Dennis Hopper

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1936-05-17 (74 years old)

Deathday

2010-05-29

Place of Birth

Dodge City, Kansas, USA

Dennis Hopper

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 Sc...

Acting

1979

Apocalypse Now

as Photojournalist

1983

Rumble Fish

as Father

1993

True Romance

as Clifford Worley

1967

Cool Hand Luke

as Babalugats

1996

Basquiat

as Bruno Bischofberger

1969

Easy Rider

as Billy

1999

Tycus

as Peter Crowford

2008

Swing Vote

as Donald Greenleaf

1994

Speed

as Howard Payne

1986

Blue Velvet

as Frank Booth

1999

Straight Shooter

as Frank Hector

1956

Giant

as Jordan "Jordy" Benedict III

1996

Space Truckers

as John Canyon

1993

Red Rock West

as Lyle from Dallas

1968

Hang 'em High

as Prophet

2002

The Piano Player

as Robert Nile

1977

The American Friend

as Tom Ripley

1986

1986

Hoosiers

as Shooter

2001

Ticker

as Alex Swan

1999

EDtv

as Henry 'Hank' Pekurny

1993

Boiling Point

as Rudolph 'Red' Diamond

1957

2005

2001

Knockaround Guys

as Benny Chains

2002

Leo

as Horace

2005

Champion

as Self

1967

The Trip

as Max

1984

1994

Chasers

as Doggie

2008

Elegy

as George O'Hearn

2000

Spreading Ground

as Det. Ed DeLongpre

2008

2005

Inside Deep Throat

as Narrator (voice)

1983

The Osterman Weekend

as Richard Tremayne

1991

2000

Jesus' Son

as Bill

1997

The Blackout

as Mickey

2010

Alpha and Omega

as Tony (voice)

2003

Unspeakable

as Warden

2004

Out of Season

as Harry Barlow

1987

O.C. and Stiggs

as Sponson

2006

10th & Wolf

as Matty Matello

1993

Super Mario Bros.

as King Koopa

1995

Waterworld

as Deacon

1990

Catchfire

as Milo

2008

Hell Ride

as Eddie Zero

1990

Flashback

as Huey Walker

1966

Queen of Blood

as Paul Grant

1987

Straight to Hell

as I.G. Farben

2005

Americano

as Riccardo

2004

The Keeper

as Krebs

1998

Meet the Deedles

as Frank Slater

1994

Witch Hunt

as H. Phillip Lovecraft

2008

Sleepwalking

as Mr. Reedy

1996

Carried Away

as Joseph Svenden

2004

The Last Ride

as Ronnie Purnell

2006

Memory

as Max Lichtenstein

1976

Mad Dog Morgan

as Daniel Morgan

1957

The Story of Mankind

as Napoleon Bonaparte

2003

2006

Hoboken Hollow

as Sheriff Greer

1997

Top of the World

as Charles Atlas

1965

The Sons of Katie Elder

as Dave Hastings

1986

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

as Lieutenant 'Lefty' Enright

2001

Choke

as Henry Clark

1961

Night Tide

as Johnny Drake

1969

True Grit

as "Moon"

1981

1959

The Young Land

as Hatfield Carnes

1987

The Pick-up Artist

as Flash Jensen

1985

My Science Project

as Bob Roberts

1971

1992

The Heart of Justice

as Austin Blair

1987

Black Widow

as Ben Dumers

2005

House of 9

as Father Duffy

1982

Human Highway

as Cracker / Stranger

2000

The Prophet's Game

as Vincent Swan

1991

Paris Trout

as Paris Trout

1995

Search and Destroy

as Dr. Waxling

2000

Luck of the Draw

as Giani Ponti

1992

Sunset Heat

as Carl Madson

1992

Nails

as Harry 'Nails' Niles

1958

1996

Samson and Delilah

as Generale Tariq

1990

Chattahoochee

as Walker Benson

1960

Key Witness

as William "Cowby" Tomkins

1987

Running Out of Luck

as Video Director

1955

I Died a Thousand Times

as Joe (uncredited)

1991

Doublecrossed

as Barry Seal

1967

1976

Tracks

as 1st Sgt. Jack Falen

1971

1981

Reborn

as Rev. Tom Hartley

1973

Kid Blue

as Bickford Waner

1987

1997

Road Ends

as Sheriff Ben Gilchrist

1989

Blood Red

as William Bradford Berrigan

1997

Lured Innocence

as Rick Chambers

1975

Bloodbath

as Chicken

1991

Eye of the Storm

as Marvin Gladstone

1978

1999

Bad City Blues

as Cleveland Carter

1983

White Star

as Kenneth Barlow

1968

Head

as Self (uncredited)

2023

to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour

as Frank Booth (archive footage)

2000

The Apostate

as Lewis Garou

2018

2006

Wanderlust

as Himself

2010

Stardust

as Self (uncredited)

2008

An American Carol

as Judge Clarence Henderson

1991

1996

Rediscovering a Rebel

as Self / Goon (archive footage)

2012

Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’

as Self (archive footage)

1989

1985

Stark

as Lieutenant Ron Bliss

1997

Cannes Man

as Self

1989

Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

1995

James Dean and Me

as Self (uncredited)

2012

2007

Brando

as Self

1988

1987

Blue Peanuts

as Snoopy (Voice)

2016

The Last Film Festival

as Nick Twain - Producer

-

He's Alive

as Peter Vollmer

1978

1999

The Source

as William S. Burroughs

2008

2016

Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider

as Self (archive footage)

1957

Sayonara

as MP in Kelly's House / MP at Tokyo Airport (voice) (uncredited)

2010

Beautiful Darling

as Self (archive footage)

1999

The Venice Project

as Roland / Salvatore

2000

Welcome to Hollywood

as Dennis Hopper

2016

Along for the Ride

as Self (archive footage)

2001

2008

The Brothers Warner

as Self - Actor

1972

Crush Proof

as Dennis Hopper

2018

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

as Self (archive footage)

1986

2014

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

2009

B movie

as Himself

2008

2011

Corman's World

as Various Roles (archive footage)

2008

Bananaz

as Narrator (voice)

2020

2003

New Scenes from America

as Himself - Actor

1985

1959

2002

Flatland

as Smith

2020

Wim Wenders, Desperado

as Self (archive footage)

2002

1986

Stark: Mirror Image

as Lieutenant Ron Bliss

1997

U2: A Year in Pop

as Narrator (voice)

2002

The Groovenians

as Dad/King Normans

2001

Jazz Seen

as Self

2024

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

as Self (archive footage)

-

1956

High Air

as Steve Redman

1995

Born to Be Wild

as Himself

-

HOPPER: In His Own Words

as Dennis Hopper

Production

1969

Easy Rider

as Director

1969

Easy Rider

as Screenplay

1988

Colors

as Director

1994

Chasers

as Director

1990

Catchfire

as Director

1967

The Trip

as Second Unit Director

1990

The Hot Spot

as Director

1981

Out of the Blue

as Director

1971

The Last Movie

as Director

1967

The Glory Stompers

as Co-Director

2000

Homeless

as Director

1981

2008

Pashmy Dream

as Director

2008

Pashmy Dream

as Writer

2008

1971

1971

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