Dennis Hopper

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

322

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

  • 24

    24

  • Saturday Night Live

    Saturday Night Live

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • King of the Hill

    King of the Hill

  • Die Harald Schmidt Show

    Die Harald Schmidt Show

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • Bonanza

    Bonanza

  • Entourage

    Entourage

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Wagon Train

    Wagon Train

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • The Twilight Zone

    The Twilight Zone

  • Las Vegas

    Las Vegas

  • Cheyenne

    Cheyenne

  • Cheyenne

    Cheyenne

  • The Rifleman

    The Rifleman

  • The Rifleman

    The Rifleman

  • Combat!

    Combat!

  • The Big Valley

    The Big Valley

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

  • Petticoat Junction

    Petticoat Junction

  • Naked City

    Naked City

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • Matinee Theater

    Matinee Theater

  • Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

    Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

  • Apocalypse Now

    Apocalypse Now

  • The Defenders

    The Defenders

  • The Defenders

    The Defenders

  • Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

    Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

  • Highway Patrol

    Highway Patrol

  • Biography

    Biography

  • Sugarfoot

    Sugarfoot

  • Easy Rider

    Easy Rider

  • Surfside 6

    Surfside 6

  • HBO First Look

    HBO First Look

  • Waterworld

    Waterworld

  • The Guns of Will Sonnett

    The Guns of Will Sonnett

  • Speed

    Speed

  • Chasers

    Chasers

  • The Barbara Stanwyck Show

    The Barbara Stanwyck Show

  • The Millionaire

    The Millionaire

  • Night Tide

    Night Tide

  • V Graham Norton

    V Graham Norton

  • L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve

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

  • Arrest and Trial

    Arrest and Trial

  • White Star

    White Star

  • Sleepwalking

    Sleepwalking

  • Hang 'em High

    Hang 'em High

  • Hoboken Hollow

    Hoboken Hollow

  • The Lieutenant

    The Lieutenant

  • Giant

    Giant

  • True Romance

    True Romance

  • Blue Velvet

    Blue Velvet

  • Choke

    Choke

  • Black Widow

    Black Widow

  • Sunset Heat

    Sunset Heat

  • Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents

    Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents

  • Ticker

    Ticker

  • Blood Red

    Blood Red

  • Flashback

    Flashback

  • Tracks

    Tracks

  • Straight Shooter

    Straight Shooter

  • Palermo Shooting

    Palermo Shooting

  • True Grit

    True Grit

  • Key Witness

    Key Witness

  • 10th & Wolf

    10th & Wolf

  • Sayonara

    Sayonara

  • The Apostate

    The Apostate

  • Space Truckers

    Space Truckers

  • Hell Ride

    Hell Ride

  • The Blackout

    The Blackout

  • Crash

    Crash

  • Screen Director's Playhouse

    Screen Director's Playhouse

  • Stark

    Stark

  • Basquiat

    Basquiat

  • The Trip

    The Trip

  • Knockaround Guys

    Knockaround Guys

  • The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

    The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

  • 87th Precinct

    87th Precinct

  • Hoosiers

    Hoosiers

  • Land of the Dead

    Land of the Dead

  • Catchfire

    Catchfire

  • Jazz Seen

    Jazz Seen

  • Seitenblicke

    Seitenblicke

  • The Keeper

    The Keeper

  • Jesus' Son

    Jesus' Son

  • The Inside Man

    The Inside Man

  • Screen Test #3

    Screen Test #3

  • E-Ring

    E-Ring

  • Super Mario Bros.

    Super Mario Bros.

  • Elegy

    Elegy

  • The Greatest Show on Earth

    The Greatest Show on Earth

  • Leo

    Leo

  • The Sons of Katie Elder

    The Sons of Katie Elder

  • Memory

    Memory

  • Boiling Point

    Boiling Point

  • Cool Hand Luke

    Cool Hand Luke

  • Road Ends

    Road Ends

  • Alpha and Omega

    Alpha and Omega

  • Nails

    Nails

  • Jason and the Argonauts

    Jason and the Argonauts

  • Rebel Without a Cause

    Rebel Without a Cause

  • Tycus

    Tycus

  • Rumble Fish

    Rumble Fish

  • Crush Proof

    Crush Proof

  • Unspeakable

    Unspeakable

  • House of 9

    House of 9

  • Witch Hunt

    Witch Hunt

  • Head

    Head

  • The Investigators

    The Investigators

  • The Johnny Cash Show

    The Johnny Cash Show

  • The Dakotas

    The Dakotas

  • Hopper/Welles

    Hopper/Welles

  • Human Highway

    Human Highway

  • Lured Innocence

    Lured Innocence

  • Chattahoochee

    Chattahoochee

  • Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

    Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

  • Medic

    Medic

  • The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money

    The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money

  • Firestarter: Rekindled

    Firestarter: Rekindled

  • The Legend of Jesse James

    The Legend of Jesse James

  • Kid Blue

    Kid Blue

  • The Source

    The Source

  • The Last Days of Frankie the Fly

    The Last Days of Frankie the Fly

  • SnowwhiteRosered

    SnowwhiteRosered

  • Andy Warhol Screen Tests

    Andy Warhol Screen Tests

  • Letter to Loretta

    Letter to Loretta

  • Red Rock West

    Red Rock West

  • Paris Trout

    Paris Trout

  • Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O

    Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O

  • The Indian Runner

    The Indian Runner

  • Scene Missing

    Scene Missing

  • The Crow: Wicked Prayer

    The Crow: Wicked Prayer

  • Inside Deep Throat

    Inside Deep Throat

  • Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

    Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

  • A Decade Under the Influence

    A Decade Under the Influence

  • Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper

    Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper

  • Marlon Brando: The Wild One

    Marlon Brando: The Wild One

  • Scene by Scene

    Scene by Scene

  • Champion

    Champion

  • Chelsea on the Rocks

    Chelsea on the Rocks

  • Queen of Blood

    Queen of Blood

  • The Last Film Festival

    The Last Film Festival

  • The Other Side of the Wind

    The Other Side of the Wind

  • The Piano Player

    The Piano Player

  • Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth

    Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth

  • The Pick-up Artist

    The Pick-up Artist

  • Tim Leary: The Art of Dying

    Tim Leary: The Art of Dying

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

    Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections

  • Meet the Deedles

    Meet the Deedles

  • An American Carol

    An American Carol

  • Gorillaz: Demon Days Live at the Manchester Opera House

    Gorillaz: Demon Days Live at the Manchester Opera House

  • Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film

    Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film

  • Santabear's High Flying Adventure

    Santabear's High Flying Adventure

  • EDtv

    EDtv

  • The Osterman Weekend

    The Osterman Weekend

  • Last In, First Out

    Last In, First Out

  • Flatland

    Flatland

  • Spreading Ground

    Spreading Ground

  • Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi

    Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi

  • The Good Life

    The Good Life

  • Sketches of Frank Gehry

    Sketches of Frank Gehry

  • Corman's World

    Corman's World

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

    Fighting Against the Wind: Making 'the American Dreamer'

  • The Sorceror's Apprentice

    The Sorceror's Apprentice

  • Held for Ransom

    Held for Ransom

  • U2: A Year in Pop

    U2: A Year in Pop

  • The Venice Project

    The Venice Project

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

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

  • Bananaz

    Bananaz

  • The Last Movie

    The Last Movie

  • Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

    Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

  • The Revenge of the Dead Indians

    The Revenge of the Dead Indians

  • King of the Mountain

    King of the Mountain

  • Films to Die For

    Films to Die For

  • The Groovenians

    The Groovenians

  • The Prophet's Game

    The Prophet's Game

  • The Night We Called It a Day

    The Night We Called It a Day

  • Emmanuelle: A Hard Look

    Emmanuelle: A Hard Look

  • The Sky is Falling

    The Sky is Falling

  • The Real James Dean

    The Real James Dean

  • Mad Dog Morgan

    Mad Dog Morgan

  • Return to 'Giant'

    Return to 'Giant'

  • Fishing with John

    Fishing with John

  • The Brothers Warner

    The Brothers Warner

  • The American Way

    The American Way

  • Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work

    Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work

  • Running Out of Luck

    Running Out of Luck

  • Straight to Hell

    Straight to Hell

  • Out of the Blue and Into the Black

    Out of the Blue and Into the Black

  • Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir

    Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir

  • River's Edge

    River's Edge

  • The American Dreamer

    The American Dreamer

  • The Glory Stompers

    The Glory Stompers

  • When Hippies Ruled The World

    When Hippies Ruled The World

  • No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos

    No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos

  • Gorillaz: Demon Days Live in Harlem at Apollo Theater

    Gorillaz: Demon Days Live in Harlem at Apollo Theater

  • Flatland

    Flatland

  • Wim Wenders, Desperado

    Wim Wenders, Desperado

  • Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter

    Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter

  • Some Kind of Genius

    Some Kind of Genius

  • Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture

    Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture

  • The Last Ride

    The Last Ride

  • Top of the World

    Top of the World

  • Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life

    Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life

  • 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

  • Luck of the Draw

    Luck of the Draw

  • I Died a Thousand Times

    I Died a Thousand Times

  • Welcome to Hollywood

    Welcome to Hollywood

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

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

  • From Hell to Texas

    From Hell to Texas

  • B movie

    B movie

  • O.C. and Stiggs

    O.C. and Stiggs

  • HOPPER: In His Own Words

    HOPPER: In His Own Words

  • The Ten Commandments of Creativity

    The Ten Commandments of Creativity

  • Swing Vote

    Swing Vote

  • Who Is Henry Jaglom?

    Who Is Henry Jaglom?

  • Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen

    Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen

  • Mysteries of Love

    Mysteries of Love

  • Rediscovering a Rebel

    Rediscovering a Rebel

  • They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

    They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

  • The Heart of Justice

    The Heart of Justice

  • Out of the Blue

    Out of the Blue

  • Samson and Delilah

    Samson and Delilah

  • On the tracks of a filmmaker

    On the tracks of a filmmaker

  • Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage

    Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage

  • Forever Hollywood

    Forever Hollywood

  • Along for the Ride

    Along for the Ride

  • Llyn Foulkes One Man Band

    Llyn Foulkes One Man Band

  • Not Quite Hollywood

    Not Quite Hollywood

  • The American Friend

    The American Friend

  • New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'

    New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'

  • Wild Times

    Wild Times

  • I Don't Know Jack

    I Don't Know Jack

  • To Shoot a Mad Dog

    To Shoot a Mad Dog

  • 1 Giant Leap

    1 Giant Leap

  • The Cool School

    The Cool School

  • Tell Them Who You Are

    Tell Them Who You Are

  • E! True Hollywood Story

    E! True Hollywood Story

  • Carried Away

    Carried Away

  • General Electric Theater

    General Electric Theater

  • James Dean and Me

    James Dean and Me

  • Willie Nelson: Down Home

    Willie Nelson: Down Home

  • Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here

    Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here

  • Bad City Blues

    Bad City Blues

  • Disneyland '59

    Disneyland '59

  • Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch

    Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch

  • The Pursuit of Happiness

    The Pursuit of Happiness

  • Conflict

    Conflict

  • My Science Project

    My Science Project

  • Out of Season

    Out of Season

  • 10 Things Every Guy Should Experience

    10 Things Every Guy Should Experience

  • Eye of the Storm

    Eye of the Storm

  • Brando: The Documentary

    Brando: The Documentary

  • Doublecrossed

    Doublecrossed

  • Flesh Color

    Flesh Color

  • to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour

    to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour

  • Panic in the City

    Panic in the City

  • Drawing the Line: A Portrait of Keith Haring

    Drawing the Line: A Portrait of Keith Haring

  • The Sunrise Gun

    The Sunrise Gun

  • Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain

    Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain

  • No Frank in Lumberton

    No Frank in Lumberton

  • Kings Row

    Kings Row

  • The James Dean Story

    The James Dean Story

  • Blue Velvet Revisited

    Blue Velvet Revisited

  • The Story of Mankind

    The Story of Mankind

  • Inside the Actors Studio

    Inside the Actors Studio

  • Cannes Man

    Cannes Man

  • 50 Films to See Before You Die

    50 Films to See Before You Die

  • The Groovenians

    The Groovenians

  • Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider

    Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider

  • The Art of Football from A to Z

    The Art of Football from A to Z

  • He's Alive

    He's Alive

  • Light Years

    Light Years

  • Reborn

    Reborn

  • James Dean: The First American Teenager

    James Dean: The First American Teenager

  • 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

  • Wanderlust

    Wanderlust

  • Beautiful Darling

    Beautiful Darling

  • Americano

    Americano

  • Brando

    Brando

  • Search and Destroy

    Search and Destroy

  • Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage

    Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage

  • Born to Be Wild

    Born to Be Wild

  • Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)

    Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)

  • A Tribute to Johnny Cash

    A Tribute to Johnny Cash

  • Spirit of Golf

    Spirit of Golf

  • Blue Peanuts

    Blue Peanuts

  • Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

    Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

  • Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort of

    Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort of

  • The Young Land

    The Young Land

  • Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’

    Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’

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

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

  • The A-Z of Separating People from their Money

    The A-Z of Separating People from their Money

  • The Sixth Element: The Ross Clarke-Jones Story

    The Sixth Element: The Ross Clarke-Jones Story

  • Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame

    Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame

  • New Scenes from America

    New Scenes from America

  • Stardust

    Stardust

  • Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders

    Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders

  • Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth

    Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth

  • Black Leather Jacket

    Black Leather Jacket

  • A Hero of Our Time

    A Hero of Our Time

  • High Air

    High Air

  • Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film

    Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film

  • Brando: An Icon Is Born

    Brando: An Icon Is Born

  • Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act

    Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act

  • Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife

    Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife

  • The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose

    The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose

  • Screen Test [ST155]: Dennis Hopper

    Screen Test [ST155]: Dennis Hopper

  • Swiss Family Robinson

    Swiss Family Robinson

  • Stark: Mirror Image

    Stark: Mirror Image

  • The Thirteen Most Beautiful Boys

    The Thirteen Most Beautiful Boys

  • Russian Suicide Chair

    Russian Suicide Chair

  • Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments

    Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments

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

    Art, Acting, and the Suicide Chair: Dennis Hopper

  • Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder

    Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder