Birthday
1936/05/17
Day of death
2010/05/29 (74 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Dodge City, Kansas, USA
Also know as
Dennis Lee Hopper, Alan Smithee
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. ...Read more
(1979) Apocalypse Now
as Photojournalist
(1955) Rebel Without a Cause
as Goon
(1983) Rumble Fish
as Father
(1993) True Romance
as Clifford Worley
(1967) Cool Hand Luke
as Babalugats
(1996) Basquiat
as Bruno Bischofberger
(1969) Easy Rider
as Billy
(1999) Tycus
as Peter Crowford
(2008) Swing Vote
as Donald Greenleaf
(1994) Speed
as Howard Payne
(1986) Blue Velvet
as Frank Booth
(1999) Straight Shooter
as Frank Hector
(1956) Giant
as Jordan "Jordy" Benedict III
(1996) Space Truckers
as John Canyon
(1993) Red Rock West
as Lyle from Dallas
(1991) Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
as Self
(1968) Hang 'em High
as Prophet
(2002) The Piano Player
as Robert Nile
(1996) The Last Days of Frankie the Fly
as Frankie
(1977) The American Friend
as Tom Ripley
(1986) River's Edge
as Feck
(1986) Hoosiers
as Shooter
(2001) Ticker
as Alex Swan
(1999) EDtv
as Henry 'Hank' Pekurny
(2005) Land of the Dead
as Kaufman
(1957) Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
as Billy Clanton
(1993) Boiling Point
as Rudolph 'Red' Diamond
(2001) Knockaround Guys
as Benny Chains
(2002) Leo
as Horace
(2005) Champion
as Self
(1967) The Trip
as Max
(1984) The Inside Man
as Miller
(1994) Chasers
as Doggie
(2008) Elegy
as George O'Hearn
(2000) Spreading Ground
as Det. Ed DeLongpre
(2008) Palermo Shooting
as Frank
(2005) Inside Deep Throat
as Narrator (voice)
(2003) Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
as Self
(1983) The Osterman Weekend
as Richard Tremayne
(1991) The Indian Runner
as Caesar
(2000) Jesus' Son
as Bill
(1997) The Blackout
as Mickey
(2010) Alpha and Omega
as Tony (voice)
(2003) Unspeakable
as Warden
(1987) O.C. and Stiggs
as Sponson
(2004) Out of Season
as Harry Barlow
(2006) 10th & Wolf
as Matty Matello
(1993) Super Mario Bros.
as King Koopa
(1995) Waterworld
as Deacon
(1990) Catchfire
as Milo
(2008) Hell Ride
as Eddie Zero
(1990) Flashback
as Huey Walker
(1966) Queen of Blood
as Paul Grant
(1987) Straight to Hell
as I.G. Farben
(2005) Americano
as Riccardo
(2004) The Keeper
as Krebs
(1998) Meet the Deedles
as Frank Slater
(2007) Brando: An Icon Is Born
as Himself
(1994) Witch Hunt
as H. Phillip Lovecraft
(2008) Sleepwalking
as Mr. Reedy
(1996) Carried Away
as Joseph Svenden
(2004) The Last Ride
as Ronnie Purnell
(2006) Memory
as Max Lichtenstein
(1976) Mad Dog Morgan
as Daniel Morgan
(1957) The Story of Mankind
as Napoleon Bonaparte
(2003) The Night We Called It a Day
as Frank Sinatra
(2002) I Don't Know Jack
as Self
(2006) 50 Films to See Before You Die
as Self
(2006) Hoboken Hollow
as Sheriff Greer
(1997) Top of the World
as Charles Atlas
(2003) Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
as Self
(1965) The Sons of Katie Elder
as Dave Hastings
(1986) The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
as Lieutenant 'Lefty' Enright
(2001) Choke
as Henry Clark
(1961) Night Tide
as Johnny Drake
(1999) The Pursuit of Happiness
as Self
(2006) Gorillaz: Demon Days Live at the Manchester Opera House
as Narrator (voice)
(1964) The Thirteen Most Beautiful Boys
as ---
(1969) True Grit
as "Moon"
(1981) Out of the Blue
as Don
(1959) The Young Land
as Hatfield Carnes
(2005) Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
as Himself
(1987) The Pick-up Artist
as Flash Jensen
(2006) The Art of Football from A to Z
as Self
(1972) Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
as Self
(1985) My Science Project
as Bob Roberts
(1971) The Last Movie
as Kansas
(1958) Swiss Family Robinson
as Fritz
(1992) The Heart of Justice
as Austin Blair
(1987) Black Widow
as Ben Dumers
(1991) Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas
as Self
(2005) House of 9
as Father Duffy
(1982) Human Highway
as Cracker / Stranger
(2000) The Prophet's Game
as Vincent Swan
(1991) Paris Trout
as Paris Trout
(2006) Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi
as Narrator (voice)
(1995) Search and Destroy
as Dr. Waxling
(2000) Luck of the Draw
as Giani Ponti
(1981) King of the Mountain
as Cal
(1992) Sunset Heat
as Carl Madson
(1992) Nails
as Harry 'Nails' Niles
Art, Acting, and the Suicide Chair: Dennis Hopper
as ---
(1958) From Hell to Texas
as Tom Boyd
(1996) Samson and Delilah
as Generale Tariq
(1990) Chattahoochee
as Walker Benson
(1960) Key Witness
as William "Cowby" Tomkins
(1999) A Tribute To Johnny Cash
as Self
(1987) Running Out of Luck
as Video Director
(1955) I Died a Thousand Times
as Joe (uncredited)
(1991) Doublecrossed
as Barry Seal
(1967) The Glory Stompers
as Chino
(1976) Tracks
as 1st Sgt. Jack Falen
(2008) Chelsea on the Rocks
as Self
(2009) No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
as Self
(2002) Mysteries of Love
as Self
(1971) The American Dreamer
as Himself
(1993) Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work
as Self
(1981) Reborn
as Rev. Tom Hartley
(1973) Kid Blue
as Bickford Waner
(1987) The American Way
as Captain
(1997) Road Ends
as Sheriff Ben Gilchrist
(1976) To Shoot a Mad Dog
as Self
(2023) Spirit of Golf
as ---
(1989) Blood Red
as William Bradford Berrigan
(2013) Llyn Foulkes One Man Band
as Himself
(2009) Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
as Himself
(2013) Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter
as Himself
(2000) Held for Ransom
as JD
(2000) Lured Innocence
as Rick Chambers
(1996) The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
as Self - Host
(1957) The James Dean Story
as Self
(2001) Emmanuelle: A Hard Look
as Himself
(1975) Bloodbath
as Chicken
(1991) Eye of the Storm
as Marvin Gladstone
(1993) The Revenge of the Dead Indians
as Himself
(1978) Last In, First Out
as Medford
(1999) Bad City Blues
as Cleveland Carter
(1983) White Star
as Kenneth Barlow
(1991) Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
as Self (uncredited)
(1968) Head
as Dennis Hopper (uncredited)
(2023) to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour
as Frank Booth (archive footage)
(2000) The Apostate
as Lewis Garou
(2018) The Other Side of the Wind
as Dennis Hopper
(2006) Wanderlust
as Himself
(2010) Stardust
as Self (uncredited)
(2008) An American Carol
as Judge Clarence Henderson
(1991) SnowwhiteRosered
as Self
(1968) Panic in the City
as Goff
(1996) Rediscovering a Rebel
as Self / Goon (archive footage)
(2012) Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
as Self (archive footage)
(2008) Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth
as Self
(2006) Sketches of Frank Gehry
as Self
(1983) Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act
as Himself
(2007) The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose
as Self
(2004) Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
as Self
(1987) Out of the Blue and Into the Black
as Self
(1989) Black Leather Jacket
as Narrator
(1985) Stark
as Lieutenant Ron Bliss
(1997) Cannes Man
as Self
(1995) Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir
as Himself
(1988) No Frank in Lumberton
as Self
(1989) Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1995) James Dean and Me
as Self (uncredited)
(2024) Super Mario Bros: The Lasagna Workprint
as King Koopa
(2012) Scene Missing
as Self
(2007) Brando
as Self
(1988) On the tracks of a filmmaker
as Dennis Hooper
(1989) Drawing the Line: A Portrait of Keith Haring
as Self
(1987) Blue Peanuts
as Snoopy
(1990) Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch
as Self
(1964) Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort of
as Tarzan (Double)
(2016) The Last Film Festival
as Nick Twain - Producer
He's Alive
as Peter Vollmer
(1978) Flesh Color
as Mel
(1997) Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
as Self
(1966) Light Years
as ---
(2016) Blue Velvet Revisited
as Self
(2020) Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth
as Self
(1999) The Source
as William S. Burroughs
(2008) Russian Suicide Chair
as Themself
(2008) Tim Leary: The Art of Dying
as Self
(1997) Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain
as Self
(1999) Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage
as Self
(2005) The Crow: Wicked Prayer
as El Niño
(2016) Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
as Self (archive footage)
(1957) Sayonara
as MP in Kelly's House / MP at Tokyo Airport (voice) (uncredited)
(2010) Beautiful Darling
as Self (archive footage)
(1999) The Venice Project
as Roland / Salvatore
(2002) When Hippies Ruled The World
as Self
(1998) Welcome to Hollywood
as Dennis Hopper
(2016) Along for the Ride
as Self (archive footage)
(1966) Screen Test #3
as ---
(2006) The Sixth Element: The Ross Clarke-Jones Story
as Narrator
(2009) 13 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests
as Himself
(1975) James Dean: The First American Teenager
as Self
(1977) The Sorceror's Apprentice
as A Spy
(1956) New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'
as Self
(2001) L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve
as Captain Elsworth
(1996) Return to 'Giant'
as Self
(2008) The Brothers Warner
as Self - Actor
(1972) Crush Proof
as Dennis Hopper
(1990) Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders
as Self
(2018) They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
as Self (archive footage)
(2004) Tell Them Who You Are
as Self
(1986) Some Kind of Genius
as Himself
(1999) Forever Hollywood
as Self
(2016) Taylor & Ultra: On the 60s, The Factory, and Being a Warhol Superstar
as Self (archive footage)
(2001) Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture
as Self
(1964) Screen Test [ST155]: Dennis Hopper
as Himself
(1965) Andy Warhol Screen Tests
as Self
(2008) Not Quite Hollywood
as Self
(1990) Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
as Self
(2014) Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
(2000) The Ten Commandments of Creativity
as Self
(1998) The A-Z of Separating People from their Money
as Self
(2009) B movie
as Himself
(2008) The Cool School
as Self
(1994) Marlon Brando: The Wild One
as Self
(2011) Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage
as Frank Booth
(1990) Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2006) The Real James Dean
as Self
(2011) Corman's World
as Various Roles (archive footage)
(1993) Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
as Self
(2008) Bananaz
as Narrator (voice)
(2020) Hopper/Welles
as Self
(2003) New Scenes from America
as Himself - Actor
(1985) A Hero of Our Time
as Casey
(1959) Disneyland '59
as Self
(2002) Flatland
as Smith
(2020) Wim Wenders, Desperado
as Self (archive footage)
(1987) Santabear's High Flying Adventure
as (voice)
(2004) Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'
as Self (archive footage)
(2006) Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film
as Self
(2002) 1 Giant Leap
as Self
(1986) Stark: Mirror Image
as Lieutenant Ron Bliss
(1997) Who Is Henry Jaglom?
as Self
(1997) U2: A Year in Pop
as Narrator (voice)
(2003) A Decade Under the Influence
as Self
(2002) The Groovenians
as Dad/King Normans
(2001) Jazz Seen
as Self
(2024) Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
as Self (archive footage)
The Good Life
as Mr. B
(1956) High Air
as Steve Redman
(1995) Born to Be Wild
as Himself
(1994) Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
(1955) Cheyenne
as ---
(2003) Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as ---
(1996) The Daily Show
as Self
(2005) E-Ring
as Eli McNulty
(1988) LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as ---
(2004) Entourage
as ---
(2003) Las Vegas
as ---
(2001) 24
as Victor Drazen
(1996) E! True Hollywood Story
as ---
(1958) Naked City
as Vinnie Winford
(1963) Petticoat Junction
as Alan Landman
(1960) Surfside 6
as ---
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Billy Kimbo
(1963) Arrest and Trial
as ---
(1948) Studio One
as David Williams
(1962) Combat!
as Zack Fielder
(1953) General Electric Theater
as Fred Judson
(1959) The Twilight Zone
as Peter Vollmer
(1963) The Greatest Show on Earth
as ---
(2008) Crash
as Ben Cendars
(1955) Highway Patrol
as ---
(1955) The Millionaire
as Adam Spencer
(1969) The Johnny Cash Show
as Self
(1965) The Big Valley
as Jimmy Sweetwater
(1955) Matinee Theater
as ---
(1954) Medic
as Robert
(1958) The Rifleman
as ---
(1963) The Dakotas
as ---
(1957) Sugarfoot
as Billy the Kid
(1967) The Guns of Will Sonnett
as ---
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Vernon 'Vern' Tippert
(1963) The Lieutenant
as Cpl. Peter Devlin
(2002) V Graham Norton
as Self
(1965) The Legend of Jesse James
as Jud Salt
(2004) 10 Things Every Guy Should Experience
as Self
(1961) The Defenders
as Alfred Carter Jr.
(1961) The Defenders
as Jason Thomas
(1953) Letter to Loretta
as Ross Morton
(1955) Kings Row
as ---
(1960) The Barbara Stanwyck Show
as Gerald Collins
(1955) Cheyenne
as Utah Kid
(1995) Die Harald Schmidt Show
as Self
(1975) Saturday Night Live
as Self - Host
(2007) The Graham Norton Show
as Self
(1991) Fishing with John
as Self
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Denny Sunrise
(2002) Firestarter: Rekindled
as James Richardson
(2000) Jason and the Argonauts
as Pelias
(1959) Bonanza
as Dev Farnum
(1955) Screen Director's Playhouse
as Steve Redman
(1948) Studio One
as Harry Wales
(2002) The Groovenians
as Dad / King Normans (voice)
(1997) Scene by Scene
as Self
(1961) 87th Precinct
as Andrew Mason
(2002) Flatland
as Smith
(1998) The Crow: Stairway to Heaven
as El Niño
(1980) Wild Times
as Doc Holliday
(1975) Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
(1997) King of the Hill
as Dennis Hopper (voice)
(1996) Samson and Delilah
as Generale Tariq
(1944) Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
(1958) The Rifleman
as Vernon Tippert
(1944) Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee/Presenter
(1987) Seitenblicke
as self
(1992) HBO First Look
as ---
(2007) Brando: The Documentary
as Self
(2020) Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
as Self
(1956) Conflict
as ---