Dennis Hopper
Biography
Dennis Hopper was an American actor. He began his acting career with a television appearance in 1954. Hopper appeared in two films featuring James Dean, Rebel Without a Cause and Giant, both released in the mid-1950s. Throughout the next decade, he frequently appeared on television in guest roles. By the end of the 1960s, Hopper had played supporting roles in several films. He is known for his work in the film industry, with a career spanning multiple decades. As a student of the Actors' Studio, Hopper honed his acting skills. His acting credits include numerous film and television appearances, with a total of 322 known credits.
Career overview
Dennis Hopper began his acting career with a television appearance in 1954. He went on to appear in two films featuring James Dean, Rebel Without a Cause and Giant, both released in the mid-1950s. Over the next decade, Hopper frequently appeared on television in guest roles.
By the end of the 1960s, Hopper had played supporting roles in several films. He continued to work in the film industry, with a notable role in Easy Rider, a film he also directed and starred in. The film was released in 1969 and received recognition at the Cannes Film Festival.
Hopper's acting credits span multiple decades and numerous film and television appearances. He is known to have worked extensively in the entertainment industry, with a significant number of credits to his name.
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- This Is Buzz (2026) as Self (archive footage)
- Films to Die For (2025) as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Spirit of Golf (2023) as Self (archive footage)
- Mickey Rourke: Just Like a Man (2022)
- Morceaux de Cannes (2021)
- Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen (2020) as Self
- Wim Wenders, Desperado (2020) as Self (archive footage)
- Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth (2020) as Self
- Hopper/Welles (2020) as Self
- The Other Side of the Wind (2018) as Dennis Hopper
- They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (2018) as Self (archive footage)
- Blue Velvet Revisited (2016) as Self
- Along for the Ride (2016) as Self (archive footage)
- Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider (2016) as Self (archive footage)
- The Last Film Festival (2016) as Nick Twain - Producer
- Taylor & Ultra: On the 60s, The Factory, and Being a Warhol Superstar (2016) as Self (archive footage)
- Fighting Against the Wind: Making 'the American Dreamer' (2015) as Self
- Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014) as Lt. Lefty Enright (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014) as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
- Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter (2013) as Himself
- Llyn Foulkes One Man Band (2013) as Himself
- Scene Missing (2012) as Self
- Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’ (2012) as Self (archive footage)
- Corman's World (2011) as Various Roles (archive footage)
- On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America (2011) as Self
- Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage (2011) as Frank Booth
- Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame (2011) as Self (archive footage)
- Alpha and Omega (2010) as Tony (voice)
- Beautiful Darling (2010) as Self (archive footage)
- Stardust (2010) as Self (uncredited)
- No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos (2009) as Self
- 13 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests (2009) as Self
- Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder (2009) as Self
- B movie (2009) as Himself
- Crash (2008) as Ben Cendars
- Elegy (2008) as George O'Hearn
- An American Carol (2008) as Judge Clarence Henderson
- Not Quite Hollywood (2008) as Self
- Swing Vote (2008) as Donald Greenleaf
- Hell Ride (2008) as Eddie Zero
- Bananaz (2008) as Self / Narrator (voice)
- Chelsea on the Rocks (2008) as Self
- Palermo Shooting (2008) as Frank
- The Cool School (2008) as Self
- Sleepwalking (2008) as Mr. Reedy
- Russian Suicide Chair (2008) as Himself
- Russian Suicide Chair (2008) Director
- The Brothers Warner (2008) as Self
- Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth (2008) as Self
- Tim Leary: The Art of Dying (2008) as Self
- The Graham Norton Show (2007) as Self
- Brando: The Documentary (2007) as Self
- Brando: An Icon Is Born (2007) as Himself
- Brando (2007) as Self
- The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose (2007) as Self
- 10th & Wolf (2006) as Matty Matello
- Sketches of Frank Gehry (2006) as Self
- Memory (2006) as Max Lichtenstein
- 50 Films to See Before You Die (2006) as Self
- Hoboken Hollow (2006) as Sheriff Greer
- The Real James Dean (2006) as Self
- Wanderlust (2006) as Himself
- Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi (2006) as Narrator (voice)
- The Art of Football from A to Z (2006) as Self
- Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film (2006) as Self
- Gorillaz: Demon Days Live at the Manchester Opera House (2006) as Narrator (voice)
- Gorillaz: Demon Days Live in Harlem at Apollo Theater (2006) as Self
- The Sixth Element: The Ross Clarke-Jones Story (2006) as Narrator
- E-Ring (2005) as Eli McNulty
- Land of the Dead (2005) as Kaufman
- Inside Deep Throat (2005) as Narrator (voice)
- The Crow: Wicked Prayer (2005) as El Niño
- Americano (2005) as Riccardo
- House of 9 (2005) as Father Duffy
- Champion (2005) as Self
- On Location in Tulsa: The Making of 'Rumble Fish' (2005) as Self (archive footage)
- Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents (2005) as Himself
- Entourage (2004) as Dennis Hopper
- 10 Things Every Guy Should Experience (2004) as Self
- Tell Them Who You Are (2004) as Self
- The Last Ride (2004) as Ronnie Purnell
- The Keeper (2004) as Krebs
- Out of Season (2004) as Harry Barlow
- Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments (2004) as Self
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self - Guest
- Las Vegas (2003) as Jon Castille
- Unspeakable (2003) as Warden
- A Decade Under the Influence (2003) as Self
- Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003) as Self
- New Scenes from America (2003) as Himself - Actor
- The Night We Called It a Day (2003) as Frank Sinatra
- Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die) (2003) as Self
- V Graham Norton (2002) as Self
- Flatland (2002) as Smith
- Firestarter: Rekindled (2002) as James Richardson
- I Don't Know Jack (2002) as Self
- Mysteries of Love (2002) as Self
- Leo (2002) as Horace
- The Piano Player (2002) as Robert Nile
- 1 Giant Leap (2002) as Self
- The Groovenians (2002) as Dad / King Normans (voice)
- Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film (2002) as Self (uncredited)
- The Groovenians (2002) as Dad/King Normans
- Flatland (2002) as Smith
- When Hippies Ruled The World (2002) as Self
- 24 (2001) as Victor Drazen
- Knockaround Guys (2001) as Benny Chains
- Emmanuelle: A Hard Look (2001) as Himself
- Ticker (2001) as Alex Swan
- L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve (2001) as Captain Elsworth
- Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture (2001) as Self
- Choke (2001) as Henry Clark
- Jazz Seen (2001) as Self
- Jason and the Argonauts (2000) as Pelias
- Welcome to Hollywood (2000) as Dennis Hopper
- Jesus' Son (2000) as Bill
- The Prophet's Game (2000) as Vincent Swan
- Luck of the Draw (2000) as Giani Ponti
- Held for Ransom (2000) as JD
- Spreading Ground (2000) as Det. Ed DeLongpre
- Homeless (2000) Director
- Michael Angel (2000) as Lewis Garou
- The Ten Commandments of Creativity (2000) as Self
- Forever Hollywood (1999) as Self
- Tycus (1999) as Peter Crowford
- EDtv (1999) as Henry 'Hank' Pekurny
- The Source (1999) as William S. Burroughs
- Bad City Blues (1999) as Cleveland Carter
- Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage (1999) as Self
- The Pursuit of Happiness (1999) as Self
- The Venice Project (1999) as Roland / Salvatore
- Straight Shooter (1999) as Frank Hector
- A Tribute to Johnny Cash (1999) as Self
- Meet the Deedles (1998) as Frank Slater
- Lured Innocence (1998) as Rick Chambers
- The A-Z of Separating People from their Money (1998) as Self
- King of the Hill (1997) as Dennis Hopper (voice)
- Scene by Scene (1997) as Self
- Who Is Henry Jaglom? (1997) as Self
- Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain (1997) as Self
- Top of the World (1997) as Charles Atlas
- The Blackout (1997) as Mickey
- U2: A Year in Pop (1997) as Narrator (voice)
- Road Ends (1997) as Sheriff Ben Gilchrist
- Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life (1997) as Self
- Willie Nelson: Down Home (1997) as Self
- The Daily Show (1996) as Self
- E! True Hollywood Story (1996)
- Space Truckers (1996) as John Canyon
- Basquiat (1996) as Bruno Bischofberger
- Samson and Delilah (1996) as General Tariq
- The Last Days of Frankie the Fly (1996) as Frankie
- Carried Away (1996) as Joseph Svenden
- Cannes Man (1996) as Self
- Rediscovering a Rebel (1996) as Self / Goon (archive footage)
- The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money (1996) as Self - Host
- Return to 'Giant' (1996) as Self
- Die Harald Schmidt Show (1995) as Self
- Waterworld (1995) as Deacon
- James Dean and Me (1995) as Self (uncredited)
- Search and Destroy (1995) as Dr. Waxling
- Born to Be Wild (1995) as Himself
- Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir (1995) as Himself
- Speed (1994) as Howard Payne
- Chasers (1994) as Doggie
- Chasers (1994) Director
- Inside the Actors Studio (1994) as Self
- Witch Hunt (1994) as H. Phillip Lovecraft
- Marlon Brando: The Wild One (1994) as Self
- True Romance (1993) as Clifford Worley
- Super Mario Bros. (1993) as King Koopa
- Boiling Point (1993) as Rudolph 'Red' Diamond
- Red Rock West (1993) as Lyle from Dallas
- Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O (1993) as Self
- The Revenge of the Dead Indians (1993) as Himself
- Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work (1993) as Self
- HBO First Look (1992)
- The Heart of Justice (1992) as Austin Blair
- Sunset Heat (1992) as Carl Madson
- Nails (1992) as Harry 'Nails' Niles
- SnowwhiteRosered (1991) as Self
- The Indian Runner (1991) as Caesar
- Picture This (1991) as Self
- Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (1991) as Self
- Fishing with John (1991) as Self
- Paris Trout (1991) as Paris Trout
- Eye of the Storm (1991) as Marvin Gladstone
- Doublecrossed (1991) as Barry Seal
- Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper (1991) as Self (uncredited)
- Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: Alejandro Jodorowsky (1991) as Self
- The Hot Spot (1990) Director
- Catchfire (1990) as Milo
- Catchfire (1990) Director
- Flashback (1990) as Huey Walker
- Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections (1990) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Chattahoochee (1990) as Walker Benson
- Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol (1990) as Self
- Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch (1990) as Self
- Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders (1990) as Self
- Blood Red (1989) as William Bradford Berrigan
- Black Leather Jacket (1989) as Narrator
- Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife (1989) as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Drawing the Line: A Portrait of Keith Haring (1989) as Self
- LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988)
- Colors (1988) Director
- No Frank in Lumberton (1988) as Self
- On the tracks of a filmmaker (1988) as Dennis Hooper
- Art, Acting, & the Suicide Chair: A Conversation with Dennis Hopper (1988)
- Biography (1987) as Self
- Seitenblicke (1987) as self
- Black Widow (1987) as Ben Dumers
- The Pick-up Artist (1987) as Flash Jensen
- Straight to Hell (1987) as I.G. Farben
- Blue Peanuts (1987) as Snoopy (Voice)
- The American Way (1987) as Captain
- Running Out of Luck (1987) as Video Director
- O.C. and Stiggs (1987) as Sponson
- Out of the Blue and Into the Black (1987) as Self
- Santabear's High Flying Adventure (1987) as (voice)
- Blue Velvet (1986) as Frank Booth
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986) as Lieutenant 'Lefty' Enright
- Hoosiers (1986) as Wilbur "Shooter" Flatch
- River's Edge (1986) as Feck
- Stark: Mirror Image (1986) as Lieutenant Ron Bliss
- Some Kind of Genius (1986) as Himself
- My Science Project (1985) as Bob Roberts
- Stark (1985) as Lieutenant Ron Bliss
- A Hero of Our Time (1985) as Casey
- The Inside Man (1984) as Miller
- Rumble Fish (1983) as Father
- The Osterman Weekend (1983) as Richard Tremayne
- Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act (1983) as Himself
- White Star (1983) as Kenneth Barlow
- Human Highway (1982) as Cracker / Stranger
- Reborn (1981) as Rev. Tom Hartley
- King of the Mountain (1981) as Cal
- Out of the Blue (1981) as Don
- Out of the Blue (1981) Director
- Out of the Blue (1981) Writer
- Wild Times (1980) as Doc Holliday
- Apocalypse Now (1979) as Photojournalist
- Flesh Color (1978) as Mel
- Last In, First Out (1978) as Medford
- The American Friend (1977) as Tom Ripley
- The Sorceror's Apprentice (1977) as A Spy
- Tracks (1976) as 1st Sgt. Jack Falen
- Mad Dog Morgan (1976) as Daniel Morgan
- To Shoot a Mad Dog (1976) as Self
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self - Host
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) as Self
- The Sky is Falling (1975) as Chicken
- James Dean: The First American Teenager (1975) as Self
- Kid Blue (1973) as Bickford Waner
- Crush Proof (1972) as Dennis Hopper
- Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here (1972) as Self
- The Last Movie (1971) as Kansas
- The Last Movie (1971) Director
- The Last Movie (1971) Editor
- The Last Movie (1971) Story
- The American Dreamer (1971) as Himself
- The American Dreamer (1971) Writer
- True Grit (1969) as "Moon"
- The Johnny Cash Show (1969) as Self
- Easy Rider (1969) as Billy
- Easy Rider (1969) Director
- Easy Rider (1969) Writer
- Hang 'em High (1968) as Prophet
- Head (1968) as Self (uncredited)
- Panic in the City (1968) as Goff
- The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967)
- Cool Hand Luke (1967) as Babalugats
- The Trip (1967) as Max
- The Trip (1967) Second Unit Director
- The Glory Stompers (1967) as Chino
- Light Years (1966)
- Queen of Blood (1966) as Paul Grant
- Screen Test #3 (1966) as Self (uncredited)
- The Big Valley (1965) as Jimmy Sweetwater
- The Legend of Jesse James (1965) as Jud Salt
- The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) as Dave Hastings
- Andy Warhol Screen Tests (1965) as Self
- Screen Test [ST155]: Dennis Hopper (1964) as Himself
- Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort of (1964) as Tarzan (Double)
- The Thirteen Most Beautiful Boys (1964)
- Petticoat Junction (1963) as Alan Landman
- The Lieutenant (1963) as Cpl. Peter Devlin
- Arrest and Trial (1963)
- The Greatest Show on Earth (1963)
- Espionage (1963) as Ferno
- The Dakotas (1963)
- Combat! (1962) as Zack Fielder
- The Hold-Out (1962) as Fred Judson
- The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self
- The Defenders (1961) as Alfred Carter Jr.
- The Defenders (1961) as Jason Thomas
- 87th Precinct (1961) as Andrew Mason
- The Investigators (1961) as Adrian
- Night Tide (1961) as Johnny Drake
- Surfside 6 (1960)
- The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960) as Gerald Collins
- Key Witness (1960) as William "Cowby" Tomkins
- Bonanza (1959) as Dev Farnum
- The Twilight Zone (1959) as Peter Vollmer
- The Young Land (1959) as Hatfield Carnes
- Disneyland '59 (1959) as Self
- The Rifleman (1958) as Vernon Tippert
- The Rifleman (1958) as Johnny Clover
- Naked City (1958) as Vinnie Winford
- From Hell to Texas (1958) as Tom Boyd
- Swiss Family Robinson (1958) as Fritz
- Wagon Train (1957) as Emmett Lawton
- Sugarfoot (1957) as Billy the Kid
- Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) as Billy Clanton
- Sayonara (1957) as MP in Kelly's House / MP at Tokyo Airport (voice) (uncredited)
- The Story of Mankind (1957) as Napoleon Bonaparte
- The James Dean Story (1957) as Self
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956) as Vernon 'Vern' Tippert
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956) as Denny Sunrise
- Giant (1956) as Jordan "Jordy" Benedict III
- Conflict (1956)
- High Air (1956) as Steve Redman
- New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant' (1956) as Self
- Cheyenne (1955)
- Cheyenne (1955) as Utah Kid
- Matinee Theater (1955)
- Gunsmoke (1955) as Billy Kimbo
- Highway Patrol (1955)
- The Millionaire (1955) as Adam Spencer
- Screen Director's Playhouse (1955) as Steve Redman
- Rebel Without a Cause (1955) as Goon
- I Died a Thousand Times (1955) as Joe (uncredited)
- Kings Row (1955)
- Medic (1954) as Robert
- Letter to Loretta (1953) as Ross Morton
- General Electric Theater (1953) as Fred Judson
- Studio One (1948) as David Williams
- Studio One (1948) as Harry Wales
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Presenter
- Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Nominee / Presenter