Dennis Hopper
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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. ...
Known For
Filmography
This Is Buzz
2026
as Self (archive footage)
Films to Die For
2025
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Spirit of Golf
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Mickey Rourke: Just Like a Man
2022
Morceaux de Cannes
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth
2020
as Self
Hopper/Welles
2020
as Self
Wim Wenders, Desperado
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
2020
as Self
The Other Side of the Wind
2018
as Dennis Hopper
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018
as Self (archive footage)
The Last Film Festival
2016
as Nick Twain - Producer
Blue Velvet Revisited
2016
as Self
Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
2016
as Self (archive footage)
Along for the Ride
2016
as Self (archive footage)
Taylor & Ultra: On the 60s, The Factory, and Being a Warhol Superstar
2016
as Self (archive footage)
Fighting Against the Wind: Making 'the American Dreamer'
2015
as Self
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014
as Lt. Lefty Enright (archive footage) (uncredited)
Llyn Foulkes One Man Band
2013
as Himself
Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter
2013
as Himself
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012
as Self (archive footage)
Scene Missing
2012
as Self
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage
2011
as Frank Booth
Corman's World
2011
as Various Roles (archive footage)
Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame
2011
as Self (archive footage)
On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America
2011
as Self
Alpha and Omega
2010
as Tony (voice)
Stardust
2010
as Self (uncredited)
Beautiful Darling
2010
as Self (archive footage)
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
2009
as Self
Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
2009
as Self
13 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests
2009
as Self
B movie
2009
as Himself
Swing Vote
2008
as Donald Greenleaf
Elegy
2008
as George O'Hearn
Palermo Shooting
2008
as Frank
Hell Ride
2008
as Eddie Zero
Sleepwalking
2008
as Mr. Reedy
Chelsea on the Rocks
2008
as Self
An American Carol
2008
as Judge Clarence Henderson
Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth
2008
as Self
Russian Suicide Chair
2008
as Himself
Tim Leary: The Art of Dying
2008
as Self
The Brothers Warner
2008
as Self
Not Quite Hollywood
2008
as Self
The Cool School
2008
as Self
Bananaz
2008
as Self / Narrator (voice)
Crash
2008
as Ben Cendars
Brando: An Icon Is Born
2007
as Himself
The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose
2007
as Self
Brando
2007
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Brando: The Documentary
2007
as Self
10th & Wolf
2006
as Matty Matello
Memory
2006
as Max Lichtenstein
50 Films to See Before You Die
2006
as Self
Hoboken Hollow
2006
as Sheriff Greer
Gorillaz: Demon Days Live at the Manchester Opera House
2006
as Narrator (voice)
The Art of Football from A to Z
2006
as Self
Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi
2006
as Narrator (voice)
Wanderlust
2006
as Himself
Sketches of Frank Gehry
2006
as Self
The Sixth Element: The Ross Clarke-Jones Story
2006
as Narrator
The Real James Dean
2006
as Self
Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film
2006
as Self
Gorillaz: Demon Days Live in Harlem at Apollo Theater
2006
as Self
Land of the Dead
2005
as Kaufman
Champion
2005
as Self
Inside Deep Throat
2005
as Narrator (voice)
Americano
2005
as Riccardo
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
2005
as Self
House of 9
2005
as Father Duffy
The Crow: Wicked Prayer
2005
as El Niño
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
2005
as Self (archive footage)
E-Ring
2005
as Eli McNulty
Out of Season
2004
as Harry Barlow
The Keeper
2004
as Krebs
The Last Ride
2004
as Ronnie Purnell
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
2004
as Self
Tell Them Who You Are
2004
as Self
Entourage
2004
as Dennis Hopper
10 Things Every Guy Should Experience
2004
as Self
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003
as Self
Unspeakable
2003
as Warden
The Night We Called It a Day
2003
as Frank Sinatra
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
2003
as Self
New Scenes from America
2003
as Himself - Actor
A Decade Under the Influence
2003
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
Las Vegas
2003
as Jon Castille
The Piano Player
2002
as Robert Nile
Leo
2002
as Horace
I Don't Know Jack
2002
as Self
Mysteries of Love
2002
as Self
When Hippies Ruled The World
2002
as Self
Flatland
2002
as Smith
1 Giant Leap
2002
as Self
The Groovenians
2002
as Dad/King Normans
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
2002
as Self (uncredited)
V Graham Norton
2002
as Self
Firestarter: Rekindled
2002
as James Richardson
The Groovenians
2002
as Dad / King Normans (voice)
Flatland
2002
as Smith
Ticker
2001
as Alex Swan
Knockaround Guys
2001
as Benny Chains
Choke
2001
as Henry Clark
Emmanuelle: A Hard Look
2001
as Himself
L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve
2001
as Captain Elsworth
Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture
2001
as Self
Jazz Seen
2001
as Self
24
2001
as Victor Drazen
Spreading Ground
2000
as Det. Ed DeLongpre
Jesus' Son
2000
as Bill
The Prophet's Game
2000
as Vincent Swan
Luck of the Draw
2000
as Giani Ponti
Held for Ransom
2000
as JD
Michael Angel
2000
as Lewis Garou
Welcome to Hollywood
2000
as Dennis Hopper
The Ten Commandments of Creativity
2000
as Self
Jason and the Argonauts
2000
as Pelias
Tycus
1999
as Peter Crowford
Straight Shooter
1999
as Frank Hector
EDtv
1999
as Henry 'Hank' Pekurny
The Pursuit of Happiness
1999
as Self
A Tribute to Johnny Cash
1999
as Self
Bad City Blues
1999
as Cleveland Carter
The Source
1999
as William S. Burroughs
Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage
1999
as Self
The Venice Project
1999
as Roland / Salvatore
Forever Hollywood
1999
as Self
Meet the Deedles
1998
as Frank Slater
Lured Innocence
1998
as Rick Chambers
The A-Z of Separating People from their Money
1998
as Self
The Blackout
1997
as Mickey
Top of the World
1997
as Charles Atlas
Road Ends
1997
as Sheriff Ben Gilchrist
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
1997
as Self
Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain
1997
as Self
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
1997
as Self
U2: A Year in Pop
1997
as Narrator (voice)
Willie Nelson: Down Home
1997
as Self
Scene by Scene
1997
as Self
King of the Hill
1997
as Dennis Hopper (voice)
Basquiat
1996
as Bruno Bischofberger
Space Truckers
1996
as John Canyon
The Last Days of Frankie the Fly
1996
as Frankie
Carried Away
1996
as Joseph Svenden
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
1996
as Self - Host
Rediscovering a Rebel
1996
as Self / Goon (archive footage)
Cannes Man
1996
as Self
Return to 'Giant'
1996
as Self
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Samson and Delilah
1996
as General Tariq
Waterworld
1995
as Deacon
Search and Destroy
1995
as Dr. Waxling
Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir
1995
as Himself
James Dean and Me
1995
as Self (uncredited)
Born to Be Wild
1995
as Himself
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995
as Self
Speed
1994
as Howard Payne
Chasers
1994
as Doggie
Witch Hunt
1994
as H. Phillip Lovecraft
Marlon Brando: The Wild One
1994
as Self
The Making of 'Speed'
1994
as Self / Host
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
True Romance
1993
as Clifford Worley
Red Rock West
1993
as Lyle from Dallas
Boiling Point
1993
as Rudolph 'Red' Diamond
Super Mario Bros.
1993
as King Koopa
Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work
1993
as Self
The Revenge of the Dead Indians
1993
as Himself
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
1993
as Self
The Heart of Justice
1992
as Austin Blair
Sunset Heat
1992
as Carl Madson
Nails
1992
as Harry 'Nails' Niles
HBO First Look
1992
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
1991
as Self
The Indian Runner
1991
as Caesar
Picture This
1991
as Self
Paris Trout
1991
as Paris Trout
Doublecrossed
1991
as Barry Seal
Eye of the Storm
1991
as Marvin Gladstone
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
1991
as Self (uncredited)
SnowwhiteRosered
1991
as Self
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: Alejandro Jodorowsky
1991
as Self
Fishing with John
1991
as Self
Catchfire
1990
as Milo
Flashback
1990
as Huey Walker
Chattahoochee
1990
as Walker Benson
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch
1990
as Self
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders
1990
as Self
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
1990
as Self
Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships and Intersections
1990
as Self (uncredited)
Blood Red
1989
as William Bradford Berrigan
Black Leather Jacket
1989
as Narrator
Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife
1989
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Drawing the Line: A Portrait of Keith Haring
1989
as Self
No Frank in Lumberton
1988
as Self
On the tracks of a filmmaker
1988
as Dennis Hooper
Art, Acting, & the Suicide Chair: A Conversation with Dennis Hopper
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self
O.C. and Stiggs
1987
as Sponson
Straight to Hell
1987
as I.G. Farben
The Pick-up Artist
1987
as Flash Jensen
Black Widow
1987
as Ben
Running Out of Luck
1987
as Video Director
The American Way
1987
as Captain
Out of the Blue and Into the Black
1987
as Self
Santabear's High Flying Adventure
1987
as (voice)
Seitenblicke
1987
as self
Biography
1987
as Self
Blue Velvet
1986
as Frank Booth
River's Edge
1986
as Feck
Hoosiers
1986
as Wilbur "Shooter" Flatch
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2
1986
as Lieutenant 'Lefty' Enright
Some Kind of Genius
1986
as Himself
Stark: Mirror Image
1986
as Lieutenant Ron Bliss
My Science Project
1985
as Bob Roberts
Stark
1985
as Lieutenant Ron Bliss
A Hero of Our Time
1985
as Casey
The Inside Man
1984
as Miller
Rumble Fish
1983
as Father
The Osterman Weekend
1983
as Richard Tremayne
White Star
1983
as Kenneth Barlow
Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act
1983
as Himself
Human Highway
1982
as Cracker / Stranger
Out of the Blue
1981
as Don
King of the Mountain
1981
as Cal
Reborn
1981
as Rev. Tom Hartley
Wild Times
1980
as Doc Holliday
Apocalypse Now
1979
as Photojournalist
Last In, First Out
1978
as Medford
Flesh Color
1978
as Mel
The American Friend
1977
as Tom Ripley
The Sorceror's Apprentice
1977
as A Spy
Mad Dog Morgan
1976
as Daniel Morgan
Tracks
1976
as 1st Sgt. Jack Falen
To Shoot a Mad Dog
1976
as Self
The Sky is Falling
1975
as Chicken
James Dean: The First American Teenager
1975
as Self
Saturday Night Live
1975
as Self - Host
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
Kid Blue
1973
as Bickford Waner
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
1972
as Self
Crush Proof
1972
as Dennis Hopper
The Last Movie
1971
as Kansas
The American Dreamer
1971
as Himself
Easy Rider
1969
as Billy
True Grit
1969
as "Moon"
The Johnny Cash Show
1969
as Self
Hang 'em High
1968
as Prophet
Head
1968
as Self (uncredited)
Panic in the City
1968
as Goff
Cool Hand Luke
1967
as Babalugats
The Trip
1967
as Max
The Glory Stompers
1967
as Chino
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
as Vern Reed
Queen of Blood
1966
as Paul Grant
Light Years
1966
Screen Test #3
1966
as Self (uncredited)
The Sons of Katie Elder
1965
as Dave Hastings
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
1965
as Self
The Big Valley
1965
as Jimmy Sweetwater
The Legend of Jesse James
1965
as Jud Salt
Convoy
1965
as Roger Small
The Thirteen Most Beautiful Boys
1964
Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort of
1964
as Tarzan (Double)
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Screen Test [ST155]: Dennis Hopper
1964
as Himself
Petticoat Junction
1963
as Alan Landman
Arrest and Trial
1963
as Coley Mitchum
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
as Rhymer
The Dakotas
1963
The Lieutenant
1963
as Cpl. Peter Devlin
Espionage
1963
as Ferno
The Hold-Out
1962
as Fred Judson
Combat!
1962
as Zack Fielder
Night Tide
1961
as Johnny Drake
The Defenders
1961
as Alfred Carter Jr.
The Defenders
1961
as Jason Thomas
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
87th Precinct
1961
as Andrew Mason
The Investigators
1961
as Adrian
Key Witness
1960
as William "Cowby" Tomkins
Surfside 6
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
as Gerald Collins
The Young Land
1959
as Hatfield Carnes
Disneyland '59
1959
as Self
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Peter Vollmer
Bonanza
1959
as Dev Farnum
Swiss Family Robinson
1958
as Fritz
From Hell to Texas
1958
as Tom Boyd
Naked City
1958
as Vinnie Winford
The Rifleman
1958
as Vernon Tippert
The Rifleman
1958
as Johnny Clover
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957
as Billy Clanton
The Story of Mankind
1957
as Napoleon Bonaparte
The James Dean Story
1957
as Self
Sayonara
1957
as MP in Kelly's House / MP at Tokyo Airport (voice) (uncredited)
Sugarfoot
1957
as Billy the Kid
Wagon Train
1957
as Emmett Lawton
Giant
1956
as Jordy Benedict
New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'
1956
as Self
High Air
1956
as Steve Redman
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Vern Tippert
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Denny Sunrise
Conflict
1956
Conflict
1956
as Ed Novak
Rebel Without a Cause
1955
as Goon
I Died a Thousand Times
1955
as Joe (uncredited)
Gunsmoke
1955
as Billy Kimbo
Highway Patrol
1955
The Millionaire
1955
as Adam Spencer
Matinee Theater
1955
Kings Row
1955
Cheyenne
1955
as Utah Kid
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
as Steve Redman
Cheyenne
1955
as Abe Larson
Medic
1954
as Robert
Public Defender
1954
as Frank Terry
General Electric Theater
1953
as Fred Judson
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Ross Morton
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Steven, at 18
Studio One
1948
as David Williams
Studio One
1948
as Harry Wales
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee / Presenter