| Dennis Hopper | |
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| Name: | Dennis Lee Hopper |
| Birthplace: | Dodge City, Kansas, United States |
| Birthdate: | May 17, 1936 |
| Active: | 1954–2010 |
| Films appeared in: | Speed Space Truckers Road Ends Top of the World Ticker 24 E-Ring |
| Role: | Howard Payne (Speed) John Canyon (Space Truckers) Sheriff Ben Gilchrist (Road Ends) Charles Atlas (Top of the World) Alex Swan (Ticker) Victor Drazen (24) Colonel Eli McNulty (E-Ring) |
Dennis Hopper (born May 17, 1936; died May 29, 2010) is an American actor of over 200 motion pictures and television programs. After earlier appearances in films such as Rebel Without a Cause, Cool Hand Luke and True Grit, Hopper burst onto the scene with his independent film production (which he also co-starred in) Easy Rider in the late sixties. The film became a cult classic and forever changed cinema; other note-worthy roles in films such as Apocalypse Now, Blue Velvet, River's Edge (with Keanu Reeves), Hoosiers, Chattahoochee (with Gary Oldman), Paris Trout (with Ed Harris), Boiling Point (with Wesley Snipes), Red Rock West (with Nicolas Cage), Carried Away (with Gary Busey), Edtv, Jesus' Son and Knockaround Guys. He also had recurring roles on shows such as "24", "E-Ring" and "Crash".
Hopper is also recognized for the successful Die Hard scenario film Speed. He later appeared in a few other similar scenario films such as Top of the World and Ticker.
Filmography[]
Hopper's film career spanned 55 years and encompassed appearances in over 150 films. Of those films: Rebel Without a Cause,[1] Giant,[2] Cool Hand Luke,[2] Easy Rider,[3] Apocalypse Now,[4] and Hoosiers[5] have been selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.
As actor[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Rebel Without a Cause
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Goon | |
| 1955 | I Died a Thousand Times | Joe | Uncredited |
| 1956 | Giant
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Jordan Benedict III | |
| 1957 | Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | Billy Clanton | |
| 1957 | Template:Sortname | Napoleon Bonaparte | |
| 1957 | Sayonara | MP in Kelly's house/MP at Tokyo airport | Uncredited voice |
| 1958 | From Hell to Texas | Tom Boyd | |
| 1959 | Template:Sortname | Hatfield Carnes | |
| 1960 | Key Witness | William "Cowboy" Tomkins | |
| 1961 | Night Tide | Johnny Drake | |
| 1964 | Template:Sortname | Short film | |
| 1964 | Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort of | ||
| 1965 | Template:Sortname | Dave Hastings | |
| 1966 | Queen of Blood | Paul Grant | |
| 1967 | Template:Sortname | Max | |
| 1967 | Cool Hand Luke
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Babalugats | |
| 1967 | Luke | Himself | Short film |
| 1968 | The Glory Stompers | Chino | |
| 1968 | Hang 'Em High | The Prophet | |
| 1968 | Panic in the City | Goff | |
| 1968 | Head | Long haired guy at filmshoot in restaurant | Extra |
| 1969 | Easy Rider
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Billy | |
| 1969 | True Grit | Moon | |
| 1970 | Template:Sortname | Himself | Documentary |
| 1971 | Template:Sortname | Kansas | |
| 1971 | Template:Sortname | Himself | Documentary |
| 1972 | Template:Sortname | ||
| 1972 | Crush Proof | ||
| 1973 | Kid Blue | Bickford Waner | |
| 1976 | Mad Dog Morgan | Daniel Morgan | |
| 1977 | Tracks | 1st Sgt. Jack Falen | |
| 1977 | Template:Sortname | Tom Ripley | |
| 1977 | Template:Interlanguage link multi | A spy | |
| 1978 | Flesh Color | Mel | |
| 1978 | Last In, First Out | Medford | |
| 1979 | Apocalypse Now
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Photojournalist | |
| 1979 | Bloodbath | Chicken | |
| 1980 | Out of the Blue | Don | |
| 1981 | Template:Interlanguage link multi | Rev. Tom Hartley | |
| 1981 | King of the Mountain | Cal | |
| 1982 | Human Highway | Cracker | |
| 1983 | Rumble Fish | Father | |
| 1983 | The Osterman Weekend | Richard Tremayne | |
| 1983 | Template:Interlanguage link multi | Kenneth Barlow | |
| 1984 | Jungle Warriors | Uncredited | |
| 1984 | The Inside Man | Miller | |
| 1985 | A Hero of Our Time | Uncredited Short film | |
| 1985 | O.C. and Stiggs | Sponson | |
| 1985 | My Science Project | Bob Roberts | |
| 1986 | Riders of the Storm | The Captain | |
| 1986 | Template:Sortname | Lieutenant 'Lefty' Enright | |
| 1986 | River's Edge | Feck | |
| 1986 | Blue Velvet | Frank Booth | |
| 1986 | Hoosiers
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Shooter | |
| 1987 | Running Out of Luck | Video Director | |
| 1987 | Black Widow | Ben Dumers | |
| 1987 | Straight to Hell | I.G. Farben | |
| 1987 | Template:Sortname | Flash Jensen | |
| 1989 | Blood Red | William Bradford Berrigan | |
| 1989 | Chattahoochee | Walker Benson | |
| 1990 | Flashback | Huey Walker | |
| 1990 | Catchfire | Milo | |
| 1991 | Template:Sortname | Caesar | |
| 1991 | Eye of the Storm | Marvin Gladstone | |
| 1991 | Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse | Himself | Documentary |
| 1992 | Sunset Heat | Carl Madson | |
| 1993 | Boiling Point | Rudolph 'Red' Diamond | |
| 1993 | Super Mario Bros. | King Koopa | |
| 1993 | Red Rock West | Lyle from Dallas | |
| 1993 | True Romance | Clifford Worley | |
| 1994 | Chasers | Doggie | |
| 1994 | Speed | Howard Payne | |
| 1995 | Search and Destroy | Dr. Luther Waxling | |
| 1995 | Waterworld | Deacon | |
| 1996 | Carried Away | Joseph Svenden | |
| 1996 | Space Truckers | John Canyon | |
| 1996 | Basquiat | Bruno Bischofberger | |
| 1996 | The Last Days of Frankie the Fly | Frankie | |
| 1997 | Template:Sortname | Mr. B | Unreleased[6] |
| 1997 | The Blackout | Mickey Wayne | |
| 1997 | Road Ends | Sheriff Ben Gilchrist | |
| 1997 | Top of the World | Charles Atlas | |
| 1997 | Who Is Henry Jaglom? | Himself | Documentary |
| 1998 | Tycus | Peter Crawford | Direct-to-DVD |
| 1998 | Meet the Deedles | Frank Slater | |
| 1999 | Justice | Uncredited | |
| 1999 | Lured Innocence | Rick Chambers | |
| 1999 | Template:Sortname | Oliver Chamberlain | |
| 1999 | Template:Sortname | Vincent Swan | |
| 1999 | EDtv | Henry 'Hank' Pekumy | |
| 1999 | Straight Shooter | Frank Hector | |
| 1999 | Jesus' Son | Bill | |
| 1999 | Template:Sortname | Roland/Salvatore | |
| 1999 | Bad City Blues | Cleveland Carter | |
| 1999 | Robert Rauschenberg: Inventive Genius | Narrator | Documentary |
| 1999 | Template:Sortname | William S. Burroughs | Documentary |
| 2000 | Michael Angel | Lewis Garou | |
| 2000 | The Spreading Ground | Det. Ed DeLongpre | |
| 2000 | Luck of the Draw | Giani Ponti | |
| 2000 | Held for Ransom | JD | |
| 2001 | Ticker | Alex Swan | |
| 2001 | Choke | Henry Clark | |
| 2001 | Knockaround Guys | Benny Chains | |
| 2001 | L.A.P.D.: To Protect and to Serve | Captain Elsworth | |
| 2002 | Unspeakable | Warden Earl Blakely | |
| 2002 | Leo | Horace | |
| 2002 | Template:Sortname | Robert Nile | |
| 2003 | Template:Sortname | Frank Sinatra | |
| 2003 | New Scenes from America | Himself - Actor | Short film |
| 2003 | Easy Riders, Raging Bulls | Himself | Documentary |
| 2003 | The Target | Robert Nile | |
| 2004 | Legacy | CHP Officer | |
| 2004 | Bad Boy's 10th Anniversary... The Hits | Victor Castiglione | Uncredited Direct-to-video |
| 2004 | Template:Sortname | Krebs | |
| 2004 | Out of Season | Harry Barlow | |
| 2005 | House of 9 | Father Duffy | |
| 2005 | Americano | Riccardo | Direct-to-DVD |
| 2005 | Template:Sortname | El Niño | Direct-to-DVD |
| 2005 | Land of the Dead | Kaufman | |
| 2005 | Inside Deep Throat | Narrator | Voice Documentary |
| 2005 | Sketches of Frank Gehry | Himself | Documentary |
| 2006 | 10th & Wolf | Matty Matello | |
| 2006 | Memory | Max Lichtenstein | |
| 2006 | Hoboken Hollow | Sheriff Greer | |
| 2006 | Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi | Narrator | Voice Documentary |
| 2006 | Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film | Himself | Documentary |
| 2008 | Hell Ride | Eddie Zero | |
| 2008 | Sleepwalking | Mr. Reedy | |
| 2008 | Elegy | George O'Hearn | |
| 2008 | Swing Vote | Donald Greenleaf | |
| 2008 | Palermo Shooting | Frank | |
| 2008 | An American Carol | The Judge | |
| 2008 | Bananaz | Himself | Documentary |
| 2010 | Alpha and Omega | Tony | Voice Released posthumously |
| 2016 | The Last Film Festival | Nick Twain | Released posthumously |
| 2018 | The Other Side of the Wind | Lucas Renard | In post production |
Template:Note I denotes film preservation in the United States National Film Registry.
As a writer, director, or editor[]
| Year | Title | Credited as | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Writer | Director | Editor | |||
| 1967 | The Trip | Template:Yes | Uncredited Second unit director | ||
| 1969 | Easy Rider | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | — | |
| 1971 | The American Dreamer | Template:Yes | Documentary | ||
| The Last Movie | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | — | |
| 1980 | Out of the Blue | Template:Yes | Template:Yes | Uncredited as writer | |
| 1988 | Colors | Template:Yes | — | ||
| 1990 | Catchfire | Template:Yes | Credited as Alan Smithee | ||
| The Hot Spot | Template:Yes | — | |||
| 1994 | Chasers | Template:Yes | — | ||
| 2000 | Homeless | Template:Yes | Short film | ||
Gallery[]
Appearing in Speed
Appearing in Space Truckers
Appearing in Top of the World
Appearing in Ticker
Appearing on 24
Appearing on E-Ring