Dennis Hopper
May 17, 1936 (90 years old) in Dodge City, Kansas, USA
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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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- 2026 · This Is Buzz as Self (archive footage)
- 2022 · Mickey Rourke: Just Like a Man as
- 2021 · Morceaux de Cannes as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · Wim Wenders, Desperado as Self (archive footage)
- 2016 · Blue Velvet Revisited as Self
- 2016 · Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 · Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ as Self (archive footage)
- 2011 · Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage as Frank Booth
- 2009 · No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos as Self
- 2008 · Palermo Shooting as Frank
- 2008 · The Brothers Warner as Self
- 2008 · Chelsea on the Rocks as Self
- 2008 · Sleepwalking as Mr. Reedy
- 2008 · Bananaz as Self / Narrator (voice)
- 2007 · The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose as Self
- 2007 · Brando as Self
- 2006 · Memory as Max Lichtenstein
- 2006 · Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film as Self
- 2006 · The Art of Football from A to Z as Self
- 2006 · Sketches of Frank Gehry as Self
- 2006 · Gorillaz: Demon Days Live in Harlem at Apollo Theater as Self
- 2006 · Hoboken Hollow as Sheriff Greer
- 2005 · On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish' as Self (archive footage)
- 2005 · Americano as Riccardo
- 2004 · Out of Season as Harry Barlow
- 2004 · The Last Ride as Ronnie Purnell
- 2004 · Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments as Self
- 2003 · Unspeakable as Warden
- 2003 · The Night We Called It a Day as Frank Sinatra
- 2003 · Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood as Self
- 2002 · The Groovenians as Dad/King Normans
- 2002 · The Piano Player as Robert Nile
- 2002 · I Don't Know Jack as Self
- 2002 · Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film as Self (uncredited)
- 2002 · Leo as Horace
- 2001 · L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve as Captain Elsworth
- 2001 · Emmanuelle: A Hard Look as Himself
- 2000 · Held for Ransom as JD
- 2000 · Spreading Ground as Det. Ed DeLongpre
- 2000 · The Ten Commandments of Creativity as Self
- 1999 · The Venice Project as Roland / Salvatore
- 1999 · A Tribute to Johnny Cash as Self
- 1999 · Straight Shooter as Frank Hector
- 1999 · Forever Hollywood as Self
- 1998 · Lured Innocence as Rick Chambers
- 1997 · Road Ends as Sheriff Ben Gilchrist
- 1997 · Who Is Henry Jaglom? as Self
- 1996 · The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money as Self - Host
- 1995 · Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir as Himself
- 1995 · Search and Destroy as Dr. Waxling
- 1995 · James Dean and Me as Self (uncredited)
- 1994 · Marlon Brando: The Wild One as Self
- 1994 · The Making of 'Speed' as Self / Host
- 1993 · Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O as Self
- 1992 · Sunset Heat as Carl Madson
- 1991 · Eye of the Storm as Marvin Gladstone
- 1991 · Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper as Self (uncredited)
- 1991 · Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: Alejandro Jodorowsky as Self
- 1990 · Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch as Self
- 1990 · Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol as Self
- 1990 · Chattahoochee as Walker Benson
- 1989 · Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- 1987 · The American Way as Captain
- 1987 · Straight to Hell as I.G. Farben
- 1987 · Out of the Blue and Into the Black as Self
- 1986 · Stark: Mirror Image as Lieutenant Ron Bliss
- 1983 · White Star as Kenneth Barlow
- 1982 · Human Highway as Cracker / Stranger
- 1978 · Flesh Color as Mel
- 1976 · Mad Dog Morgan as Daniel Morgan
- 1975 · The Sky is Falling as Chicken
- 1975 · James Dean: The First American Teenager as Self
- 1973 · Kid Blue as Bickford Waner
- 1972 · Crush Proof as Dennis Hopper
- 1971 · The Last Movie as Kansas
- 1968 · Head as Self (uncredited)
- 1968 · Panic in the City as Goff
- 1966 · Light Years as
- 1963 · He's Alive as Peter Vollmer
- 1959 · The Young Land as Hatfield Carnes
- Future · The Good Life as Mr. B
- 2025 · Films to Die For as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2023 · Spirit of Golf as Self (archive footage)
- 2020 · Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen as Self
- 2020 · Hopper/Welles as Self
- 2020 · Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth 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 · 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)
- 2015 · Fighting Against the Wind: Making 'the American Dreamer' as Self
- 2014 · Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
- 2014 · Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films as Lt. Lefty Enright (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2013 · Llyn Foulkes One Man Band as Himself
- 2013 · Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter as Himself
- 2012 · Scene Missing as Self
- 2011 · Corman's World as Various Roles (archive footage)
- 2011 · Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame as Self (archive footage)
- 2011 · On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America as Self
- 2010 · Stardust as Self (uncredited)
- 2010 · Alpha and Omega as Tony (voice)
- 2010 · Beautiful Darling as Self (archive footage)
- 2009 · B movie as Himself
- 2009 · 13 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests as Self
- 2009 · Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder as Self
- 2008 · Crash as Ben Cendars
- 2008 · An American Carol as Judge Clarence Henderson
- 2008 · Not Quite Hollywood as Self
- 2008 · Elegy as George O'Hearn
- 2008 · Hell Ride as Eddie Zero
- 2008 · Swing Vote as Donald Greenleaf
- 2008 · Russian Suicide Chair as Himself
- 2008 · Tim Leary: The Art of Dying as Self
- 2008 · The Cool School as Self
- 2008 · Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth as Self
- 2007 · Brando: An Icon Is Born as Himself
- 2007 · Brando: The Documentary as Self
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · The Sixth Element: The Ross Clarke-Jones Story as Narrator
- 2006 · The Real James Dean as Self
- 2006 · 50 Films to See Before You Die as Self
- 2006 · Wanderlust as Himself
- 2006 · Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi as Narrator (voice)
- 2006 · Gorillaz: Demon Days Live at the Manchester Opera House as Narrator (voice)
- 2006 · 10th & Wolf as Matty Matello
- 2005 · E-Ring as Eli McNulty
- 2005 · House of 9 as Father Duffy
- 2005 · Land of the Dead as Kaufman
- 2005 · The Crow: Wicked Prayer as El Niño
- 2005 · Champion as Self
- 2005 · Inside Deep Throat as Narrator (voice)
- 2005 · Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents as Self
- 2004 · Tell Them Who You Are as Self
- 2004 · Entourage as Dennis Hopper
- 2004 · The Keeper as Krebs
- 2004 · 10 Things Every Guy Should Experience as Self
- 2003 · Las Vegas as Jon Castille
- 2003 · A Decade Under the Influence as Self
- 2003 · New Scenes from America as Himself - Actor
- 2003 · Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die) as Self
- 2003 · Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- 2002 · The Groovenians as Dad / King Normans (voice)
- 2002 · 1 Giant Leap as Self
- 2002 · V Graham Norton as Self
- 2002 · When Hippies Ruled The World as Self
- 2002 · Flatland as Smith
- 2002 · Firestarter: Rekindled as James Richardson
- 2002 · Mysteries of Love as Self
- 2002 · Flatland as Smith
- 2001 · Knockaround Guys as Benny Chains
- 2001 · 24 as Victor Drazen
- 2001 · Jazz Seen as Self
- 2001 · Choke as Henry Clark
- 2001 · Ticker as Alex Swan
- 2001 · Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture as Self
- 2000 · Welcome to Hollywood as Dennis Hopper
- 2000 · Jesus' Son as Bill
- 2000 · The Prophet's Game as Vincent Swan
- 2000 · Jason and the Argonauts as Pelias
- 2000 · Luck of the Draw as Giani Ponti
- 2000 · Michael Angel as Lewis Garou
- 1999 · Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage as Self
- 1999 · The Pursuit of Happiness as Self
- 1999 · Tycus as Peter Crowford
- 1999 · EDtv as Henry 'Hank' Pekurny
- 1999 · Bad City Blues as Cleveland Carter
- 1999 · The Source as William S. Burroughs
- 1998 · Meet the Deedles as Frank Slater
- 1997 · Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain as Self
- 1997 · Willie Nelson: Down Home as Self
- 1997 · The Blackout as Mickey
- 1997 · Scene by Scene as Self
- 1997 · Top of the World as Charles Atlas
- 1997 · U2: A Year in Pop as Narrator (voice)
- 1997 · Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life as Self
- 1997 · King of the Hill as Dennis Hopper (voice)
- 1996 · Samson and Delilah as General Tariq
- 1996 · The Last Days of Frankie the Fly as Frankie
- 1996 · Space Truckers as John Canyon
- 1996 · Return to 'Giant' as Self
- 1996 · E! True Hollywood Story as
- 1996 · Basquiat as Bruno Bischofberger
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1996 · Cannes Man as Self
- 1996 · Carried Away as Joseph Svenden
- 1996 · Rediscovering a Rebel as Self / Goon (archive footage)
- 1995 · Die Harald Schmidt Show as Self
- 1995 · Born to Be Wild as Himself
- 1995 · Waterworld as Deacon
- 1994 · Witch Hunt as H. Phillip Lovecraft
- 1994 · Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- 1994 · Speed as Howard Payne
- 1994 · Chasers as Doggie
- 1993 · Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work 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
- 1992 · The Heart of Justice as Austin Blair
- 1992 · Nails as Harry 'Nails' Niles
- 1992 · HBO First Look as
- 1991 · Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse as Self
- 1991 · Fishing with John as Self
- 1991 · SnowwhiteRosered as Self
- 1991 · The Indian Runner as Caesar
- 1991 · Picture This as Self
- 1991 · Doublecrossed as Barry Seal
- 1991 · Paris Trout as Paris Trout
- 1990 · Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships and Intersections as Self (uncredited)
- 1990 · Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders as Self
- 1990 · Catchfire as Milo
- 1990 · Flashback as Huey Walker
- 1989 · Drawing the Line: A Portrait of Keith Haring as Self
- 1989 · Blood Red as William Bradford Berrigan
- 1989 · Black Leather Jacket as Narrator
- 1988 · LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
- 1988 · No Frank in Lumberton as Self
- 1988 · On the tracks of a filmmaker as Dennis Hooper
- 1988 · Art, Acting, & the Suicide Chair: A Conversation with Dennis Hopper as
- 1987 · Santabear's High Flying Adventure as (voice)
- 1987 · Seitenblicke as self
- 1987 · The Pick-up Artist as Flash Jensen
- 1987 · O.C. and Stiggs as Sponson
- 1987 · Biography as Self
- 1987 · Black Widow as Ben
- 1987 · Running Out of Luck as Video Director
- 1986 · Hoosiers as Wilbur "Shooter" Flatch
- 1986 · River's Edge as Feck
- 1986 · Blue Velvet as Frank Booth
- 1986 · The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2 as Lieutenant 'Lefty' Enright
- 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 · The Osterman Weekend as Richard Tremayne
- 1983 · Rumble Fish as Father
- 1983 · Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act as Himself
- 1981 · Reborn as Rev. Tom Hartley
- 1981 · Out of the Blue as Don
- 1981 · King of the Mountain as Cal
- 1980 · Wild Times as Doc Holliday
- 1979 · Apocalypse Now as Photojournalist
- 1978 · Last In, First Out as Medford
- 1977 · The Sorceror's Apprentice as A Spy
- 1977 · The American Friend as Tom Ripley
- 1976 · Tracks as 1st Sgt. Jack Falen
- 1976 · To Shoot a Mad Dog as Self
- 1975 · Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- 1975 · Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- 1972 · Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here as Self
- 1971 · The American Dreamer as Himself
- 1969 · Easy Rider as Billy
- 1969 · True Grit as "Moon"
- 1969 · The Johnny Cash Show as Self
- 1968 · Hang 'em High as Prophet
- 1967 · The Glory Stompers as Chino
- 1967 · Cool Hand Luke as Babalugats
- 1967 · The Guns of Will Sonnett as Vern Reed
- 1967 · The Trip as Max
- 1966 · Screen Test #3 as Self (uncredited)
- 1966 · Queen of Blood as Paul Grant
- 1965 · Andy Warhol Screen Tests as Self
- 1965 · Convoy as Roger Small
- 1965 · The Big Valley as Jimmy Sweetwater
- 1965 · The Legend of Jesse James as Jud Salt
- 1965 · The Sons of Katie Elder as Dave Hastings
- 1964 · The Thirteen Most Beautiful Boys as
- 1964 · Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort of as Tarzan (Double)
- 1964 · Screen Test [ST155]: Dennis Hopper as Himself
- 1963 · Espionage as Ferno
- 1963 · Petticoat Junction as Alan Landman
- 1963 · The Greatest Show on Earth as Rhymer
- 1963 · Arrest and Trial as Coley Mitchum
- 1963 · The Lieutenant as Cpl. Peter Devlin
- 1963 · The Dakotas as
- 1962 · Combat! as Zack Fielder
- 1962 · The Hold-Out as Fred Judson
- 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- 1961 · The Investigators as Adrian
- 1961 · 87th Precinct as Andrew Mason
- 1961 · The Defenders as Alfred Carter Jr.
- 1961 · The Defenders as Jason Thomas
- 1961 · Night Tide as Johnny Drake
- 1960 · Surfside 6 as
- 1960 · Key Witness as William "Cowby" Tomkins
- 1960 · The Barbara Stanwyck Show as Gerald Collins
- 1959 · The Twilight Zone as Peter Vollmer
- 1959 · Bonanza as Dev Farnum
- 1959 · Disneyland '59 as Self
- 1958 · Swiss Family Robinson as Fritz
- 1958 · The Rifleman as Vernon Tippert
- 1958 · The Rifleman as Johnny Clover
- 1958 · Naked City as Vinnie Winford
- 1958 · From Hell to Texas as Tom Boyd
- 1957 · Sayonara as MP in Kelly's House / MP at Tokyo Airport (voice) (uncredited)
- 1957 · The Story of Mankind as Napoleon Bonaparte
- 1957 · Wagon Train as Emmett Lawton
- 1957 · Sugarfoot as Billy the Kid
- 1957 · The James Dean Story as Self
- 1957 · Gunfight at the O.K. Corral as Billy Clanton
- 1956 · Giant as Jordy Benedict
- 1956 · New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant' as Self
- 1956 · Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Vern Tippert
- 1956 · Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Denny Sunrise
- 1956 · Conflict as
- 1956 · Conflict as Ed Novak
- 1956 · High Air as Steve Redman
- 1955 · I Died a Thousand Times as Joe (uncredited)
- 1955 · Matinee Theater as
- 1955 · Rebel Without a Cause as Goon
- 1955 · Screen Director's Playhouse as Steve Redman
- 1955 · Highway Patrol as
- 1955 · Cheyenne as Utah Kid
- 1955 · Cheyenne as Abe Larson
- 1955 · Kings Row as
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Billy Kimbo
- 1955 · The Millionaire as Adam Spencer
- 1954 · Medic as Robert
- 1954 · Public Defender as Frank Terry
- 1953 · Letter to Loretta as Ross Morton
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Fred Judson
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Steven, at 18
- 1948 · Studio One as David Williams
- 1948 · Studio One as Harry Wales
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee / Presenter