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Dennis Hopper

Born May 17, 1936
Dodge City, Kansas, USA
Died May 29, 2010, aged 74

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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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi (2006)

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The Greatest Show on Earth (1963)

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Art, Acting, & the Suicide Chair: A Conversation with Dennis Hopper (1988)

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Swiss Family Robinson (1958)

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Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort of (1964)

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Kings Row (1955)

Light Years (1966)

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Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife (1989)

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The Sixth Element: The Ross Clarke-Jones Story (2006)

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Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)

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Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)

Lt. Lefty Enright (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Various Roles (archive footage)

Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003)

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Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)

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Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships and Intersections (1990)

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No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos (2009)

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The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money (1996)

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New Scenes from America (2003)

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Screen Test [ST155]: Dennis Hopper (1964)

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Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain (1997)

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Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter (2013)

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Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol (1990)

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Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life (1997)

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Self (uncredited)

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Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments (2004)

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Drawing the Line: A Portrait of Keith Haring (1989)

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Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder (2009)

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Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth (2020)

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The Ten Commandments of Creativity (2000)

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10 Things Every Guy Should Experience (2004)

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James Dean: The First American Teenager (1975)

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Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch (1990)

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Self (uncredited)

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Self (archive footage)

Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture (2001)

Self

Himself

Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper (1991)

Self (uncredited)

Gorillaz: Demon Days Live in Harlem at Apollo Theater (2006)

Self

Self

Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work (1993)

Self

Self (archive footage)

Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders (1990)

Self

New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant' (1956)

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On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish' (2005)

Self (archive footage)

Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film (2002)

Self (uncredited)

Seitenblicke (1987)

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Self (uncredited)

The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose (2007)

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Willie Nelson: Down Home (1997)

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Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen (2020)

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13 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests (2009)

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Himself

Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir (1995)

Himself

Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act (1983)

Himself

Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame (2011)

Self (archive footage)

Fighting Against the Wind: Making 'the American Dreamer' (2015)

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Self - Presenter

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Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: Alejandro Jodorowsky (1991)

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On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America (2011)

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Out of the Blue and Into the Black (1987)

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Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents (2005)

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Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth (2008)

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Taylor & Ultra: On the 60s, The Factory, and Being a Warhol Superstar (2016)

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