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Dennis Hopper

Dennis Hopper

Born on May 17th, 1936

Dodge City, Kansas, USA

Died on May 29th, 2010

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

Filmography

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

2024

Self (archive footage)

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to Crinkle their Wrist, Perfumed Splendour

2023

Frank Booth (archive footage)

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Spirit of Golf

2023

Character TBA

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Hopper/Welles

2020

Self

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Wim Wenders, Desperado

2020

Self (archive footage)

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Jay Sebring… Cutting to the Truth

2020

Self

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The Other Side of the Wind

2018

Dennis Hopper

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They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

2018

Self (archive footage)

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Along for the Ride

2016

Self (archive footage)

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Blue Velvet Revisited

2016

Self

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The Last Film Festival

2016

Nick Twain - Producer

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Dennis Hopper: Uneasy Rider

2016

Self (archive footage)

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Taylor & Ultra: On the 60s, The Factory, and Being a Warhol Superstar

2016

Self (archive footage)

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Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

2014

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

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Llyn Foulkes One Man Band

2013

Himself

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Roland Klick: The Heart Is a Hungry Hunter

2013

Himself

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Yo! The Story of ‘Yo! MTV Raps’

2012

Self (archive footage)

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Scene Missing

2012

Self

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Corman's World

2011

Various Roles (archive footage)

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Blue Velvet: The Lost Footage

2011

Frank Booth

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Stardust

2010

Self (uncredited)

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Alpha and Omega

2010

Tony (voice)

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Beautiful Darling

2010

Self (archive footage)

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B movie

2009

Himself

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13 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol's Screen Tests

2009

Self

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Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder

2009

Self

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No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo & Vilmos

2009

Self

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Palermo Shooting

2008

Frank

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The Brothers Warner

2008

Self - Actor

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An American Carol

2008

Judge Clarence Henderson

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Not Quite Hollywood

2008

Self

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Elegy

2008

George O'Hearn

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Hell Ride

2008

Eddie Zero

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Swing Vote

2008

Donald Greenleaf

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Russian Suicide Chair

2008

Themself

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Chelsea on the Rocks

2008

Self

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Sleepwalking

2008

Mr. Reedy

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Tim Leary: The Art of Dying

2008

Self

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The Cool School

2008

Self

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Stanley Kramer: A Man's Search for Truth

2008

Self

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Bananaz

2008

Narrator (voice)

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The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose

2007

Self

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Brando: An Icon Is Born

2007

Himself

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Brando

2007

Self

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Memory

2006

Max Lichtenstein

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The Sixth Element: The Ross Clarke-Jones Story

2006

Narrator

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Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film

2006

Self

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The Real James Dean

2006

Self

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50 Films to See Before You Die

2006

Self

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Wanderlust

2006

Himself

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The Art of Football from A to Z

2006

Self

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Sketches of Frank Gehry

2006

Self

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Rising Son: The Legend of Skateboarder Christian Hosoi

2006

Narrator (voice)

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Gorillaz: Demon Days Live at the Manchester Opera House

2006

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10th & Wolf

2006

Matty Matello

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Hoboken Hollow

2006

Sheriff Greer

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House of 9

2005

Father Duffy

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Land of the Dead

2005

Kaufman

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The Crow: Wicked Prayer

2005

El Niño

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Champion

2005

Self

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Inside Deep Throat

2005

Narrator (voice)

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Americano

2005

Riccardo

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Rebel Without a Cause: Defiant Innocents

2005

Himself

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Out of Season

2004

Harry Barlow

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Tell Them Who You Are

2004

Self

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The Last Ride

2004

Ronnie Purnell

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The Keeper

2004

Krebs

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Dennis Hopper: The Decisive Moments

2004

Self

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Alpha to Omega: Exposing 'The Osterman Weekend'

2004

Self (archive footage)

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Unspeakable

2003

Warden

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The Night We Called It a Day

2003

Frank Sinatra

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A Decade Under the Influence

2003

Self

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New Scenes from America

2003

Himself - Actor

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Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex 'n' Drugs 'n' Rock 'n' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood

2003

Self

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Dennis Hopper: Create (or Die)

2003

Self

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The Groovenians

2002

Dad/King Normans

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The Piano Player

2002

Robert Nile

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1 Giant Leap

2002

Self

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Mysteries of Love

2002

Self

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When Hippies Ruled The World

2002

Self

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I Don't Know Jack

2002

Self

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Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film

2002

Self (uncredited)

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Leo

2002

Horace

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Flatland

2002

Smith

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Knockaround Guys

2001

Benny Chains

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L.A.P.D.: To Protect And To Serve

2001

Captain Elsworth

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Jazz Seen

2001

Self

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Choke

2001

Henry Clark

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Ticker

2001

Alex Swan

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Andy Warhol: The Complete Picture

2001

Self

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Emmanuelle: A Hard Look

2001

Himself

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Held for Ransom

2000

JD

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Jesus' Son

2000

Bill

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The Prophet's Game

2000

Vincent Swan

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Luck of the Draw

2000

Giani Ponti

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Spreading Ground

2000

Det. Ed DeLongpre

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The Apostate

2000

Lewis Garou

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The Ten Commandments of Creativity

2000

Self

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Easy Rider: Shaking the Cage

1999

Self

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The Pursuit of Happiness

1999

Self

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The Venice Project

1999

Roland / Salvatore

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Tycus

1999

Peter Crowford

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A Tribute To Johnny Cash

1999

Self

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Straight Shooter

1999

Frank Hector

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EDtv

1999

Henry 'Hank' Pekurny

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Bad City Blues

1999

Cleveland Carter

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The Source

1999

William S. Burroughs

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Forever Hollywood

1999

Self

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The A-Z of Separating People from their Money

1998

Self

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Welcome to Hollywood

1998

Dennis Hopper

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Meet the Deedles

1998

Frank Slater

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Lured Innocence

1997

Rick Chambers

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Vincent Price: The Versatile Villain

1997

Self

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Road Ends

1997

Sheriff Ben Gilchrist

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Who Is Henry Jaglom?

1997

Self

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The Blackout

1997

Mickey

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Cannes Man

1997

Self

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Top of the World

1997

Charles Atlas

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U2: A Year in Pop

1997

Narrator (voice)

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Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life

1997

Self

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Samson and Delilah

1996

Generale Tariq

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The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money

1996

Self - Host

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The Last Days of Frankie the Fly

1996

Frankie

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Space Truckers

1996

John Canyon

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Return to 'Giant'

1996

Self

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Basquiat

1996

Bruno Bischofberger

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Carried Away

1996

Joseph Svenden

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Rediscovering a Rebel

1996

Self / Goon (archive footage)

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Born to Be Wild

1995

Himself

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Waterworld

1995

Deacon

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Dark and Deadly: Fifty Years of Film Noir

1995

Himself

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Search and Destroy

1995

Dr. Waxling

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James Dean and Me

1995

Self (uncredited)

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Witch Hunt

1994

H. Phillip Lovecraft

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Marlon Brando: The Wild One

1994

Self

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Speed

1994

Howard Payne

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Chasers

1994

Doggie

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Kris Kristofferson: His Life and Work

1993

Self

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True Romance

1993

Clifford Worley

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Super Mario Bros.

1993

King Koopa

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Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O

1993

Self

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Red Rock West

1993

Lyle from Dallas

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Boiling Point

1993

Rudolph 'Red' Diamond

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The Revenge of the Dead Indians

1993

Himself

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The Heart of Justice

1992

Austin Blair

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Nails

1992

Harry 'Nails' Niles

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Sunset Heat

1992

Carl Madson

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Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

1991

Self

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SnowwhiteRosered

1991

Self

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Eye of the Storm

1991

Marvin Gladstone

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The Indian Runner

1991

Caesar

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Picture This: The Times of Peter Bogdanovich in Archer City, Texas

1991

Self

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Doublecrossed

1991

Barry Seal

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Crazy About the Movies: Dennis Hopper

1991

Self (uncredited)

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Paris Trout

1991

Paris Trout

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Jonathan Ross Presents for One Week Only: David Lynch

1990

Self

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Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

1990

Self

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Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & Intersections

1990

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Motion and Emotion: The Films of Wim Wenders

1990

Self

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Chattahoochee

1990

Walker Benson

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Catchfire

1990

Milo

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Flashback

1990

Huey Walker

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Drawing the Line: A Portrait of Keith Haring

1989

Self

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Rabbit Ears - The Fisherman and His Wife

1989

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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Blood Red

1989

William Bradford Berrigan

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Black Leather Jacket

1989

Narrator

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No Frank in Lumberton

1988

Self

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On the tracks of a filmmaker

1988

Dennis Hooper

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Santabear's High Flying Adventure

1987

(voice)

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The American Way

1987

Captain

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Blue Peanuts

1987

Snoopy

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The Pick-up Artist

1987

Flash Jensen

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O.C. and Stiggs

1987

Sponson

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Straight to Hell

1987

I.G. Farben

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Black Widow

1987

Ben Dumers

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Running Out of Luck

1987

Video Director

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Out of the Blue and Into the Black

1987

Self

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Hoosiers

1986

Shooter

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River's Edge

1986

Feck

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Blue Velvet

1986

Frank Booth

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

1986

Lieutenant 'Lefty' Enright

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Stark: Mirror Image

1986

Lieutenant Ron Bliss

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Some Kind of Genius

1986

Himself

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My Science Project

1985

Bob Roberts

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Stark

1985

Lieutenant Ron Bliss

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A Hero of Our Time

1985

Casey

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The Inside Man

1984

Miller

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White Star

1983

Kenneth Barlow

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The Osterman Weekend

1983

Richard Tremayne

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Rumble Fish

1983

Father

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Dennis Hopper's Russian Dynamite Death Chair Act

1983

Himself

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Human Highway

1982

Cracker / Stranger

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Reborn

1981

Rev. Tom Hartley

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Out of the Blue

1981

Don

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King of the Mountain

1981

Cal

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Apocalypse Now

1979

Photojournalist

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Flesh Color

1978

Mel

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Last In, First Out

1978

Medford

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The Sorceror's Apprentice

1977

A Spy

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The American Friend

1977

Tom Ripley

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Tracks

1976

1st Sgt. Jack Falen

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Mad Dog Morgan

1976

Daniel Morgan

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To Shoot a Mad Dog

1976

Self

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Bloodbath

1975

Chicken

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James Dean: The First American Teenager

1975

Self

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Kid Blue

1973

Bickford Waner

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Crush Proof

1972

Dennis Hopper

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Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here

1972

Self

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The Last Movie

1971

Kansas

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The American Dreamer

1971

Himself

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Easy Rider

1969

Billy

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True Grit

1969

"Moon"

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Head

1968

Dennis Hopper (uncredited)

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Panic in the City

1968

Goff

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Hang 'em High

1968

Prophet

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The Glory Stompers

1967

Chino

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Cool Hand Luke

1967

Babalugats

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The Trip

1967

Max

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Screen Test #3

1966

Character TBA

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Queen of Blood

1966

Paul Grant

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Light Years

1966

Character TBA

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Andy Warhol Screen Tests

1965

Self

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The Sons of Katie Elder

1965

Dave Hastings

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The Thirteen Most Beautiful Boys

1964

Character TBA

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Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort of

1964

Tarzan (Double)

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Screen Test [ST155]: Dennis Hopper

1964

Himself

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Night Tide

1961

Johnny Drake

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Key Witness

1960

William "Cowby" Tomkins

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Disneyland '59

1959

Self

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The Young Land

1959

Hatfield Carnes

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Swiss Family Robinson

1958

Fritz

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From Hell to Texas

1958

Tom Boyd

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Sayonara

1957

MP in Kelly's House / MP at Tokyo Airport (voice) (uncredited)

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The Story of Mankind

1957

Napoleon Bonaparte

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The James Dean Story

1957

Self

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Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

1957

Billy Clanton

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Giant

1956

Jordan "Jordy" Benedict III

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New York Premiere Telecast 'Giant'

1956

Self

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High Air

1956

Steve Redman

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I Died a Thousand Times

1955

Joe (uncredited)

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Rebel Without a Cause

1955

Goon

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