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
2026
- This Is Buzz as Self (archive footage)
2025
- Films to Die For as (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023
- Spirit of Golf as Self (archive footage)
2021
- Morceaux de Cannes as Self (archive footage)
2020
- Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen as Self
- Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth as Self
- Wim Wenders, Desperado as Self (archive footage)
- Hopper/Welles 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
- Blue Velvet Revisited as Self
- Along for the Ride as Self (archive footage)
- Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider as Self (archive footage)
- Taylor & Ultra: On the 60s, The Factory, and Being a Warhol Superstar as Self (archive footage)
- The Last Film Festival as Nick Twain - Producer
2014
- Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films as Lt. Lefty Enright (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2013
- Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter as Himself
- Llyn Foulkes One Man Band as Himself
2012
- Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ as Self (archive footage)
- Scene Missing as Self
2011
- Corman's World as Various Roles (archive footage)
- On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America as Self
- Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame as Self (archive footage)
- Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage as Frank Booth
2010
- Alpha and Omega as Tony (voice)
- Beautiful Darling as Self (archive footage)
- Stardust as Self (uncredited)
2009
- No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos as Self
- Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder as Self
- 13 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests as Self
- B movie as Himself
2008
- Crash as Ben Cendars
- Elegy as George O'Hearn
- Swing Vote as Donald Greenleaf
- An American Carol as Judge Clarence Henderson
- Hell Ride as Eddie Zero
- Sleepwalking as Mr. Reedy
- Not Quite Hollywood as Self
- Palermo Shooting as Frank
- The Brothers Warner as Self
- Chelsea on the Rocks as Self
- Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth as Self
- Bananaz as Self / Narrator (voice)
- The Cool School as Self
- Russian Suicide Chair as Himself
- Tim Leary: The Art of Dying as Self
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- Brando: The Documentary as Self
- Brando as Self
- The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose as Self
- Brando: An Icon Is Born as Himself
2006
- 10th & Wolf as Matty Matello
- Memory as Max Lichtenstein
- Hoboken Hollow as Sheriff Greer
- 50 Films to See Before You Die as Self
- The Art of Football from A to Z as Self
- Gorillaz: Demon Days Live at the Manchester Opera House as Narrator (voice)
- Wanderlust as Himself
- Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi as Narrator (voice)
- Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film as Self
- Sketches of Frank Gehry as Self
- The Sixth Element: The Ross Clarke-Jones Story as Narrator
- The Real James Dean as Self
- Gorillaz: Demon Days Live in Harlem at Apollo Theater as Self
2005
- Land of the Dead as Kaufman
- E-Ring as Eli McNulty
- Inside Deep Throat as Narrator (voice)
- The Crow: Wicked Prayer as El Niño
- House of 9 as Father Duffy
- Americano as Riccardo
- Champion as Self
- On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish' as Self (archive footage)
- Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents as Himself
2004
- Entourage as Dennis Hopper
- 10 Things Every Guy Should Experience as Self
- The Last Ride as Ronnie Purnell
- Out of Season as Harry Barlow
- The Keeper as Krebs
- Tell Them Who You Are as Self
- Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments as Self
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- Las Vegas as Jon Castille
- Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood as Self
- The Night We Called It a Day as Frank Sinatra
- A Decade Under the Influence as Self
- Unspeakable as Warden
- Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die) as Self
- New Scenes from America as Himself - Actor
2002
- V Graham Norton as Self
- Firestarter: Rekindled as James Richardson
- Flatland as Smith
- The Piano Player as Robert Nile
- Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film as Self (uncredited)
- The Groovenians as Dad/King Normans
- Leo as Horace
- I Don't Know Jack as Self
- Mysteries of Love as Self
- The Groovenians as Dad / King Normans (voice)
- Flatland as Smith
- When Hippies Ruled The World as Self
- 1 Giant Leap as Self
2001
- 24 as Victor Drazen
- Knockaround Guys as Benny Chains
- Ticker as Alex Swan
- Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture as Self
- L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve as Captain Elsworth
- Emmanuelle: A Hard Look as Himself
- Choke as Henry Clark
- Jazz Seen as Self
2000
- Jason and the Argonauts as Pelias
- Welcome to Hollywood as Dennis Hopper
- Jesus' Son as Bill
- The Prophet's Game as Vincent Swan
- Michael Angel as Lewis Garou
- Spreading Ground as Det. Ed DeLongpre
- Held for Ransom as JD
- Luck of the Draw as Giani Ponti
- The Ten Commandments of Creativity as Self
- Homeless ... (Director)
1999
- EDtv as Henry 'Hank' Pekurny
- Forever Hollywood as Self
- Straight Shooter as Frank Hector
- The Source as William S. Burroughs
- The Venice Project as Roland / Salvatore
- Tycus as Peter Crowford
- A Tribute to Johnny Cash as Self
- Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage as Self
- Bad City Blues as Cleveland Carter
- The Pursuit of Happiness as Self
1998
- Meet the Deedles as Frank Slater
- Lured Innocence as Rick Chambers
- The A-Z of Separating People from their Money as Self
1997
- King of the Hill as Dennis Hopper (voice)
- Scene by Scene as Self
- The Blackout as Mickey
- Top of the World as Charles Atlas
- Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life as Self
- Who Is Henry Jaglom? as Self
- Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain as Self
- Road Ends as Sheriff Ben Gilchrist
- U2: A Year in Pop as Narrator (voice)
- Willie Nelson: Down Home as Self
1996
- The Daily Show as Self
- Space Truckers as John Canyon
- Basquiat as Bruno Bischofberger
- Carried Away as Joseph Svenden
- E! True Hollywood Story
- Samson and Delilah as General Tariq
- The Last Days of Frankie the Fly as Frankie
- Cannes Man as Self
- Return to 'Giant' as Self
- The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money as Self - Host
- Rediscovering a Rebel as Self / Goon (archive footage)
1995
- Die Harald Schmidt Show as Self
- Waterworld as Deacon
- Search and Destroy as Dr. Waxling
- Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir as Himself
- James Dean and Me as Self (uncredited)
- Born to Be Wild as Himself
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
- The Making of 'Speed' as Self / Host
1993
- True Romance as Clifford Worley
- Super Mario Bros. as King Koopa
- Red Rock West as Lyle from Dallas
- Boiling Point as Rudolph 'Red' Diamond
- Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O as Self
- Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work as Self
- The Revenge of the Dead Indians as Himself
1992
- HBO First Look
- The Heart of Justice as Austin Blair
- Sunset Heat as Carl Madson
- Nails as Harry 'Nails' Niles
1991
- Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse as Self
- The Indian Runner as Caesar
- Fishing with John as Self
- SnowwhiteRosered as Self
- Picture This as Self
- Paris Trout as Paris Trout
- Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper as Self (uncredited)
- Eye of the Storm as Marvin Gladstone
- Doublecrossed as Barry Seal
- Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: Alejandro Jodorowsky as Self
1990
- The Hot Spot ... (Director)
- Catchfire as Milo
- Flashback as Huey Walker
- Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch as Self
- Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol as Self
- Chattahoochee as Walker Benson
- Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders as Self
1989
- Blood Red as William Bradford Berrigan
- Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Drawing the Line: A Portrait of Keith Haring as Self
- Black Leather Jacket as Narrator
1988
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self
- Colors ... (Director)
- On the tracks of a filmmaker as Dennis Hooper
- No Frank in Lumberton as Self
- Art, Acting, & the Suicide Chair: A Conversation with Dennis Hopper
1987
- Biography as Self
- Seitenblicke as self
- Black Widow as Ben
- The Pick-up Artist as Flash Jensen
- O.C. and Stiggs as Sponson
- Straight to Hell as I.G. Farben
- The American Way as Captain
- Santabear's High Flying Adventure as (voice)
- Running Out of Luck as Video Director
- Out of the Blue and Into the Black as Self
1986
- Blue Velvet as Frank Booth
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 as Lieutenant 'Lefty' Enright
- Hoosiers as Wilbur "Shooter" Flatch
- River's Edge as Feck
- Stark: Mirror Image as Lieutenant Ron Bliss
- Some Kind of Genius as Himself
1985
- My Science Project as Bob Roberts
- Stark as Lieutenant Ron Bliss
- A Hero of Our Time as Casey
1984
- The Inside Man as Miller
1983
- Rumble Fish as Father
- The Osterman Weekend as Richard Tremayne
- White Star as Kenneth Barlow
- Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act as Himself
1982
- Human Highway as Cracker / Stranger
1981
- Out of the Blue as Don
- King of the Mountain as Cal
- Reborn as Rev. Tom Hartley
1980
- Wild Times as Doc Holliday
1979
- Apocalypse Now as Photojournalist
1978
- Flesh Color as Mel
- Last In, First Out as Medford
1977
- The American Friend as Tom Ripley
- The Sorceror's Apprentice as A Spy
1976
- Mad Dog Morgan as Daniel Morgan
- Tracks as 1st Sgt. Jack Falen
- To Shoot a Mad Dog as Self
1975
- Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- James Dean: The First American Teenager as Self
- The Sky is Falling as Chicken
1973
- Kid Blue as Bickford Waner
1972
- Crush Proof as Dennis Hopper
- Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here as Self
1971
- The Last Movie as Kansas
- The American Dreamer as Himself
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 Guns of Will Sonnett as Vern Reed
- Cool Hand Luke as Babalugats
- The Trip as Max
- The Glory Stompers as Chino
1966
- Queen of Blood as Paul Grant
- Light Years
- Screen Test #3 as Self (uncredited)
1965
- The Big Valley as Jimmy Sweetwater
- The Legend of Jesse James as Jud Salt
- The Sons of Katie Elder as Dave Hastings
- Convoy as Roger Small
- 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
1963
- Petticoat Junction as Alan Landman
- Espionage as Ferno
- Arrest and Trial as Coley Mitchum
- The Lieutenant as Cpl. Peter Devlin
- The Greatest Show on Earth as Rhymer
- The Dakotas
1962
- Combat! as Zack Fielder
- The Hold-Out as Fred Judson
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- The Defenders as Alfred Carter Jr.
- 87th Precinct as Andrew Mason
- The Investigators as Adrian
- Night Tide as Johnny Drake
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
- The Young Land as Hatfield Carnes
- Disneyland '59 as Self
1958
- The Rifleman as Vernon Tippert
- 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
- Gunfight at the O.K. Corral as Billy Clanton
- Sayonara as MP in Kelly's House / MP at Tokyo Airport (voice) (uncredited)
- The James Dean Story as Self
- The Story of Mankind as Napoleon Bonaparte
1956
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Vern Tippert
- Giant as Jordy Benedict
- Conflict
- New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant' as Self
- High Air as Steve Redman
1955
- Matinee Theater
- Highway Patrol
- Cheyenne as Utah Kid
- Gunsmoke as Billy Kimbo
- The Millionaire as Adam Spencer
- Rebel Without a Cause as Goon
- Screen Director's Playhouse as Steve Redman
- I Died a Thousand Times as Joe (uncredited)
- Kings Row
1954
- Public Defender as Frank Terry
- Medic as Robert
1953
- Letter to Loretta as Ross Morton
- General Electric Theater as Fred Judson
1950
- Lux Video Theatre as Steven, at 18
1948
- Studio One as David Williams
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter