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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. "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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Known For

Rebel Without a Cause
Rebel Without a Cause
Rumble Fish
Rumble Fish
True Romance
True Romance
Cool Hand Luke
Cool Hand Luke
Basquiat
Basquiat
Tycus
Tycus
Easy Rider
Easy Rider
Swing Vote
Swing Vote
Speed
Speed

Filmography

2023 to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour
as Frank Booth (archive footage)
2023 Spirit of Golf
as Self
2020 Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
as Self
2020 Hopper/Welles
as Self
2020 Wim Wenders, Desperado
as Self (archive footage)
2020 Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth
as Self
2018 The Other Side of the Wind
as Dennis Hopper
2018 They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
as Self (archive footage)
2016 Along for the Ride
as Self (archive footage)
2016 Blue Velvet Revisited
as Self
2016 The Last Film Festival
as Nick Twain - Producer
2016 Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
as Self (archive footage)
2016 Taylor & Ultra: On the 60s, The Factory, and Being a Warhol Superstar
as Self (archive footage)
2014 Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2013 Llyn Foulkes One Man Band
as Himself
2013 Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter
as Himself
2012 Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
as Self (archive footage)
2012 Scene Missing
as Self
2011 Corman's World
as Various Roles (archive footage)
2011 Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage
as Frank Booth