Acting
Dennis Hopper
1936-05-17 · Dodge City, Kansas, USA
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
Apocalypse Now
Speed
Waterworld
Blue Velvet
True Romance
Easy Rider
24
Land of the Dead
Rebel Without a Cause
Cool Hand Luke
Super Mario Bros.
The Twilight Zone
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2
Hang 'em High
True Grit
Rumble Fish
Movie credits · 254
This Is Buzz
Films to Die For
Spirit of Golf
Mickey Rourke: Just Like a Man
Morceaux de Cannes
Hopper/Welles
Wim Wenders, Desperado
Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth
The Other Side of the Wind
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Along for the Ride
Blue Velvet Revisited
The Last Film Festival
Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
Taylor & Ultra: On the 60s, The Factory, and Being a Warhol Superstar
Fighting Against the Wind: Making 'the American Dreamer'
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Llyn Foulkes One Man Band
Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
Scene Missing
Corman's World
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage
Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame
Stardust
Alpha and Omega
Beautiful Darling
B movie
13 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests
Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
Palermo Shooting
The Brothers Warner
An American Carol
Not Quite Hollywood
Elegy
Hell Ride
Swing Vote
Russian Suicide Chair
TV credits · 71
Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America
Crash
Brando: The Documentary
The Graham Norton Show
E-Ring
Entourage
10 Things Every Guy Should Experience
Las Vegas
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Groovenians
V Graham Norton
Flatland
Firestarter: Rekindled
24
Jason and the Argonauts
Scene by Scene
King of the Hill
Samson and Delilah
E! True Hollywood Story
The Daily Show
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Inside the Actors Studio
HBO First Look
Fishing with John
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Seitenblicke
Biography
Wild Times
Saturday Night Live
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
The Johnny Cash Show
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Convoy
The Big Valley
The Legend of Jesse James
Espionage
Petticoat Junction
The Greatest Show on Earth
Arrest and Trial
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