Dennis Hopper
Dennis Hopper | |
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Hopper in 2008 | |
| Born | Dennis Lee Hopper May 17, 1936 Dodge City, Kansas, U.S. |
| Died | May 29, 2010 (aged 74) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Burial place | Jesús Nazareno Cemetery, Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Actors Studio |
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| Years active | 1954–2010 |
| Works | Filmography |
| Spouses | Brooke Hayward
(m. 1961; div. 1969)Daria Halprin
(m. 1972; div. 1976)Katherine LaNasa
(m. 1989; div. 1992)Victoria Duffy
(m. 1996; sep. 2010) |
| Children | 4, including Ruthanna |
Dennis Lee Hopper (May 17, 1936 – May 29, 2010) was an American actor, filmmaker, photographer and visual artist. He was considered one of the key figures of New Hollywood.[1][2] He earned prizes from the Cannes Film Festival and Venice International Film Festival as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards.
Hopper studied acting at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego and the Actors Studio in New York.[3][4] He made his first television appearance in 1954, and soon after appeared in two of the films that made James Dean famous, Rebel Without a Cause (1955) and Giant (1956). He then played supporting roles in films such as Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957), The Sons of Katie Elder (1965), Cool Hand Luke (1967), Hang 'Em High (1968) and True Grit (1969). Hopper made his directorial film debut with Easy Rider (1969), which he and co-star Peter Fonda wrote with Terry Southern. The film earned Hopper a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Debut, and an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. He also began a prolific and acclaimed photography career in the 1960s.[1][5][6]
He became frequently typecast as mentally disturbed outsiders and rebels in such films as Mad Dog Morgan (1976), The American Friend (1977), Apocalypse Now (1979), Rumble Fish (1983), and Blue Velvet (1986). He received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination for his role in Hoosiers (1986). His later film roles included True Romance (1993), Speed (1994), Waterworld (1995) and Elegy (2009). He appeared posthumously in the long-delayed The Other Side of the Wind (2018), which had previously been filmed in the early 1970s.[7][8]
Other directorial credits for Hopper include The Last Movie (1971), Out of the Blue (1980), Colors (1988), and The Hot Spot (1990). He received Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie nomination for his role in Paris Trout (1991). His other television roles include in the HBO film Doublecrossed (1991), 24 (2002), the NBC series E-Ring (2005–2006), and the Starz series Crash (2008–2009).
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- ^ LaSalle, Mick (May 30, 2010). "Dennis Hopper, director of 'Easy Rider,' dies". SFGATE. Archived from the original on March 31, 2023. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
- ^ Carone, Angela (May 31, 2010). "Dennis Hopper's History With San Diego Arts". KPBS Public Media. Retrieved January 2, 2025.
- ^ "Dennis Hopper". The Daily Telegraph. London. May 30, 2010. Archived from the original on January 11, 2022.
- ^ "The Dennis Hopper Photograph That Caught Los Angeles". The New Yorker. May 12, 2022. Archived from the original on May 14, 2022. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
- ^ Nordine, Michael (March 14, 2017). "Netflix Acquires 'The Other Side of the Wind,' Orson Welles' Unfinished Swan Song". Archived from the original on September 22, 2020. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
- ^ Nordine, Michael (June 21, 2016). "Dennis Hopper's 'The Last Film Festival' Acquired by Monterey Media". Archived from the original on December 3, 2022. Retrieved September 9, 2016.