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 |