Dennis Hopper

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
May 17, 1936 (89 years old)

Dennis Hopper

Known For

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
1h 41m
Movie 2024

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Newly discovered interviews with Elizabeth Taylor and unprecedented access to the star’s personal archive reveal the complex inner life and vulnerability of the groundbreaking icon.

to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour
0h 5m
Movie 2023

to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour

An omnium-gatherum of film, poem, and song excerpts contextually juxtaposed in an attempt to explore masculinity, alienation, and identity in a post-industrial society.

Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
TV Show 2020

Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen

Hopper/Welles
2h 10m
Movie 2020

Hopper/Welles

Captures a 1970 meeting between the movie industry titan Orson Welles and the then-rising star Dennis Hopper, who had just made Easy Rider.

Wim Wenders, Desperado
2h 0m
Movie 2020

Wim Wenders, Desperado

"Wings Of Desire" and "Buena Vista Social Club", "Paris, Texas" and "The State Of Things": Wim Wenders is considered one of the pioneers of New German Cinema and one of the most important and influential representatives of contemporary cinema. With never before shown archive material and extraordinary encounters with companions and contemporary witnesses such as Francis Ford Coppola, Willem Dafoe, Andie MacDowell, Hanns Zischler, Patti Smith and Werner Herzog, this documentary provides unique insights into the life and work of one of the most multifaceted artists of our times. Renowned documentary filmmaker Eric Friedler ("It Must Schwing. The Blue Note Story") and his co-director Andreas Frege were given the exclusive opportunity to portray Wenders for this film. From Dusseldorf to Paris, and all the way to the desert of Texas, the film traces iconic locations and decisive moments in Wenders' work as director, producer, photographer and author.

Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth
1h 31m
Movie 2020

Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth

An illuminating portrait of Jay Sebring — the long-forgotten artist, designer, and entrepreneur who created a billion-dollar hair & beauty industry and defined iconic Hollywood styles for men.

The Other Side of the Wind
2h 2m
Movie 2018

The Other Side of the Wind

Surrounded by fans and sceptics, grizzled director J.J. "Jake" Hannaford returns from years abroad in Europe to a changed Hollywood, where he attempts to make his innovative comeback film. This film was started in 1970 but never completed during Welles's lifetime.

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
1h 38m
Movie 2018

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

As his life comes to its end, famous Hollywood director Orson Welles puts it all on the line at the chance for renewed success with the film The Other Side of the Wind.

Along for the Ride
1h 40m
Movie 2016

Along for the Ride

A documentary chronicling the filmmaking career of Dennis Hopper.

Blue Velvet Revisited
1h 25m
Movie 2016

Blue Velvet Revisited

When David Lynch was making his film Blue Velvet, German filmmaker Peter Braatz was also on set, shooting documentary footage with a Super 8 film camera. Now, on Blue Velvet's 30th anniversary, Braatz presents his footage, along with still photographs, as a "meditation" on Lynch's work.

Biography

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

Acting

2024
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes
2023
to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour
2020
Wim Wenders - Von Filmen und Träumen
2020
Hopper/Welles
2020
Wim Wenders, Desperado
2020
Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth
2018
The Other Side of the Wind
2018
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead
2016
Along for the Ride
2016
Blue Velvet Revisited
2016
The Last Film Festival
2016
Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider
2016
Taylor & Ultra: On the 60s, The Factory, and Being a Warhol Superstar
2014
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2013
Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter
2012
Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’
2012
Scene Missing
2011
Corman's World
2010
Beautiful Darling
2009
B movie
2009
13 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests
2009
Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder
2009
No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos
2008
Palermo Shooting
2008
Crash
2008
An American Carol
2008
Swing Vote
2008
Russian Suicide Chair
2008
Tim Leary: The Art of Dying
2008
Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth
2007
The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose
2007
Brando: An Icon Is Born
2007
Brando: The Documentary
2007
Brando
2005
E-Ring
2002
The Groovenians
2002
Flatland
2002
Firestarter: Rekindled
2000
Jason and the Argonauts
1996
Samson and Delilah
1996
Samson and Delilah
1996
Space Truckers
1996
Return to 'Giant'
1996
Rediscovering a Rebel
1995
Born to Be Wild
1995
Waterworld
1995
Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir
1995
Search and Destroy
1995
James Dean and Me
1994
Witch Hunt
1994
Marlon Brando: The Wild One
1994
Speed
1993
Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work
1993
True Romance
1993
Super Mario Bros.
1993
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
1993
Red Rock West
1993
Boiling Point
1991
SnowwhiteRosered
1991
The Indian Runner
1991
Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas
1991
Doublecrossed
1991
Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper
1991
Paris Trout
1990
Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch
1990
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
1990
Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders
1990
Catchfire
1990
Flashback
1989
Black Leather Jacket
1988
No Frank in Lumberton
1988
On the tracks of a filmmaker
1987
Santabear's High Flying Adventure
1987
The Pick-up Artist
1987
O.C. and Stiggs
1987
Straight to Hell
1987
Black Widow
1987
Running Out of Luck
1987
Out of the Blue and Into the Black
1986
Hoosiers
1986
River's Edge
1986
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
1986
Stark: Mirror Image
1986
Some Kind of Genius
1985
My Science Project
1985
Stark
1985
A Hero of Our Time
1979
Apocalypse Now

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