Dennis Hopper
Acting • Born 1936-05-17 – Died 2010-05-29
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
Filmography
324 credits
Apocalypse Now
Movie • 1979
Photojournalist
Rebel Without a Cause
Movie • 1955
Goon
Rumble Fish
Movie • 1983
Father
True Romance
Movie • 1993
Clifford Worley
Cool Hand Luke
Movie • 1967
Babalugats
Basquiat
Movie • 1996
Bruno Bischofberger
Tycus
Movie • 1999
Peter Crowford
Easy Rider
Movie • 1969
Billy
Swing Vote
Movie • 2008
Donald Greenleaf
Speed
Movie • 1994
Howard Payne
Blue Velvet
Movie • 1986
Frank Booth
Giant
Movie • 1956
Jordan "Jordy" Benedict III
Straight Shooter
Movie • 1999
Frank Hector
Space Truckers
Movie • 1996
John Canyon
Red Rock West
Movie • 1993
Lyle from Dallas
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Movie • 1991
Self
Hang 'em High
Movie • 1968
Prophet
The Piano Player
Movie • 2002
Robert Nile
The Last Days of Frankie the Fly
Movie • 1996
Frankie
The American Friend
Movie • 1977
Tom Ripley
River's Edge
Movie • 1986
Feck
Hoosiers
Movie • 1986
Shooter
Ticker
Movie • 2001
Alex Swan
EDtv
Movie • 1999
Henry 'Hank' Pekurny
Boiling Point
Movie • 1993
Rudolph 'Red' Diamond
Land of the Dead
Movie • 2005
Kaufman
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Movie • 1957
Billy Clanton
Knockaround Guys
Movie • 2001
Benny Chains
Leo
Movie • 2002
Horace
Champion
Movie • 2005
Self
The Trip
Movie • 1967
Max
The Inside Man
Movie • 1984
Miller
Chasers
Movie • 1994
Doggie
Elegy
Movie • 2008
George O'Hearn
Spreading Ground
Movie • 2000
Det. Ed DeLongpre
Palermo Shooting
Movie • 2008
Frank
Inside Deep Throat
Movie • 2005
Narrator (voice)
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Movie • 2003
Self
The Osterman Weekend
Movie • 1983
Richard Tremayne
The Indian Runner
Movie • 1991
Caesar
Jesus' Son
Movie • 2000
Bill
The Blackout
Movie • 1997
Mickey
Alpha and Omega
Movie • 2010
Tony (voice)
Unspeakable
Movie • 2003
Warden
O.C. and Stiggs
Movie • 1987
Sponson
Out of Season
Movie • 2004
Harry Barlow
10th & Wolf
Movie • 2006
Matty Matello
Super Mario Bros.
Movie • 1993
King Koopa
Waterworld
Movie • 1995
Deacon
Catchfire
Movie • 1990
Milo
Hell Ride
Movie • 2008
Eddie Zero
Flashback
Movie • 1990
Huey Walker
Queen of Blood
Movie • 1966
Paul Grant
Straight to Hell
Movie • 1987
I.G. Farben
Americano
Movie • 2005
Riccardo
The Keeper
Movie • 2004
Krebs
Meet the Deedles
Movie • 1998
Frank Slater
Brando: An Icon Is Born
Movie • 2007
Himself
Witch Hunt
Movie • 1994
H. Phillip Lovecraft
Sleepwalking
Movie • 2008
Mr. Reedy
Carried Away
Movie • 1996
Joseph Svenden
The Last Ride
Movie • 2004
Ronnie Purnell
Memory
Movie • 2006
Max Lichtenstein
Mad Dog Morgan
Movie • 1976
Daniel Morgan
The Story of Mankind
Movie • 1957
Napoleon Bonaparte
The Night We Called It a Day
Movie • 2003
Frank Sinatra
I Don't Know Jack
Movie • 2002
Self
50 Films to See Before You Die
Movie • 2006
Self
Hoboken Hollow
Movie • 2006
Sheriff Greer
Top of the World
Movie • 1997
Charles Atlas
The Sons of Katie Elder
Movie • 1965
Dave Hastings
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
Movie • 2003
Self
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
Movie • 1986
Lieutenant 'Lefty' Enright
Choke
Movie • 2001
Henry Clark
Night Tide
Movie • 1961
Johnny Drake
The Pursuit of Happiness
Movie • 1999
Self
Gorillaz: Demon Days Live at the Manchester Opera House
Movie • 2006
Narrator (voice)
The Thirteen Most Beautiful Boys
Movie • 1964
True Grit
Movie • 1969
"Moon"
Out of the Blue
Movie • 1981
Don
The Young Land
Movie • 1959
Hatfield Carnes
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
Movie • 2005
Himself
The Pick-up Artist
Movie • 1987
Flash Jensen
The Art of Football from A to Z
Movie • 2006
Self
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
Movie • 1972
Self
My Science Project
Movie • 1985
Bob Roberts
The Last Movie
Movie • 1971
Kansas
Swiss Family Robinson
Movie • 1958
Fritz
The Heart of Justice
Movie • 1992
Austin Blair
Black Widow
Movie • 1987
Ben Dumers
Picture This
Movie • 1991
Self
House of 9
Movie • 2005
Father Duffy
Human Highway
Movie • 1982
Cracker / Stranger
The Prophet's Game
Movie • 2000
Vincent Swan
Paris Trout
Movie • 1991
Paris Trout
Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi
Movie • 2006
Narrator (voice)
Search and Destroy
Movie • 1995
Dr. Waxling
Luck of the Draw
Movie • 2000
Giani Ponti
King of the Mountain
Movie • 1981
Cal
Sunset Heat
Movie • 1992
Carl Madson
Nails
Movie • 1992
Harry 'Nails' Niles
From Hell to Texas
Movie • 1958
Tom Boyd
Chattahoochee
Movie • 1990
Walker Benson
Key Witness
Movie • 1960
William "Cowby" Tomkins
A Tribute to Johnny Cash
Movie • 1999
Self
Running Out of Luck
Movie • 1987
Video Director
I Died a Thousand Times
Movie • 1955
Joe (uncredited)
Doublecrossed
Movie • 1991
Barry Seal
The Glory Stompers
Movie • 1967
Chino
Tracks
Movie • 1976
1st Sgt. Jack Falen
Chelsea on the Rocks
Movie • 2008
Self
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
Movie • 2009
Self
Mysteries of Love
Movie • 2002
Self
The American Dreamer
Movie • 1971
Himself
Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work
Movie • 1993
Self
Reborn
Movie • 1981
Rev. Tom Hartley
Kid Blue
Movie • 1973
Bickford Waner
The American Way
Movie • 1987
Captain
Road Ends
Movie • 1997
Sheriff Ben Gilchrist
To Shoot a Mad Dog
Movie • 1976
Self
Spirit of Golf
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
Blood Red
Movie • 1989
William Bradford Berrigan
Llyn Foulkes One Man Band
Movie • 2013
Himself
Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
Movie • 2009
Self
Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter
Movie • 2013
Himself
Held for Ransom
Movie • 2000
JD
Lured Innocence
Movie • 1997
Rick Chambers
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
Movie • 1996
Self - Host
The James Dean Story
Movie • 1957
Self
Emmanuelle: A Hard Look
Movie • 2001
Himself
The Sky is Falling
Movie • 1975
Chicken
Eye of the Storm
Movie • 1991
Marvin Gladstone
The Revenge of the Dead Indians
Movie • 1993
Himself
Last In, First Out
Movie • 1978
Medford
Bad City Blues
Movie • 1999
Cleveland Carter
White Star
Movie • 1983
Kenneth Barlow
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
Movie • 1991
Self (uncredited)
Head
Movie • 1968
Self (uncredited)
to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour
Movie • 2023
Frank Booth (archive footage)
Michael Angel
Movie • 2000
Lewis Garou
The Other Side of the Wind
Movie • 2018
Dennis Hopper
Wanderlust
Movie • 2006
Himself
Stardust
Movie • 2010
Self (uncredited)
An American Carol
Movie • 2008
Judge Clarence Henderson
SnowwhiteRosered
Movie • 1991
Self
Panic in the City
Movie • 1968
Goff
Rediscovering a Rebel
Movie • 1996
Self / Goon (archive footage)
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
Movie • 2012
Self (archive footage)
Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth
Movie • 2008
Self
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Movie • 2006
Self
Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act
Movie • 1983
Himself
The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose
Movie • 2007
Self
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
Movie • 2004
Self
Out of the Blue and Into the Black
Movie • 1987
Self
Black Leather Jacket
Movie • 1989
Narrator
Stark
Movie • 1985
Lieutenant Ron Bliss
Cannes Man
Movie • 1996
Self
Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir
Movie • 1995
Himself
No Frank in Lumberton
Movie • 1988
Self
Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife
Movie • 1989
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
James Dean and Me
Movie • 1995
Self (uncredited)
Scene Missing
Movie • 2012
Self
Brando
Movie • 2007
Self
On the tracks of a filmmaker
Movie • 1988
Dennis Hooper
Drawing the Line: A Portrait of Keith Haring
Movie • 1989
Self
Blue Peanuts
Movie • 1987
Snoopy (Voice)
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch
Movie • 1990
Self
Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort of
Movie • 1964
Tarzan (Double)
The Last Film Festival
Movie • 2016
Nick Twain - Producer
Flesh Color
Movie • 1978
Mel
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
Movie • 1997
Self
Light Years
Movie • 1966
Blue Velvet Revisited
Movie • 2016
Self
Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth
Movie • 2020
Self
The Source
Movie • 1999
William S. Burroughs
Russian Suicide Chair
Movie • 2008
Himself
Tim Leary: The Art of Dying
Movie • 2008
Self
Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain
Movie • 1997
Self
Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage
Movie • 1999
Self
The Crow: Wicked Prayer
Movie • 2005
El Niño
Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
Movie • 2016
Self (archive footage)
Sayonara
Movie • 1957
MP in Kelly's House / MP at Tokyo Airport (voice) (uncredited)
Beautiful Darling
Movie • 2010
Self (archive footage)
The Venice Project
Movie • 1999
Roland / Salvatore
When Hippies Ruled The World
Movie • 2002
Self
Welcome to Hollywood
Movie • 2000
Dennis Hopper
Along for the Ride
Movie • 2016
Self (archive footage)
Screen Test #3
Movie • 1966
Self (uncredited)
The Sixth Element: The Ross Clarke-Jones Story
Movie • 2006
Narrator
13 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests
Movie • 2009
Self
James Dean: The First American Teenager
Movie • 1975
Self
The Sorceror's Apprentice
Movie • 1977
A Spy
New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'
Movie • 1956
Self
L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve
Movie • 2001
Captain Elsworth
Return to 'Giant'
Movie • 1996
Self
The Brothers Warner
Movie • 2008
Self - Actor
Crush Proof
Movie • 1972
Dennis Hopper
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders
Movie • 1990
Self
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Movie • 2018
Self (archive footage)
Tell Them Who You Are
Movie • 2004
Self
Some Kind of Genius
Movie • 1986
Himself
Forever Hollywood
Movie • 1999
Self
Taylor & Ultra: On the 60s, The Factory, and Being a Warhol Superstar
Movie • 2016
Self (archive footage)
Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture
Movie • 2001
Self
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Screen Test [ST155]: Dennis Hopper
Movie • 1964
Himself
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
Movie • 1965
Self
Not Quite Hollywood
Movie • 2008
Self
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
Movie • 1990
Self
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Movie • 2014
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The Ten Commandments of Creativity
Movie • 2000
Self
The A-Z of Separating People from their Money
Movie • 1998
Self
B movie
Movie • 2009
Himself
The Cool School
Movie • 2008
Self
Marlon Brando: The Wild One
Movie • 1994
Self
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage
Movie • 2011
Frank Booth
Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections
Movie • 1990
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Real James Dean
Movie • 2006
Self
Corman's World
Movie • 2011
Various Roles (archive footage)
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
Movie • 1993
Self
Bananaz
Movie • 2008
Self / Narrator (voice)
Hopper/Welles
Movie • 2020
Self
New Scenes from America
Movie • 2003
Himself - Actor
A Hero of Our Time
Movie • 1985
Casey
Disneyland '59
Movie • 1959
Self
Flatland
Movie • 2002
Smith
Wim Wenders, Desperado
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
Santabear's High Flying Adventure
Movie • 1987
(voice)
Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film
Movie • 2006
Self
1 Giant Leap
Movie • 2002
Self
Stark: Mirror Image
Movie • 1986
Lieutenant Ron Bliss
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Movie • 1997
Self
U2: A Year in Pop
Movie • 1997
Narrator (voice)
A Decade Under the Influence
Movie • 2003
Self
The Groovenians
Movie • 2002
Dad/King Normans
Jazz Seen
Movie • 2001
Self
High Air
Movie • 1956
Steve Redman
Born to Be Wild
Movie • 1995
Himself
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
Movie • 2002
Self (uncredited)
Gorillaz: Demon Days Live in Harlem at Apollo Theater
Movie • 2006
Self
Fighting Against the Wind: Making 'the American Dreamer'
Movie • 2015
Self
The Sunrise Gun
Movie • 1959
Denny Sunrise
Willie Nelson: Down Home
Movie • 1997
Self
Films to Die For
Movie • 2025
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Movie • 2014
Lt. Lefty Enright (archive footage) (uncredited)
Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame
Movie • 2011
Self (archive footage)
Samson and Delilah
Movie • 1996
Generale Tariq
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Movie • 1991
Self
The Hold-Out
Movie • 1962
Fred Judson
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
Movie • 2005
Self (archive footage)
Lynch/Oz
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
This Is Buzz
Movie • 2026
Himself
Inside the Actors Studio
TV • 1994
Self
Cheyenne
TV • 1955
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
E-Ring
TV • 2005
Eli McNulty
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Entourage
TV • 2004
Dennis Hopper
Las Vegas
TV • 2003
Jon Castille
24
TV • 2001
Victor Drazen
E! True Hollywood Story
TV • 1996
Naked City
TV • 1958
Vinnie Winford
Petticoat Junction
TV • 1963
Alan Landman
Surfside 6
TV • 1960
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Billy Kimbo
Arrest and Trial
TV • 1963
Studio One
TV • 1948
David Williams
Combat!
TV • 1962
Zack Fielder
General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Fred Judson
The Twilight Zone
TV • 1959
Peter Vollmer
The Greatest Show on Earth
TV • 1963
Crash
TV • 2008
Ben Cendars
Highway Patrol
TV • 1955
The Millionaire
TV • 1955
Adam Spencer
The Johnny Cash Show
TV • 1969
Self
The Big Valley
TV • 1965
Jimmy Sweetwater
Matinee Theater
TV • 1955
Medic
TV • 1954
Robert
The Rifleman
TV • 1958
The Dakotas
TV • 1963
Sugarfoot
TV • 1957
Billy the Kid
The Guns of Will Sonnett
TV • 1967
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Vernon 'Vern' Tippert
The Lieutenant
TV • 1963
Cpl. Peter Devlin
V Graham Norton
TV • 2002
Self
The Legend of Jesse James
TV • 1965
Jud Salt
10 Things Every Guy Should Experience
TV • 2004
Self
The Defenders
TV • 1961
Alfred Carter Jr.
The Defenders
TV • 1961
Jason Thomas
Letter to Loretta
TV • 1953
Ross Morton
Kings Row
TV • 1955
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
TV • 1960
Gerald Collins
Cheyenne
TV • 1955
Utah Kid
Die Harald Schmidt Show
TV • 1995
Self
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
Fishing with John
TV • 1991
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV • 1956
Denny Sunrise
Firestarter: Rekindled
TV • 2002
James Richardson
Jason and the Argonauts
TV • 2000
Pelias
Bonanza
TV • 1959
Dev Farnum
Screen Director's Playhouse
TV • 1955
Steve Redman
Studio One
TV • 1948
Harry Wales
The Groovenians
TV • 2002
Dad / King Normans (voice)
Scene by Scene
TV • 1997
Self
87th Precinct
TV • 1961
Andrew Mason
Flatland
TV • 2002
Smith
Wild Times
TV • 1980
Doc Holliday
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV • 1975
Self
King of the Hill
TV • 1997
Dennis Hopper (voice)
Samson and Delilah
TV • 1996
General Tariq
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Presenter
The Rifleman
TV • 1958
Vernon Tippert
Seitenblicke
TV • 1987
self
HBO First Look
TV • 1992
Brando: The Documentary
TV • 2007
Self
Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
TV • 2020
Self
Conflict
TV • 1956
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee / Presenter
The Investigators
TV • 1961
Adrian
Wagon Train
TV • 1957
Emmett Lawton
On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America
TV • 2011
Self
Biography
TV • 1987
Self