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Dennis Hopper
Dennis Lee Hopper (May 17, 1936 – May 29, 2010) was a multifaceted American actor and film director. Known for his roles portraying mentally disturbed outsiders and rebels, Hopper had a vibrant acting career that spanned over decades. His talent earned him recognition from the Cannes and Venice International Film Festival as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards. He took up acting at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego and the Actors Studio in New York, proving instrumental in the commencement of his acting journey.
Hopper first appeared on television in 1954 and later performed in the films that made James Dean famous, Rebel Without a Cause (1955) and Giant (1956). His directorial debut was Easy Rider (1969), a recipient of a Cannes Film Festival Award and an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. His later works include playing mentally disturbed outsiders in Mad Dog Morgan (1976), The American Friend (1977), and Apocalypse Now (1979). Hopper's roles in the HBO film Doublecrossed (1991), 24 (2002), NBC series E-Ring (2005–2006), and Starz series Crash (2008–2009) also highlighted his talent for television roles.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: Dennis Lee Hopper
Born: Dodge City, Kansas, U.S.
Citizenship: United States
Birthday: May 17, 1936
Occupations: Actor, Film director, Photographer, Painter
Years Active: 1954-2010
Children: 4
Spouses: Brooke Hayward, Michelle Phillips, Daria Halprin, Katherine LaNasa, Victoria Duffy
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Awards and Nominations Received by Dennis Hopper
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Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or Musical (Supporting Actor)
Blue VelvetBest Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or Musical (Supporting Actor)
HoosiersMovies Featuring Dennis Hopper
Easy Rider
The American Friend
Red Rock West
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Out of the Blue (1980)
River's Edge
The Source
Giant
Super Mario Bros.
True Grit
The Sons of Katie Elder
Rebel Without a Cause
The Pick-up Artist
Knockaround Guys
Speed
Blue Velvet
Hell Ride
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
The Indian Runner
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
My Science Project
Boiling Point
Black Widow
King of the Mountain
Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter
Stardust
Corman’s World
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
Scene Missing
Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
The Last Film Festival
Blue Velvet Revisited
The Apostate
Spreading Ground
Luck of the Draw
The Prophet’s Game
Emmanuelle: A Hard Look
Ticker
L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve
Mysteries of Love
Jason and the Argonauts
Held for Ransom
Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture
Firestarter: Rekindled
1 Giant Leap
The Piano Player
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Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
Unspeakable
Alpha to Omega: Exposing ‘The Osterman Weekend’
Out of Season
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex ’n’ Drugs ’n’ Rock ’n’ Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
The Night We Called It a Day
The Crow: Wicked Prayer
Gorillaz: Demon Days Live in Harlem at Apollo Theater
The Art of Football from A to Z
50 Films to See Before You Die
The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose
Leo
The Groovenians
The Keeper
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
Champion
I Don’t Know Jack
Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi
Brando: The Documentary
Flashback
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders
Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
Gorillaz: Demon Days Live at the Manchester Opera House
Brando: An Icon Is Born
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse
Doublecrossed
Reborn
Human Highway
Catchfire
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch
Paris Trout
Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas
The Inside Man
Some Kind of Genius
Eye of the Storm
Dennis Hopper’s Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act
The Osterman Weekend
Out of the Blue and Into the Black
Straight to Hell
Blood Red
Running Out of Luck
Blue Peanuts
No Frank in Lumberton
Drawing the Line: A Portrait of Keith Haring
White Star
Santabear’s High Flying Adventure
Memory
O.C. and Stiggs
Hopper/Welles
Wim Wenders, Desperado
Wanderlust
to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour
Memory
The Trip
Screen Test #3
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
Head
Queen of Blood
Search and Destroy
Born to Be Wild
To Shoot a Mad Dog
Key Witness
Panic in the City
The Last Movie
Bloodbath
Tracks
Kid Blue
Cannes Man
13 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests
Space Truckers
The Blackout
Top of the World
Night Tide
Straight Shooter
Forever Hollywood
Palermo Shooting
Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain
James Dean: The First American Teenager
Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir
Meet the Deedles
The American Dreamer
Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
Sayonara
Welcome to Hollywood
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
Mad Dog Morgan
James Dean and Me
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Screen Test [ST155]: Dennis Hopper
The Young Land
Samson and Delilah
The Sorceror’s Apprentice
The Pursuit of Happiness
The Story of Mankind
Carried Away
Marlon Brando: The Wild One
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
Witch Hunt
Tarzan and Jane Regained… Sort of
Nails
Crush Proof
The James Dean Story
From Hell to Texas
Russian Suicide Chair
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Disneyland ’59
Last In, First Out
The Last Days of Frankie the Fly
I Died a Thousand Times
Tycus
Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage
Sunset Heat
Road Ends
Career Timeline
Track the complete movie timeline of Dennis Hopper, including all film releases, career breakthroughs, and notable roles. Follow their journey from early performances to recent blockbusters and upcoming projects.
2016
Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
Self (archive footage)
The Last Film Festival
Nick Twain - Producer
Blue Velvet Revisited
Self
2009
13 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests
Self
Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
Self
2008
Hell Ride
Palermo Shooting
Frank
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
Self
Russian Suicide Chair
Himself
2006
Gorillaz: Demon Days Live in Harlem at Apollo Theater
The Art of Football from A to Z
Self
50 Films to See Before You Die
Self
Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi
Narrator (voice)
Gorillaz: Demon Days Live at the Manchester Opera House
Narrator (voice)
Memory
Max Lichtenstein
Wanderlust
Himself
Memory
Max Lichtenstein
2004
Alpha to Omega: Exposing ‘The Osterman Weekend’
Self (archive footage)
Out of Season
Harry Barlow
The Keeper
Krebs
2003
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
Self
Unspeakable
Warden
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex ’n’ Drugs ’n’ Rock ’n’ Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Self
The Night We Called It a Day
Frank Sinatra
2002
Knockaround Guys
Mysteries of Love
Self
1 Giant Leap
Self
The Piano Player
Robert Nile
Leo
Horace
The Groovenians
Dad/King Normans
I Don’t Know Jack
Self
2001
Emmanuelle: A Hard Look
Himself
Ticker
Alex Swan
L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve
Captain Elsworth
Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture
Self
2000
The Apostate
Lewis Garou
Spreading Ground
Det. Ed DeLongpre
Luck of the Draw
Giani Ponti
The Prophet’s Game
Vincent Swan
Held for Ransom
JD
1999
The Source
Straight Shooter
Frank Hector
Forever Hollywood
Self
The Pursuit of Happiness
Self
Tycus
Peter Crowford
Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage
Self
1997
Cannes Man
Self
The Blackout
Mickey
Top of the World
Charles Atlas
Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain
Self
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Self
Road Ends
Sheriff Ben Gilchrist
1996
Space Truckers
John Canyon
Carried Away
Joseph Svenden
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
Self - Host
The Last Days of Frankie the Fly
Frankie
1995
Search and Destroy
Dr. Waxling
Born to Be Wild
Himself
Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir
Himself
James Dean and Me
Self (uncredited)
1991
The Indian Runner
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse
Self
Doublecrossed
Barry Seal
Paris Trout
Paris Trout
Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas
Self
Eye of the Storm
Marvin Gladstone
1990
Flashback
Huey Walker
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders
Self
Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
Self
Catchfire
Milo
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch
Self
1987
River's Edge
The Pick-up Artist
Black Widow
Out of the Blue and Into the Black
Self
Straight to Hell
I.G. Farben
Running Out of Luck
Video Director
Blue Peanuts
Snoopy (Voice)
Santabear’s High Flying Adventure
(voice)
O.C. and Stiggs
Sponson
1983
Dennis Hopper’s Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act
Himself
The Osterman Weekend
Richard Tremayne
White Star
Kenneth Barlow
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