Dennis Hopper
Known for Acting · 320 credits
- Born
- 1936-05-17
- Died
- 2010-05-29
- Place of birth
- Dodge City, Kansas, USA
- Also known as
- Dennis Lee Hopper · Alan Smithee
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (68)
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
24
2001
as Victor Drazen
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
King of the Hill
1997
as Dennis Hopper (voice)
Bonanza
1959
as Dev Farnum
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter / Self - Nominee / Presenter
Entourage
2004
as Dennis Hopper
Wagon Train
1957
as Emmett Lawton
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
Las Vegas
2003
as Jon Castille
The Rifleman
1958
as Vernon Tippert / Johnny Clover
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Peter Vollmer
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Petticoat Junction
1963
as Alan Landman
Naked City
1958
as Vinnie Winford
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995
as Self
Combat!
1962
as Zack Fielder
Cheyenne
1955
as Utah Kid
The Big Valley
1965
as Jimmy Sweetwater
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Vernon 'Vern' Tippert / Denny Sunrise
Studio One
1948
as David Williams / Harry Wales
Matinee Theater
1955
The Defenders
1961
as Alfred Carter Jr. / Jason Thomas
Gunsmoke
1955
as Billy Kimbo
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
Sugarfoot
1957
as Billy the Kid
Surfside 6
1960
V Graham Norton
2002
as Self
Highway Patrol
1955
The Millionaire
1955
as Adam Spencer
Biography
1987
as Self
Arrest and Trial
1963
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
as Gerald Collins
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
HBO First Look
1992
E-Ring
2005
as Eli McNulty
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Steve Redman
87th Precinct
1961
as Andrew Mason
The Lieutenant
1963
as Cpl. Peter Devlin
Crash
2008
as Ben Cendars
Espionage
1963
as Ferno
The Dakotas
1963
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
The Legend of Jesse James
1965
as Jud Salt
Seitenblicke
1987
as self
Jason and the Argonauts
2000
as Pelias
The Johnny Cash Show
1969
as Self
Medic
1954
as Robert
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Ross Morton
Scene by Scene
1997
as Self
Flatland
2002
as Smith
The Investigators
1961
as Adrian
General Electric Theater
1953
as Fred Judson
Firestarter: Rekindled
2002
as James Richardson
Conflict
1956
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Wild Times
1980
as Doc Holliday
Brando: The Documentary
2007
as Self
Movies (252)
Apocalypse Now
1979
as Photojournalist
True Romance
1993
as Clifford Worley
Speed
1994
as Howard Payne
Waterworld
1995
as Deacon
True Grit
1969
as "Moon"
Land of the Dead
2005
as Kaufman
Blue Velvet
1986
as Frank Booth
Cool Hand Luke
1967
as Babalugats
Easy Rider
1969
as Billy
Super Mario Bros.
1993
as King Koopa
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
1986
as Lieutenant 'Lefty' Enright
Giant
1956
as Jordan "Jordy" Benedict III
Hang 'em High
1968
as Prophet
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957
as Billy Clanton
Inside Deep Throat
2005
as Narrator (voice)
Rebel Without a Cause
1955
as Goon
Alpha and Omega
2010
as Tony (voice)
EDtv
1999
as Henry 'Hank' Pekurny
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
1991
as Self
Basquiat
1996
as Bruno Bischofberger
Chasers
1994
as Doggie
Elegy
2008
as George O'Hearn
Space Truckers
1996
as John Canyon
Black Widow
1987
as Ben Dumers
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
as Lt. Lefty Enright (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rumble Fish
1983
as Father
Hoosiers
1986
as Wilbur "Shooter" Flatch
The Sons of Katie Elder
1965
as Dave Hastings
The Crow: Wicked Prayer
2005
as El Niño
Knockaround Guys
2001
as Benny Chains
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
1997
as Self
The Heart of Justice
1992
as Austin Blair
10th & Wolf
2006
as Matty Matello
Ticker
2001
as Alex Swan
Red Rock West
1993
as Lyle from Dallas
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
River's Edge
1986
as Feck
The Pick-up Artist
1987
as Flash Jensen
The American Friend
1977
as Tom Ripley
Catchfire
1990
as Milo
Swing Vote
2008
as Donald Greenleaf
Sayonara
1957
as MP in Kelly's House / MP at Tokyo Airport (voice) (uncredited)
50 Films to See Before You Die
2006
as Self
An American Carol
2008
as Judge Clarence Henderson
Boiling Point
1993
as Rudolph 'Red' Diamond
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003
as Self
House of 9
2005
as Father Duffy
The Trip
1967
as Max
The Other Side of the Wind
2018
as Dennis Hopper
The Prophet's Game
2000
as Vincent Swan
Hell Ride
2008
as Eddie Zero
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
2002
as Self (uncredited)
Corman's World
2011
as Various Roles (archive footage)
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012
as Self (archive footage)
Meet the Deedles
1998
as Frank Slater
Head
1968
as Self (uncredited)
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
1990
as Self
Brando
2007
as Self
The Indian Runner
1991
as Caesar
Flashback
1990
as Huey Walker
Sleepwalking
2008
as Mr. Reedy
Out of the Blue
1981
as Don
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
1996
as Self - Host
A Decade Under the Influence
2003
as Self
Not Quite Hollywood
2008
as Self
Night Tide
1961
as Johnny Drake
The Last Days of Frankie the Fly
1996
as Frankie
The Last Movie
1971
as Kansas
This Is Buzz
2026
as Himself
Nails
1992
as Harry 'Nails' Niles
Leo
2002
as Horace
Witch Hunt
1994
as H. Phillip Lovecraft
Wim Wenders, Desperado
2020
as Self (archive footage)
I Died a Thousand Times
1955
as Joe (uncredited)
Carried Away
1996
as Joseph Svenden
Kid Blue
1973
as Bickford Waner
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch
1990
as Self
The Story of Mankind
1957
as Napoleon Bonaparte
My Science Project
1985
as Bob Roberts
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Straight to Hell
1987
as I.G. Farben
Paris Trout
1991
as Paris Trout
Memory
2006
as Max Lichtenstein
Flatland
2002
as Smith
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
2009
as Self
The Night We Called It a Day
2003
as Frank Sinatra
Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth
2020
as Self
Unspeakable
2003
as Warden
Welcome to Hollywood
2000
as Dennis Hopper
Beautiful Darling
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Tycus
1999
as Peter Crowford
The Keeper
2004
as Krebs
O.C. and Stiggs
1987
as Sponson
Blood Red
1989
as William Bradford Berrigan
Chattahoochee
1990
as Walker Benson
Search and Destroy
1995
as Dr. Waxling
Top of the World
1997
as Charles Atlas
Jesus' Son
2000
as Bill
Hoboken Hollow
2006
as Sheriff Greer
Mad Dog Morgan
1976
as Daniel Morgan
Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections
1990
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gorillaz: Demon Days Live at the Manchester Opera House
2006
as Narrator (voice)
Running Out of Luck
1987
as Video Director
Cannes Man
1996
as Self
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
1993
as Self
The Osterman Weekend
1983
as Richard Tremayne
Doublecrossed
1991
as Barry Seal
Road Ends
1997
as Sheriff Ben Gilchrist
Palermo Shooting
2008
as Frank
The Source
1999
as William S. Burroughs
The Last Ride
2004
as Ronnie Purnell
L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve
2001
as Captain Elsworth
Stark
1985
as Lieutenant Ron Bliss
Tracks
1976
as 1st Sgt. Jack Falen
The Piano Player
2002
as Robert Nile
Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth
2008
as Self
to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour
2023
as Frank Booth (archive footage)
Out of Season
2004
as Harry Barlow
Sunset Heat
1992
as Carl Madson
The James Dean Story
1957
as Self
About Dennis Hopper
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), win… With 320 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, Dennis Hopper has appeared in 252 films and 68 TV shows.
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Most Popular Dennis Hopper Movies
- Apocalypse Now (1979) — as Photojournalist
- True Romance (1993) — as Clifford Worley
- Speed (1994) — as Howard Payne
- Waterworld (1995) — as Deacon
- True Grit (1969) — as "Moon"
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