
Dennis Hopper
- Date of Birth: 1936-05-17
- Date of Death: 2010-05-29
- Place of Birth: Dodge City, Kansas, USA
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.... 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

On the tracks of a filmmaker
Documentary • 1988 January

Tim Leary: The Art of Dying
Documentary • 2008 March

Art, Acting, and the Suicide Chair: Dennis Hopper
• 2025 June

Swiss Family Robinson
Adventure, TV Movie • 1958 October

Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work
Documentary, Music • 1993 December

Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth
Documentary • 2008 February

To Shoot a Mad Dog
Documentary • 1976 January

Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir
Documentary • 1995 June

Russian Suicide Chair
Documentary • 2008 June

Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act
Documentary • 1983 January