Dennis Hopper's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Crash Ben Cendars E-Ring Col. Eli Mc…

Main Movie Roles 2010 - Alpha and Omega 2008 - Swing Vote 2008 - An American Carol 2008 - Sleepwalking 2008 - Hell Ride 2006 - Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film 2005 - The Crow: Wicked Prayer 2005 - Champion 2005 - Hoboken Hollow 2005 - Sketches of Frank Gehry 2005 - House Of 9 2005 - Inside Deep Throat 2005 - Land of the Dead 2004 - Out of Season 2004 - Tell Them Who You Are 2003 - A Decade Under the Influence 2003 - The Piano Player 2002 - Leo 2001 - Ticker 2001 - Choke 1999 - Me and Will 1999 - EDtv 1999 - Straight Shooter 1998 - Meet the Deedles 1998 - Top of the World 1997 - The Blackout 1996 - Carried Away 1996 - The Last Days of Frankie the Fly 1996 - Basquiat 1996 - Cannes Man 1995 - Waterworld 1994 - Speed 1994 - Chasers 1993 - Super Mario Bros. 1993 - Red Rock West 1993 - True Romance 1991 - The Indian Runner 1991 - Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse 1990 - Catchfire 1987 - The Pick-Up Artist 1987 - Black Widow 1987 - Straight to Hell 1986 - Blue Velvet 1986 - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 1986 - Hoosiers 1986 - River's Edge 1985 - O.C. and Stiggs 1985 - My Science Project 1983 - The Osterman Weekend 1983 - Rumble Fish 1979 - Apocalypse Now 1969 - True Grit 1969 - Easy Rider 1968 - Hang 'em High 1968 - Head 1967 - Cool Hand Luke 1966 - Queen of Blood 1965 - The Sons of Katie Elder 1959 - The Young Land 1957 - The Story of Mankind 1957 - The James Dean Story 1957 - Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 1956 - Giant 1955 - Rebel Without a Cause 1955 - I Died a Thousand Times

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 became the cinematic symbol of the 1960s, a celluloid anthem to freedom, macho bravado and anti-establishment rebellion."[1] Film critic Matthew Hays notes that "no other persona better signifies the lost idealism of the 1960s than that of Dennis Hopper."

He was unable to build on his success for several years, until a featured role in Apocalypse Now (1979) brought him attention. He subsequently appeared in Rumble Fish (1983) and The Osterman Weekend (1983), and received critical recognition for his work in Blue Velvet and Hoosiers, with the latter film garnering him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He directed Colors (1988) and played the villain in Speed (1994). Hopper's later work included a leading role in the television series Crash. Hopper's last performance was filmed just before his death: The Last Film Festival, slated for a 2011 release.

Hopper was also a prolific and acclaimed photographer, a profession he began in the 1960s.


TRIVIA:

• His acting career has taken him all over the world, and to date he has filmed movies in over 22 countries. (May 2007).
• In 1999, he, his young son, Henry, and two buddies were in Jamaica, heading to a golf course to play a few holes. As they drove through a small village, a speeding truck barreled head-on into their car. Hopper's friends were badly injured in the crash -- broken legs, head traumas -- but Hopper climbed out of the passenger seat without a scratch. He pulled Henry, then 10 years old, from the backseat, covered in splattered blood, also eerily unhurt. "At that point, I really thought, maybe there is a force looking out for me, because I can't figure out how we survived," Hopper said.
• Belongs to the Top 100 collectors of modern art.
• In _The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)_ (qv), he says "Boys, boys, boys." when he first meets Leatherface and the Sawyer family. Hopper says the exact same thing when he first meets the heroes in _Super Mario Bros. (1993)_ (qv).
• He thinks that the worst movie that he has ever done was _The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)_ (qv).
• Is portrayed by 'Jarrod Dean' (qv) in _The Mystery of Natalie Wood (2004) (TV)_ (qv).
• 1 September 2000 - A Canadian judge dismissed marijuana charges against Hopper stemming from an October 1999 arrest in Calgary.
• Father of 'Ruthanna Hopper' (qv) with 'Daria Halprin' (qv).