Hartley | 1981-09-27 |
Movie | Apocalypse Now | Photojournalist | 1979-08-15 |
Movie | Last In, First Out | Medford | 1978-08-30 |
Movie | Flesh Color | Mel | 1978-09-12 |
Movie | The Sorceror's Apprentice | A Spy | 1977-09-28 |
Movie | The American Friend | Tom Ripley | 1977-06-24 |
Movie | Mad Dog Morgan | Daniel Morgan | 1976-07-09 |
Movie | Tracks | 1st Sgt. Jack Falen | 1976-12-15 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
Movie | James Dean: The First American Teenager | Self | 1975-09-30 |
Movie | Bloodbath | Chicken | 1975-11-29 |
Movie | Kid Blue | Bickford Waner | 1973-01-31 |
Movie | Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here | Self | 1972-05-11 |
Movie | Crush Proof | Dennis Hopper | 1972-06-04 |
Movie | The American Dreamer | Himself | 1971-04-01 |
Movie | The Last Movie | Kansas | 1971-09-29 |
Series | The Johnny Cash Show | Unknown | 1969-06-07 |
Movie | Easy Rider | Billy | 1969-06-26 |
Movie | True Grit | "Moon" | 1969-06-11 |
Movie | Hang 'em High | Prophet | 1968-04-12 |
Movie | Panic in the City | Goff | 1968-10-01 |
Movie | Head | Dennis Hopper (uncredited) | 1968-11-06 |
Movie | The Trip | Max | 1967-08-23 |
Series | The Guns of Will Sonnett | Unknown | 1967-09-08 |
Movie | Cool Hand Luke | Babalugats | 1967-11-01 |
Movie | The Glory Stompers | Chino | 1967-11-22 |
Movie | Queen of Blood | Paul Grant | 1966-03-01 |
Movie | Screen Test #3 | 1966-10-23 | |
Series | The Legend of Jesse James | Unknown | 1965-09-13 |
Movie | Screen Test #1 | Himself | 1965-06-12 |
Movie | The Sons of Katie Elder | Dave Hastings | 1965-06-23 |
Movie | Andy Warhol Screen Tests | Self | 1965-11-28 |
Series | The Big Valley | Unknown | 1965-09-15 |
Movie | Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort of | Tarzan (Double) | 1964-02-18 |
Series | The Dakotas | Unknown | 1963-01-07 |
Series | The Lieutenant | Unknown | 1963-09-14 |
Series | Petticoat Junction | Unknown | 1963-09-24 |
Series | The Greatest Show on Earth | Unknown | 1963-09-17 |
Series | Arrest and Trial | Unknown | 1963-09-15 |
Series | Combat! | Unknown | 1962-10-02 |
Series | 87th Precinct | Unknown | 1961-09-25 |
Movie | Night Tide | Johnny Drake | 1961-07-01 |
Movie | Key Witness | William "Cowby" Tomkins | 1960-10-06 |
Series | Surfside 6 | Unknown | 1960-10-06 |
Movie | The Young Land | Hatfield Carnes | 1959-05-01 |
Movie | Disneyland '59 | Self | 1959-06-15 |
Series | The Twilight Zone | Unknown | 1959-10-02 |
Movie | From Hell to Texas | Tom Boyd | 1958-04-29 |
Series | The Rifleman | Unknown | 1958-09-30 |
Series | Naked City | Unknown | 1958-09-30 |
Movie | The James Dean Story | Self | 1957-08-13 |
Series | Sugarfoot | Unknown | 1957-09-17 |
Movie | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | Billy Clanton | 1957-05-30 |
Movie | Sayonara | MP in Kelly's House / MP at Tokyo Airport (voice) (uncredited) | 1957-12-25 |
Movie | The Story of Mankind | Napoleon Bonaparte | 1957-11-08 |
Series | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Unknown | 1956-10-05 |
Movie | Giant | Jordan "Jordy" Benedict III | 1956-11-08 |
Series | Kings Row | Unknown | 1955-09-13 |
Series | The Millionaire | Unknown | 1955-01-19 |
Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
Series | Cheyenne | Unknown | 1955-09-20 |
Series | Highway Patrol | Unknown | 1955-10-03 |
Movie | I Died a Thousand Times | Joe (uncredited) | 1955-11-09 |
Series | Matinee Theater | Unknown | 1955-10-31 |
Movie | Rebel Without a Cause | Goon | 1955-10-27 |
Movie | Johnny Guitar | uncredited | 1954-05-26 |
Series | Medic | Unknown | 1954-09-13 |
Series | Letter to Loretta | Unknown | 1953-09-20 |
Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
Series | Studio One | Unknown | 1948-11-07 |