Dennis Hopper

Known for ActingBorn 1936-05-17Died 2010-05-29Dodge City, Kansas, USA

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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaRead more

Movies & web series

Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen

10 Things Every Guy Should Experience

Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort of

Espionage

Swiss Family Robinson

Picture This

The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose

Flatland

The Pursuit of Happiness

U2: A Year in Pop

Willie Nelson: Down Home

Black Leather Jacket

Stark: Mirror Image

James Dean and Me

50 Films to See Before You Die

Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments

The Ten Commandments of Creativity

Forever Hollywood

Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film

E! True Hollywood Story

Apocalypse Now

The Twilight Zone

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

E-Ring

No Frank in Lumberton

Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film

Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture

Jazz Seen

A Decade Under the Influence

Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O

I Don't Know Jack

Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders

Wim Wenders, Desperado

Drawing the Line: A Portrait of Keith Haring

Arrest and Trial

Santabear's High Flying Adventure

Seitenblicke

Llyn Foulkes One Man Band

Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

24

A Tribute to Johnny Cash

Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth

Gorillaz: Demon Days Live at the Manchester Opera House

Andy Warhol Screen Tests

Fishing with John

Inside the Actors Studio

Conflict

Blue Velvet