Dennis Hopper
Acting
Born 1936-05-17
Died 2010-05-29
Dodge City, Kansas, USA
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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." 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.
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Acting
50 credits
The Daily Show
Saturday Night Live
King of the Hill
24
The Graham Norton Show
The Mike Douglas Show
Entourage
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
The Rifleman
Golden Globe Awards
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Bonanza
Wagon Train
Las Vegas
The Twilight Zone
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Cheyenne
Petticoat Junction
Apocalypse Now
Naked City
The Big Valley
Gunsmoke
Studio One
Combat!
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
The Defenders
V Graham Norton
Sugarfoot
Speed
True Romance
Waterworld
Blue Velvet
Biography
The Millionaire
Cool Hand Luke
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
True Grit
The Lieutenant
E-Ring
Hang 'em High
87th Precinct
Espionage
Giant
Land of the Dead
Jason and the Argonauts
Screen Director's Playhouse
The Legend of Jesse James
Rebel Without a Cause
The Investigators
Rumble Fish
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8 credits
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Matinee Theater
Highway Patrol
Surfside 6
The Guns of Will Sonnett
HBO First Look
Arrest and Trial
The Greatest Show on Earth
Directing
2 credits
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