Dennis Hopper
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.
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- Born:
- May 17, 1936 In Dodge City - Kansas - USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 259
- First Appeared:
- In the series Studio One 1948-11-07
- Latest Project:
- Movie Spirit of Golf 2023-07-23
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Spirit of Golf | Self (archive footage) | 2023-07-23 |
| 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 |
| Series | Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen | Self | 2020-12-31 |
| 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 | The Last Film Festival | Nick Twain - Producer | 2016-09-16 |
| 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 | Scene Missing | Self | 2012-01-01 |
| Movie | Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ | Self (archive footage) | 2012-06-07 |
| Movie | Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage | Frank Booth | 2011-11-08 |
| Movie | Corman's World | Various Roles (archive footage) | 2011-12-16 |
| Movie | Alpha and Omega | Tony (voice) | 2010-07-05 |
| Movie | Beautiful Darling | Self (archive footage) | 2010-04-02 |
| Movie | Stardust | Self (uncredited) | 2010-10-16 |
| Movie | 13 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests | Self | 2009-04-07 |
| Movie | No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos | Self | 2009-01-11 |
| Movie | Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder | Self | 2009-04-01 |
| Movie | Chelsea on the Rocks | Self | 2008-05-23 |
| Movie | Sleepwalking | Mr. Reedy | 2008-03-14 |
| Movie | Swing Vote | Donald Greenleaf | 2008-08-01 |
| Movie | Bananaz | Narrator (voice) | 2008-02-07 |
| 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 |
| Series | Brando: The Documentary | Self | 2007-05-01 |
| Movie | Brando | Self | 2007-05-01 |
| Movie | The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose | Self | 2007-12-07 |
| Movie | Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi | Narrator (voice) | 2006-04-07 |
| Movie | Sketches of Frank Gehry | Self | 2006-05-12 |
| Movie | Gorillaz: Demon Days Live at the Manchester Opera House | 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 | Wanderlust | Himself | 2006-07-12 |
| 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 | 50 Films to See Before You Die | Self | 2006-07-22 |
| 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 Niño | 2005-05-04 |
| Movie | House of 9 | Father Duffy | 2005-06-19 |
| Movie | Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments | Self | 2004-05-01 |
| Series | 10 Things Every Guy Should Experience | Unknown | 2004-02-02 |
| Movie | The Last Ride | Ronnie Purnell | 2004-06-02 |
| Movie | The Keeper | Krebs | 2004-05-14 |
| Movie | Out of Season | Harry Barlow | 2004-12-23 |
| Movie | Tell Them Who You Are | Self | 2004-09-06 |
| Series | Entourage | Unknown | 2004-07-18 |
| Movie | Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' 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 |
| Series | Firestarter: Rekindled | James Richardson | 2002-03-10 |
| Movie | Mysteries of Love | Self | 2002-02-24 |
| Movie | Flatland | Smith | 2002-01-01 |
| Movie | Leo | Horace | 2002-03-12 |
| Series | Flatland | Smith | 2002-04-01 |
| Series | The Groovenians | Dad / King Normans (voice) | 2002-11-10 |
| Movie | The Piano Player | Robert Nile | 2002-10-06 |
| Series | V Graham Norton | Unknown | 2002-05-06 |
| Movie | When Hippies Ruled The World | Self | 2002-04-10 |
| Movie | I Don't Know Jack | Self | 2002-04-05 |
| Movie | Ticker | Alex Swan | 2001-06-23 |
| Movie | Emmanuelle: A Hard Look | Himself | 2001-01-01 |
| Movie | Choke | Henry Clark | 2001-08-14 |
| Movie | L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve | Captain Elsworth | 2001-10-09 |
| Movie | Jazz Seen | Self | 2001-10-06 |
| Series | 24 | Victor Drazen | 2001-11-06 |
| Movie | Knockaround Guys | Benny Chains | 2001-11-30 |
| Movie | Spreading Ground | Det. Ed DeLongpre | 2000-02-25 |
| Movie | The Apostate | Lewis Garou | 2000-02-23 |
| Movie | The Ten Commandments of Creativity | Self | 2000-02-01 |
| Series | Jason and the Argonauts | Pelias | 2000-05-07 |
| Movie | Luck of the Draw | Giani Ponti | 2000-04-06 |
| Movie | Welcome to Hollywood | Dennis Hopper | 2000-10-27 |
| Movie | Jesus' Son | Bill | 2000-06-16 |
| Movie | Held for Ransom | JD | 2000-11-14 |
| Movie | The Prophet's Game | Vincent Swan | 2000-06-06 |
| Movie | EDtv | Henry 'Hank' Pekurny | 1999-03-26 |
| Movie | Bad City Blues | Cleveland Carter | 1999-02-16 |
| Movie | Forever Hollywood | Self | 1999-01-01 |
| Movie | Straight Shooter | Frank Hector | 1999-04-15 |
| Movie | The Source | William S. Burroughs | 1999-01-23 |
| Movie | A Tribute To Johnny Cash | Self | 1999-06-04 |
| Movie | Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage | Self | 1999-10-07 |
| Movie | Me and Will | (Easy Rider movie clip) | 1999-07-10 |
| Movie | The Venice Project | Roland / Salvatore | 1999-09-09 |
| Movie | Tycus | Peter Crowford | 1999-06-22 |
| Movie | Meet the Deedles | Frank Slater | 1998-03-27 |
| Movie | U2: A Year in Pop | Narrator (voice) | 1997-04-26 |
| Movie | Top of the World | Charles Atlas | 1997-05-01 |
| Movie | Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life | Self | 1997-02-24 |
| Movie | Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain | Self | 1997-10-12 |
| Movie | The Blackout | Mickey | 1997-06-11 |
| Movie | Lured Innocence | Rick Chambers | 1997-12-28 |
| Movie | Road Ends | Sheriff Ben Gilchrist | 1997-10-05 |
| Movie | Basquiat | Bruno Bischofberger | 1996-08-09 |
| Series | The Daily Show | Unknown | 1996-07-22 |
| Movie | Carried Away | Joseph Svenden | 1996-01-26 |
| Series | E! True Hollywood Story | Unknown | 1996-08-21 |
| Movie | Cannes Man | Self | 1996-06-03 |
| Movie | Return to 'Giant' | Self | 1996-09-21 |
| Movie | Samson and Delilah | Generale Tariq | 1996-12-08 |
| Movie | Space Truckers | John Canyon | 1996-10-04 |
| Movie | The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money | Self - Host | 1996-11-17 |
| Movie | The Last Days of Frankie the Fly | Frankie | 1996-10-24 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir | Himself | 1995-06-01 |
| 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 | Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work | Self | 1993-12-31 |
| 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 | 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 | Doublecrossed | Barry Seal | 1991-07-20 |
| Movie | The Indian Runner | Caesar | 1991-09-20 |
| Movie | Paris Trout | Paris Trout | 1991-04-21 |
| Movie | Eye of the Storm | Marvin Gladstone | 1991-10-03 |
| Series | Fishing with John | 1991-11-20 | |
| Movie | Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse | Self | 1991-11-27 |
| Movie | SnowwhiteRosered | Self | 1991-10-24 |
| Movie | Catchfire | Milo | 1990-04-03 |
| Movie | Flashback | Huey Walker | 1990-02-02 |
| Movie | Chattahoochee | Walker Benson | 1990-04-20 |
| Movie | Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol | Self | 1990-07-18 |
| Movie | Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch | Self | 1990-10-19 |
| Movie | Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1990-06-01 |
| Movie | Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders | Self | 1990-04-25 |
| Movie | Blood Red | William Bradford Berrigan | 1989-08-18 |
| Movie | Drawing the Line: A Portrait of Keith Haring | Self | 1989-11-01 |
| Movie | No Frank in Lumberton | Self | 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 | O.C. and Stiggs | Sponson | 1987-07-10 |
| Movie | Straight to Hell | I.G. Farben | 1987-06-26 |
| Movie | The American Way | Captain | 1987-11-13 |
| Movie | Blue Peanuts | Snoopy (Voice) | 1987-11-05 |
| Movie | The Pick-up Artist | Flash Jensen | 1987-09-18 |
| 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 | River's Edge | Feck | 1986-10-10 |
| Movie | Stark | Lieutenant Ron Bliss | 1985-04-10 |
| Movie | A Hero of Our Time | Casey | 1985-01-01 |
| 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 | 1981-04-15 |
| Movie | Reborn | Rev. Tom Hartley | 1981-09-27 |
| Series | Wild Times | Doc Holliday | 1980-01-24 |
| Movie | Apocalypse Now | Photojournalist | 1979-05-19 |
| 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 |
| Movie | The Sky is Falling | Chicken | 1975-11-29 |
| Movie | James Dean: The First American Teenager | Self | 1975-09-30 |
| 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 | True Grit | "Moon" | 1969-06-11 |
| Movie | Easy Rider | Billy | 1969-06-26 |
| Movie | Hang 'em High | Prophet | 1968-04-12 |
| Movie | Head | Self (uncredited) | 1968-11-06 |
| Movie | Panic in the City | Goff | 1968-10-01 |
| 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 | Screen Test #1 | Himself | 1965-06-12 |
| Series | The Legend of Jesse James | Unknown | 1965-09-13 |
| 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 |
| Movie | Night Tide | Johnny Drake | 1961-07-01 |
| Series | 87th Precinct | Unknown | 1961-09-25 |
| Series | Surfside 6 | Unknown | 1960-10-06 |
| Movie | Key Witness | William "Cowby" Tomkins | 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 |
| 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 | Giant | Jordan "Jordy" Benedict III | 1956-11-08 |
| Movie | New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant' | Self | 1956-10-09 |
| 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 |