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
TBAFighting Against the Wind: Making 'the American Dreamer' as Self
TBAHOPPER: In His Own Words as Dennis Hopper
TBAThe Good Life as Mr. B
TBAHe's Alive as Peter Vollmer
TBAArt, Acting, and the Suicide Chair: Dennis Hopper as Unknown
2023to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour as Frank Booth (archive footage)
2023Spirit of Golf as Self
2020Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen (4 Episodes) as Self
2020Hopper/Welles as Self
2020Wim Wenders, Desperado as Self (archive footage)
2020Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth as Self
2018The Other Side of the Wind as Dennis Hopper
2018They'll Love Me When I'm Dead as Self (archive footage)
2016Along for the Ride as Self (archive footage)
2016Blue Velvet Revisited as Self
2016The Last Film Festival as Nick Twain - Producer
2016Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider as Self (archive footage)
2016Taylor & Ultra: On the 60s, The Factory, and Being a Warhol Superstar as Self (archive footage)
2014Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2013Llyn Foulkes One Man Band as Himself
2013Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter as Himself
2012Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ as Self (archive footage)
2012Scene Missing as Self
2011Corman's World as Various Roles (archive footage)
2011Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage as Frank Booth
2011On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America (1 Episode) as self
2010Stardust as Self (uncredited)
2010Alpha and Omega as Tony (voice)
2010Beautiful Darling as Self (archive footage)
2009B movie as Himself
200913 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests as Self
2009Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder as Self
2009No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos as Self
2008Palermo Shooting as Frank
2008Crash (26 Episodes) as Ben Cendars
2008The Brothers Warner as Self - Actor
2008An American Carol as Judge Clarence Henderson
2008Not Quite Hollywood as Self
2008Elegy as George O'Hearn
2008Hell Ride as Eddie Zero
2008Swing Vote as Donald Greenleaf
2008Russian Suicide Chair as Himself
2008Chelsea on the Rocks as Self
2008Sleepwalking as Mr. Reedy
2008Tim Leary: The Art of Dying as Self
2008The Cool School as Self
2008Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth as Self
2008Bananaz as Narrator (voice)
2007The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose as Self
2007Brando: An Icon Is Born as Himself
2007Brando as Self
2007Brando: The Documentary (2 Episodes) as Self
2007The Graham Norton Show (1 Episode) as Self
2006Memory as Max Lichtenstein
2006The Sixth Element: The Ross Clarke-Jones Story as Narrator
2006Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film as Self
2006The Real James Dean as Self
200650 Films to See Before You Die as Self
2006Wanderlust as Himself
2006The Art of Football from A to Z as Self
2006Sketches of Frank Gehry as Self
2006Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi as Narrator (voice)
2006Gorillaz: Demon Days Live in Harlem at Apollo Theater as Unknown
2006Gorillaz: Demon Days Live at the Manchester Opera House as Narrator (voice)
200610th & Wolf as Matty Matello
2006Hoboken Hollow as Sheriff Greer
2005E-Ring (22 Episodes) as Eli McNulty
2005House of 9 as Father Duffy
2005Land of the Dead as Kaufman
2005The Crow: Wicked Prayer as El Niño
2005Champion as Self
2005Inside Deep Throat as Narrator (voice)
2005Americano as Riccardo
2005Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents as Himself
2004Out of Season as Harry Barlow
2004Tell Them Who You Are as Self
2004Entourage (1 Episode) as Unknown
2004The Last Ride as Ronnie Purnell
2004The Keeper as Krebs
2004Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments as Self
200410 Things Every Guy Should Experience (1 Episode) as Self
2004Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend' as Self (archive footage)
2003Unspeakable as Warden
2003Las Vegas (1 Episode) as Unknown
2003The Night We Called It a Day as Frank Sinatra
2003A Decade Under the Influence as Self
2003New Scenes from America as Himself - Actor
2003Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood as Self
2003Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die) as Self
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2 Episodes) as Unknown
2002The Groovenians as Dad/King Normans
2002The Groovenians (1 Episode) as Dad / King Normans (voice)
2002The Piano Player as Robert Nile
20021 Giant Leap as Self
2002V Graham Norton (1 Episode) as Self
2002When Hippies Ruled The World as Self
2002I Don't Know Jack as Self
2002Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film as Self (uncredited)
2002Flatland (22 Episodes) as Smith
2002Leo as Horace
2002Firestarter: Rekindled (2 Episodes) as James Richardson
2002Mysteries of Love as Self
2002Flatland as Smith
2001Knockaround Guys as Benny Chains
200124 (5 Episodes) as Victor Drazen
2001L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve as Captain Elsworth
2001Jazz Seen as Self
2001Choke as Henry Clark
2001Ticker as Alex Swan
2001Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture as Self
2001Emmanuelle: A Hard Look as Himself
2000Held for Ransom as JD
2000Welcome to Hollywood as Dennis Hopper
2000Jesus' Son as Bill
2000The Prophet's Game as Vincent Swan
2000Jason and the Argonauts (2 Episodes) as Pelias
2000Luck of the Draw as Giani Ponti
2000Spreading Ground as Det. Ed DeLongpre
2000The Apostate as Lewis Garou
2000The Ten Commandments of Creativity as Self
1999Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage as Self
1999The Pursuit of Happiness as Self
1999The Venice Project as Roland / Salvatore
1999Tycus as Peter Crowford
1999A Tribute To Johnny Cash as Self
1999Straight Shooter as Frank Hector
1999EDtv as Henry 'Hank' Pekurny
1999Bad City Blues as Cleveland Carter
1999The Source as William S. Burroughs
1999Forever Hollywood as Self
1998The A-Z of Separating People from their Money as Self
1998Meet the Deedles as Frank Slater
1997Lured Innocence as Rick Chambers
1997Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain as Self
1997Road Ends as Sheriff Ben Gilchrist
1997Who Is Henry Jaglom? as Self
1997The Blackout as Mickey
1997Cannes Man as Self
1997Scene by Scene (1 Episode) as Self
1997Top of the World as Charles Atlas
1997U2: A Year in Pop as Narrator (voice)
1997Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life as Self
1997King of the Hill (1 Episode) as Dennis Hopper (voice)
1996Samson and Delilah as Generale Tariq
1996Samson and Delilah (2 Episodes) as Generale Tariq
1996The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money as Self - Host
1996The Last Days of Frankie the Fly as Frankie
1996Space Truckers as John Canyon
1996Return to 'Giant' as Self
1996E! True Hollywood Story (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1996Basquiat as Bruno Bischofberger
1996The Daily Show (1 Episode) as Self
1996Carried Away as Joseph Svenden
1996Rediscovering a Rebel as Self / Goon (archive footage)
1995Die Harald Schmidt Show (1 Episode) as Self
1995Born to Be Wild as Himself
1995Waterworld as Deacon
1995Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir as Himself
1995Search and Destroy as Dr. Waxling
1995James Dean and Me as Self (uncredited)
1994Witch Hunt as H. Phillip Lovecraft
1994Inside the Actors Studio (1 Episode) as Self
1994Marlon Brando: The Wild One as Self
1994Speed as Howard Payne
1994Chasers as Doggie
1993Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work as Self
1993True Romance as Clifford Worley
1993Super Mario Bros. as King Koopa
1993Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O as Self
1993Red Rock West as Lyle from Dallas
1993Boiling Point as Rudolph 'Red' Diamond
1993The Revenge of the Dead Indians as Himself
1992The Heart of Justice as Austin Blair
1992Nails as Harry 'Nails' Niles
1992Sunset Heat as Carl Madson
1992HBO First Look (1 Episode) as Unknown
1991Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse as Self
1991Fishing with John (2 Episodes) as Self
1991SnowwhiteRosered as Self
1991Eye of the Storm as Marvin Gladstone
1991The Indian Runner as Caesar
1991Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas as Self
1991Doublecrossed as Barry Seal
1991Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper as Self (uncredited)
1991Paris Trout as Paris Trout
1990Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch as Self
1990Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol as Self
1990Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1990Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders as Self
1990Chattahoochee as Walker Benson
1990Catchfire as Milo
1990Flashback as Huey Walker
1989Drawing the Line: A Portrait of Keith Haring as Self
1989Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
1989Blood Red as William Bradford Berrigan
1989Black Leather Jacket as Narrator
1988LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1 Episode) as Unknown
1988No Frank in Lumberton as Self
1988On the tracks of a filmmaker as Dennis Hooper
1987Santabear's High Flying Adventure as (voice)
1987The American Way as Captain
1987Blue Peanuts as Snoopy (Voice)
1987Seitenblicke (1 Episode) as self
1987The Pick-up Artist as Flash Jensen
1987O.C. and Stiggs as Sponson
1987Straight to Hell as I.G. Farben
1987Black Widow as Ben Dumers
1987Running Out of Luck as Video Director
1987Out of the Blue and Into the Black as Self
1986Hoosiers as Shooter
1986River's Edge as Feck
1986Blue Velvet as Frank Booth
1986The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 as Lieutenant 'Lefty' Enright
1986Stark: Mirror Image as Lieutenant Ron Bliss
1986Some Kind of Genius as Himself
1985My Science Project as Bob Roberts
1985Stark as Lieutenant Ron Bliss
1985A Hero of Our Time as Casey
1984The Inside Man as Miller
1983White Star as Kenneth Barlow
1983The Osterman Weekend as Richard Tremayne
1983Rumble Fish as Father
1983Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act as Himself
1982Human Highway as Cracker / Stranger
1981Reborn as Rev. Tom Hartley
1981Out of the Blue as Don
1981King of the Mountain as Cal
1980Wild Times (2 Episodes) as Doc Holliday
1979Apocalypse Now as Photojournalist
1978Flesh Color as Mel
1978Last In, First Out as Medford
1977The Sorceror's Apprentice as A Spy
1977The American Friend as Tom Ripley
1976Tracks as 1st Sgt. Jack Falen
1976Mad Dog Morgan as Daniel Morgan
1976To Shoot a Mad Dog as Self
1975Bloodbath as Chicken
1975Saturday Night Live (2 Episodes) as Self - Host
1975James Dean: The First American Teenager as Self
1975Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1 Episode) as Self
1973Kid Blue as Bickford Waner
1972Crush Proof as Dennis Hopper
1972Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here as Self
1971The Last Movie as Kansas
1971The American Dreamer as Himself
1969Easy Rider as Billy
1969True Grit as "Moon"
1969The Johnny Cash Show (1 Episode) as Self
1968Head as Self (uncredited)
1968Panic in the City as Goff
1968Hang 'em High as Prophet
1967The Glory Stompers as Chino
1967Cool Hand Luke as Babalugats
1967The Guns of Will Sonnett (1 Episode) as Unknown
1967The Trip as Max
1966Screen Test #3 as Unknown
1966Queen of Blood as Paul Grant
1966Light Years as Unknown
1965Andy Warhol Screen Tests as Self
1965The Big Valley (1 Episode) as Jimmy Sweetwater
1965The Legend of Jesse James (1 Episode) as Jud Salt
1965The Sons of Katie Elder as Dave Hastings
1964The Thirteen Most Beautiful Boys as Unknown
1964Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort of as Tarzan (Double)
1964Screen Test [ST155]: Dennis Hopper as Himself
1963Petticoat Junction (1 Episode) as Alan Landman
1963The Greatest Show on Earth (1 Episode) as Unknown
1963Arrest and Trial (1 Episode) as Unknown
1963The Lieutenant (1 Episode) as Cpl. Peter Devlin
1963The Dakotas (1 Episode) as Unknown
1962Combat! (1 Episode) as Zack Fielder
1961The Mike Douglas Show (1 Episode) as Self
1961The Investigators (1 Episode) as Adrian
196187th Precinct (1 Episode) as Andrew Mason
1961The Defenders (1, 1 Episode) as Alfred Carter Jr., Jason Thomas
1961Night Tide as Johnny Drake
1960Key Witness as William "Cowby" Tomkins
1960Surfside 6 (1 Episode) as Unknown
1960The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1 Episode) as Gerald Collins
1959The Twilight Zone (1 Episode) as Peter Vollmer
1959Bonanza (1 Episode) as Dev Farnum
1959Disneyland '59 as Self
1959The Young Land as Hatfield Carnes
1958Swiss Family Robinson as Fritz
1958Naked City (1 Episode) as Vinnie Winford
1958The Rifleman (1, 1 Episode) as Unknown, Vernon Tippert
1958From Hell to Texas as Tom Boyd
1957Sayonara as MP in Kelly's House / MP at Tokyo Airport (voice) (uncredited)
1957The Story of Mankind as Napoleon Bonaparte
1957Wagon Train (1 Episode) as Emmett Lawton
1957Sugarfoot (1 Episode) as Billy the Kid
1957The James Dean Story as Self
1957Gunfight at the O.K. Corral as Billy Clanton
1956Giant as Jordan "Jordy" Benedict III
1956New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant' as Self
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1, 1 Episode) as Vernon 'Vern' Tippert, Denny Sunrise
1956Conflict (1 Episode) as Unknown
1956High Air as Steve Redman
1955I Died a Thousand Times as Joe (uncredited)
1955Matinee Theater (1 Episode) as Unknown
1955Rebel Without a Cause as Goon
1955Screen Director's Playhouse (1 Episode) as Steve Redman
1955Highway Patrol (1 Episode) as Unknown
1955Cheyenne (1, 1 Episode) as Unknown, Utah Kid
1955Kings Row (1 Episode) as Unknown
1955Gunsmoke (1 Episode) as Billy Kimbo
1955The Millionaire (1 Episode) as Adam Spencer
1954Medic (1 Episode) as Robert
1953Letter to Loretta (1 Episode) as Ross Morton
1953General Electric Theater (1 Episode) as Fred Judson
1948Studio One (1, 1 Episode) as David Williams, Harry Wales
1944Golden Globe Awards (1, 1 Episode) as Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee / Presenter
2008Russian Suicide Chair ... Director
2008Pashmy Dream ... Director
2000Homeless ... Director
1994Chasers ... Director
1990The Hot Spot ... Director
1990Catchfire ... Director
1988Colors ... Director
1981Out of the Blue ... Director
1971The Last Movie ... Director
1969Easy Rider ... Director
1967The Glory Stompers ... Co-Director
1967The Trip ... Second Unit Director
2008Pashmy Dream ... Writer
1981Out of the Blue ... Writer
1971The Last Movie ... Story
1971The American Dreamer ... Writer
1969Easy Rider ... Screenplay
1971The Last Movie ... Editor