
Acting
Community Rating
5.8
2 Ratist reviews
Born
May 17, 1936
Died
May 29, 2010 (age 74)
Born in
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

This Is Buzz
Himself
2026

Films to Die For
(archive footage) (uncredited)
2025

to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour
Frank Booth (archive footage)
2023

Spirit of Golf
Self (archive footage)
2023

Morceaux de Cannes
2021

Hopper/Welles
Self
2020

Wim Wenders, Desperado
Self (archive footage)
2020

Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth
Self
2020

The Other Side of the Wind
Dennis Hopper
2018

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Self (archive footage)
2018

Along for the Ride
Self (archive footage)
2016

Blue Velvet Revisited
Self
2016

The Last Film Festival
Nick Twain - Producer
2016

Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
Self (archive footage)
2016

Taylor & Ultra: On the 60s, The Factory, and Being a Warhol Superstar
Self (archive footage)
2016
Fighting Against the Wind: Making 'the American Dreamer'
Self
2015

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2014

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Lt. Lefty Enright (archive footage) (uncredited)
2014

Llyn Foulkes One Man Band
Himself
2013

Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter
Himself
2013