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Dennis Hopper

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1936-05-17

Day of Death

2010-05-29

Place of Birth

Dodge City, Kansas, USA

Dennis Hopper

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 (251)

⭐ 0 Role: Himself

This Is Buzz

2026
⭐ 0 Role: (archive footage) (uncredited)

Films to Die For

2025
⭐ 0 Role: Frank Booth (archive footage)

to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour

2023
⭐ 0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Spirit of Golf

2023
⭐ 2.0 Role: Unknown

Morceaux de Cannes

2021
⭐ 5.9 Role: Self

Hopper/Welles

2020
⭐ 7.7 Role: Self (archive footage)

Wim Wenders, Desperado

2020
⭐ 7.5 Role: Self

Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth

2020
⭐ 6.7 Role: Dennis Hopper

The Other Side of the Wind

2018
⭐ 7.1 Role: Self (archive footage)

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

2018
⭐ 7.0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Along for the Ride

2016
⭐ 6.9 Role: Self

Blue Velvet Revisited

2016
⭐ 3.2 Role: Nick Twain - Producer

The Last Film Festival

2016
⭐ 5.8 Role: Self (archive footage)

Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider

2016
⭐ 0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Taylor & Ultra: On the 60s, The Factory, and Being a Warhol Superstar

2016