Dennis Hopper
Acting
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
Born: May 17, 1936
Place of Birth: Dodge City, Kansas, USA
Known For
Filmography
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Frank Booth (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Dennis Hopper
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Nick Twain - Producer
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
as Himself
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Various Roles (archive footage)
as Frank Booth
as Self (uncredited)
as Tony (voice)
as Self (archive footage)
as Himself
as Frank
as Ben Cendars
as Self - Actor
as Judge Clarence Henderson
as Self
as George O'Hearn
as Eddie Zero
as Donald Greenleaf
as Himself
as Self
as Mr. Reedy
as Self
as Self
as Narrator (voice)
as Himself
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Max Lichtenstein
as Self
as Himself
as Self
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Matty Matello
as Sheriff Greer
as Eli McNulty
as Father Duffy
as Kaufman
as El Niño
as Self
as Narrator (voice)
as Riccardo
as Himself
as Harry Barlow
as Self
as Dennis Hopper
as Ronnie Purnell
as Krebs
as Warden
as Jon Castille
as Frank Sinatra
as Self
as Self
as Dad/King Normans
as Dad / King Normans (voice)
as Robert Nile
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Smith
as Horace
as James Richardson
as Self
as Smith
as Benny Chains
as Victor Drazen
as Captain Elsworth
as Self
as Henry Clark
as Alex Swan
as Himself
as JD
as Dennis Hopper
as Bill
as Vincent Swan
as Pelias
as Giani Ponti
as Det. Ed DeLongpre
as Lewis Garou
as Self
as Self
as Roland / Salvatore
as Peter Crowford
as Self
as Frank Hector
as Henry 'Hank' Pekurny
as Cleveland Carter
as William S. Burroughs
as Self
as Frank Slater
as Rick Chambers
as Sheriff Ben Gilchrist
as Self
as Mickey
as Self
as Charles Atlas
as Narrator (voice)
as Dennis Hopper (voice)
as Generale Tariq
as Generale Tariq
as Self - Host
as Frankie
as John Canyon
as Self
as Bruno Bischofberger
as Self
as Self
as Joseph Svenden
as Self / Goon (archive footage)
as Self
as Himself
as Deacon
as Dr. Waxling
as Self (uncredited)
as H. Phillip Lovecraft
as Self
as Self
as Howard Payne
as Doggie
as Clifford Worley
as King Koopa
as Self
as Lyle from Dallas
as Rudolph 'Red' Diamond
as Himself
as Austin Blair
as Harry 'Nails' Niles
as Carl Madson
as Self
as Marvin Gladstone
as Caesar
as Barry Seal
as Paris Trout
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Walker Benson
as Milo
as Huey Walker
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
as William Bradford Berrigan
as Narrator
as Self
as Dennis Hooper
as Captain
as Flash Jensen
as Sponson
as I.G. Farben
as Self
as Ben Dumers
as Video Director
as Shooter
as Feck
as Frank Booth
as Lieutenant 'Lefty' Enright
as Lieutenant Ron Bliss
as Himself
as Bob Roberts
as Lieutenant Ron Bliss
as Casey
as Miller
as Kenneth Barlow
as Richard Tremayne
as Father
as Cracker / Stranger
as Rev. Tom Hartley
as Don
as Cal
as Doc Holliday
as Photojournalist
as Mel
as Medford
as Tom Ripley
as 1st Sgt. Jack Falen
as Daniel Morgan
as Self
as Chicken
as Self - Host
as Self
as Bickford Waner
as Dennis Hopper
as Self
as Kansas
as Himself
as Billy
as "Moon"
as Self
as Self (uncredited)
as Goff
as Prophet
as Chino
as Babalugats
as Max
as Paul Grant
as Self
as Jimmy Sweetwater
as Jud Salt
as Dave Hastings
as Tarzan (Double)
as Himself
as Alan Landman
as Cpl. Peter Devlin
as Zack Fielder
as Self
as Adrian
as Andrew Mason
as Alfred Carter Jr.
as Jason Thomas
as Johnny Drake
as William "Cowby" Tomkins
as Gerald Collins
as Peter Vollmer
as Dev Farnum
as Self
as Hatfield Carnes
as Denny Sunrise
as Vernon Tippert
as Vinnie Winford
as Tom Boyd
as MP in Kelly's House / MP at Tokyo Airport (voice) (uncredited)
as Napoleon Bonaparte
as Emmett Lawton
as Billy the Kid
as Self
as Billy Clanton
as Jordan "Jordy" Benedict III
as Vernon 'Vern' Tippert
as Denny Sunrise
as Joe (uncredited)
as Goon
as Steve Redman
as Utah Kid
as Billy Kimbo
as Adam Spencer
as Robert
as Ross Morton
as Fred Judson
as David Williams
as Harry Wales
as Self - Presenter
as Self - Nominee / Presenter
as Peter Vollmer
as Mr. B
as Dennis Hopper