Dennis Hopper

About

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...

Known for

24Series • 2001King of the HillSeries • 1997BonanzaSeries • 1959Jason and the ArgonautsSeries • 2000Las VegasSeries • 2003Matinee TheaterSeries • 1955Wagon TrainSeries • 1957EntourageSeries • 2004The Twilight ZoneSeries • 1959Petticoat JunctionSeries • 1963The RiflemanSeries • 1958Combat!Series • 1962Studio OneSeries • 1948Dick Powell's Zane Grey TheatreSeries • 1956The Big ValleySeries • 1965CheyenneSeries • 1955Naked CitySeries • 1958The DefendersSeries • 1961Highway PatrolSeries • 1955GunsmokeSeries • 1955Apocalypse NowMovie • 1979Surfside 6Series • 1960SugarfootSeries • 1957The MillionaireSeries • 1955