Birthname: Dennis Lee Hopper
| Sign | Taurus |
| Born |
May 17, 1936
Dodge City, KS |
| Died |
May 29, 2010
Venice Beach, CA |
| Age | Died at 74 |
| Final Resting Place Jesus Nazareno Cemetery | |
Dennis Hopper |
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| Job | Actor, director, artist |
| Years active | 1954-2010 |
| Top Roles | Jordan Benedict III, Dave Hastings, Babalugats, Billy Clanton, Moon |
| Top Genres | Drama, Western, Crime, Film Adaptation, Romance, Adventure |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Romance (Drama), Gangsters, Satire, Prejudice |
| Top Collaborators | Dean Stockwell, Peter Fonda, Earl Holliman, Luana Anders, Toni Basil, Seymour Cassel, Strother Martin, James Westerfield |
| Also Born on May 17 | |
| Also Born in 1936 | |
| Also Born in Kansas | |
| Also a Taurus | |
Dennis Hopper Overview:
Legendary actor, Dennis Hopper, was born Dennis Lee Hopper on May 17, 1936 in Dodge City, KS. Hopper died at the age of 74 on May 29, 2010 in Venice Beach, CA and was laid to rest in Jesus Nazareno Cemetery in Ranchos de Taos, Taos County, NM.
MINI BIO:
Light-haired, sharp-featured American actor, distantly related to Hedda and William Hopper. Began as bad brothers and whining, wild-eyed psychopaths, then graduated to hippie heroes. Took the world by storm with Easy Rider and, although his pet project The Last Movie was less successful, he scored a directing hit with Colors in 1987. Oscar nominee for Hoosiers. In the 1990s, a series of sadistic, eye-catching villains brought his career full circle. Five times married. (Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Stars).HONORS and AWARDS:
.Although Hopper was nominated for one Oscar, he never won a competitive Academy Award.
Academy Awards
| Year | Award | Film name | Role | Result |
| 1986 | Best Supporting Actor | Hoosiers (1986) | Shooter | Nominated |
He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures.
Dennis Hopper BlogHub Articles:
Book Review--I Blame Dennis Hopper: And Other Stories From a Life Lived In and Out of the Movies
I Blame Dennis Hopper: And Other Stories From a Life Lived In and Out of the Movies Illeana Douglas Flatiron Books, 2015 When I picked up I Blame Dennis Hopper, my plan was to read it for fun and not write a review for once. But I couldn't do that. It's a hilarious book, impossible to put down. Peo... Read full article
I Blame Dennis Hopper
Actress, director, and friend of TCM Illeana Douglas describes herself – and has been described by others – as one both inside and outside of the movies. It’s a privileged position, to be sure, being both the granddaughter of one of the golden era’s stars (Melvyn Douglas), an... Read full article
Dennis Hopper (May 17, 1936 – May 29, 2010)
Dennis Hopper, was an actor, filmmaker and artist. As a young man, Hopper became a student of the Actors Studio. He made his first television performance in 1955, and performed in two films with James Dean, Rebel Without a Cause (1955) and Giant (1956). Over the next ten years, Hopper performed on t... Read full article
RIP Dennis Hopper
Dennis Hopper, Nick Adams and Natalie Wood I have to admit, I haven’t seen many of his movies. Mr. Hopper is best known for his late 1960s and 1970s ”Easy Rider” like persona and continued on into the 1980s and 1990s with a long and successful film career. He was nominated for hi... Read full article
Dennis Hopper is Honored.
A frail 73 year old Dennis Hopper, was surrounded by friends and family, Friday, March 26,1010, as he was honored with a star on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. The two-time Oscar nominee, has appeared in more than 100 films. Jack Nicholson, Viggo Mortensen, David Lynch and Dwight Yoakam were on hand to ... Read full article
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Dennis Hopper Quotes:
Hatfield Carnes: Now you talk big, Mex. Let's see if you got guts enough to draw on a white man.