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Dennis Hopper

17th May 1936 Dodge City, Kansas, USA Acting

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

250 Movies 68 TV Shows 1 In Production 319 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Stardust poster
Stardust 16th October 2010 as Self (uncredited)
Elegy poster
Elegy 8th August 2008 as George O'Hearn
Bananaz poster
Bananaz 7th February 2008 as Self / Narrator (voice)
Memory poster
Memory 1st November 2006 as Max Lichtenstein
Leo poster
Leo 12th March 2002 as Horace
Choke poster
Choke 14th August 2001 as Henry Clark
Ticker poster
Ticker 23rd June 2001 as Alex Swan
Tycus poster
Tycus 22nd June 1999 as Peter Crowford
EDtv poster
EDtv 26th March 1999 as Henry 'Hank' Pekurny
Road Ends poster
Road Ends 5th October 1997 as Sheriff Ben Gilchrist
Basquiat poster
Basquiat 9th August 1996 as Bruno Bischofberger
Witch Hunt poster
Witch Hunt 10th December 1994 as H. Phillip Lovecraft
Speed poster
Speed 9th June 1994 as Howard Payne
Nails poster
Nails 25th July 1992 as Harry 'Nails' Niles
Blood Red poster
Blood Red 18th August 1989 as William Bradford Berrigan
Stark poster
Stark 10th April 1985 as Lieutenant Ron Bliss
Reborn poster
Reborn 27th September 1981 as Rev. Tom Hartley
Tracks poster
Tracks 15th December 1976 as 1st Sgt. Jack Falen
Kid Blue poster
Kid Blue 31st January 1973 as Bickford Waner
Head poster
Head 6th November 1968 as Self (uncredited)
Sayonara poster
Sayonara 25th December 1957 as MP in Kelly's House / MP at Tokyo Airport (voice) (uncredited)
Giant poster
Giant 8th November 1956 as Jordan "Jordy" Benedict III
High Air poster
High Air 12th September 1956 as Steve Redman
Crash poster
Crash 17th October 2008 as Ben Cendars
E-Ring poster
E-Ring 21st September 2005 as Eli McNulty
24 poster
24 6th November 2001 as Victor Drazen
Combat! poster
Combat! 2nd October 1962 as Zack Fielder
Bonanza poster
Bonanza 12th September 1959 as Dev Farnum
Gunsmoke poster
Gunsmoke 10th September 1955 as Billy Kimbo
Medic poster
Medic 13th September 1954 as Robert
This Is Buzz poster Coming soon
This Is Buzz 11th June 2026 as Himself