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
- Along for the Ride as Self (archive footage)
- Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider as Self (archive footage)
- The Last Film Festival as Nick Twain - Producer
- Blue Velvet Revisited as Self
- Taylor & Ultra: On the 60s, The Factory, and Being a Warhol Superstar as Self (archive footage)
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
- Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage as Frank Booth
- Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame as Self (archive footage)
2010
- Alpha and Omega as Tony (voice)
- Stardust as Self (uncredited)
- Beautiful Darling as Self (archive footage)
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
- Swing Vote as Donald Greenleaf
- Elegy as George O'Hearn
- An American Carol as Judge Clarence Henderson
- Hell Ride as Eddie Zero
- The Brothers Warner as Self
- Palermo Shooting as Frank
- Chelsea on the Rocks as Self
- Sleepwalking as Mr. Reedy
- Not Quite Hollywood as Self
- Bananaz as Self / Narrator (voice)
- Tim Leary: The Art of Dying as Self
- The Cool School as Self
- Russian Suicide Chair as Himself
- Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth as Self
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
- 50 Films to See Before You Die as Self
- Sketches of Frank Gehry 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
- Hoboken Hollow as Sheriff Greer
- Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi as Narrator (voice)
- Memory as Max Lichtenstein
- Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film as Self
- The Real James Dean as Self
- Gorillaz: Demon Days Live in Harlem at Apollo Theater as Self
- The Sixth Element: The Ross Clarke-Jones Story as Narrator
2005
- E-Ring as Eli McNulty
- Land of the Dead as Kaufman
- The Crow: Wicked Prayer as El Niño
- Inside Deep Throat as Narrator (voice)
- On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish' as Self (archive footage)
- House of 9 as Father Duffy
- Americano as Riccardo
- Champion as Self
- Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents as Self
2004
- Entourage as Dennis Hopper
- 10 Things Every Guy Should Experience as Self
- Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments as Self
- The Last Ride as Ronnie Purnell
- Tell Them Who You Are as Self
- The Keeper as Krebs
- Out of Season as Harry Barlow
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- Las Vegas as Jon Castille
- A Decade Under the Influence as Self
- Unspeakable as Warden
- 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
- Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die) as Self
- New Scenes from America as Himself - Actor
2002
- V Graham Norton as Self
- Flatland as Smith
- Firestarter: Rekindled as James Richardson
- I Don't Know Jack as Self
- The Piano Player as Robert Nile
- The Groovenians as Dad / King Normans (voice)
- Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film as Self (uncredited)
- The Groovenians as Dad/King Normans
- When Hippies Ruled The World as Self
- Mysteries of Love as Self
- Leo as Horace
- Flatland as Smith
- 1 Giant Leap as Self
2001
- 24 as Victor Drazen
- Knockaround Guys as Benny Chains
- Ticker as Alex Swan
- L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve as Captain Elsworth
- Emmanuelle: A Hard Look as Himself
- Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture as Self
- Choke as Henry Clark
- Jazz Seen as Self
2000
- Jason and the Argonauts as Pelias
- Luck of the Draw as Giani Ponti
- The Prophet's Game as Vincent Swan
- Jesus' Son as Bill
- Welcome to Hollywood as Dennis Hopper
- The Ten Commandments of Creativity as Self
- Homeless ... (Director)
- Held for Ransom as JD
- Michael Angel as Lewis Garou
- Spreading Ground as Det. Ed DeLongpre
1999
- EDtv as Henry 'Hank' Pekurny
- Forever Hollywood as Self
- The Source as William S. Burroughs
- Tycus as Peter Crowford
- A Tribute to Johnny Cash as Self
- Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage as Self
- The Pursuit of Happiness as Self
- Bad City Blues as Cleveland Carter
- Straight Shooter as Frank Hector
- The Venice Project as Roland / Salvatore
1998
- Meet the Deedles as Frank Slater
- Lured Innocence as Rick Chambers
1997
- King of the Hill as Dennis Hopper (voice)
- Scene by Scene as Self
- Who Is Henry Jaglom? as Self
- Top of the World as Charles Atlas
- The Blackout as Mickey
- Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain as Self
- Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life 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
- E! True Hollywood Story
- Space Truckers as John Canyon
- Basquiat as Bruno Bischofberger
- Samson and Delilah as General Tariq
- Cannes Man as Self
- The Last Days of Frankie the Fly as Frankie
- Carried Away as Joseph Svenden
- The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money as Self - Host
- Return to 'Giant' as Self
- Rediscovering a Rebel as Self / Goon (archive footage)
1995
- Die Harald Schmidt Show as Self
- Waterworld as Deacon
- James Dean and Me as Self (uncredited)
- Born to Be Wild as Himself
- Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir as Himself
- Search and Destroy as Dr. Waxling
1994
- Speed as Howard Payne
- Chasers as Doggie
- Inside the Actors Studio as Self
- Marlon Brando: The Wild One as Self
- Witch Hunt as H. Phillip Lovecraft
- 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
- Picture This as Self
- Fishing with John as Self
- The Indian Runner as Caesar
- Eye of the Storm as Marvin Gladstone
- SnowwhiteRosered as Self
- Paris Trout as Paris Trout
- Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper as Self (uncredited)
- Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: Alejandro Jodorowsky as Self
- Doublecrossed as Barry Seal
1990
- The Hot Spot ... (Director)
- Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships and Intersections as Self (uncredited)
- Catchfire as Milo
- Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol as Self
- Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch as Self
- Flashback as Huey Walker
- Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders as Self
- Chattahoochee as Walker Benson
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
- Running Out of Luck as Video Director
- Straight to Hell as I.G. Farben
- Out of the Blue and Into the Black as Self
- Santabear's High Flying Adventure as (voice)
- The American Way as Captain
1986
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2 as Lieutenant 'Lefty' Enright
- Blue Velvet as Frank Booth
- 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
- A Hero of Our Time as Casey
- Stark as Lieutenant Ron Bliss
1984
- The Inside Man as Miller
1983
- Rumble Fish as Father
- The Osterman Weekend as Richard Tremayne
- Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act as Himself
- White Star as Kenneth Barlow
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
- Last In, First Out as Medford
- Flesh Color as Mel
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
- Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here as Self
- Crush Proof as Dennis Hopper
1971
- The Last Movie as Kansas
- The American Dreamer as Himself
1969
- The Johnny Cash Show as Self
- Easy Rider as Billy
- True Grit as "Moon"
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
- Arrest and Trial as Coley Mitchum
- Espionage as Ferno
- The Greatest Show on Earth as Rhymer
- The Dakotas
- The Lieutenant as Cpl. Peter Devlin
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
- Disneyland '59 as Self
- The Young Land as Hatfield Carnes
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 Story of Mankind as Napoleon Bonaparte
- The James Dean Story as Self
1956
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre as Vern Tippert
- Conflict
- Giant as Jordy Benedict
- New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant' as Self
- High Air as Steve Redman
1955
- Matinee Theater
- Cheyenne as Utah Kid
- Gunsmoke as Billy Kimbo
- 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
- 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