Dennis Hopper
Born in Dodge City, Kansas, USA — May 17 1936• Died May 29 2010
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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 awa…
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Victor Drazen
King of the Hill
Dennis Hopper (voice)
Bonanza
Dev Farnum
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Self
Entourage
Dennis Hopper
Las Vegas
Jon Castille
The Twilight Zone
Peter Vollmer
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Vernon 'Vern' Tippert
Petticoat Junction
Alan Landman
Naked City
Vinnie Winford
The Rifleman
Matinee Theater
Wagon Train
Emmett Lawton
The Defenders
Alfred Carter Jr.
Studio One
David Williams
Cheyenne
Combat!
Zack Fielder
The Big Valley
Jimmy Sweetwater
Gunsmoke
Billy Kimbo
Surfside 6
Arrest and Trial
The Millionaire
Adam Spencer
Biography
Self
HBO First Look
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Apocalypse Now
Photojournalist
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Gerald Collins
Sugarfoot
Billy the Kid
Crash
Ben Cendars
Screen Director's Playhouse
Steve Redman
87th Precinct
Andrew Mason
The Lieutenant
Cpl. Peter Devlin
Highway Patrol
The Greatest Show on Earth
Speed
Howard Payne
Medic
Robert
Waterworld
Deacon
E-Ring
Eli McNulty
The Dakotas
Seitenblicke
self
Blue Velvet
Frank Booth
Scene by Scene
Self
Letter to Loretta
Ross Morton
The Legend of Jesse James
Jud Salt
The Investigators
Adrian
True Romance
Clifford Worley
Giant
Jordan "Jordy" Benedict III
Flatland
Smith
Firestarter: Rekindled
James Richardson
Super Mario Bros.
King Koopa
Easy Rider
Billy
True Grit
"Moon"
Jason and the Argonauts
Pelias
Land of the Dead
Kaufman
Cool Hand Luke
Babalugats
The Hot Spot
Directing
Hang 'em High
Prophet
10 Things Every Guy Should Experience
Self
Colors
Directing
Rebel Without a Cause
Goon
Alpha and Omega
Tony (voice)
EDtv
Henry 'Hank' Pekurny
Rumble Fish
Father
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Billy Clanton
Chasers
Doggie
Black Widow
Ben Dumers
Hoosiers
Shooter
Conflict
General Electric Theater
Fred Judson
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
Lieutenant 'Lefty' Enright
Knockaround Guys
Benny Chains
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Lt. Lefty Enright (archive footage) (uncredited)
Basquiat
Bruno Bischofberger
10th & Wolf
Matty Matello
Head
Self (uncredited)
Brando: The Documentary
Self
Elegy
George O'Hearn
River's Edge
Feck
Ticker
Alex Swan
An American Carol
Judge Clarence Henderson
Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
Self
Inside Deep Throat
Narrator (voice)
Red Rock West
Lyle from Dallas
Hell Ride
Eddie Zero
Boiling Point
Rudolph 'Red' Diamond
The Indian Runner
Caesar
E! True Hollywood Story
Wild Times
Doc Holliday
The Heart of Justice
Austin Blair
A Decade Under the Influence
Self
The Crow: Wicked Prayer
El Niño
The Sons of Katie Elder
Dave Hastings
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
Self
Flashback
Huey Walker
The Trip
Max
The American Friend
Tom Ripley
Brando
Self
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
Self
The Pick-up Artist
Flash Jensen
50 Films to See Before You Die
Self
Jesus' Son
Bill
Chattahoochee
Walker Benson
Welcome to Hollywood
Dennis Hopper
Swing Vote
Donald Greenleaf
Night Tide
Johnny Drake
The Last Ride
Ronnie Purnell
The Last Movie
Kansas
Witch Hunt
H. Phillip Lovecraft
Catchfire
Milo
Blood Red
William Bradford Berrigan
Samson and Delilah
General Tariq
Corman's World
Various Roles (archive footage)
Unspeakable
Warden
Not Quite Hollywood
Self
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
Self (archive footage)
The Other Side of the Wind
Dennis Hopper
Leo
Horace
House of 9
Father Duffy
Fishing with John
Self
Tycus
Peter Crowford
Tracks
1st Sgt. Jack Falen
Nails
Harry 'Nails' Niles
Space Truckers
John Canyon
Cannes Man
Self
Sayonara
MP in Kelly's House / MP at Tokyo Airport (voice) (uncredited)
My Science Project
Bob Roberts
The Story of Mankind
Napoleon Bonaparte
O.C. and Stiggs
Sponson
The Source
William S. Burroughs
The Keeper
Krebs
I Died a Thousand Times
Joe (uncredited)
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
Self (archive footage)
Kings Row
Straight to Hell
I.G. Farben
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Self
Kid Blue
Bickford Waner
Sleepwalking
Mr. Reedy
On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America
Self
Queen of Blood
Paul Grant
Forever Hollywood
Self
Luck of the Draw
Giani Ponti
Lured Innocence
Rick Chambers
The Osterman Weekend
Richard Tremayne
The Prophet's Game
Vincent Swan
Flatland
Smith
Doublecrossed
Barry Seal
The Cool School
Self
L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve
Captain Elsworth
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
Self
The Groovenians
Dad/King Normans
Champion
Self
Blue Velvet Revisited
Self
Paris Trout
Paris Trout
Road Ends
Sheriff Ben Gilchrist
The Sky is Falling
Chicken
Carried Away
Joseph Svenden
The Last Days of Frankie the Fly
Frankie
Key Witness
William "Cowby" Tomkins
Sunset Heat
Carl Madson
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
Self
The Venice Project
Roland / Salvatore
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage
Frank Booth
Memory
Max Lichtenstein
Meet the Deedles
Frank Slater
Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir
Himself
The Art of Football from A to Z
Self
I Don't Know Jack
Self
A Tribute to Johnny Cash
Self
Out of Season
Harry Barlow
Stark
Lieutenant Ron Bliss
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Top of the World
Charles Atlas
Picture This
Self
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
Self (uncredited)
Hoboken Hollow
Sheriff Greer
Along for the Ride
Self (archive footage)
The Last Film Festival
Nick Twain - Producer
Mad Dog Morgan
Daniel Morgan
The Groovenians
Dad / King Normans (voice)
The Piano Player
Robert Nile
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
Self
The Blackout
Mickey
Eye of the Storm
Marvin Gladstone
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
Self - Host
From Hell to Texas
Tom Boyd
Emmanuelle: A Hard Look
Himself
Scene Missing
Self
The Sunrise Gun
Denny Sunrise
The Brothers Warner
Self - Actor
The Young Land
Hatfield Carnes
Chelsea on the Rocks
Self
Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth
Self
Running Out of Luck
Video Director
Reborn
Rev. Tom Hartley
Human Highway
Cracker / Stranger
The James Dean Story
Self
King of the Mountain
Cal
Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work
Self
Bananaz
Self / Narrator (voice)
Return to 'Giant'
Self
Spreading Ground
Det. Ed DeLongpre
Marlon Brando: The Wild One
Self
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch
Self
Palermo Shooting
Frank
Tell Them Who You Are
Self
Disneyland '59
Self
James Dean: The First American Teenager
Self
The A-Z of Separating People from their Money
Self
The Night We Called It a Day
Frank Sinatra
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
Self (uncredited)
Wim Wenders, Desperado
Self (archive footage)
Beautiful Darling
Self (archive footage)
Michael Angel
Lewis Garou
The Ten Commandments of Creativity
Self
Gorillaz: Demon Days Live at the Manchester Opera House
Narrator (voice)
Straight Shooter
Frank Hector
The Inside Man
Miller
Americano
Riccardo
Mysteries of Love
Self
The Real James Dean
Self
Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame
Self (archive footage)
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
Self
New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'
Self
The American Way
Captain
This Is Buzz
Himself
White Star
Kenneth Barlow
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Self
Wanderlust
Himself
Jazz Seen
Self
No Frank in Lumberton
Self
Choke
Henry Clark
Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
Self (archive footage)
Rediscovering a Rebel
Self / Goon (archive footage)
Panic in the City
Goff
Santabear's High Flying Adventure
(voice)
Out of the Blue
Don
Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Black Leather Jacket
Narrator
Stark: Mirror Image
Lieutenant Ron Bliss
B movie
Himself
to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour
Frank Booth (archive footage)
1 Giant Leap
Self
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders
Self
Last In, First Out
Medford
Held for Ransom
JD
Screen Test #3
Self (uncredited)
James Dean and Me
Self (uncredited)
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
Self
Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film
Self
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
Self
Bad City Blues
Cleveland Carter
Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi
Narrator (voice)
Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture
Self
Spirit of Golf
Self (archive footage)
Hopper/Welles
Self
The Sorceror's Apprentice
A Spy
When Hippies Ruled The World
Self
Films to Die For
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act
Himself
The Glory Stompers
Chino
13 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests
Self
Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort of
Tarzan (Double)
SnowwhiteRosered
Self
On the tracks of a filmmaker
Dennis Hooper
Brando: An Icon Is Born
Himself
Search and Destroy
Dr. Waxling
The Pursuit of Happiness
Self
Drawing the Line: A Portrait of Keith Haring
Self
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
Self
Born to Be Wild
Himself
Stardust
Self (uncredited)
The American Dreamer
Himself
Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain
Self
Crush Proof
Dennis Hopper
Screen Test [ST155]: Dennis Hopper
Himself
Morceaux de Cannes
Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage
Self
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
Self (archive footage)
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
Self
The Revenge of the Dead Indians
Himself
Fighting Against the Wind: Making 'the American Dreamer'
Self
A Hero of Our Time
Casey
Swiss Family Robinson
Fritz
The Thirteen Most Beautiful Boys
High Air
Steve Redman
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
Himself
The Sixth Element: The Ross Clarke-Jones Story
Narrator
U2: A Year in Pop
Narrator (voice)
Blue Peanuts
Snoopy (Voice)
Out of the Blue and Into the Black
Self
Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter
Himself
Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Willie Nelson: Down Home
Self
Light Years
Tim Leary: The Art of Dying
Self
Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth
Self
Gorillaz: Demon Days Live in Harlem at Apollo Theater
Self
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Self
Flesh Color
Mel
Samson and Delilah
Generale Tariq
New Scenes from America
Himself - Actor
Some Kind of Genius
Himself
Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
Self
Llyn Foulkes One Man Band
Himself
The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose
Self
To Shoot a Mad Dog
Self
Russian Suicide Chair
Himself
Homeless
Directing
Taylor & Ultra: On the 60s, The Factory, and Being a Warhol Superstar
Self (archive footage)
The Hold-Out
Fred Judson