Guide Note

Actor and director Dennis Hopper is best known for playing eccentric, often mentally disturbed characters. His directorial debut, Easy Rider, was a landmark film in the counterculture of the 1960s.

Fast Facts

Born: May 17, 1936
Birthplace: Dodge City, Kansas
Birthname: Dennis Lee Hopper
Height: 5'9"
Hopper's film Sleepwalking made its debut at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival
Spouse: Victoria Duffy
Has four children over a span of five marriages
His marriage to Michelle Phillips lasted eight days
Has donated to the Republican National Committee

1960s and 1970s

After a series of supporting roles in the mid-1960s, Hopper had a hit with Easy Rider. The film had great success but Hopper's personal life was in turmoil. His marriage to Brooke Hayward ended and he reportedly had trouble collaborating with co-star Peter Fonda and his editing team. His follow-up film, The Last Movie, was met with confusion and received negative reviews. The following decade saw two more failed marriages and a notorious abuse of drugs and alcohol. Author Peter Biskind claims that in the late 1970s, Hopper was consuming three grams of cocaine and 30 beers per day.

1980s and Beyond

Hopper entered a drug rehabilitation program in 1983 and has since direct three feature-length films. He had a resurgence as an actor in 1994's Speed and has been frequently cast as a villain since, including in Waterworld and the first season of 24.

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Dennis Hopper Timeline

Note: The majority of the links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.

May 17, 1936: Born
1955 Rebel Without a Cause: IMDb | Mahalo | Rotten Tomatoes
1956 Giant: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes
1957 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes
1969 Easy Rider: IMDb | Mahalo | Rotten Tomatoes
1985 My Science Project: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes
1986 Blue Velvet: IMDb | Mahalo | Rotten Tomatoes
1990 Flashback: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes
1998 Meet the Deedles: IMDb | Rotten Tomatoes
2002 24: IMDb | Mahalo | Wikipedia
2005 E-Ring: IMDb | Wikipedia

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