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Dennis Hopper
Actor, Director, Writer, Editor
Died May 29, 2010 (74 years)
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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Filmography
| 2022 | Loving Highsmith · as Tom Ripley |
| 2018 | The Other Side of the Wind · as Dennis Hopper |
| 2018 | Hollywood, No Sex Please! · as Frank Booth |
| 2016 | The Last Film Festival · as Nick Twain - Producer |
| 2014 | Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films · as Lieutenant 'Lefty' Enright |
| 2014 | Blue Velvet Lost Footage · as Frank Booth |
| 2011 | Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel · as Various Roles (archive footage) |
| 2010 | Alpha and Omega · as Tony (voice) |
| 2008 | Palermo Shooting · as Frank |
| 2008 | Swing Vote · as Donald Greenleaf |
| 2008 | Elegy · as George O'Hearn |
| 2008 | Big Fat Important Movie · as Judge Clarence Henderson |
| 2008 | Sleepwalking · as Mr. Reedy |
| 2008 | The Cool School · as Unknown |
| 2008 | Crash (TV Series) · as Ben Cendars |
| 2008 | Hell Ride · as Eddie Zero |
| 2008 | |
| 2006 | Hoboken Hollow · as Sheriff Greer |
| 2006 | Memory · as Max Lichtenstein |
| 2006 | 10th & Wolf · as Matty Matello |
| 2006 | Gorillaz: Live in Manchester · as Narrator |
| 2005 | The Crow: Wicked Prayer · as El Niño |
| 2005 | House of 9 · as Father Duffy |
| 2005 | |
| 2005 | Land of the Dead · as Kaufman |
| 2005 | E-Ring (TV Series) · as Eli McNulty |
| 2005 | Inside Deep Throat · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2004 | Out of Season · as Harry Barlow |
| 2004 | The Keeper · as Krebs |
| 2004 | Entourage (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2003 | All the Way · as Frank Sinatra |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2003 | Las Vegas (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 2002 | The Piano Player · as Robert Nile |
| 2002 | Unspeakable · as Warden |
| 2002 | Leo · as Horace |
| 2002 | Firestarter - Rekindled (TV Series) · as James Richardson |
| 2002 | |
| 2002 | The Groovenians · as Dad/King Normans |
| 2002 | Flatland (TV Series) · as Smith |
| 2001 | Knockaround Guys · as Benny Chains |
| 2001 | Ticker · as Alex Swan |
| 2001 | Choke · as Henry Clark |
| 2001 | L.A.P.D.: To Protect and to Serve · as Unknown |
| 2001 | 24 (TV Series) · as Victor Drazen |
| 2000 | The Apostate · as Lewis Garou |
| 2000 | The Spreading Ground · as Det. Ed DeLongpre |
| 2000 | The Prophet's Game · as Vincent Swan |
| 2000 | Luck of the Draw · as Giani Ponti |
| 2000 | Held for Ransom · as JD |
| 2000 | Lured Innocence · as Rick Chambers |
| 2000 | Jason and the Argonauts (TV Series) · as Pelias |
| 1999 | Tycus · as Peter Crowford |
| 1999 | Straight Shooter · as Frank Hector |
| 1999 | Edtv · as Henry 'Hank' Pekurny |
| 1999 | Jesus' Son · as Bill |
| 1999 | Me and Will · as Easy Rider clip (archive footage) |
| 1999 | Bad City Blues · as Cleveland Carter |
| 1999 | The Source · as William S. Burroughs |
| 1998 | Meet the Deedles · as Frank Slater |
| 1998 | Welcome to Hollywood · as Dennis Hopper |
| 1997 | Road Ends · as Sheriff Ben Gilchrist |
| 1997 | Top of the World · as Charles Atlas |
| 1997 | The Blackout · as Mickey |
| 1997 | King of the Hill (TV Series) · as Dennis Hopper |
| 1997 | U2: A Year in Pop · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1996 | Basquiat · as Bruno Bischofberger |
| 1996 | Space Truckers · as John Canyon |
| 1996 | The Last Days of Frankie the Fly · as Frankie |
| 1996 | Carried Away · as Joseph Svenden |
| 1996 | Samson and Delilah · as Generale Tariq |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1996 | Sansone e Dalila (IT) (TV Series) · as Generale Tariq |
| 1996 | Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen (TV Series) · as Quote Reader |
| 1995 | Waterworld · as Deacon |
| 1995 | Search and Destroy · as Dr. Waxling |
| 1994 | Speed · as Howard Payne |
| 1994 | Chasers · as Doggie |
| 1994 | Witch Hunt · as H. Phillip Lovecraft |
| 1993 | True Romance · as Clifford Worley |
| 1993 | Red Rock West · as Lyle from Dallas |
| 1993 | Boiling Point · as Rudolph 'Red' Diamond |
| 1993 | Super Mario Bros. · as King Koopa |
| 1992 | The Heart of Justice · as Austin Blair |
| 1992 | Sunset Heat · as Carl Madson |
| 1992 | Nails · as Harry 'Nails' Niles |
| 1991 | The Indian Runner · as Caesar |
| 1991 | Paris Trout · as Paris Trout |
| 1991 | Doublecrossed · as Barry Seal |
| 1991 | Eye of the Storm · as Marvin Gladstone |
| 1990 | Catchfire · as Milo |
| 1990 | Flashback · as Huey Walker |
| 1989 | Chattahoochee · as Walker Benson |
| 1989 | Blood Red · as William Bradford Berrigan |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Ryan (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1987 | The Pick-up Artist · as Flash Jensen |
| 1987 | Straight to Hell Returns · as I.G. Farben |
| 1987 | Black Widow · as Ben Dumers |
| 1986 | Blue Velvet · as Frank Booth |
| 1986 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 · as Lieutenant 'Lefty' Enright |
| 1986 | River's Edge · as Feck |
| 1986 | The American Way · as Captain |
| 1986 | Hoosiers · as Shooter |
| 1986 | Stark: Mirror Image · as Lieutenant Ron Bliss |
| 1985 | O.C. and Stiggs · as Sponson |
| 1985 | Running Out of Luck · as Video Director |
| 1985 | My Science Project · as Bob Roberts |
| 1984 | Inside Man · as Miller |
| 1983 | Rumble Fish · as Father |
| 1983 | The Osterman Weekend · as Richard Tremayne |
| 1983 | White Star · as Ken Barlow |
| 1982 | Human Highway · as Cracker / Stranger |
| 1981 | King of the Mountain · as Cal |
| 1981 | Reborn · as Rev. Tom Hartley |
| 1980 | Out of the Blue · as Don |
| 1980 | Wild Times (TV Series) · as Doc Holliday |
| 1979 | Apocalypse Now · as Photojournalist |
| 1977 | The American Friend · as Tom Ripley |
| 1976 | Mad Dog Morgan · as Daniel Morgan |
| 1976 | |
| 1975 | Bloodbath · as Chicken |
| 1975 | Arena (1975) (TV Series) · as Presenter |
| 1973 | Kid Blue · as Bickford Waner |
| 1971 | The Last Movie · as Kansas |
| 1970 | The Festival Game · as actor |
| 1969 | Easy Rider · as Billy |
| 1969 | True Grit · as "Moon" |
| 1968 | Hang 'Em High · as Prophet |
| 1968 | Panic in the City · as Goff |
| 1967 | Cool Hand Luke · as Babalugats |
| 1967 | The Trip · as Max |
| 1966 | Queen of Blood · as Paul Grant |
| 1966 | The Time Tunnel (TV Series) · as Tabor - Passenger |
| 1965 | The Sons of Katie Elder · as Dave Hastings |
| 1965 | The Big Valley (TV Series) · as Jimmy Sweetwater |
| 1963 | The Lieutenant (TV Series) · as Cpl. Peter Devlin |
| 1963 | Petticoat Junction (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1963 | Arrest and Trial (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1962 | Combat! (TV Series) · as Zack Fielder |
| 1962 | The Dakotas (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1961 | Night Tide · as Johnny Drake |
| 1960 | The Barbara Stanwyck Show (TV Series) · as Gerald Collins |
| 1959 | The Young Land · as Hatfield Carnes |
| 1959 | |
| 1959 | The Betty Hutton Show (TV Series) · as Mike |
| 1959 | The Twilight Zone (TV Series) · as Peter Vollmer |
| 1958 | Naked City (TV Series) · as Vinnie Winford |
| 1958 | The Rifleman (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1957 | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral · as Billy Clanton |
| 1957 | Sayonara · as MP in Kelly's House / MP at Tokyo Airport (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1957 | The Story of Mankind · as Napoleon Bonaparte |
| 1957 | Sugarfoot (TV Series) · as Billy the Kid |
| 1957 | Wagon Train (TV Series) · as Emmett Lawton |
| 1956 | Zane Grey Theater (TV Series) · as Denny Sunrise |
| 1955 | Rebel Without a Cause · as Goon |
| 1955 | I Died a Thousand Times · as Joe (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Billy Kimbo |
| 1955 | Highway Patrol (1955) (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1955 | Cheyenne (TV Series) · as Unknown |
| 1954 | Public Defender (TV Series) · as Frank Terry |
| 1954 | Medic (TV Series) · as Robert |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Fred Judson |
| 1953 | The Loretta Young Show (TV Series) · as Ross Morton |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America (TV Series) · as actor |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Steven, at 18 |
| 1948 | Studio One (TV Series) · as David Williams |