🎬 Dennis Hopper

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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Recent movies

#	Name	Character	Rating
1	Alpha and Omega (2010)	Tony (voice)		5.2
2	The Brothers Warner (2009)	Himself		7
3	Swing Vote (2008)	Donald Greenleaf		6.5
4	Sleepwalking (2008)	Mr. Reedy		6.8
5	Hell Ride (2008)	Eddie Zero		3.7
6	Elegy (2008)	George O'Hearn		6.5
7	10th & Wolf (2006)	Matty Matello		6
8	Champion (2005)	Himself		8
9	House Of 9 (2005)	Father Duffy		5
10	Inside Deep Throat (2005)	Narrator (voice)	-	-
11	Americano (2005)	Riccardo		10
12	The Crow: Wicked Prayer (2005)	El Niño		3.5
13	Land of the Dead (2005)	Kaufman		6.4
14	Out of Season (2004)	Harry Barlow		1
15	Ticker (2001)	Alex Swan		4
16	Knockaround Guys (2001)	Benny Chains		5.7
17	Edtv (1999)	Henry 'Hank' Pekurny		5
18	Straight Shooter (1999)	Frank Hector		5
19	Meet the Deedles (1998)	Frank Slater	-	-
20	The Blackout (1997)	Mickey		8
21	Space Truckers (1996)	John Canyon	-	-
22	Basquiat (1996)	Bruno Bischofberger		6
23	Search and Destroy (1995)	Dr. Luther Waxling	-	-
24	Waterworld (1995)	Deacon		5.3
25	Speed (1994)	Howard Payne		7
26	Super Mario Bros. (1993)	King Koopa		4
27	Boiling Point (1993)	Rudolph 'Red' Diamond		5
28	True Romance (1993)	Clifford Worley		7.6
29	Red Rock West (1993)	Lyle from Dallas		6
30	The Indian Runner (1991)	Caesar		7
31	Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991)	Himself		5.5
32	Flashback (1990)	Huey Walker		7
33	Colors (1988)	Director / Writer		7
34	Straight to Hell (1987)	I.G. Farben		8
35	Black Widow (1987)	Ben Dumers		5
36	Hoosiers (1986)	Shooter	-	-
37	River's Edge (1986)	Feck		7
38	Blue Velvet (1986)	Frank Booth		7.8
39	The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)	Lieutenant 'Lefty' Enright		6
40	My Science Project (1985)	Bob Roberts		3
41	The Osterman Weekend (1983)	Richard Tremayne		6
42	King of the Mountain (1981)	Cal		5
43	Apocalypse Now (1979)	Photojournalist		8.5
44	The American Friend (1977)	Tom Ripley		6.3
45	Easy Rider (1969)	Billy		7
46	True Grit (1969)	Moon		6.6
47	Easy Rider (1969)	Director / Writer		7
48	Hang 'em High (1968)	Prophet		9
49	Head (1968)	Himself (uncredited)	-	-
50	Cool Hand Luke (1967)	Babalugats		7.8
51	The Trip (1967)	Max		6
52	Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)	Billy Clanton		7
53	Sayonara (1957)	MP in Kelly's House / MP at Tokyo Airport (voice) (uncredited)	-	-
54	Giant (1956)	Jordan "Jordy" Benedict III		7.5
55	Rebel Without a Cause (1955)	Goon		6.9