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

• 2025Films to Die For — (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2022Mickey Rourke: Just Like a Man
• 2018The Other Side of the Wind — Dennis Hopper
• 2016The Last Film Festival — Nick Twain - Producer
• 2014Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films — Lt. Lefty Enright (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2011Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage — Frank Booth
• 2011Corman's World — Various Roles (archive footage)
• 2010Alpha and Omega — Tony (voice), In Memory Of
• 2008An American Carol — Judge Clarence Henderson
• Crash — Ben Cendars
• 2008Elegy — George O'Hearn
• 2008Hell Ride — Eddie Zero
• 2008Palermo Shooting — Frank
• 2008Russian Suicide Chair — Himself, Director
• 2008Sleepwalking — Mr. Reedy
• 2008Swing Vote — Donald Greenleaf
• 200610th & Wolf — Matty Matello
• 2006Gorillaz: Demon Days Live at the Manchester Opera House — Narrator (voice)
• 2006Hoboken Hollow — Sheriff Greer
• 2006Memory — Max Lichtenstein
• 2006Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi — Narrator (voice)
• 2006The Sixth Element: The Ross Clarke-Jones Story — Narrator
• 2005Americano — Riccardo
• E-Ring — Eli McNulty
• 2005House of 9 — Father Duffy
• 2005Inside Deep Throat — Narrator (voice)
• 2005Land of the Dead — Kaufman
• 2005The Crow: Wicked Prayer — El Niño
• Entourage — Dennis Hopper
• 2004Out of Season — Harry Barlow
• 2004The Keeper — Krebs
• 2004The Last Ride — Ronnie Purnell
• Las Vegas — Jon Castille
• 2003The Night We Called It a Day — Frank Sinatra
• 2003Unspeakable — Warden
• Firestarter: Rekindled — James Richardson
• 2002Flatland — Smith
• Flatland — Smith
• 2002Leo — Horace
• 2002The Groovenians — Dad/King Normans
• The Groovenians — Dad / King Normans (voice)
• 2002The Piano Player — Robert Nile
• 24 — Victor Drazen
• 2001Choke — Henry Clark
• 2001Knockaround Guys — Benny Chains
• 2001L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve — Captain Elsworth
• 2001Ticker — Alex Swan
• 2000Held for Ransom — JD
• 2000Homeless — Director
• Jason and the Argonauts — Pelias
• 2000Jesus' Son — Bill
• 2000Luck of the Draw — Giani Ponti
• 2000Michael Angel — Lewis Garou
• 2000Spreading Ground — Det. Ed DeLongpre
• 2000The Prophet's Game — Vincent Swan
• 2000Welcome to Hollywood — Dennis Hopper
• 1999Bad City Blues — Cleveland Carter
• 1999EDtv — Henry 'Hank' Pekurny
• 1999Straight Shooter — Frank Hector
• 1999The Source — William S. Burroughs
• 1999The Venice Project — Roland / Salvatore
• 1999Tycus — Peter Crowford
• 1998Lured Innocence — Rick Chambers
• 1998Meet the Deedles — Frank Slater
• King of the Hill — Dennis Hopper (voice)
• 1997Road Ends — Sheriff Ben Gilchrist
• 1997The Blackout — Mickey
• 1997Top of the World — Charles Atlas
• 1997U2: A Year in Pop — Narrator (voice)
• 1996Basquiat — Bruno Bischofberger
• 1996Carried Away — Joseph Svenden
• E! True Hollywood Story
• Samson and Delilah — General Tariq
• 1996Space Truckers — John Canyon
• 1996The Last Days of Frankie the Fly — Frankie
• 1995Search and Destroy — Dr. Waxling
• 1995Waterworld — Deacon
• 1994Chasers — Doggie, Director
• 1994Speed — Howard Payne
• 1994Witch Hunt — H. Phillip Lovecraft
• 1993Boiling Point — Rudolph 'Red' Diamond
• 1993Red Rock West — Lyle from Dallas
• 1993Super Mario Bros. — King Koopa
• 1993True Romance — Clifford Worley
• HBO First Look
• 1992Nails — Harry 'Nails' Niles
• 1992Sunset Heat — Carl Madson
• 1992The Heart of Justice — Austin Blair
• 1991Doublecrossed — Barry Seal
• 1991Eye of the Storm — Marvin Gladstone
• 1991Paris Trout — Paris Trout
• 1991The Indian Runner — Caesar
• 1990Catchfire — Milo, Director
• 1990Chattahoochee — Walker Benson
• 1990Flashback — Huey Walker
• 1990The Hot Spot — Director
• 1989Black Leather Jacket — Narrator
• 1989Blood Red — William Bradford Berrigan
• 1989Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife — Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
• 1988Art, Acting, & the Suicide Chair: A Conversation with Dennis Hopper
• 1988Colors — Director
• 1988On the tracks of a filmmaker — Dennis Hooper
• 1987Black Widow — Ben
• 1987O.C. and Stiggs — Sponson
• 1987Running Out of Luck — Video Director
• 1987Santabear's High Flying Adventure — (voice)
• 1987Straight to Hell — I.G. Farben
• 1987The American Way — Captain
• 1987The Pick-up Artist — Flash Jensen
• 1986Blue Velvet — Frank Booth
• 1986Hoosiers — Wilbur "Shooter" Flatch
• 1986River's Edge — Feck
• 1986Stark: Mirror Image — Lieutenant Ron Bliss
• 1986The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2 — Lieutenant 'Lefty' Enright
• 1985A Hero of Our Time — Casey
• 1985My Science Project — Bob Roberts
• 1985Stark — Lieutenant Ron Bliss
• 1984The Inside Man — Miller
• 1983Rumble Fish — Father
• 1983The Osterman Weekend — Richard Tremayne
• 1983White Star — Kenneth Barlow
• 1982Human Highway — Cracker / Stranger
• 1981King of the Mountain — Cal
• 1981Out of the Blue — Don, Director, Writer
• 1981Reborn — Rev. Tom Hartley
• Wild Times — Doc Holliday
• 1979Apocalypse Now — Photojournalist
• 1978Flesh Color — Mel
• 1978Last In, First Out — Medford
• 1977The American Friend — Tom Ripley
• 1977The Sorceror's Apprentice — A Spy
• 1976Mad Dog Morgan — Daniel Morgan
• 1976Tracks — 1st Sgt. Jack Falen
• 1975The Sky is Falling — Chicken
• 1973Kid Blue — Bickford Waner
• 1972Crush Proof — Dennis Hopper
• 1971The American Dreamer — Himself, Writer
• 1971The Last Movie — Kansas, Director, Story, Editor
• 1969Easy Rider — Billy, Director, Writer
• 1969True Grit — "Moon"
• 1968Hang 'em High — Prophet
• 1968Panic in the City — Goff
• 1967Cool Hand Luke — Babalugats
• 1967The Glory Stompers — Chino
• The Guns of Will Sonnett — Vern Reed
• 1967The Trip — Max, Second Unit Director
• 1966Light Years
• 1966Queen of Blood — Paul Grant
• Convoy — Roger Small
• The Big Valley — Jimmy Sweetwater
• The Legend of Jesse James — Jud Salt
• 1965The Sons of Katie Elder — Dave Hastings
• 1964Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort of — Tarzan (Double)
• 1964The Thirteen Most Beautiful Boys
• Arrest and Trial — Coley Mitchum
• Espionage — Ferno
• Petticoat Junction — Alan Landman
• The Dakotas
• The Greatest Show on Earth — Rhymer
• The Lieutenant — Cpl. Peter Devlin
• Combat! — Zack Fielder
• 1962The Hold-Out — Fred Judson
• 87th Precinct — Andrew Mason
• 1961Night Tide — Johnny Drake
• The Defenders — Alfred Carter Jr., Jason Thomas
• The Investigators — Adrian
• 1960Key Witness — William "Cowby" Tomkins
• Surfside 6
• The Barbara Stanwyck Show — Gerald Collins
• Bonanza — Dev Farnum
• The Twilight Zone — Peter Vollmer
• 1959The Young Land — Hatfield Carnes
• 1958From Hell to Texas — Tom Boyd
• Naked City — Vinnie Winford
• 1958Swiss Family Robinson — Fritz
• The Rifleman — Vernon Tippert, Johnny Clover
• 1957Gunfight at the O.K. Corral — Billy Clanton
• 1957Sayonara — MP in Kelly's House / MP at Tokyo Airport (voice) (uncredited)
• Sugarfoot — Billy the Kid
• 1957The Story of Mankind — Napoleon Bonaparte
• Wagon Train — Emmett Lawton
• Conflict — Ed Novak
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre — Vern Tippert, Denny Sunrise
• 1956Giant — Jordy Benedict
• 1956High Air — Steve Redman
• Cheyenne — Utah Kid, Abe Larson
• Gunsmoke — Billy Kimbo
• Highway Patrol
• 1955I Died a Thousand Times — Joe (uncredited)
• Kings Row
• Matinee Theater
• 1955Rebel Without a Cause — Goon
• Screen Director's Playhouse — Steve Redman
• The Millionaire — Adam Spencer
• Medic — Robert
• Public Defender — Frank Terry
• General Electric Theater — Fred Judson
• Letter to Loretta — Ross Morton
• Lux Video Theatre — Steven, at 18
• Studio One — David Williams, Harry Wales
• The Good Life — Mr. B

Appearances as themselves (123)

• 2026This Is Buzz — Self (archive footage)
• 2023Spirit of Golf — Self (archive footage)
• 2021Morceaux de Cannes — Self (archive footage)
• 2020Hopper/Welles — Self
• 2020Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth — Self
• Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen — Self
• 2020Wim Wenders, Desperado — Self (archive footage)
• 2018They'll Love Me When I'm Dead — Self (archive footage)
• 2016Along for the Ride — Self (archive footage)
• 2016Blue Velvet Revisited — Self
• 2016Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider — Self (archive footage)
• 2016Taylor & Ultra: On the 60s, The Factory, and Being a Warhol Superstar — Self (archive footage)
• 2015Fighting Against the Wind: Making 'the American Dreamer' — Self
• 2014Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles — Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
• 2013Llyn Foulkes One Man Band — Himself
• 2013Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter — Himself
• 2012Scene Missing — Self
• 2012Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ — Self (archive footage)
• 2011Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame — Self (archive footage)
• On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America — Self
• 2010Beautiful Darling — Self (archive footage)
• 2010Stardust — Self (uncredited)
• 200913 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests — Self
• 2009B movie — Himself
• 2009Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder — Self
• 2009No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos — Self
• 2008Bananaz — Self / Narrator (voice)
• 2008Chelsea on the Rocks — Self
• 2008Not Quite Hollywood — Self
• 2008Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth — Self
• 2008The Brothers Warner — Self
• 2008The Cool School — Self
• 2008Tim Leary: The Art of Dying — Self
• 2007Brando — Self
• 2007Brando: An Icon Is Born — Himself
• Brando: The Documentary — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• 2007The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose — Self
• 200650 Films to See Before You Die — Self
• 2006Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film — Self
• 2006Gorillaz: Demon Days Live in Harlem at Apollo Theater — Self
• 2006Sketches of Frank Gehry — Self
• 2006The Art of Football from A to Z — Self
• 2006The Real James Dean — Self
• 2006Wanderlust — Himself
• 2005Champion — Self
• 2005On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish' — Self (archive footage)
• 2005Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents — Self
• 10 Things Every Guy Should Experience — Self
• 2004Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments — Self
• 2004Tell Them Who You Are — Self
• 2003A Decade Under the Influence — Self
• 2003Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die) — Self
• 2003Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• 2003New Scenes from America — Himself - Actor
• 20021 Giant Leap — Self
• 2002I Don't Know Jack — Self
• 2002Mysteries of Love — Self
• 2002Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film — Self (uncredited)
• V Graham Norton — Self
• 2002When Hippies Ruled The World — Self
• 2001Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture — Self
• 2001Emmanuelle: A Hard Look — Himself
• 2001Jazz Seen — Self
• 2000The Ten Commandments of Creativity — Self
• 1999A Tribute to Johnny Cash — Self
• 1999Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage — Self
• 1999Forever Hollywood — Self
• 1999The Pursuit of Happiness — Self
• 1997Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life — Self
• Scene by Scene — Self
• 1997Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain — Self
• 1997Who Is Henry Jaglom? — Self
• 1997Willie Nelson: Down Home — Self
• 1996Cannes Man — Self
• 1996Rediscovering a Rebel — Self / Goon (archive footage)
• 1996Return to 'Giant' — Self
• The Daily Show — Self
• 1996The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money — Self - Host
• 1995Born to Be Wild — Himself
• 1995Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir — Himself
• Die Harald Schmidt Show — Self
• 1995James Dean and Me — Self (uncredited)
• Inside the Actors Studio — Self
• 1994Marlon Brando: The Wild One — Self
• 1994The Making of 'Speed' — Self / Host
• 1993Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work — Self
• 1993The Revenge of the Dead Indians — Himself
• 1993Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O — Self
• 1991Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper — Self (uncredited)
• Fishing with John — Self
• 1991Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse — Self
• 1991Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: Alejandro Jodorowsky — Self
• 1991Picture This — Self
• 1991SnowwhiteRosered — Self
• 1990Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch — Self
• 1990Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders — Self
• 1990Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships and Intersections — Self (uncredited)
• 1990Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol — Self
• 1989Drawing the Line: A Portrait of Keith Haring — Self
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark — Self
• 1988No Frank in Lumberton — Self
• Biography — Self
• 1987Out of the Blue and Into the Black — Self
• Seitenblicke — self
• 1986Some Kind of Genius — Himself
• 1983Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act — Himself
• 1976To Shoot a Mad Dog — Self
• 1975James Dean: The First American Teenager — Self
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host
• 1972Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here — Self
• The Johnny Cash Show — Self
• 1968Head — Self (uncredited)
• 1966Screen Test #3 — Self (uncredited)
• 1965Andy Warhol Screen Tests — Self
• 1964Screen Test [ST155]: Dennis Hopper — Himself
• The Mike Douglas Show — Self
• 1959Disneyland '59 — Self
• 1957The James Dean Story — Self
• 1956New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant' — Self
• Golden Globe Awards — Self - Presenter, Self - Nominee / Presenter