Dennis Hopper

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

319

Gender

Male

Birthday

1936-05-17

Day of death

2010-05-29 (74 years old)

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

Known For

  • The Daily Show

    The Daily Show

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • 24

    24

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • Bonanza

    Bonanza

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • Die Harald Schmidt Show

    Die Harald Schmidt Show

  • King of the Hill

    King of the Hill

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • Entourage

    Entourage

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • Las Vegas

    Las Vegas

  • Matinee Theater

    Matinee Theater

  • Wagon Train

    Wagon Train

  • The Rifleman

    The Rifleman

  • The Rifleman

    The Rifleman

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • Cheyenne

    Cheyenne

  • Cheyenne

    Cheyenne

  • The Big Valley

    The Big Valley

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

  • Combat!

    Combat!

  • Naked City

    Naked City

  • Petticoat Junction

    Petticoat Junction

  • Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

  • The Defenders

    The Defenders

  • The Defenders

    The Defenders

  • V Graham Norton

    V Graham Norton

  • Sugarfoot

    Sugarfoot

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • HBO First Look

    HBO First Look

  • Surfside 6

    Surfside 6

  • The Millionaire

    The Millionaire

  • Highway Patrol

    Highway Patrol

  • Apocalypse Now

    Apocalypse Now

  • Arrest and Trial

    Arrest and Trial

  • The Barbara Stanwyck Show

    The Barbara Stanwyck Show

  • The Guns of Will Sonnett

    The Guns of Will Sonnett

  • Speed

    Speed

  • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

    The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

  • Waterworld

    Waterworld

  • Seitenblicke

    Seitenblicke

  • Screen Director's Playhouse

    Screen Director's Playhouse

  • Flashback

    Flashback

  • Land of the Dead

    Land of the Dead

  • 87th Precinct

    87th Precinct

  • The Lieutenant

    The Lieutenant

  • True Grit

    True Grit

  • The Dakotas

    The Dakotas

  • True Romance

    True Romance

  • Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth

    Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth

  • The Legend of Jesse James

    The Legend of Jesse James

  • Samson and Delilah

    Samson and Delilah

  • E-Ring

    E-Ring

  • The Glory Stompers

    The Glory Stompers

  • Crash

    Crash

  • The Greatest Show on Earth

    The Greatest Show on Earth

  • Wanderlust

    Wanderlust

  • Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi

    Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi

  • Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

    Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

  • Sunset Heat

    Sunset Heat

  • Palermo Shooting

    Palermo Shooting

  • Blue Velvet

    Blue Velvet

  • The American Way

    The American Way

  • The Sons of Katie Elder

    The Sons of Katie Elder

  • Chasers

    Chasers

  • The Brothers Warner

    The Brothers Warner

  • The Johnny Cash Show

    The Johnny Cash Show

  • Red Rock West

    Red Rock West

  • Screen Test #3

    Screen Test #3

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

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

  • The Venice Project

    The Venice Project

  • Giant

    Giant

  • Sleepwalking

    Sleepwalking

  • The Trip

    The Trip

  • The Cool School

    The Cool School

  • A Decade Under the Influence

    A Decade Under the Influence

  • Rediscovering a Rebel

    Rediscovering a Rebel

  • Alpha and Omega

    Alpha and Omega

  • The American Dreamer

    The American Dreamer

  • Ticker

    Ticker

  • Letter to Loretta

    Letter to Loretta

  • Flatland

    Flatland

  • White Star

    White Star

  • The Crow: Wicked Prayer

    The Crow: Wicked Prayer

  • Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

    Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

  • An American Carol

    An American Carol

  • Easy Rider

    Easy Rider

  • Wim Wenders, Desperado

    Wim Wenders, Desperado

  • Scene by Scene

    Scene by Scene

  • Some Kind of Genius

    Some Kind of Genius

  • Disneyland '59

    Disneyland '59

  • Jason and the Argonauts

    Jason and the Argonauts

  • L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve

    L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve

  • Cool Hand Luke

    Cool Hand Luke

  • Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film

    Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film

  • Blood Red

    Blood Red

  • Black Widow

    Black Widow

  • Space Truckers

    Space Truckers

  • The Other Side of the Wind

    The Other Side of the Wind

  • Hang 'em High

    Hang 'em High

  • Held for Ransom

    Held for Ransom

  • Gorillaz: Demon Days Live at the Manchester Opera House

    Gorillaz: Demon Days Live at the Manchester Opera House

  • 13 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests

    13 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests

  • The Blackout

    The Blackout

  • 10th & Wolf

    10th & Wolf

  • Gorillaz: Demon Days Live in Harlem at Apollo Theater

    Gorillaz: Demon Days Live in Harlem at Apollo Theater

  • The Sky is Falling

    The Sky is Falling

  • U2: A Year in Pop

    U2: A Year in Pop

  • Elegy

    Elegy

  • Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir

    Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir

  • The Last Days of Frankie the Fly

    The Last Days of Frankie the Fly

  • Queen of Blood

    Queen of Blood

  • Meet the Deedles

    Meet the Deedles

  • Catchfire

    Catchfire

  • Flatland

    Flatland

  • The Osterman Weekend

    The Osterman Weekend

  • Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter

    Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter

  • Hell Ride

    Hell Ride

  • Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch

    Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch

  • When Hippies Ruled The World

    When Hippies Ruled The World

  • Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper

    Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper

  • Key Witness

    Key Witness

  • The Pick-up Artist

    The Pick-up Artist

  • Boiling Point

    Boiling Point

  • Medic

    Medic

  • Leo

    Leo

  • The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money

    The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money

  • King of the Mountain

    King of the Mountain

  • to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour

    to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour

  • Basquiat

    Basquiat

  • The Indian Runner

    The Indian Runner

  • Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film

    Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film

  • Rebel Without a Cause

    Rebel Without a Cause

  • Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

    Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

  • Sketches of Frank Gehry

    Sketches of Frank Gehry

  • Super Mario Bros.

    Super Mario Bros.

  • Swing Vote

    Swing Vote

  • Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain

    Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain

  • From Hell to Texas

    From Hell to Texas

  • Corman's World

    Corman's World

  • The Sunrise Gun

    The Sunrise Gun

  • House of 9

    House of 9

  • Choke

    Choke

  • The Piano Player

    The Piano Player

  • Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents

    Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents

  • Road Ends

    Road Ends

  • Andy Warhol Screen Tests

    Andy Warhol Screen Tests

  • Welcome to Hollywood

    Welcome to Hollywood

  • Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

    Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

  • Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O

    Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O

  • Beautiful Darling

    Beautiful Darling

  • Marlon Brando: The Wild One

    Marlon Brando: The Wild One

  • Chelsea on the Rocks

    Chelsea on the Rocks

  • The Ten Commandments of Creativity

    The Ten Commandments of Creativity

  • Witch Hunt

    Witch Hunt

  • Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work

    Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work

  • Hoosiers

    Hoosiers

  • Last In, First Out

    Last In, First Out

  • The Sorceror's Apprentice

    The Sorceror's Apprentice

  • Brando

    Brando

  • The Prophet's Game

    The Prophet's Game

  • Panic in the City

    Panic in the City

  • Stark

    Stark

  • Memory

    Memory

  • Santabear's High Flying Adventure

    Santabear's High Flying Adventure

  • Straight Shooter

    Straight Shooter

  • Running Out of Luck

    Running Out of Luck

  • Not Quite Hollywood

    Not Quite Hollywood

  • The Young Land

    The Young Land

  • EDtv

    EDtv

  • No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos

    No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos

  • Tracks

    Tracks

  • Firestarter: Rekindled

    Firestarter: Rekindled

  • Jesus' Son

    Jesus' Son

  • Head

    Head

  • Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections

    Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections

  • Jazz Seen

    Jazz Seen

  • Rumble Fish

    Rumble Fish

  • Out of the Blue and Into the Black

    Out of the Blue and Into the Black

  • Llyn Foulkes One Man Band

    Llyn Foulkes One Man Band

  • The Keeper

    The Keeper

  • The Inside Man

    The Inside Man

  • Nails

    Nails

  • River's Edge

    River's Edge

  • Sayonara

    Sayonara

  • Mad Dog Morgan

    Mad Dog Morgan

  • The Investigators

    The Investigators

  • On the tracks of a filmmaker

    On the tracks of a filmmaker

  • Inside Deep Throat

    Inside Deep Throat

  • 10 Things Every Guy Should Experience

    10 Things Every Guy Should Experience

  • Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life

    Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life

  • Night Tide

    Night Tide

  • To Shoot a Mad Dog

    To Shoot a Mad Dog

  • 1 Giant Leap

    1 Giant Leap

  • Cannes Man

    Cannes Man

  • Brando: The Documentary

    Brando: The Documentary

  • The Last Movie

    The Last Movie

  • B movie

    B movie

  • Tycus

    Tycus

  • Top of the World

    Top of the World

  • The Pursuit of Happiness

    The Pursuit of Happiness

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • The Apostate

    The Apostate

  • The American Friend

    The American Friend

  • Samson and Delilah

    Samson and Delilah

  • Mysteries of Love

    Mysteries of Love

  • E! True Hollywood Story

    E! True Hollywood Story

  • Kid Blue

    Kid Blue

  • The Night We Called It a Day

    The Night We Called It a Day

  • Hoboken Hollow

    Hoboken Hollow

  • My Science Project

    My Science Project

  • The Last Ride

    The Last Ride

  • Unspeakable

    Unspeakable

  • Luck of the Draw

    Luck of the Draw

  • HOPPER: In His Own Words

    HOPPER: In His Own Words

  • Knockaround Guys

    Knockaround Guys

  • The Real James Dean

    The Real James Dean

  • Fishing with John

    Fishing with John

  • Who Is Henry Jaglom?

    Who Is Henry Jaglom?

  • Spreading Ground

    Spreading Ground

  • Paris Trout

    Paris Trout

  • The Art of Football from A to Z

    The Art of Football from A to Z

  • Doublecrossed

    Doublecrossed

  • I Died a Thousand Times

    I Died a Thousand Times

  • Straight to Hell

    Straight to Hell

  • The Good Life

    The Good Life

  • Lured Innocence

    Lured Innocence

  • Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider

    Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider

  • Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen

    Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen

  • Tell Them Who You Are

    Tell Them Who You Are

  • Scene Missing

    Scene Missing

  • Kings Row

    Kings Row

  • Chattahoochee

    Chattahoochee

  • New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'

    New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'

  • Wild Times

    Wild Times

  • Conflict

    Conflict

  • Human Highway

    Human Highway

  • SnowwhiteRosered

    SnowwhiteRosered

  • Tim Leary: The Art of Dying

    Tim Leary: The Art of Dying

  • Out of the Blue

    Out of the Blue

  • Inside the Actors Studio

    Inside the Actors Studio

  • The Groovenians

    The Groovenians

  • Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’

    Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’

  • Forever Hollywood

    Forever Hollywood

  • Emmanuelle: A Hard Look

    Emmanuelle: A Hard Look

  • The Last Film Festival

    The Last Film Festival

  • The Groovenians

    The Groovenians

  • I Don't Know Jack

    I Don't Know Jack

  • Out of Season

    Out of Season

  • Bad City Blues

    Bad City Blues

  • Return to 'Giant'

    Return to 'Giant'

  • Crush Proof

    Crush Proof

  • They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

    They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

  • Hopper/Welles

    Hopper/Welles

  • Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

    Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

  • O.C. and Stiggs

    O.C. and Stiggs

  • 50 Films to See Before You Die

    50 Films to See Before You Die

  • On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America

    On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America

  • Along for the Ride

    Along for the Ride

  • Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here

    Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here

  • The Heart of Justice

    The Heart of Justice

  • Eye of the Storm

    Eye of the Storm

  • Fighting Against the Wind: Making 'the American Dreamer'

    Fighting Against the Wind: Making 'the American Dreamer'

  • Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage

    Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage

  • Black Leather Jacket

    Black Leather Jacket

  • Bananaz

    Bananaz

  • Blue Peanuts

    Blue Peanuts

  • No Frank in Lumberton

    No Frank in Lumberton

  • The Revenge of the Dead Indians

    The Revenge of the Dead Indians

  • Drawing the Line: A Portrait of Keith Haring

    Drawing the Line: A Portrait of Keith Haring

  • The Story of Mankind

    The Story of Mankind

  • Champion

    Champion

  • Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas

    Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas

  • Americano

    Americano

  • The Sixth Element: The Ross Clarke-Jones Story

    The Sixth Element: The Ross Clarke-Jones Story

  • Stardust

    Stardust

  • Flesh Color

    Flesh Color

  • Carried Away

    Carried Away

  • James Dean and Me

    James Dean and Me

  • Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)

    Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)

  • He's Alive

    He's Alive

  • Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife

    Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife

  • Search and Destroy

    Search and Destroy

  • Spirit of Golf

    Spirit of Golf

  • Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort of

    Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort of

  • The James Dean Story

    The James Dean Story

  • Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage

    Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage

  • The Thirteen Most Beautiful Boys

    The Thirteen Most Beautiful Boys

  • A Tribute To Johnny Cash

    A Tribute To Johnny Cash

  • Reborn

    Reborn

  • The Source

    The Source

  • Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act

    Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act

  • Screen Test [ST155]: Dennis Hopper

    Screen Test [ST155]: Dennis Hopper

  • Willie Nelson: Down Home

    Willie Nelson: Down Home

  • Russian Suicide Chair

    Russian Suicide Chair

  • Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder

    Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder

  • A Hero of Our Time

    A Hero of Our Time

  • Blue Velvet Revisited

    Blue Velvet Revisited

  • James Dean: The First American Teenager

    James Dean: The First American Teenager

  • Light Years

    Light Years

  • The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose

    The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose

  • New Scenes from America

    New Scenes from America

  • Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders

    Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders

  • Swiss Family Robinson

    Swiss Family Robinson

  • Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture

    Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture

  • Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth

    Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth

  • High Air

    High Air

  • Art, Acting, and the Suicide Chair: Dennis Hopper

    Art, Acting, and the Suicide Chair: Dennis Hopper

  • Born to Be Wild

    Born to Be Wild

  • Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments

    Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments

  • Stark: Mirror Image

    Stark: Mirror Image

  • The A-Z of Separating People from their Money

    The A-Z of Separating People from their Money

  • Brando: An Icon Is Born

    Brando: An Icon Is Born