Dennis Hopper

Acting · Born 1936-05-17 in 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. 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…

Filmography

• Apocalypse Now as Photojournalist
• Rebel Without a Cause as Goon
• Rumble Fish as Father
• True Romance as Clifford Worley
• Cool Hand Luke as Babalugats
• Easy Rider as Billy
• Speed as Howard Payne
• Blue Velvet as Frank Booth
• Giant as Jordan "Jordy" Benedict III
• Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse as Self

TV

• 24 as Victor Drazen
• Combat! as Zack Fielder
• The Twilight Zone as Peter Vollmer
• Inside the Actors Studio as Self
• Cheyenne
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self
• The Daily Show as Self
• E-Ring as Eli McNulty
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark
• Entourage as Dennis Hopper