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