• Born: May 17, 1936TV Guide: Dennis Hopper
    • 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
    • Provides voiceover for the new Wii game Deadly CreaturesKotaku: [http://kotaku.com/5162516/billy-bob-and-dennis-hopper-talk-deadly-creatures Billy Bob and Dennis Hopper Talk Deadly Creatures (March 2, 2009)

  • 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.

  • 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 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. He had a resurgence as an actor in Speed. He was cast as a villain in Waterworld and the first season of 24. He stars as an aging music producer in the television version of Crash, which airs Fridays on the Starz network.

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