Dennis Hopper

ActorDirectorWriterEditorDirecting May 17 (died age 74) Dodge City, Kansas, USA 1944–2026 (82 year career)

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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

Film

Apocalypse Now

Photojournalist

Film

Speed

Howard Payne

Film

Blue Velvet

Frank Booth

Film

True Romance

Clifford Worley

Film

Cool Hand Luke

Babalugats

Film

Rebel Without a Cause

Goon

Film

Easy Rider

Billy

Film

Waterworld

Deacon

Filmography

Acting (319)

Movies (251)

This Is Buzz

2026 Upcoming

as Himself

Jun 11

Films to Die For

2025

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Lynch/Oz

2023

as Self (archive footage)

6.9

to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour

2023

as Frank Booth (archive footage)

Spirit of Golf

2023

as Self (archive footage)

Hopper/Welles

2020

as Self

5.9

Wim Wenders, Desperado

2020

as Self (archive footage)

7.7

Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth

2020

as Self

7.5

The Other Side of the Wind

2018

as Dennis Hopper

6.7

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

2018

as Self (archive footage)

7.1

The Last Film Festival

2016

as Nick Twain - Producer

3.2

Along for the Ride

2016

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

Blue Velvet Revisited

2016

as Self

6.9

Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider

2016

as Self (archive footage)

5.8

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

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films

2014

as Lt. Lefty Enright (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.2

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

2014

as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

6.5

Llyn Foulkes One Man Band

2013

as Himself

7.7

Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter

as Himself

Scene Missing

as Self

Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’

2012

as Self (archive footage)

5.0

Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage

2011

as Frank Booth

6.9

Corman's World

2011

as Various Roles (archive footage)

7.1

Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame

2011

as Self (archive footage)

Alpha and Omega

as Tony (voice)

Stardust

as Self (uncredited)

Beautiful Darling

as Self (archive footage)

5.7

B movie

2009

as Himself

6.8

No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos

2009

as Self

5.9

13 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests

2009

as Self

Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder

as Self

The Brothers Warner

as Self - Actor

An American Carol

as Judge Clarence Henderson

4.2

Russian Suicide Chair

2008

as Himself

Elegy

2008

as George O'Hearn

6.3

Bananaz

2008

as Self / Narrator (voice)

Palermo Shooting

as Frank

Sleepwalking

as Mr. Reedy

Hell Ride

as Eddie Zero

Not Quite Hollywood

as Self

Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth

2008

as Self

Swing Vote

as Donald Greenleaf

The Cool School

as Self

Chelsea on the Rocks

as Self

Tim Leary: The Art of Dying

2008

as Self

The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose

2007

as Self

Brando

2007

as Self

6.8

Brando: An Icon Is Born

2007

as Himself

7.0

Gorillaz: Demon Days Live in Harlem at Apollo Theater

2006

7.0

Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film

2006

as Self

8.2

The Real James Dean

2006

as Self

Sketches of Frank Gehry

as Self

10th & Wolf

as Matty Matello

Memory

as Max Lichtenstein

Gorillaz: Demon Days Live at the Manchester Opera House

as Narrator (voice)

Hoboken Hollow

as Sheriff Greer

Wanderlust

as Himself

50 Films to See Before You Die

2006

as Self

8.5

The Sixth Element: The Ross Clarke-Jones Story

2006

as Narrator

Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi

2006

as Narrator (voice)

5.4

The Art of Football from A to Z

as Self

Land of the Dead

as Kaufman

Inside Deep Throat

as Narrator (voice)

The Crow: Wicked Prayer

as El Niño

House of 9

as Father Duffy

Americano

as Riccardo

Champion

as Self

Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents

2005

as Himself

On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'

2005

as Self (archive footage)

The Keeper

2004

as Krebs

4.4

Tell Them Who You Are

as Self

The Last Ride

as Ronnie Purnell

Out of Season

as Harry Barlow

Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments

as Self

Unspeakable

as Warden

New Scenes from America

2003

as Himself - Actor

6.0

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

2003

as Self

7.1

Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)

2003

as Self

5.0

The Night We Called It a Day

2003

as Frank Sinatra

4.8

A Decade Under the Influence

as Self

Leo

as Horace

The Piano Player

as Robert Nile

Mysteries of Love

as Self

I Don't Know Jack

as Self

1 Giant Leap

as Self

Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film

2002

as Self (uncredited)

Flatland

2002

as Smith

The Groovenians

2002

as Dad/King Normans

3.0

When Hippies Ruled The World

as Self

Knockaround Guys

as Benny Chains

Emmanuelle: A Hard Look

as Himself

Ticker

as Alex Swan

Choke

as Henry Clark

Jazz Seen

as Self

L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve

2001

as Captain Elsworth

5.6

Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture

2001

as Self

Jesus' Son

as Bill

Welcome to Hollywood

as Dennis Hopper

Spreading Ground

as Det. Ed DeLongpre

Michael Angel

as Lewis Garou

Luck of the Draw

as Giani Ponti

The Prophet's Game

as Vincent Swan

Held for Ransom

as JD

The Ten Commandments of Creativity

2000

as Self

8.0

EDtv

1999

as Henry 'Hank' Pekurny

6.0

The Pursuit of Happiness

1999

as Self

Straight Shooter

as Frank Hector

Tycus

as Peter Crowford

The Source

as William S. Burroughs

5.2

Forever Hollywood

1999

as Self

8.0

Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage

as Self

Bad City Blues

as Cleveland Carter

The Venice Project

as Roland / Salvatore

5.0

A Tribute to Johnny Cash

as Self

Lured Innocence

as Rick Chambers

Meet the Deedles

as Frank Slater

The A-Z of Separating People from their Money

1998

as Self

Who Is Henry Jaglom?

1997

as Self

6.6

Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain

as Self

Top of the World

as Charles Atlas

Road Ends

as Sheriff Ben Gilchrist

4.1

The Blackout

1997

as Mickey

5.8

Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life

1997

as Self

7.3

Willie Nelson: Down Home

1997

as Self

U2: A Year in Pop

1997

as Narrator (voice)

Basquiat

1996

as Bruno Bischofberger

Space Truckers

as John Canyon

Cannes Man

as Self

Rediscovering a Rebel

1996

as Self / Goon (archive footage)

Carried Away

1996

as Joseph Svenden

5.4

Samson and Delilah

1996

as Generale Tariq

The Last Days of Frankie the Fly

1996

as Frankie

5.9

The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money

as Self - Host

Return to 'Giant'

as Self

Waterworld

as Deacon

Born to Be Wild

as Himself

Search and Destroy

as Dr. Waxling

James Dean and Me

as Self (uncredited)

Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir

1995

as Himself

Speed

as Howard Payne

Chasers

as Doggie

Witch Hunt

as H. Phillip Lovecraft

5.2

Marlon Brando: The Wild One

as Self

True Romance

as Clifford Worley

Super Mario Bros.

as King Koopa

Red Rock West

as Lyle from Dallas

Boiling Point

as Rudolph 'Red' Diamond

4.9

Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O

1993

as Self

Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work

1993

as Self

The Revenge of the Dead Indians

1993

as Himself

The Heart of Justice

1992

as Austin Blair

5.5

Nails

1992

as Harry 'Nails' Niles

Sunset Heat

as Carl Madson

The Indian Runner

as Caesar

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

1991

as Self

7.9

Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: Alejandro Jodorowsky

1991

as Self

SnowwhiteRosered

as Self

Paris Trout

as Paris Trout

Picture This

as Self

Doublecrossed

as Barry Seal

Eye of the Storm

as Marvin Gladstone

Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper

1991

as Self (uncredited)

Catchfire

1990

as Milo

5.3

Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch

as Self

Chattahoochee

as Walker Benson

Flashback

as Huey Walker

Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

1990

as Self

7.3

Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders

1990

as Self

Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections

1990

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.5

Blood Red

1989

as William Bradford Berrigan

4.6

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

7.0

No Frank in Lumberton

1988

as Self

7.8

On the tracks of a filmmaker

1988

as Dennis Hooper

The American Way

1987

as Captain

5.8

Santabear's High Flying Adventure

as (voice)

Black Widow

as Ben Dumers

The Pick-up Artist

as Flash Jensen

Straight to Hell

as I.G. Farben

O.C. and Stiggs

as Sponson

Running Out of Luck

as Video Director

Blue Peanuts

as Snoopy (Voice)

Out of the Blue and Into the Black

1987

as Self

Blue Velvet

as Frank Booth

River's Edge

as Feck

Some Kind of Genius

as Himself

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

1986

as Lieutenant 'Lefty' Enright

Hoosiers

as Shooter

Stark: Mirror Image

as Lieutenant Ron Bliss

Stark

1985

as Lieutenant Ron Bliss

My Science Project

as Bob Roberts

A Hero of Our Time

as Casey

The Inside Man

as Miller

Rumble Fish

as Father

The Osterman Weekend

as Richard Tremayne

White Star

as Kenneth Barlow

Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act

1983

as Himself

Human Highway

1982

as Cracker / Stranger

Out of the Blue

as Don

King of the Mountain

as Cal

Reborn

as Rev. Tom Hartley

Apocalypse Now

as Photojournalist

Last In, First Out

as Medford

Flesh Color

as Mel

The American Friend

as Tom Ripley

The Sorceror's Apprentice

1977

as A Spy

6.0

To Shoot a Mad Dog

1976

as Self

Tracks

1976

as 1st Sgt. Jack Falen

Mad Dog Morgan

as Daniel Morgan

The Sky is Falling

as Chicken

James Dean: The First American Teenager

as Self

Kid Blue

as Bickford Waner

Crush Proof

as Dennis Hopper

Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here

as Self

The American Dreamer

as Himself

The Last Movie

as Kansas

True Grit

as "Moon"

Easy Rider

as Billy

Hang 'em High

as Prophet

Head

as Self (uncredited)

Panic in the City

as Goff

Cool Hand Luke

as Babalugats

The Trip

as Max

The Glory Stompers

as Chino

Queen of Blood

as Paul Grant

Light Years

Screen Test #3

as Self (uncredited)

Andy Warhol Screen Tests

1965

as Self

8.0

The Sons of Katie Elder

1965

as Dave Hastings

7.0

Screen Test [ST155]: Dennis Hopper

1964

as Himself

5.1

The Thirteen Most Beautiful Boys

1964

Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort of

1964

as Tarzan (Double)

The Hold Out

1962

as Fred Judson

Night Tide

1961

as Johnny Drake

6.4

Key Witness

1960

as William "Cowby" Tomkins

Disneyland '59

as Self

The Sunrise Gun

as Denny Sunrise

The Young Land

as Hatfield Carnes

From Hell to Texas

as Tom Boyd

Swiss Family Robinson

1958

as Fritz

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

1957

as Billy Clanton

7.0

Sayonara

1957

as MP in Kelly's House / MP at Tokyo Airport (voice) (uncredited)

The James Dean Story

as Self

The Story of Mankind

as Napoleon Bonaparte

4.3

Giant

1956

as Jordan "Jordy" Benedict III

7.6

New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'

1956

as Self

6.0

High Air

1956

as Steve Redman

Rebel Without a Cause

1955

as Goon

7.5

I Died a Thousand Times

1955

as Joe (uncredited)

6.1

Television (68)

Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen

2020

as Self

10.0

On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America

2011

as self

Crash

2008

as Ben Cendars

5.0

The Graham Norton Show

2007

as Self

7.2

Brando: The Documentary

as Self

E-Ring

as Eli McNulty

Entourage

as Dennis Hopper

10 Things Every Guy Should Experience

as Self

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self

Las Vegas

as Jon Castille

V Graham Norton

as Self

Firestarter: Rekindled

2002

as James Richardson

5.1

Flatland

2002

as Smith

The Groovenians

2002

as Dad / King Normans (voice)

2001

as Victor Drazen

7.8

Jason and the Argonauts

2000

as Pelias

6.3

The Crow: Stairway to Heaven

1998

as El Niño

6.5

King of the Hill

1997

as Dennis Hopper (voice)

Scene by Scene

as Self

The Daily Show

as Self

Samson and Delilah

as General Tariq

E! True Hollywood Story

1996

8.1

Die Harald Schmidt Show

1995

as Self

7.1

Inside the Actors Studio

as Self

HBO First Look

Fishing with John

as Self

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

Biography

as Self

Seitenblicke

as self

Wild Times

as Doc Holliday

Saturday Night Live

as Self - Host

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

as Self

The Johnny Cash Show

as Self

The Guns of Will Sonnett

The Big Valley

as Jimmy Sweetwater

The Legend of Jesse James

as Jud Salt

Petticoat Junction

as Alan Landman

Arrest and Trial

The Dakotas

The Greatest Show on Earth

The Lieutenant

as Cpl. Peter Devlin

Combat!

as Zack Fielder

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

The Defenders

as Alfred Carter Jr.

87th Precinct

as Andrew Mason

The Investigators

as Adrian

Surfside 6

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

as Gerald Collins

Bonanza

as Dev Farnum

The Twilight Zone

as Peter Vollmer

The Rifleman

as Vernon Tippert

Naked City

as Vinnie Winford

Wagon Train

as Emmett Lawton

Sugarfoot

as Billy the Kid

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956

as Vernon 'Vern' Tippert

Conflict

Cheyenne

as Utah Kid

Matinee Theater

The Millionaire

as Adam Spencer

Gunsmoke

as Billy Kimbo

Highway Patrol

Screen Director's Playhouse

as Steve Redman

Kings Row

Medic

as Robert

General Electric Theater

as Fred Judson

Letter to Loretta

as Ross Morton

Studio One

as David Williams

Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee / Presenter

7.2

Crew (19)

Movies (19)

Russian Suicide Chair

2008

Director

Pashmy Dream

Director

Pashmy Dream

Writer

Homeless

Director

Chasers

Director

The Hot Spot

Director

Catchfire

Director

Colors

Director

Out of the Blue

Director

Out of the Blue

Writer

The American Dreamer

Writer

The Last Movie

Director

The Last Movie

Editor

The Last Movie

Story

Easy Rider

Director

Easy Rider

Writer

The Trip

Second Unit Director

The Glory Stompers

Co-Director

Mary Jennifer at the Beach

1964

Director