Acting
Dennis Hopper
EN, FR, DE, ES cinema · 253 credits
Born
17 May 1936
Died
29 May 2010 (aged 74)
Birthplace
Dodge City, Kansas, USA
Also known as Dennis Lee Hopper · Alan Smithee
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
Filmography
This Is Buzz
as Self (archive footage)
Films to Die For
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Spirit of Golf
as Self (archive footage)
Morceaux de Cannes
as Self (archive footage)
Hopper/Welles
as Self
Wim Wenders, Desperado
as Self (archive footage)
The Other Side of the Wind
as Dennis Hopper
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
as Self (archive footage)
The Last Film Festival
as Nick Twain - Producer
Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
as Self (archive footage)
Along for the Ride
as Self (archive footage)
Taylor & Ultra: On the 60s, The Factory, and Being a Warhol Superstar
as Self (archive footage)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Lt. Lefty Enright (archive footage) (uncredited)
Llyn Foulkes One Man Band
as Himself
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
as Self (archive footage)
Scene Missing
as Self
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage
as Frank Booth
Corman's World
as Various Roles (archive footage)
Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame
2011
Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame
as Self (archive footage)
Alpha and Omega
as Tony (voice), In Memory Of
Stardust
as Self (uncredited)
Beautiful Darling
as Self (archive footage)
B movie
as Himself
Swing Vote
as Donald Greenleaf
Elegy
as George O'Hearn
Palermo Shooting
as Frank
Hell Ride
as Eddie Zero
Sleepwalking
as Mr. Reedy
An American Carol
as Judge Clarence Henderson
Russian Suicide Chair
as Himself, Director
The Cool School
as Self
Bananaz
as Self / Narrator (voice)
Brando: An Icon Is Born
as Himself
Brando
as Self
10th & Wolf
as Matty Matello
Memory
as Max Lichtenstein
Hoboken Hollow
as Sheriff Greer
Gorillaz: Demon Days Live at the Manchester Opera House
as Narrator (voice)
Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi
as Narrator (voice)
Wanderlust
as Himself
Land of the Dead
as Kaufman
Champion
as Self
Inside Deep Throat
as Narrator (voice)
Americano
as Riccardo
House of 9
as Father Duffy
The Crow: Wicked Prayer
as El Niño
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
as Self (archive footage)
Out of Season
as Harry Barlow
The Keeper
as Krebs
The Last Ride
as Ronnie Purnell
Unspeakable
as Warden
The Night We Called It a Day
as Frank Sinatra
Nye scener fra Amerika
2003
New Scenes from America
as Himself - Actor
The Piano Player
as Robert Nile
Leo
as Horace
Flatland
as Smith
1 Giant Leap
as Self
The Groovenians
as Dad/King Normans
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
2002
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
as Self (uncredited)
Ticker
as Alex Swan
Knockaround Guys
as Benny Chains
Choke
as Henry Clark
Emmanuelle: A Hard Look
as Himself
L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve
as Captain Elsworth
Jazz Seen
as Self
Spreading Ground
as Det. Ed DeLongpre
Jesus' Son
as Bill
The Prophet's Game
as Vincent Swan
Luck of the Draw
as Giani Ponti
Michael Angel
as Lewis Garou
Welcome to Hollywood
as Dennis Hopper
Homeless
Director
Tycus
as Peter Crowford
Straight Shooter
as Frank Hector
EDtv
as Henry 'Hank' Pekurny
Bad City Blues
as Cleveland Carter
The Source
as William S. Burroughs
The Venice Project
as Roland / Salvatore
Meet the Deedles
as Frank Slater
Lured Innocence
as Rick Chambers
The Blackout
as Mickey
Top of the World
as Charles Atlas
Road Ends
as Sheriff Ben Gilchrist
U2: A Year in Pop
as Narrator (voice)
Basquiat
as Bruno Bischofberger
Space Truckers
as John Canyon
Carried Away
as Joseph Svenden
Rediscovering a Rebel
as Self / Goon (archive footage)
Cannes Man
as Self
Waterworld
as Deacon
Search and Destroy
as Dr. Waxling
James Dean and Me
as Self (uncredited)
Born to Be Wild
as Himself
Speed
as Howard Payne
Chasers
as Doggie, Director
Witch Hunt
as H. Phillip Lovecraft
True Romance
as Clifford Worley
Red Rock West
as Lyle from Dallas
Boiling Point
as Rudolph 'Red' Diamond
Super Mario Bros.
as King Koopa
The Heart of Justice
as Austin Blair
Sunset Heat
as Carl Madson
Nails
as Harry 'Nails' Niles
The Indian Runner
as Caesar
Picture This
as Self
Paris Trout
as Paris Trout
Doublecrossed
as Barry Seal
Eye of the Storm
as Marvin Gladstone
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
1991
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
as Self (uncredited)
SnowwhiteRosered
as Self
Catchfire
as Milo, Director
Flashback
as Huey Walker
Chattahoochee
as Walker Benson
Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships and Intersections
as Self (uncredited)
The Hot Spot
Director
Blood Red
as William Bradford Berrigan
Black Leather Jacket
as Narrator
Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
On the tracks of a filmmaker
as Dennis Hooper
Colors
Director
O.C. and Stiggs
as Sponson
Straight to Hell
as I.G. Farben
The Pick-up Artist
as Flash Jensen
Black Widow
as Ben
Running Out of Luck
as Video Director
The American Way
as Captain
Blue Velvet
as Frank Booth
River's Edge
as Feck
Hoosiers
as Wilbur 'Shooter' Flatch
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2
as Lieutenant 'Lefty' Enright
Some Kind of Genius
as Himself
Stark: Mirror Image
as Lieutenant Ron Bliss
My Science Project
as Bob Roberts
Stark
as Lieutenant Ron Bliss
A Hero of Our Time
as Casey
The Inside Man
as Miller
Rumble Fish
as Father
The Osterman Weekend
as Richard Tremayne
White Star
as Kenneth Barlow
Human Highway
as Cracker / Stranger
Out of the Blue
as Don, Director, Writer
Reborn
as Rev. Tom Hartley
Apocalypse Now
as Photojournalist
Last In, First Out
as Medford
Flesh Color
as Mel
The American Friend
as Tom Ripley
Mad Dog Morgan
as Daniel Morgan
Tracks
as 1st Sgt. Jack Falen
The Sky is Falling
as Chicken
Kid Blue
as Bickford Waner
Crush Proof
as Dennis Hopper
The Last Movie
as Kansas, Director, Story, Editor
The American Dreamer
as Himself, Writer
Easy Rider
as Billy, Director, Writer
True Grit
as "Moon"
Hang 'em High
as Prophet
Head
as Self (uncredited)
Cool Hand Luke
as Babalugats
The Trip
as Max, Second Unit Director
The Glory Stompers
as Chino
Queen of Blood
as Paul Grant
Screen Test #3
as Self (uncredited)
The Sons of Katie Elder
as Dave Hastings
Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort of
as Tarzan (Double)
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He's Alive
as Peter Vollmer
The Hold-Out
as Fred Judson
Night Tide
as Johnny Drake
Key Witness
as William "Cowby" Tomkins
The Young Land
as Hatfield Carnes
Disneyland '59
as Self
From Hell to Texas
as Tom Boyd
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
as Billy Clanton
The Story of Mankind
as Napoleon Bonaparte
Sayonara
as MP in Kelly's House / MP at Tokyo Airport (voice) (uncredited)
Giant
as Jordy Benedict
High Air
as Steve Redman
I Died a Thousand Times
as Joe (uncredited)