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• 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

  1. Born: May 17, 1936TV Guide: Dennis Hopper
  2. Birthplace: Dodge City, Kansas
  3. Birthname: Dennis Lee Hopper
  4. Height: 5'9"
  5. Hopper's film Sleepwalking made its debut at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival
  6. Spouse: Victoria Duffy
  7. Has four children over a span of five marriages
  8. His marriage to Michelle Phillips lasted eight days
  9. Has donated to the Republican National Committee
  10. 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)

• 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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