Dennis Hopper

Personal Info

Birthday

May 17, 1936

Day of Death

2010-05-29

(74 years old)

Place of Birth

Dodge City, Kansas, USA

Also Known As

Dennis Lee Hopper

Alan Smithee

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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.

Known For

King of the Hill

Bonanza

Entourage

Wagon Train

Las Vegas

The Twilight Zone

Cheyenne

Filmography

2025
Films to Die For
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023
to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour
as Frank Booth (archive footage)
Spirit of Golf
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Hopper/Welles
as Self
Wim Wenders, Desperado
as Self (archive footage)
Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth
as Self
2018
The Other Side of the Wind
as Dennis Hopper
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
as Self (archive footage)
2016
Along for the Ride
as Self (archive footage)
Blue Velvet Revisited
as Self
The Last Film Festival
as Nick Twain - Producer
Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
as Self (archive footage)
Taylor & Ultra: On the 60s, The Factory, and Being a Warhol Superstar
as Self (archive footage)
2015
Fighting Against the Wind: Making 'the American Dreamer'
as Self
2014
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
as Lt. Lefty Enright (archive footage) (uncredited)
2013
Llyn Foulkes One Man Band
as Himself
Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter
as Himself
2012
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
as Self (archive footage)
Scene Missing
as Self
2011
Corman's World
as Various Roles (archive footage)
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage
as Frank Booth
Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame
as Self (archive footage)
2010
Stardust
as Self (uncredited)
Alpha and Omega
as Tony (voice)
Beautiful Darling
as Self (archive footage)
2009
B movie
as Himself
13 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests
as Self
Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
as Self
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
as Self
2008
Palermo Shooting
as Frank
The Brothers Warner
as Self - Actor
An American Carol
as Judge Clarence Henderson
Not Quite Hollywood
as Self
Hell Ride
as Eddie Zero
Elegy
as George O'Hearn
Swing Vote
as Donald Greenleaf
Russian Suicide Chair
as Himself
Chelsea on the Rocks
as Self
Sleepwalking
as Mr. Reedy
Tim Leary: The Art of Dying
as Self
The Cool School
as Self
Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth
as Self
Bananaz
as Narrator (voice)
2007
The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose
as Self
Brando: An Icon Is Born
as Himself
Brando
as Self
2006
Memory
as Max Lichtenstein
The Sixth Element: The Ross Clarke-Jones Story
as Narrator
Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film
as Self
The Real James Dean
as Self
50 Films to See Before You Die
as Self
Wanderlust
as Himself
The Art of Football from A to Z
as Self
Sketches of Frank Gehry
as Self
Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi
as Narrator (voice)
Gorillaz: Demon Days Live at the Manchester Opera House
as Narrator (voice)
10th & Wolf
as Matty Matello
Hoboken Hollow
as Sheriff Greer
2005
House of 9
as Father Duffy
Land of the Dead
as Kaufman
The Crow: Wicked Prayer
as El Niño
Champion
as Self
Inside Deep Throat
as Narrator (voice)
Americano
as Riccardo
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
as Himself
2004
Out of Season
as Harry Barlow
Tell Them Who You Are
as Self
The Last Ride
as Ronnie Purnell
The Keeper
as Krebs
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
as Self
2003
Unspeakable
as Warden
The Night We Called It a Day
as Frank Sinatra
A Decade Under the Influence
as Self
New Scenes from America
as Himself - Actor
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
as Self
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
as Self
2002
The Groovenians
as Dad/King Normans
The Piano Player
as Robert Nile
1 Giant Leap
as Self
When Hippies Ruled The World
as Self
I Don't Know Jack
as Self
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
as Self (uncredited)
Leo
as Horace
Mysteries of Love
as Self
2001
Knockaround Guys
as Benny Chains
L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve
as Captain Elsworth
Jazz Seen
as Self
Choke
as Henry Clark
Ticker
as Alex Swan
Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture
as Self
Emmanuelle: A Hard Look
as Himself
2000
Held for Ransom
as JD
Welcome to Hollywood
as Dennis Hopper
Jesus' Son
as Bill
The Prophet's Game
as Vincent Swan
Luck of the Draw
as Giani Ponti
Spreading Ground
as Det. Ed DeLongpre
The Apostate
as Lewis Garou
The Ten Commandments of Creativity
as Self
1999
Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage
as Self
The Pursuit of Happiness
as Self
The Venice Project
as Roland / Salvatore
Tycus
as Peter Crowford
A Tribute to Johnny Cash
as Self
Straight Shooter
as Frank Hector
EDtv
as Henry 'Hank' Pekurny
Bad City Blues
as Cleveland Carter
The Source
as William S. Burroughs
Forever Hollywood
as Self
1998
The A-Z of Separating People from their Money
as Self
Meet the Deedles
as Frank Slater
1997
Lured Innocence
as Rick Chambers
Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain
as Self
Road Ends
as Sheriff Ben Gilchrist
Willie Nelson: Down Home
as Self
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
as Self
The Blackout
as Mickey
Top of the World
as Charles Atlas
U2: A Year in Pop
as Narrator (voice)
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
as Self
1996
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
as Self - Host
The Last Days of Frankie the Fly
as Frankie
Space Truckers
as John Canyon
Return to 'Giant'
as Self
Basquiat
as Bruno Bischofberger
Cannes Man
as Self
Carried Away
as Joseph Svenden
Rediscovering a Rebel
as Self / Goon (archive footage)
1995
Born to Be Wild
as Himself
Waterworld
as Deacon
Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir
as Himself
Search and Destroy
as Dr. Waxling
James Dean and Me
as Self (uncredited)
1994
Witch Hunt
as H. Phillip Lovecraft
Marlon Brando: The Wild One
as Self
Speed
as Howard Payne
Chasers
as Doggie
1993
Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work
as Self
True Romance
as Clifford Worley
Super Mario Bros.
as King Koopa
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
as Self
Red Rock West
as Lyle from Dallas
Boiling Point
as Rudolph 'Red' Diamond
The Revenge of the Dead Indians
as Himself
1992
The Heart of Justice
as Austin Blair
Nails
as Harry 'Nails' Niles
Sunset Heat
as Carl Madson
1991
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
as Self
SnowwhiteRosered
as Self
Eye of the Storm
as Marvin Gladstone
The Indian Runner
as Caesar
Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas
as Self
Doublecrossed
as Barry Seal
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
as Self (uncredited)
Paris Trout
as Paris Trout
1990
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch
as Self
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
as Self
Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders
as Self
Chattahoochee
as Walker Benson
Catchfire
as Milo
Flashback
as Huey Walker
1989
Drawing the Line: A Portrait of Keith Haring
as Self
Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Blood Red
as William Bradford Berrigan
Black Leather Jacket
as Narrator
1988
No Frank in Lumberton
as Self
On the tracks of a filmmaker
as Dennis Hooper
1987
Santabear's High Flying Adventure
as (voice)
The American Way
as Captain
Blue Peanuts
as Snoopy (Voice)
The Pick-up Artist
as Flash Jensen
O.C. and Stiggs
as Sponson
Straight to Hell
as I.G. Farben
Black Widow
as Ben Dumers
Running Out of Luck
as Video Director
Out of the Blue and Into the Black
as Self
1986
Hoosiers
as Shooter
River's Edge
as Feck
Blue Velvet
as Frank Booth
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
as Lieutenant 'Lefty' Enright
Stark: Mirror Image
as Lieutenant Ron Bliss
Some Kind of Genius
as Himself
1985
My Science Project
as Bob Roberts
Stark
as Lieutenant Ron Bliss
A Hero of Our Time
as Casey
1984
The Inside Man
as Miller
1983
White Star
as Kenneth Barlow
The Osterman Weekend
as Richard Tremayne
Rumble Fish
as Father
Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act
as Himself
1982
Human Highway
as Cracker / Stranger
1981
Reborn
as Rev. Tom Hartley
Out of the Blue
as Don
King of the Mountain
as Cal
1979
Apocalypse Now
as Photojournalist
1978
Flesh Color
as Mel
Last In, First Out
as Medford
1977
The Sorceror's Apprentice
as A Spy
The American Friend
as Tom Ripley
1976
Tracks
as 1st Sgt. Jack Falen
Mad Dog Morgan
as Daniel Morgan
To Shoot a Mad Dog
as Self
1975
The Sky is Falling
as Chicken
James Dean: The First American Teenager
as Self
1973
Kid Blue
as Bickford Waner
1972
Crush Proof
as Dennis Hopper
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
as Self
1971
The Last Movie
as Kansas
The American Dreamer
as Himself
1969
Easy Rider
as Billy
True Grit
as "Moon"
1968
Head
as Self (uncredited)
Panic in the City
as Goff
Hang 'em High
as Prophet
1967
The Glory Stompers
as Chino
Cool Hand Luke
as Babalugats
The Trip
as Max
1966
Queen of Blood
as Paul Grant
1965
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
as Self
The Sons of Katie Elder
as Dave Hastings
1964
Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort of
as Tarzan (Double)
Screen Test [ST155]: Dennis Hopper
as Himself
1961
Night Tide
as Johnny Drake
1960
Key Witness
as William "Cowby" Tomkins
1959
Disneyland '59
as Self
The Young Land
as Hatfield Carnes
The Sunrise Gun
as Denny Sunrise
1958
Swiss Family Robinson
as Fritz
From Hell to Texas
as Tom Boyd
1957
Sayonara
as MP in Kelly's House / MP at Tokyo Airport (voice) (uncredited)
The Story of Mankind
as Napoleon Bonaparte
The James Dean Story
as Self
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
as Billy Clanton
1956
Giant
as Jordan "Jordy" Benedict III
New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'
as Self
High Air
as Steve Redman
1955
I Died a Thousand Times
as Joe (uncredited)
Rebel Without a Cause
as Goon