Dennis Hopper

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

Cast

Apocalypse Now

(Photojournalist)

Rebel Without a Cause

(Goon)

Rumble Fish

(Father)

True Romance

(Clifford Worley)

Cool Hand Luke

(Babalugats)

Basquiat

(Bruno Bischofberger)

Easy Rider

(Billy)

Tycus

(Peter Crowford)

Swing Vote

(Donald Greenleaf)

Speed

(Howard Payne)

Blue Velvet

(Frank Booth)

Straight Shooter

(Frank Hector)

Giant

(Jordan "Jordy" Benedict III)

Space Truckers

(John Canyon)

Red Rock West

(Lyle from Dallas)

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

(Self)

Hang 'em High

(Prophet)

The Piano Player

(Robert Nile)

The Last Days of Frankie the Fly

(Frankie)

The American Friend

(Tom Ripley)

River's Edge

(Feck)

Hoosiers

(Shooter)

Ticker

(Alex Swan)

EDtv

(Henry 'Hank' Pekurny)

Boiling Point

(Rudolph 'Red' Diamond)

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

(Billy Clanton)

Land of the Dead

(Kaufman)

Knockaround Guys

(Benny Chains)

Leo

(Horace)

Champion

(Self)

The Trip

(Max)

The Inside Man

(Miller)

Chasers

(Doggie)

Elegy

(George O'Hearn)

Spreading Ground

(Det. Ed DeLongpre)

Palermo Shooting

(Frank)

Inside Deep Throat

(Narrator (voice))

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

(Self)

The Osterman Weekend

(Richard Tremayne)

The Indian Runner

(Caesar)

Jesus' Son

(Bill)

The Blackout

(Mickey)

Alpha and Omega

(Tony (voice))

Unspeakable

(Warden)

Out of Season

(Harry Barlow)

O.C. and Stiggs

(Sponson)

10th & Wolf

(Matty Matello)

Super Mario Bros.

(King Koopa)

Waterworld

(Deacon)

Catchfire

(Milo)

Hell Ride

(Eddie Zero)

Flashback

(Huey Walker)

Queen of Blood

(Paul Grant)

Straight to Hell

(I.G. Farben)

Americano

(Riccardo)

The Keeper

(Krebs)

Meet the Deedles

(Frank Slater)

Brando: An Icon Is Born

(Himself)

Witch Hunt

(H. Phillip Lovecraft)

Sleepwalking

(Mr. Reedy)

Carried Away

(Joseph Svenden)

The Last Ride

(Ronnie Purnell)

Memory

(Max Lichtenstein)

Mad Dog Morgan

(Daniel Morgan)

The Story of Mankind

(Napoleon Bonaparte)

The Night We Called It a Day

(Frank Sinatra)

I Don't Know Jack

(Self)

50 Films to See Before You Die

(Self)

Hoboken Hollow

(Sheriff Greer)

Top of the World

(Charles Atlas)

Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)

(Self)

The Sons of Katie Elder

(Dave Hastings)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

(Lieutenant 'Lefty' Enright)

Choke

(Henry Clark)

Night Tide

(Johnny Drake)

The Pursuit of Happiness

(Self)

Gorillaz | Demon Days: Live at the Manchester Opera House

(Narrator (voice))

The Thirteen Most Beautiful Boys

True Grit

("Moon")

Out of the Blue

(Don)

Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents

(Himself)

The Young Land

(Hatfield Carnes)

The Pick-up Artist

(Flash Jensen)

The Art of Football from A to Z

(Self)

Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here

(Self)

My Science Project

(Bob Roberts)

The Last Movie

(Kansas)

Swiss Family Robinson

(Fritz)

The Heart of Justice

(Austin Blair)

Black Widow

(Ben Dumers)

Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas

(Self)

House of 9

(Father Duffy)

Human Highway

(Cracker / Stranger)

The Prophet's Game

(Vincent Swan)

Paris Trout

(Paris Trout)

Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi

(Narrator (voice))

Search and Destroy

(Dr. Waxling)

Luck of the Draw

(Giani Ponti)

King of the Mountain

(Cal)

Sunset Heat

(Carl Madson)

Nails

(Harry 'Nails' Niles)

Art, Acting, and the Suicide Chair: Dennis Hopper

From Hell to Texas

(Tom Boyd)

Samson and Delilah

(Generale Tariq)

Chattahoochee

(Walker Benson)

Key Witness

(William "Cowby" Tomkins)

A Tribute To Johnny Cash

(Self)

Running Out of Luck

(Video Director)

I Died a Thousand Times

(Joe (uncredited))

Doublecrossed

(Barry Seal)

The Glory Stompers

(Chino)

Tracks

(1st Sgt. Jack Falen)

Chelsea on the Rocks

(Self)

No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos

(Self)

Mysteries of Love

(Self)

The American Dreamer

(Himself)

Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work

(Self)

Reborn

(Rev. Tom Hartley)

Kid Blue

(Bickford Waner)

The American Way

(Captain)

Road Ends

(Sheriff Ben Gilchrist)

To Shoot a Mad Dog

(Self)

Spirit of Golf

Blood Red

(William Bradford Berrigan)

Llyn Foulkes One Man Band

(Himself)

Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder

(Himself)

Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter

(Himself)

Held for Ransom

(JD)

Lured Innocence

(Rick Chambers)

The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money

(Self - Host)

The James Dean Story

(Self)

Emmanuelle: A Hard Look

(Himself)

Bloodbath

(Chicken)

Eye of the Storm

(Marvin Gladstone)

The Revenge of the Dead Indians

(Himself)

Last In, First Out

(Medford)

Bad City Blues

(Cleveland Carter)

White Star

(Kenneth Barlow)

Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper

(Self (uncredited))

Head

(Dennis Hopper (uncredited))

to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour

(Frank Booth (archive footage))

The Apostate

(Lewis Garou)

The Other Side of the Wind

(Dennis Hopper)

Wanderlust

(Himself)

Stardust

(Self (uncredited))

An American Carol

(Judge Clarence Henderson)

SnowwhiteRosered

(Self)

Panic in the City

(Goff)

Rediscovering a Rebel

(Self / Goon (archive footage))

Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’

(Self (archive footage))

Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth

(Self)

Sketches of Frank Gehry

(Self)

Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act

(Himself)

The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose

(Self)

Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments

(Self)

Out of the Blue and Into the Black

(Self)

Black Leather Jacket

(Narrator)

Stark

(Lieutenant Ron Bliss)

Cannes Man

(Self)

Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir

(Himself)

No Frank in Lumberton

(Self)

Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife

(Narrator (voice) (uncredited))

James Dean and Me

(Self (uncredited))

Super Mario Bros: The Lasagna Workprint

(King Koopa)

Scene Missing

(Self)

Brando

(Self)

On the tracks of a filmmaker

(Dennis Hooper)

Drawing the Line: A Portrait of Keith Haring

(Self)

Blue Peanuts

(Snoopy)

Dennis Hopper: Memories from the Warner Lot

(Self)

Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch

(Self)

Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort of

(Tarzan (Double))

The Last Film Festival

(Nick Twain - Producer)

He's Alive

(Peter Vollmer)

Flesh Color

(Mel)

Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life

(Self)

Light Years

Blue Velvet Revisited

(Self)

Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth

(Self)

The Source

(William S. Burroughs)

Russian Suicide Chair

(Themself)

Tim Leary: The Art of Dying

(Self)

Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain

(Self)

Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage

(Self)

The Crow: Wicked Prayer

(El Niño)

Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider

(Self (archive footage))

Sayonara

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

Beautiful Darling

(Self (archive footage))

The Venice Project

(Roland / Salvatore)

When Hippies Ruled The World

(Self)

Welcome to Hollywood

(Dennis Hopper)

Along for the Ride

(Self (archive footage))

Screen Test #3

The Sixth Element: The Ross Clarke-Jones Story

(Narrator)

13 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests

(Himself)

James Dean: The First American Teenager

(Self)

The Sorceror's Apprentice

(A Spy)

New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'

(Self)

L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve

(Captain Elsworth)

Return to 'Giant'

(Self)

The Brothers Warner

(Self - Actor)

Crush Proof

(Dennis Hopper)

Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders

(Self)

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

(Self (archive footage))

Tell Them Who You Are

(Self)

Some Kind of Genius

(Himself)

Forever Hollywood

(Self)

Taylor & Ultra: On the 60s, The Factory, and Being a Warhol Superstar

(Self (archive footage))

Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture

(Self)

Screen Test [ST155]: Dennis Hopper

(Himself)

Andy Warhol Screen Tests

(Self)

Not Quite Hollywood

(Self)

Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

(Self)

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

(Self - Filmmaker (archive footage))

The A-Z of Separating People from their Money

(Self)

The Ten Commandments of Creativity

(Self)

B movie

(Himself)

The Cool School

(Self)

Marlon Brando: The Wild One

(Self)

Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage

(Frank Booth)

Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections

(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))

The Real James Dean

(Self)

Corman's World

(Various Roles (archive footage))

Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O

(Self)

Bananaz

(Narrator (voice))

Hopper/Welles

(Self)

New Scenes from America

(Himself - Actor)

A Hero of Our Time

(Casey)

Disneyland '59

(Self)

Flatland

(Smith)

Wim Wenders, Desperado

(Self (archive footage))

Santabear's High Flying Adventure

((voice))

Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'

(Self (archive footage))

Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film

(Self)

1 Giant Leap

(Self)

Stark: Mirror Image

(Lieutenant Ron Bliss)

Who Is Henry Jaglom?

(Self)

U2: A Year in Pop

(Narrator (voice))

A Decade Under the Influence

(Self)

The Groovenians

(Dad/King Normans)

Jazz Seen

(Self)

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

(Self (archive footage))

The Good Life

(Mr. B)

High Air

(Steve Redman)

Inside the Actors Studio

(Self)

Cheyenne

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Daily Show

(Self)

E-Ring

(Eli McNulty)

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Las Vegas

Entourage

24

(Victor Drazen)

E! True Hollywood Story

Naked City

(Vinnie Winford)

Petticoat Junction

(Alan Landman)

Surfside 6

Gunsmoke

(Billy Kimbo)

Arrest and Trial

Studio One

(David Williams)

Combat!

(Zack Fielder)

General Electric Theater

(Fred Judson)

The Twilight Zone

(Peter Vollmer)

The Greatest Show on Earth

Crash

(Ben Cendars)

Highway Patrol

The Millionaire

(Adam Spencer)

The Johnny Cash Show

(Self)

The Big Valley

(Jimmy Sweetwater)

Matinee Theater

Medic

(Robert)

The Rifleman

The Dakotas

Sugarfoot

(Billy the Kid)

The Guns of Will Sonnett

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

(Vernon 'Vern' Tippert)

The Lieutenant

(Cpl. Peter Devlin)

V Graham Norton

(Self)

The Legend of Jesse James

(Jud Salt)

10 Things Every Guy Should Experience

(Self)

The Defenders

(Alfred Carter Jr.)

The Defenders

(Jason Thomas)

Letter to Loretta

(Ross Morton)

Kings Row

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

(Gerald Collins)

Cheyenne

(Utah Kid)

Die Harald Schmidt Show

(Self)

Saturday Night Live

(Self - Host)

The Graham Norton Show

(Self)

Fishing with John

(Self)

The Mike Douglas Show

(Self)

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

(Denny Sunrise)

Firestarter: Rekindled

(James Richardson)

Jason and the Argonauts

(Pelias)

Bonanza

(Dev Farnum)

Screen Director's Playhouse

(Steve Redman)

Studio One

(Harry Wales)

The Groovenians

(Dad / King Normans (voice))

Scene by Scene

(Self)

87th Precinct

(Andrew Mason)

Flatland

(Smith)

The Crow: Stairway to Heaven

(El Niño)

Wild Times

(Doc Holliday)

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

(Self)

King of the Hill

(Dennis Hopper (voice))

Samson and Delilah

(Generale Tariq)

Golden Globe Awards

(Self - Presenter)

The Rifleman

(Vernon Tippert)

Golden Globe Awards

(Self - Nominee/Presenter)

Seitenblicke

(self)

HBO First Look

Brando: The Documentary

(Self)

Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen

(Self)