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 | Wim Wenders, Desperado | Self (archive footage) | 2020-07-16 |
Movie | Sonic the Hedgehog | Howard Payne (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2020-02-12 |
Movie | Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth | Self | 2020-03-06 |
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 | Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider | Self (archive footage) | 2016-06-29 |
Movie | Taylor & Ultra: On the 60s, The Factory, and Being a Warhol Superstar | Self (archive footage) | 2016-04-14 |
Movie | 'Blue Velvet' Revisited | Self | 2016-10-07 |
Movie | Along for the Ride | Self (archive footage) | 2016-11-03 |
Movie | The Last Film Festival | Nick Twain - Producer | 2016-09-16 |
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 | Scene Missing | Self | 2012-01-01 |
Movie | Corman's World | Various Roles (archive footage) | 2011-12-16 |
Movie | Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage | Frank Booth | 2011-11-08 |
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 | Chelsea on the Rocks | Himself | 2008-05-23 |
Movie | Sleepwalking | Mr. Reedy | 2008-03-14 |
Movie | Bananaz | Narrator (voice) | 2008-02-07 |
Movie | Swing Vote | Donald Greenleaf | 2008-08-01 |
Movie | The Cool School | Self | 2008-03-07 |
Movie | Hell Ride | Eddie Zero | 2008-08-08 |
Series | Crash | Ben Cendars | 2008-10-17 |
Movie | Palermo Shooting | Frank | 2008-11-20 |
Movie | The Brothers Warner | Self - Actor | 2008-10-16 |
Movie | An American Carol | Judge Clarence Henderson | 2008-10-03 |
Movie | Elegy | George O'Hearn | 2008-08-08 |
Movie | Not Quite Hollywood | Self | 2008-08-28 |
Series | The Graham Norton Show | Himself | 2007-02-22 |
Movie | The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose | Himself | 2007-12-07 |
Movie | Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi | Narrator (voice) | 2006-04-07 |
Movie | Gorillaz | Demon Days Live | Narrator (voice) | 2006-03-27 |
Movie | 10th & Wolf | Matty Matello | 2006-02-19 |
Movie | Hoboken Hollow | Sheriff Greer | 2006-01-04 |
Movie | The Art of Football from A to Z | Self | 2006-05-25 |
Movie | Sketches of Frank Gehry | Self | 2006-05-12 |
Movie | Memory | Max Lichtenstein | 2006-11-01 |
Movie | The Sixth Element: The Ross Clarke-Jones Story | Narrator | 2006-10-03 |
Movie | Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film | Self | 2006-09-01 |
Movie | The Real James Dean | Self | 2006-08-01 |
Movie | Wanderlust | Himself | 2006-07-12 |
Movie | Inside Deep Throat | Narrator (voice) | 2005-02-11 |
Movie | Americano | Riccardo | 2005-01-07 |
Movie | Champion | Self | 2005-03-12 |
Movie | Land of the Dead | Kaufman | 2005-06-18 |
Series | E-Ring | Eli McNulty | 2005-09-21 |
Movie | The Crow: Wicked Prayer | El NiƱo | 2005-05-04 |
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 | The Last Ride | Ronnie Purnell | 2004-06-02 |
Movie | Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments | Self | 2004-05-01 |
Series | Entourage | Unknown | 2004-07-18 |
Movie | Tell Them Who You Are | Self | 2004-09-06 |
Movie | Out of Season | Harry Barlow | 2004-12-23 |
Movie | Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood | Self | 2003-03-09 |
Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
Movie | New Scenes from America | Himself - Actor | 2003-03-13 |
Movie | A Decade Under the Influence | Self | 2003-04-25 |
Series | Las Vegas | Unknown | 2003-09-22 |
Movie | Unspeakable | Warden | 2003-12-01 |
Movie | The Night We Called It a Day | Frank Sinatra | 2003-08-14 |
Movie | Leo | Horace | 2002-03-12 |
Series | Firestarter: Rekindled | James Richardson | 2002-03-10 |
Movie | Flatland | Smith | 2002-01-01 |
Movie | When Hippies Ruled The World | Himself | 2002-04-10 |
Movie | I Don't Know Jack | Self | 2002-04-05 |
Series | The Groovenians | Dad / King Normans (voice) | 2002-11-10 |
Movie | Mysteries of Love | Self | 2002-06-04 |
Movie | The Piano Player | Robert Nile | 2002-10-06 |
Series | V Graham Norton | Unknown | 2002-05-06 |
Movie | Ticker | Alex Swan | 2001-06-23 |
Movie | Emmanuelle: A Hard Look | Himself | 2001-01-01 |
Movie | Choke | Henry Clark | 2001-08-14 |
Movie | Jazz Seen | Self | 2001-10-06 |
Movie | Knockaround Guys | Benny Chains | 2001-11-30 |
Series | 24 | Victor Drazen | 2001-11-06 |
Movie | L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve | Captain Elsworth | 2001-10-09 |
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 | Luck of the Draw | Giani Ponti | 2000-04-06 |
Movie | Lured Innocence | Rick Chambers | 2000-02-12 |
Series | Jason and the Argonauts | Pelias | 2000-05-07 |
Movie | The Prophet's Game | Vincent Swan | 2000-06-06 |
Movie | Tycus | Peter Crowford | 2000-08-08 |
Movie | Held for Ransom | JD | 2000-11-14 |
Movie | Jesus' Son | Bill | 2000-06-16 |
Movie | Bad City Blues | Cleveland Carter | 1999-02-16 |
Movie | The Source | William S. Burroughs | 1999-01-23 |
Movie | Forever Hollywood | Self | 1999-01-01 |
Movie | Edtv | Henry 'Hank' Pekurny | 1999-03-26 |
Movie | Me and Will | (Easy Rider movie clip) | 1999-07-10 |
Movie | Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage | Self | 1999-10-07 |
Movie | Straight Shooter | Frank Hector | 1999-04-15 |
Movie | The Venice Project | Roland / Salvatore | 1999-09-09 |
Movie | A Tribute To Johnny Cash | Self | 1999-06-04 |
Movie | Meet the Deedles | Frank Slater | 1998-03-27 |
Movie | Top of the World | Charles Atlas | 1998-09-29 |
Movie | Welcome to Hollywood | Dennis Hopper | 1998-10-01 |
Movie | The Blackout | Mickey | 1997-06-11 |
Movie | Cannes Man | Self | 1997-06-03 |
Movie | Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain | Self | 1997-10-12 |
Movie | Road Ends | Sheriff Ben Gilchrist | 1997-10-05 |
Series | The Daily Show | Unknown | 1996-07-22 |
Movie | Carried Away | Joseph Svenden | 1996-01-26 |
Movie | Basquiat | Bruno Bischofberger | 1996-08-09 |
Movie | Space Truckers | John Canyon | 1996-03-01 |
Movie | The Last Days of Frankie the Fly | Frankie | 1996-10-24 |
Movie | Samson and Delilah | Generale Tariq | 1996-12-08 |
Series | E! True Hollywood Story | Unknown | 1996-08-21 |
Movie | The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money | Self - Host | 1996-11-17 |
Movie | Return to 'Giant' | Self | 1996-09-21 |
Movie | Search and Destroy | Dr. Waxling | 1995-04-23 |
Movie | James Dean and Me | Self (uncredited) | 1995-01-01 |
Movie | Waterworld | Deacon | 1995-07-28 |
Series | Die Harald Schmidt Show | Unknown | 1995-12-05 |
Movie | Chasers | Doggie | 1994-04-22 |
Movie | Speed | Howard Payne | 1994-06-09 |
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 | The Revenge of the Dead Indians | Himself | 1993-01-01 |
Movie | Red Rock West | Lyle from Dallas | 1993-05-14 |
Movie | True Romance | Clifford Worley | 1993-09-09 |
Movie | Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O | Self | 1993-05-22 |
Movie | Super Mario Bros. | King Koopa | 1993-05-28 |
Movie | Nails | Harry 'Nails' Niles | 1992-07-25 |
Movie | Sunset Heat | Carl Madson | 1992-07-02 |
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 | Paris Trout | Paris Trout | 1991-04-21 |
Movie | The Indian Runner | Caesar | 1991-09-20 |
Movie | Doublecrossed | Barry Seal | 1991-07-20 |
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 | Catchfire | Milo | 1990-04-03 |
Movie | Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol | Self | 1990-07-18 |
Movie | Chattahoochee | Walker Benson | 1990-04-20 |
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 | Straight to Hell | I.G. Farben | 1987-06-26 |
Movie | Black Widow | Ben Dumers | 1987-02-06 |
Movie | O.C. and Stiggs | Sponson | 1987-07-10 |
Movie | Running Out of Luck | Video Director | 1987-02-02 |
Movie | The Pick-up Artist | Flash Jensen | 1987-09-18 |
Movie | The American Way | Captain | 1987-11-13 |
Movie | Blue Peanuts | Snoopy | 1987-11-05 |
Movie | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 | Lieutenant 'Lefty' Enright | 1986-08-22 |
Movie | River's Edge | Feck | 1986-08-27 |
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 | My Science Project | Bob Roberts | 1985-08-09 |
Movie | Stark | Lieutenant Ron Bliss | 1985-04-10 |
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 |
Series | Wild Times | Doc Holliday | 1980-01-24 |
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 American Friend | Tom Ripley | 1977-06-24 |
Movie | The Sorceror's Apprentice | A Spy | 1977-09-28 |
Movie | Tracks | 1st Sgt. Jack Falen | 1976-12-15 |
Movie | Mad Dog Morgan | Daniel Morgan | 1976-07-09 |
Movie | James Dean: The First American Teenager | Self | 1975-09-30 |
Movie | Bloodbath | Chicken | 1975-11-29 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
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 |
Series | The Guns of Will Sonnett | Unknown | 1967-09-08 |
Movie | The Trip | Max | 1967-08-23 |
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 | |
Movie | The Sons of Katie Elder | Dave Hastings | 1965-06-23 |
Series | The Legend of Jesse James | Unknown | 1965-09-13 |
Movie | Screen Test #1 | Himself | 1965-06-12 |
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 Lieutenant | Unknown | 1963-09-14 |
Series | The Dakotas | Unknown | 1963-01-07 |
Series | The Greatest Show on Earth | Unknown | 1963-09-17 |
Series | Arrest and Trial | Unknown | 1963-09-15 |
Series | Petticoat Junction | Unknown | 1963-09-24 |
Series | Combat! | Unknown | 1962-10-02 |
Movie | Night Tide | Johnny Drake | 1961-07-01 |
Series | 87th Precinct | Unknown | 1961-09-25 |
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 |
Series | The Twilight Zone | Unknown | 1959-10-02 |
Movie | Disneyland '59 | Self | 1959-06-15 |
Movie | From Hell to Texas | Tom Boyd | 1958-04-29 |
Series | Naked City | Unknown | 1958-09-30 |
Series | The Rifleman | Unknown | 1958-09-30 |
Movie | The James Dean Story | Self | 1957-08-13 |
Movie | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | Billy Clanton | 1957-05-30 |
Series | Sugarfoot | Unknown | 1957-09-17 |
Movie | The Story of Mankind | Napoleon Bonaparte | 1957-11-08 |
Movie | Sayonara | MP in Kelly's House / MP at Tokyo Airport (voice) (uncredited) | 1957-12-25 |
Series | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Unknown | 1956-10-05 |
Movie | New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant' | Self | 1956-10-09 |
Movie | Giant | Jordan "Jordy" Benedict III | 1956-11-08 |
Series | Gunsmoke | Unknown | 1955-09-10 |
Series | The Millionaire | Unknown | 1955-01-19 |
Series | Cheyenne | Unknown | 1955-09-20 |
Series | Kings Row | Unknown | 1955-09-13 |
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 |