Dennis Hopper
Born: 1936-05-17 in Dodge City, Kansas, USA
Died: 2010-05-29
Known For: Acting
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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Filmography
2025
- Films to Die For as (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023
- to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour as Frank Booth (archive footage)
- Spirit of Golf as Self (archive footage)
2020
- Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth as Self
- Hopper/Welles as Self
- Wim Wenders, Desperado as Self (archive footage)
- Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen as Self
2018
- The Other Side of the Wind as Dennis Hopper
- They'll Love Me When I'm Dead as Self (archive footage)
2016
- Taylor & Ultra: On the 60s, The Factory, and Being a Warhol Superstar as Self (archive footage)
- The Last Film Festival as Nick Twain - Producer
- Along for the Ride as Self (archive footage)
- Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider as Self (archive footage)
- Blue Velvet Revisited as Self
2014
- Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
- Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films as Lt. Lefty Enright (archive footage) (uncredited)
2013
- Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter as Himself
- Llyn Foulkes One Man Band as Himself
2012
- Scene Missing as Self
- Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ as Self (archive footage)
2011
- Corman's World as Various Roles (archive footage)
- Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame as Self (archive footage)
- Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage as Frank Booth
- On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America as self
2010
- Alpha and Omega as Tony (voice)
- Beautiful Darling as Self (archive footage)
- Stardust as Self (uncredited)
2009
- 13 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests as Self
- No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos as Self
- B movie as Himself
- Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder as Self
2008
- Sleepwalking as Mr. Reedy
- Palermo Shooting as Frank
- Hell Ride as Eddie Zero
- Elegy as George O'Hearn
- Chelsea on the Rocks as Self
- Bananaz as Narrator (voice)
- Crash as Ben Cendars
- An American Carol as Judge Clarence Henderson
- The Brothers Warner as Self - Actor
- Tim Leary: The Art of Dying as Self
- Not Quite Hollywood as Self
- The Cool School as Self
- Swing Vote as Donald Greenleaf
- Pashmy Dream ... (Writer)
- Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth as Self
- Russian Suicide Chair as Himself
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- Brando: The Documentary as Self
- Brando as Self
- Brando: An Icon Is Born as Himself
- The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose as Self
2006
- 10th & Wolf as Matty Matello
- Hoboken Hollow as Sheriff Greer
- Memory as Max Lichtenstein
- Gorillaz: Demon Days Live at the Manchester Opera House as Narrator (voice)
- Sketches of Frank Gehry as Self
- Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film as Self
- Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi as Narrator (voice)
- The Art of Football from A to Z as Self
- The Real James Dean as Self
- Gorillaz: Demon Days Live in Harlem at Apollo Theater
- 50 Films to See Before You Die as Self
- Wanderlust as Himself
- The Sixth Element: The Ross Clarke-Jones Story as Narrator
2005
- Land of the Dead as Kaufman
- House of 9 as Father Duffy
- E-Ring as Eli McNulty
- The Crow: Wicked Prayer as El Niño
- Champion as Self
- Inside Deep Throat as Narrator (voice)
- Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents as Himself
- Americano as Riccardo
2004
- Entourage as Dennis Hopper
- The Keeper as Krebs
- The Last Ride as Ronnie Purnell
- Out of Season as Harry Barlow
- Tell Them Who You Are as Self
- 10 Things Every Guy Should Experience as Self
- Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments as Self
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
- Las Vegas as Jon Castille
- The Night We Called It a Day as Frank Sinatra
- Unspeakable as Warden
- A Decade Under the Influence as Self
- Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood as Self
- Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die) as Self
- New Scenes from America as Himself - Actor
2002
- V Graham Norton as Self
- Leo as Horace
- Flatland as Smith
- Firestarter: Rekindled as James Richardson
- The Piano Player as Robert Nile
- The Groovenians as Dad/King Normans
- I Don't Know Jack as Self
- Mysteries of Love as Self
- 1 Giant Leap as Self
- Flatland as Smith
- When Hippies Ruled The World as Self
- The Groovenians as Dad / King Normans (voice)
- Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film as Self (uncredited)
2001
- 24 as Victor Drazen
- Ticker as Alex Swan
- Choke as Henry Clark
- Knockaround Guys as Benny Chains
- Jazz Seen as Self
- Emmanuelle: A Hard Look as Himself
- Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture as Self
- L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve as Captain Elsworth
2000
- The Apostate as Lewis Garou
- Jesus' Son as Bill
- Jason and the Argonauts as Pelias
- Spreading Ground as Det. Ed DeLongpre
- Luck of the Draw as Giani Ponti
- Held for Ransom as JD
- The Prophet's Game as Vincent Swan
- Welcome to Hollywood as Dennis Hopper
- The Ten Commandments of Creativity as Self
- Homeless ... (Director)
1999
- Straight Shooter as Frank Hector
- Tycus as Peter Crowford
- The Source as William S. Burroughs
- EDtv as Henry 'Hank' Pekurny
- The Venice Project as Roland / Salvatore
- Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage as Self
- Forever Hollywood as Self
- Bad City Blues as Cleveland Carter
- The Pursuit of Happiness as Self
- A Tribute to Johnny Cash as Self
1998
- Meet the Deedles as Frank Slater
- The A-Z of Separating People from their Money as Self
1997
- King of the Hill as Dennis Hopper (voice)
- The Blackout as Mickey
- Road Ends as Sheriff Ben Gilchrist
- Lured Innocence as Rick Chambers
- Scene by Scene as Self
- U2: A Year in Pop as Narrator (voice)
- Top of the World as Charles Atlas
- Who Is Henry Jaglom? as Self
- Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life as Self
- Willie Nelson: Down Home as Self
- Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain as Self
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
- Space Truckers as John Canyon
- Basquiat as Bruno Bischofberger
- The Last Days of Frankie the Fly as Frankie
- Rediscovering a Rebel as Self / Goon (archive footage)
- Return to 'Giant' as Self
- Samson and Delilah as General Tariq
- The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money as Self - Host
- E! True Hollywood Story
- Carried Away as Joseph Svenden
- Cannes Man as Self
1995
- Die Harald Schmidt Show as Self
- Waterworld as Deacon
- Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir as Himself
- James Dean and Me as Self (uncredited)
- Born to Be Wild as Himself
- Search and Destroy as Dr. Waxling
1994
- Chasers as Doggie
- Speed as Howard Payne
- Witch Hunt as H. Phillip Lovecraft
- Marlon Brando: The Wild One as Self
- Inside the Actors Studio as Self
1993
- Boiling Point as Rudolph 'Red' Diamond
- True Romance as Clifford Worley
- Super Mario Bros. as King Koopa
- Red Rock West as Lyle from Dallas
- Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work as Self
- Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O as Self
- The Revenge of the Dead Indians as Himself
1992
- Sunset Heat as Carl Madson
- HBO First Look
- Nails as Harry 'Nails' Niles
- The Heart of Justice as Austin Blair
1991
- Paris Trout as Paris Trout
- The Indian Runner as Caesar
- Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse as Self
- SnowwhiteRosered as Self
- Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper as Self (uncredited)
- Eye of the Storm as Marvin Gladstone
- Fishing with John as Self
- Doublecrossed as Barry Seal
- Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas as Self
1990
- Flashback as Huey Walker
- Catchfire as Milo
- The Hot Spot ... (Director)
- Chattahoochee as Walker Benson
- Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch as Self
- Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders as Self
- Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol as Self
1989
- Blood Red as William Bradford Berrigan
- Drawing the Line: A Portrait of Keith Haring as Self
- Black Leather Jacket as Narrator
- Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark
- Colors ... (Director)
- On the tracks of a filmmaker as Dennis Hooper
- No Frank in Lumberton as Self
1987
- Biography as Self
- Black Widow as Ben Dumers
- Seitenblicke as self
- Santabear's High Flying Adventure as (voice)
- The Pick-up Artist as Flash Jensen
- Straight to Hell as I.G. Farben
- Running Out of Luck as Video Director
- Out of the Blue and Into the Black as Self
- The American Way as Captain
- O.C. and Stiggs as Sponson
- Blue Peanuts as Snoopy (Voice)
1986
- Blue Velvet as Frank Booth
- Hoosiers as Shooter
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 as Lieutenant 'Lefty' Enright
- Some Kind of Genius as Himself
- River's Edge as Feck
- Stark: Mirror Image as Lieutenant Ron Bliss
1985
- Stark as Lieutenant Ron Bliss
- My Science Project as Bob Roberts
- A Hero of Our Time as Casey
1984
- The Inside Man as Miller
1983
- White Star as Kenneth Barlow
- Rumble Fish as Father
- The Osterman Weekend as Richard Tremayne
- Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act as Himself
1982
- Human Highway as Cracker / Stranger
1981
- King of the Mountain as Cal
- Out of the Blue as Don
- Reborn as Rev. Tom Hartley
1980
- Wild Times as Doc Holliday
1979
- Apocalypse Now as Photojournalist
1978
- Last In, First Out as Medford
- Flesh Color as Mel
1977
- The Sorceror's Apprentice as A Spy
- The American Friend as Tom Ripley
1976
- Tracks as 1st Sgt. Jack Falen
- Mad Dog Morgan as Daniel Morgan
- To Shoot a Mad Dog as Self
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- The Sky is Falling as Chicken
- James Dean: The First American Teenager as Self
1973
- Kid Blue as Bickford Waner
1972
- Crush Proof as Dennis Hopper
- Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here as Self
1971
- The American Dreamer as Himself
- The Last Movie as Kansas
1969
- Easy Rider as Billy
- True Grit as "Moon"
- The Johnny Cash Show as Self
1968
- Hang 'em High as Prophet
- Head as Self (uncredited)
- Panic in the City as Goff
1967
- The Trip as Max
- The Guns of Will Sonnett
- Cool Hand Luke as Babalugats
- The Glory Stompers as Chino
1966
- Queen of Blood as Paul Grant
- Screen Test #3
- Light Years
1965
- The Big Valley as Jimmy Sweetwater
- The Sons of Katie Elder as Dave Hastings
- The Legend of Jesse James as Jud Salt
- Andy Warhol Screen Tests as Self
1964
- Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort of as Tarzan (Double)
- The Thirteen Most Beautiful Boys
- Screen Test [ST155]: Dennis Hopper as Himself
- Mary Jennifer at the Beach ... (Director)
1963
- Petticoat Junction as Alan Landman
- Arrest and Trial
- The Lieutenant as Cpl. Peter Devlin
- The Greatest Show on Earth
- The Dakotas
1962
- Combat! as Zack Fielder
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- The Defenders as Alfred Carter Jr.
- Night Tide as Johnny Drake
- 87th Precinct as Andrew Mason
- The Investigators as Adrian
1960
- Surfside 6
- The Barbara Stanwyck Show as Gerald Collins
- Key Witness as William "Cowby" Tomkins
1959
- Bonanza as Dev Farnum
- The Twilight Zone as Peter Vollmer
- Disneyland '59 as Self
- The Sunrise Gun as Denny Sunrise
- The Young Land as Hatfield Carnes
1958
- The Rifleman
- Naked City as Vinnie Winford
- From Hell to Texas as Tom Boyd
- Swiss Family Robinson as Fritz
1957
- Wagon Train as Emmett Lawton
- Sugarfoot as Billy the Kid
- Sayonara as MP in Kelly's House / MP at Tokyo Airport (voice) (uncredited)
- Gunfight at the O.K. Corral as Billy Clanton
- The James Dean Story as Self
- The Story of Mankind as Napoleon Bonaparte
1956
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Vernon 'Vern' Tippert
- Giant as Jordan "Jordy" Benedict III
- New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant' as Self
- Conflict
- High Air as Steve Redman
1955
- Cheyenne
- Gunsmoke as Billy Kimbo
- Matinee Theater
- Highway Patrol
- The Millionaire as Adam Spencer
- Screen Director's Playhouse as Steve Redman
- Rebel Without a Cause as Goon
- I Died a Thousand Times as Joe (uncredited)
- Kings Row
1954
- Medic as Robert
1953
- Letter to Loretta as Ross Morton
- General Electric Theater as Fred Judson
1948
- Studio One as David Williams
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter