Dennis Hopper
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 17, 1936
- Died
- May 29, 2010 (aged 74)
- Place of birth
- Dodge City, Kansas, USA
- Credits
- 322
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.
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Known for
Filmography
This Is Buzz
2026Movie
Self (archive footage)
Films to Die For
2025Movie
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Spirit of Golf
2023Movie
Self (archive footage)
Mickey Rourke: Just Like a Man
2022Movie
Morceaux de Cannes
2021Movie
Self (archive footage)
Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
2020TV
Self
Hopper/Welles
2020Movie
Self
Wim Wenders, Desperado
2020Movie
Self (archive footage)
Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth
2020Movie
Self
The Other Side of the Wind
2018Movie
Dennis Hopper
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018Movie
Self (archive footage)
Along for the Ride
2016Movie
Self (archive footage)
Blue Velvet Revisited
2016Movie
Self
The Last Film Festival
2016Movie
Nick Twain - Producer
Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
2016Movie
Self (archive footage)
Taylor & Ultra: On the 60s, The Factory, and Being a Warhol Superstar
2016Movie
Self (archive footage)
Fighting Against the Wind: Making 'the American Dreamer'
2015Movie
Self
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014Movie
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014Movie
Lt. Lefty Enright (archive footage) (uncredited)
Llyn Foulkes One Man Band
2013Movie
Himself
Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter
2013Movie
Himself
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012Movie
Self (archive footage)
Scene Missing
2012Movie
Self
Corman's World
2011Movie
Various Roles (archive footage)
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage
2011Movie
Frank Booth
Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame
2011Movie
Self (archive footage)
On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America
2011TV
Self
Stardust
2010Movie
Self (uncredited)
Alpha and Omega
2010Movie
Tony (voice)
Beautiful Darling
2010Movie
Self (archive footage)
B movie
2009Movie
Himself
13 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests
2009Movie
Self
Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
2009Movie
Self
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
2009Movie
Self
Palermo Shooting
2008Movie
Frank
Crash
2008TV
Ben Cendars
The Brothers Warner
2008Movie
Self
An American Carol
2008Movie
Judge Clarence Henderson
Not Quite Hollywood
2008Movie
Self
Elegy
2008Movie
George O'Hearn
Hell Ride
2008Movie
Eddie Zero
Swing Vote
2008Movie
Donald Greenleaf
Russian Suicide Chair
2008Movie
Himself
Chelsea on the Rocks
2008Movie
Self
Sleepwalking
2008Movie
Mr. Reedy
Tim Leary: The Art of Dying
2008Movie
Self
The Cool School
2008Movie
Self
Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth
2008Movie
Self
Bananaz
2008Movie
Self / Narrator (voice)
The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose
2007Movie
Self
Brando: An Icon Is Born
2007Movie
Himself
Brando
2007Movie
Self
Brando: The Documentary
2007TV
Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007TV
Self
Memory
2006Movie
Max Lichtenstein
The Sixth Element: The Ross Clarke-Jones Story
2006Movie
Narrator
Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film
2006Movie
Self
The Real James Dean
2006Movie
Self
50 Films to See Before You Die
2006Movie
Self
Wanderlust
2006Movie
Himself
The Art of Football from A to Z
2006Movie
Self
Sketches of Frank Gehry
2006Movie
Self
Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi
2006Movie
Narrator (voice)
Gorillaz: Demon Days Live in Harlem at Apollo Theater
2006Movie
Self
Gorillaz: Demon Days Live at the Manchester Opera House
2006Movie
Narrator (voice)
10th & Wolf
2006Movie
Matty Matello
Hoboken Hollow
2006Movie
Sheriff Greer
E-Ring
2005TV
Eli McNulty
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
2005Movie
Self (archive footage)
House of 9
2005Movie
Father Duffy
Land of the Dead
2005Movie
Kaufman
The Crow: Wicked Prayer
2005Movie
El Niño
Champion
2005Movie
Self
Inside Deep Throat
2005Movie
Narrator (voice)
Americano
2005Movie
Riccardo
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
2005Movie
Self
Out of Season
2004Movie
Harry Barlow
Tell Them Who You Are
2004Movie
Self
Entourage
2004TV
Dennis Hopper
The Last Ride
2004Movie
Ronnie Purnell
The Keeper
2004Movie
Krebs
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
2004Movie
Self
10 Things Every Guy Should Experience
2004TV
Self
Unspeakable
2003Movie
Warden
Las Vegas
2003TV
Jon Castille
The Night We Called It a Day
2003Movie
Frank Sinatra
A Decade Under the Influence
2003Movie
Self
New Scenes from America
2003Movie
Himself - Actor
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003Movie
Self
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
2003Movie
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003TV
Self - Guest
The Groovenians
2002Movie
Dad/King Normans
The Groovenians
2002TV
Dad / King Normans (voice)
The Piano Player
2002Movie
Robert Nile
1 Giant Leap
2002Movie
Self
V Graham Norton
2002TV
Self
When Hippies Ruled The World
2002Movie
Self
I Don't Know Jack
2002Movie
Self
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
2002Movie
Self (uncredited)
Flatland
2002TV
Smith
Leo
2002Movie
Horace
Firestarter: Rekindled
2002TV
James Richardson
Mysteries of Love
2002Movie
Self
Flatland
2002Movie
Smith
Knockaround Guys
2001Movie
Benny Chains
24
2001TV
Victor Drazen
L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve
2001Movie
Captain Elsworth
Jazz Seen
2001Movie
Self
Choke
2001Movie
Henry Clark
Ticker
2001Movie
Alex Swan
Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture
2001Movie
Self
Emmanuelle: A Hard Look
2001Movie
Himself
Held for Ransom
2000Movie
JD
Welcome to Hollywood
2000Movie
Dennis Hopper
Jesus' Son
2000Movie
Bill
The Prophet's Game
2000Movie
Vincent Swan
Jason and the Argonauts
2000TV
Pelias
Luck of the Draw
2000Movie
Giani Ponti
Spreading Ground
2000Movie
Det. Ed DeLongpre
Michael Angel
2000Movie
Lewis Garou
The Ten Commandments of Creativity
2000Movie
Self
Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage
1999Movie
Self
The Pursuit of Happiness
1999Movie
Self
The Venice Project
1999Movie
Roland / Salvatore
Tycus
1999Movie
Peter Crowford
A Tribute to Johnny Cash
1999Movie
Self
Straight Shooter
1999Movie
Frank Hector
EDtv
1999Movie
Henry 'Hank' Pekurny
Bad City Blues
1999Movie
Cleveland Carter
The Source
1999Movie
William S. Burroughs
Forever Hollywood
1999Movie
Self
Lured Innocence
1998Movie
Rick Chambers
Meet the Deedles
1998Movie
Frank Slater
Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain
1997Movie
Self
Road Ends
1997Movie
Sheriff Ben Gilchrist
Willie Nelson: Down Home
1997Movie
Self
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
1997Movie
Self
The Blackout
1997Movie
Mickey
Scene by Scene
1997TV
Self
Top of the World
1997Movie
Charles Atlas
U2: A Year in Pop
1997Movie
Narrator (voice)
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
1997Movie
Self
King of the Hill
1997TV
Dennis Hopper (voice)
Samson and Delilah
1996TV
General Tariq
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
1996Movie
Self - Host
The Last Days of Frankie the Fly
1996Movie
Frankie
Space Truckers
1996Movie
John Canyon
Return to 'Giant'
1996Movie
Self
E! True Hollywood Story
1996TV
Basquiat
1996Movie
Bruno Bischofberger
The Daily Show
1996TV
Self
Cannes Man
1996Movie
Self
Carried Away
1996Movie
Joseph Svenden
Rediscovering a Rebel
1996Movie
Self / Goon (archive footage)
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995TV
Self
Born to Be Wild
1995Movie
Himself
Waterworld
1995Movie
Deacon
Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir
1995Movie
Himself
Search and Destroy
1995Movie
Dr. Waxling
James Dean and Me
1995Movie
Self (uncredited)
Witch Hunt
1994Movie
H. Phillip Lovecraft
Inside the Actors Studio
1994TV
Self
Marlon Brando: The Wild One
1994Movie
Self
Speed
1994Movie
Howard Payne
The Making of 'Speed'
1994Movie
Self / Host
Chasers
1994Movie
Doggie
Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work
1993Movie
Self
True Romance
1993Movie
Clifford Worley
Super Mario Bros.
1993Movie
King Koopa
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
1993Movie
Self
Red Rock West
1993Movie
Lyle from Dallas
Boiling Point
1993Movie
Rudolph 'Red' Diamond
The Revenge of the Dead Indians
1993Movie
Himself
The Heart of Justice
1992Movie
Austin Blair
Nails
1992Movie
Harry 'Nails' Niles
Sunset Heat
1992Movie
Carl Madson
HBO First Look
1992TV
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
1991Movie
Self
Fishing with John
1991TV
Self
SnowwhiteRosered
1991Movie
Self
Eye of the Storm
1991Movie
Marvin Gladstone
The Indian Runner
1991Movie
Caesar
Picture This
1991Movie
Self
Doublecrossed
1991Movie
Barry Seal
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
1991Movie
Self (uncredited)
Paris Trout
1991Movie
Paris Trout
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: Alejandro Jodorowsky
1991Movie
Self
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch
1990Movie
Self
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
1990Movie
Self
Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships and Intersections
1990Movie
Self (uncredited)
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders
1990Movie
Self
Chattahoochee
1990Movie
Walker Benson
Catchfire
1990Movie
Milo
Flashback
1990Movie
Huey Walker
Drawing the Line: A Portrait of Keith Haring
1989Movie
Self
Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife
1989Movie
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Blood Red
1989Movie
William Bradford Berrigan
Black Leather Jacket
1989Movie
Narrator
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988TV
Self
No Frank in Lumberton
1988Movie
Self
On the tracks of a filmmaker
1988Movie
Dennis Hooper
Art, Acting, & the Suicide Chair: A Conversation with Dennis Hopper
1988Movie
Santabear's High Flying Adventure
1987Movie
(voice)
The American Way
1987Movie
Captain
Seitenblicke
1987TV
self
The Pick-up Artist
1987Movie
Flash Jensen
O.C. and Stiggs
1987Movie
Sponson
Straight to Hell
1987Movie
I.G. Farben
Biography
1987TV
Self
Black Widow
1987Movie
Ben
Running Out of Luck
1987Movie
Video Director
Out of the Blue and Into the Black
1987Movie
Self
Hoosiers
1986Movie
Wilbur "Shooter" Flatch
River's Edge
1986Movie
Feck
Blue Velvet
1986Movie
Frank Booth
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2
1986Movie
Lieutenant 'Lefty' Enright
Stark: Mirror Image
1986Movie
Lieutenant Ron Bliss
Some Kind of Genius
1986Movie
Himself
My Science Project
1985Movie
Bob Roberts
Stark
1985Movie
Lieutenant Ron Bliss
A Hero of Our Time
1985Movie
Casey
The Inside Man
1984Movie
Miller
White Star
1983Movie
Kenneth Barlow
The Osterman Weekend
1983Movie
Richard Tremayne
Rumble Fish
1983Movie
Father
Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act
1983Movie
Himself
Human Highway
1982Movie
Cracker / Stranger
Reborn
1981Movie
Rev. Tom Hartley
Out of the Blue
1981Movie
Don
King of the Mountain
1981Movie
Cal
Wild Times
1980TV
Doc Holliday
Apocalypse Now
1979Movie
Photojournalist
Flesh Color
1978Movie
Mel
Last In, First Out
1978Movie
Medford
The Sorceror's Apprentice
1977Movie
A Spy
The American Friend
1977Movie
Tom Ripley
Tracks
1976Movie
1st Sgt. Jack Falen
Mad Dog Morgan
1976Movie
Daniel Morgan
To Shoot a Mad Dog
1976Movie
Self
The Sky is Falling
1975Movie
Chicken
Saturday Night Live
1975TV
Self - Host
James Dean: The First American Teenager
1975Movie
Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975TV
Self
Kid Blue
1973Movie
Bickford Waner
Crush Proof
1972Movie
Dennis Hopper
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
1972Movie
Self
The Last Movie
1971Movie
Kansas
The American Dreamer
1971Movie
Himself
Easy Rider
1969Movie
Billy
True Grit
1969Movie
"Moon"
The Johnny Cash Show
1969TV
Self
Head
1968Movie
Self (uncredited)
Panic in the City
1968Movie
Goff
Hang 'em High
1968Movie
Prophet
The Glory Stompers
1967Movie
Chino
Cool Hand Luke
1967Movie
Babalugats
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967TV
Vern Reed
The Trip
1967Movie
Max
Screen Test #3
1966Movie
Self (uncredited)
Queen of Blood
1966Movie
Paul Grant
Light Years
1966Movie
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
1965Movie
Self
Convoy
1965TV
Roger Small
The Big Valley
1965TV
Jimmy Sweetwater
The Legend of Jesse James
1965TV
Jud Salt
The Sons of Katie Elder
1965Movie
Dave Hastings
The Thirteen Most Beautiful Boys
1964Movie
Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort of
1964Movie
Tarzan (Double)
Screen Test [ST155]: Dennis Hopper
1964Movie
Himself
Espionage
1963TV
Ferno
Petticoat Junction
1963TV
Alan Landman
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963TV
Rhymer
Arrest and Trial
1963TV
Coley Mitchum
The Lieutenant
1963TV
Cpl. Peter Devlin
He's Alive
1963Movie
Peter Vollmer
The Dakotas
1963TV
Combat!
1962TV
Zack Fielder
The Hold-Out
1962Movie
Fred Judson
The Mike Douglas Show
1961TV
Self
The Investigators
1961TV
Adrian
87th Precinct
1961TV
Andrew Mason
The Defenders
1961TV
Alfred Carter Jr., Jason Thomas
Night Tide
1961Movie
Johnny Drake
Key Witness
1960Movie
William "Cowby" Tomkins
Surfside 6
1960TV
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960TV
Gerald Collins
The Twilight Zone
1959TV
Peter Vollmer
Bonanza
1959TV
Dev Farnum
Disneyland '59
1959Movie
Self
The Young Land
1959Movie
Hatfield Carnes
Swiss Family Robinson
1958Movie
Fritz
Naked City
1958TV
Vinnie Winford
The Rifleman
1958TV
Vernon Tippert, Johnny Clover
From Hell to Texas
1958Movie
Tom Boyd
Sayonara
1957Movie
MP in Kelly's House / MP at Tokyo Airport (voice) (uncredited)
The Story of Mankind
1957Movie
Napoleon Bonaparte
Wagon Train
1957TV
Emmett Lawton
Sugarfoot
1957TV
Billy the Kid
The James Dean Story
1957Movie
Self
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957Movie
Billy Clanton
Giant
1956Movie
Jordy Benedict
New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'
1956Movie
Self
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956TV
Vern Tippert, Denny Sunrise
Conflict
1956TV
Ed Novak
High Air
1956Movie
Steve Redman
I Died a Thousand Times
1955Movie
Joe (uncredited)
Matinee Theater
1955TV
Rebel Without a Cause
1955Movie
Goon
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955TV
Steve Redman
Highway Patrol
1955TV
Cheyenne
1955TV
Utah Kid, Abe Larson
Kings Row
1955TV
Gunsmoke
1955TV
Billy Kimbo
The Millionaire
1955TV
Adam Spencer
Medic
1954TV
Robert
Public Defender
1954TV
Frank Terry
Letter to Loretta
1953TV
Ross Morton
General Electric Theater
1953TV
Fred Judson
Lux Video Theatre
1950TV
Steven, at 18
Studio One
1948TV
David Williams, Harry Wales
Golden Globe Awards
1944TV
Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee / Presenter
The Good Life
Movie
Mr. B