
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 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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Acting (229 movies)

Apocalypse Now
1979

Rebel Without a Cause
1955

Rumble Fish
1983

True Romance
1993

Cool Hand Luke
1967

Basquiat
1996

Easy Rider
1969

Tycus
1999

Swing Vote
2008

Speed
1994

Blue Velvet
1986

Straight Shooter
1999

Giant
1956

Space Truckers
1996

Red Rock West
1993

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
1991

Hang 'em High
1968

The Piano Player
2002

The Last Days of Frankie the Fly
1996

The American Friend
1977

River's Edge
1986

Hoosiers
1986

Ticker
2001

EDtv
1999

Boiling Point
1993

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957

Land of the Dead
2005

Knockaround Guys
2001

Leo
2002

Champion
2005

The Trip
1967

The Inside Man
1984

Chasers
1994

Elegy
2008

Spreading Ground
2000

Palermo Shooting
2008

Inside Deep Throat
2005

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003

The Osterman Weekend
1983

The Indian Runner
1991

Jesus' Son
2000

The Blackout
1997

Alpha and Omega
2010

Unspeakable
2003

Out of Season
2004

O.C. and Stiggs
1987

10th & Wolf
2006

Super Mario Bros.
1993

Waterworld
1995

Catchfire
1990

Hell Ride
2008

Flashback
1990

Queen of Blood
1966

Straight to Hell
1987

Americano
2005

The Keeper
2004

Meet the Deedles
1998

Brando: An Icon Is Born
2007

Witch Hunt
1994

Sleepwalking
2008

Carried Away
1996

The Last Ride
2004

Memory
2006

Mad Dog Morgan
1976

The Story of Mankind
1957

The Night We Called It a Day
2003

I Don't Know Jack
2002

50 Films to See Before You Die
2006

Hoboken Hollow
2006

Top of the World
1997

Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
2003

The Sons of Katie Elder
1965

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
1986

Choke
2001

Night Tide
1961

The Pursuit of Happiness
1999

Gorillaz: Demon Days Live at the Manchester Opera House
2006

The Thirteen Most Beautiful Boys
1964

True Grit
1969

Out of the Blue
1981

Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
2005

The Young Land
1959

The Pick-up Artist
1987

The Art of Football from A to Z
2006

Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
1972

My Science Project
1985

The Last Movie
1971

The Heart of Justice
1992

Black Widow
1987

Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas
1991

House of 9
2005

Human Highway
1982

The Prophet's Game
2000

Paris Trout
1991

Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi
2006

Search and Destroy
1995

Luck of the Draw
2000

King of the Mountain
1981

Sunset Heat
1992

Nails
1992
Directing (11 movies)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Easy Rider | 1969 | Screenplay |
| The American Dreamer | 1971 | Writer |
| Out of the Blue | 1981 | Writer |
| Pashmy Dream | 2008 | Writer |




