
Dennis Hopper
0 FOLLOWERS • 55 CREDITS • MAY 17, 1936 - MAY 29, 2010 • 74
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

Saturday Night Live

Studio One

Gunsmoke

General Electric Theater

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

E! True Hollywood Story

The Millionaire

King of the Hill

The Daily Show

24

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

Golden Globe Awards

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

The Defenders

Las Vegas

87th Precinct

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Entourage

The Crow: Stairway to Heaven

Bonanza

Petticoat Junction

Letter to Loretta

Matinee Theater

The Lieutenant

The Twilight Zone

HBO First Look

The Graham Norton Show

Medic

The Groovenians

The Other Side of the Wind

Loving Highsmith

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

Chasers

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

The Sons of Katie Elder

Giant

Jason and the Argonauts

Apocalypse Now

True Grit

River's Edge

Elegy

E-Ring

True Romance

Super Mario Bros.

Meet the Deedles

Red Rock West

Waterworld

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

Speed

The Pursuit of Happiness

Flashback

He's Alive

Witch Hunt
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