
Dennis Hopper
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. …
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Filmography
Acting (319)
Movies (251)
This Is Buzz
2026 Upcomingas Himself
Jun 11
Films to Die For
2025as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lynch/Oz
2023as Self (archive footage)
to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour
2023as Frank Booth (archive footage)
Spirit of Golf
2023as Self (archive footage)
Hopper/Welles
2020as Self
Wim Wenders, Desperado
2020as Self (archive footage)
Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth
2020as Self
The Other Side of the Wind
2018as Dennis Hopper
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2018as Self (archive footage)
The Last Film Festival
2016as Nick Twain - Producer
Along for the Ride
2016as Self (archive footage)
Blue Velvet Revisited
2016as Self
Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
2016as Self (archive footage)
Taylor & Ultra: On the 60s, The Factory, and Being a Warhol Superstar
2016as Self (archive footage)
Fighting Against the Wind: Making 'the American Dreamer'
2015as Self
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
2014as Lt. Lefty Enright (archive footage) (uncredited)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Llyn Foulkes One Man Band
2013as Himself
Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter
2013as Himself
Scene Missing
2012as Self
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012as Self (archive footage)
Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage
2011as Frank Booth
Corman's World
2011as Various Roles (archive footage)
Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame
2011as Self (archive footage)
Alpha and Omega
2010as Tony (voice)
Stardust
2010as Self (uncredited)
Beautiful Darling
2010as Self (archive footage)
B movie
2009as Himself
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
2009as Self
13 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests
2009as Self
Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
2009as Self
The Brothers Warner
2008as Self - Actor
An American Carol
2008as Judge Clarence Henderson
Russian Suicide Chair
2008as Himself
Elegy
2008as George O'Hearn
Bananaz
2008as Self / Narrator (voice)
Palermo Shooting
2008as Frank
Sleepwalking
2008as Mr. Reedy
Hell Ride
2008as Eddie Zero
Not Quite Hollywood
2008as Self
Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth
2008as Self
Swing Vote
2008as Donald Greenleaf
The Cool School
2008as Self
Chelsea on the Rocks
2008as Self
Tim Leary: The Art of Dying
2008as Self
The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose
2007as Self
Brando
2007as Self
Brando: An Icon Is Born
2007as Himself
Gorillaz: Demon Days Live in Harlem at Apollo Theater
2006
Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film
2006as Self
The Real James Dean
2006as Self
Sketches of Frank Gehry
2006as Self
10th & Wolf
2006as Matty Matello
Memory
2006as Max Lichtenstein
Gorillaz: Demon Days Live at the Manchester Opera House
2006as Narrator (voice)
Hoboken Hollow
2006as Sheriff Greer
Wanderlust
2006as Himself
50 Films to See Before You Die
2006as Self
The Sixth Element: The Ross Clarke-Jones Story
2006as Narrator
Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi
2006as Narrator (voice)
The Art of Football from A to Z
2006as Self
Land of the Dead
2005as Kaufman
Inside Deep Throat
2005as Narrator (voice)
The Crow: Wicked Prayer
2005as El Niño
House of 9
2005as Father Duffy
Americano
2005as Riccardo
Champion
2005as Self
Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents
2005as Himself
On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish'
2005as Self (archive footage)
The Keeper
2004as Krebs
Tell Them Who You Are
2004as Self
The Last Ride
2004as Ronnie Purnell
Out of Season
2004as Harry Barlow
Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments
2004as Self
Unspeakable
2003as Warden
New Scenes from America
2003as Himself - Actor
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood
2003as Self
Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)
2003as Self
The Night We Called It a Day
2003as Frank Sinatra
A Decade Under the Influence
2003as Self
Leo
2002as Horace
The Piano Player
2002as Robert Nile
Mysteries of Love
2002as Self
I Don't Know Jack
2002as Self
1 Giant Leap
2002as Self
Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film
2002as Self (uncredited)
Flatland
2002as Smith
The Groovenians
2002as Dad/King Normans
When Hippies Ruled The World
2002as Self
Knockaround Guys
2001as Benny Chains
Emmanuelle: A Hard Look
2001as Himself
Ticker
2001as Alex Swan
Choke
2001as Henry Clark
Jazz Seen
2001as Self
L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve
2001as Captain Elsworth
Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture
2001as Self
Jesus' Son
2000as Bill
Welcome to Hollywood
2000as Dennis Hopper
Spreading Ground
2000as Det. Ed DeLongpre
Michael Angel
2000as Lewis Garou
Luck of the Draw
2000as Giani Ponti
The Prophet's Game
2000as Vincent Swan
Held for Ransom
2000as JD
The Ten Commandments of Creativity
2000as Self
EDtv
1999as Henry 'Hank' Pekurny
The Pursuit of Happiness
1999as Self
Straight Shooter
1999as Frank Hector
Tycus
1999as Peter Crowford
The Source
1999as William S. Burroughs
Forever Hollywood
1999as Self
Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage
1999as Self
Bad City Blues
1999as Cleveland Carter
The Venice Project
1999as Roland / Salvatore
A Tribute to Johnny Cash
1999as Self
Lured Innocence
1998as Rick Chambers
Meet the Deedles
1998as Frank Slater
The A-Z of Separating People from their Money
1998as Self
Who Is Henry Jaglom?
1997as Self
Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain
1997as Self
Top of the World
1997as Charles Atlas
Road Ends
1997as Sheriff Ben Gilchrist
The Blackout
1997as Mickey
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
1997as Self
Willie Nelson: Down Home
1997as Self
U2: A Year in Pop
1997as Narrator (voice)
Basquiat
1996as Bruno Bischofberger
Space Truckers
1996as John Canyon
Cannes Man
1996as Self
Rediscovering a Rebel
1996as Self / Goon (archive footage)
Carried Away
1996as Joseph Svenden
Samson and Delilah
1996as Generale Tariq
The Last Days of Frankie the Fly
1996as Frankie
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
1996as Self - Host
Return to 'Giant'
1996as Self
Waterworld
1995as Deacon
Born to Be Wild
1995as Himself
Search and Destroy
1995as Dr. Waxling
James Dean and Me
1995as Self (uncredited)
Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir
1995as Himself
Speed
1994as Howard Payne
Chasers
1994as Doggie
Witch Hunt
1994as H. Phillip Lovecraft
Marlon Brando: The Wild One
1994as Self
True Romance
1993as Clifford Worley
Super Mario Bros.
1993as King Koopa
Red Rock West
1993as Lyle from Dallas
Boiling Point
1993as Rudolph 'Red' Diamond
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
1993as Self
Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work
1993as Self
The Revenge of the Dead Indians
1993as Himself
The Heart of Justice
1992as Austin Blair
Nails
1992as Harry 'Nails' Niles
Sunset Heat
1992as Carl Madson
The Indian Runner
1991as Caesar
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
1991as Self
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: Alejandro Jodorowsky
1991as Self
SnowwhiteRosered
1991as Self
Paris Trout
1991as Paris Trout
Picture This
1991as Self
Doublecrossed
1991as Barry Seal
Eye of the Storm
1991as Marvin Gladstone
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
1991as Self (uncredited)
Catchfire
1990as Milo
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch
1990as Self
Chattahoochee
1990as Walker Benson
Flashback
1990as Huey Walker
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
1990as Self
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders
1990as Self
Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections
1990as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Blood Red
1989as William Bradford Berrigan
Black Leather Jacket
1989as Narrator
Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife
1989as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Drawing the Line: A Portrait of Keith Haring
1989as Self
No Frank in Lumberton
1988as Self
On the tracks of a filmmaker
1988as Dennis Hooper
The American Way
1987as Captain
Santabear's High Flying Adventure
1987as (voice)
Black Widow
1987as Ben Dumers
The Pick-up Artist
1987as Flash Jensen
Straight to Hell
1987as I.G. Farben
O.C. and Stiggs
1987as Sponson
Running Out of Luck
1987as Video Director
Blue Peanuts
1987as Snoopy (Voice)
Out of the Blue and Into the Black
1987as Self
Blue Velvet
1986as Frank Booth
River's Edge
1986as Feck
Some Kind of Genius
1986as Himself
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
1986as Lieutenant 'Lefty' Enright
Hoosiers
1986as Shooter
Stark: Mirror Image
1986as Lieutenant Ron Bliss
Stark
1985as Lieutenant Ron Bliss
My Science Project
1985as Bob Roberts
A Hero of Our Time
1985as Casey
The Inside Man
1984as Miller
Rumble Fish
1983as Father
The Osterman Weekend
1983as Richard Tremayne
White Star
1983as Kenneth Barlow
Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act
1983as Himself
Human Highway
1982as Cracker / Stranger
Out of the Blue
1981as Don
King of the Mountain
1981as Cal
Reborn
1981as Rev. Tom Hartley
Apocalypse Now
1979as Photojournalist
Last In, First Out
1978as Medford
Flesh Color
1978as Mel
The American Friend
1977as Tom Ripley
The Sorceror's Apprentice
1977as A Spy
To Shoot a Mad Dog
1976as Self
Tracks
1976as 1st Sgt. Jack Falen
Mad Dog Morgan
1976as Daniel Morgan
The Sky is Falling
1975as Chicken
James Dean: The First American Teenager
1975as Self
Kid Blue
1973as Bickford Waner
Crush Proof
1972as Dennis Hopper
Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here
1972as Self
The American Dreamer
1971as Himself
The Last Movie
1971as Kansas
True Grit
1969as "Moon"
Easy Rider
1969as Billy
Hang 'em High
1968as Prophet
Head
1968as Self (uncredited)
Panic in the City
1968as Goff
Cool Hand Luke
1967as Babalugats
The Trip
1967as Max
The Glory Stompers
1967as Chino
Queen of Blood
1966as Paul Grant
Light Years
1966
Screen Test #3
1966as Self (uncredited)
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
1965as Self
The Sons of Katie Elder
1965as Dave Hastings
Screen Test [ST155]: Dennis Hopper
1964as Himself
The Thirteen Most Beautiful Boys
1964
Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort of
1964as Tarzan (Double)
The Hold Out
1962as Fred Judson
Night Tide
1961as Johnny Drake
Key Witness
1960as William "Cowby" Tomkins
Disneyland '59
1959as Self
The Sunrise Gun
1959as Denny Sunrise
The Young Land
1959as Hatfield Carnes
From Hell to Texas
1958as Tom Boyd
Swiss Family Robinson
1958as Fritz
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957as Billy Clanton
Sayonara
1957as MP in Kelly's House / MP at Tokyo Airport (voice) (uncredited)
The James Dean Story
1957as Self
The Story of Mankind
1957as Napoleon Bonaparte
Giant
1956as Jordan "Jordy" Benedict III
New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'
1956as Self
High Air
1956as Steve Redman
Rebel Without a Cause
1955as Goon
I Died a Thousand Times
1955as Joe (uncredited)
Television (68)
Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
2020as Self
On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America
2011as self
Crash
2008as Ben Cendars
The Graham Norton Show
2007as Self
Brando: The Documentary
2007as Self
E-Ring
2005as Eli McNulty
Entourage
2004as Dennis Hopper
10 Things Every Guy Should Experience
2004as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003as Self
Las Vegas
2003as Jon Castille
V Graham Norton
2002as Self
Firestarter: Rekindled
2002as James Richardson
Flatland
2002as Smith
The Groovenians
2002as Dad / King Normans (voice)
24
2001as Victor Drazen
Jason and the Argonauts
2000as Pelias
The Crow: Stairway to Heaven
1998as El Niño
King of the Hill
1997as Dennis Hopper (voice)
Scene by Scene
1997as Self
The Daily Show
1996as Self
Samson and Delilah
1996as General Tariq
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995as Self
Inside the Actors Studio
1994as Self
HBO First Look
1992
Fishing with John
1991as Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Biography
1987as Self
Seitenblicke
1987as self
Wild Times
1980as Doc Holliday
Saturday Night Live
1975as Self - Host
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975as Self
The Johnny Cash Show
1969as Self
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
The Big Valley
1965as Jimmy Sweetwater
The Legend of Jesse James
1965as Jud Salt
Petticoat Junction
1963as Alan Landman
Arrest and Trial
1963
The Dakotas
1963The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
The Lieutenant
1963as Cpl. Peter Devlin
Combat!
1962as Zack Fielder
The Mike Douglas Show
1961as Self
The Defenders
1961as Alfred Carter Jr.
87th Precinct
1961as Andrew Mason
The Investigators
1961as Adrian
Surfside 6
1960
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960as Gerald Collins
Bonanza
1959as Dev Farnum
The Twilight Zone
1959as Peter Vollmer
The Rifleman
1958as Vernon Tippert
Naked City
1958as Vinnie Winford
Wagon Train
1957as Emmett Lawton
Sugarfoot
1957as Billy the Kid
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956as Vernon 'Vern' Tippert
Conflict
1956
Cheyenne
1955as Utah Kid
Matinee Theater
1955
The Millionaire
1955as Adam Spencer
Gunsmoke
1955as Billy Kimbo
Highway Patrol
1955
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955as Steve Redman
Kings Row
1955
Medic
1954as Robert
General Electric Theater
1953as Fred Judson
Letter to Loretta
1953as Ross Morton
Studio One
1948as David Williams
Golden Globe Awards
1944as Self - Nominee / Presenter
Crew (19)
Movies (19)
Russian Suicide Chair
2008Director
Pashmy Dream
2008Director
Pashmy Dream
2008Writer
Homeless
2000Director
Chasers
1994Director
The Hot Spot
1990Director
Catchfire
1990Director
Colors
1988Director
Out of the Blue
1981Director
Out of the Blue
1981Writer
The American Dreamer
1971Writer
The Last Movie
1971Director
The Last Movie
1971Editor
The Last Movie
1971Story
Easy Rider
1969Director
Easy Rider
1969Writer
The Trip
1967Second Unit Director
The Glory Stompers
1967Co-Director
Mary Jennifer at the Beach
1964Director
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