Dennis Lee Hopper(May 17, 1936 – May 29, 2010) was an American actor and film director. He is known for his roles as mentally disturbed outsiders and rebels. He earned prizes from theCannes Film FestivalandVenice International Film Festivalas well as nominations for twoAcademy Awards,aPrimetime Emmy Awardand twoGolden Globe Awards.Hopper studied acting at theOld Globe Theatrein San Diego and theActors Studioin New York. Hopper also began a prolific and acclaimed photography career in the 1960s.[1][2]

Dennis Hopper
Hopper in 2008
Born
Dennis Lee Hopper

(1936-05-17)May 17, 1936
DiedMay 29, 2010(2010-05-29)(aged 74)
Los Angeles,California, U.S.
Burial placeJesús Nazareno Cemetery,Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico,U.S.
Alma materActors Studio
Occupations
  • Actor
  • film director
  • photographer
  • painter
Years active1954–2010
WorksFilmography
Spouses
(m.1961;div.1969)
(m.1970;div.1970)
(m.1972;div.1976)
(m.1989;div.1992)
Victoria Duffy
(m.1996;sep.2010)
Children4, includingRuthanna

Hopper made his first television appearance in 1954, and soon after appeared in two of the films that madeJames Deanfamous,Rebel Without a Cause(1955) andGiant(1956). He then acted inGunfight at the O.K. Corral(1957),The Sons of Katie Elder(1965),Cool Hand Luke(1967),Hang 'Em High(1968) andTrue Grit(1969). Hopper made his directorial film debut withEasy Rider(1969), which he and co-starPeter Fondawrote withTerry Southern.The film earned Hopper aCannes Film FestivalAward and a nomination for theAcademy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

He became frequentlytypecastas mentally disturbed outsiders in such films asMad Dog Morgan(1976),The American Friend(1977),Apocalypse Now(1979),Rumble Fish(1983), andBlue Velvet(1986). He received anAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actornomination for his role inHoosiers(1986). His later film roles includedTrue Romance(1993),Speed(1994),Waterworld(1995) andElegy(2009). He appeared posthumously in the long-delayedThe Other Side of the Wind(2018), which had previously been filmed in the early 1970s.[3][4]

Other directorial credits for Hopper includeThe Last Movie(1971),Out of the Blue(1980),Colors(1988), andThe Hot Spot(1990). He receivedPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movienomination for his role inParis Trout(1991). His other television roles include in theHBOfilmDoublecrossed(1991),24(2002), theNBCseriesE-Ring(2005–2006), and theStarzseriesCrash(2008–2009).

Early life and education

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Hopper was born on May 17, 1936, inDodge City, Kansas,to Marjorie Mae (née Davis; July 12, 1917 – January 12, 2007)[5]and Jay Millard Hopper[6](June 23, 1916 – August 7, 1982). He had Scottish ancestors.[7]Hopper had two younger brothers, Marvin and David.[8]

After World War II, the family moved to Kansas City, Missouri, where the young Hopper attended Saturday art classes at theKansas City Art Institute.When he was 13, Hopper and his family moved to San Diego, where his mother worked as a lifeguard instructor and his father was a post office manager, having previously served in theOffice of Strategic Services,the precursor to theCentral Intelligence Agency,in World War II in theChina Burma India Theater.[9][10]Hopper was voted most likely to succeed atHelix High School,where he was active in the drama club, speech and choir.[11]It was there that he developed an interest in acting, studying at theOld Globe Theatrein San Diego, and theActors Studioin New York City (he studied withLee Strasbergfor five years). Hopper struck up a friendship with actorVincent Price,whose passion for art influenced Hopper's interest in art. He was especially fond of the plays ofWilliam Shakespeare.

Career

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1954–1966: Early roles

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Hopper, aged 20, with actressKaren Sharpein an April 1957 promotional photograph for an episode of theABCtelevision seriesConflict

Hopper was reported to have had an uncredited role inJohnny Guitarin 1954, but he was quoted as saying he was not in Hollywood when the film was made.[12]Hopper made his debut on film in two roles withJames Dean(whom he admired immensely) inRebel Without a Cause(1955) andGiant(1956). Dean's death in a car accident in September 1955 affected the young Hopper deeply and it was shortly afterward that he got into a confrontation with veteran directorHenry Hathawayon the filmFrom Hell to Texas(1958). Hopper reportedly forced Hathaway to shoot more than 80 takes of a scene over several days before he acquiesced to Hathaway's direction. After filming was finally completed, Hathaway allegedly told Hopper that his career in Hollywood was finished.[13]

In his bookLast Train to Memphis,American popular music historianPeter Guralnicksays that in 1956, whenElvis Presleywas making his first film in Hollywood, Hopper was roommates with fellow actorNick Adamsand the three became friends and socialized together. In 1959, Hopper moved to New York to studyMethod actingunderLee Strasbergat theActors Studio.[14]In 1961, Hopper played his first lead role inNight Tide,an atmospheric supernatural thriller involving a mermaid in an amusement park. In a December 1994 interview on theCharlie Rose Show,Hopper creditedJohn Waynewith saving his career, as Hopper acknowledged that because of his insolent behavior, he could not find work in Hollywood for seven years. Hopper stated that, because of his marriage to Brooke Hayward, he was the son-in-law of actressMargaret Sullavan,a friend of John Wayne, and Wayne hired Hopper for a role inThe Sons of Katie Elder(1965), also directed by Hathaway, which enabled Hopper to restart his film career.[15]

Hopper debuted in an episode of the Richard Boone television seriesMedicin 1955, portraying a youngepileptic.He appeared in the first episode of the popular TV seriesThe Rifleman(1958–1963) as the troubled orphan protagonist Vernon Tippet who is exploited by his greedy uncle. The series starredChuck Connorsand the premiere episode "The Sharpshooter" was written bySam Peckinpah.[16]Hopper subsequently appeared in over 140 episodes of television shows such asGunsmoke,Bonanza,Petticoat Junction,The Twilight Zone,The Barbara Stanwyck Show,The Defenders,The Investigators,The Legend of Jesse James,Entourage,The Big Valley,The Time Tunnel,andCombat!.

1967–1986: Breakthrough and acclaim

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Hopper with second wifeMichelle Phillipsin 1970, during editing ofThe Last Movie

Hopper had a supporting role as the bet-taker, "Babalugats", inCool Hand Luke(1967). In 1968, Hopper teamed withPeter Fonda,Terry SouthernandJack Nicholsonto makeEasy Rider,which premiered in July 1969. With the release ofTrue Grita month earlier, Hopper had starring roles in two major box-office films that summer. Hopper won wide acclaim as the director for his improvisational methods and innovative editing forEasy Rider.[17]The production was plagued by creative differences and personal acrimony between Fonda and Hopper, the dissolution of Hopper's marriage toBrooke Hayward,his unwillingness to leave the editor's desk and his accelerating abuse of drugs and alcohol.[18]Hopper said ofEasy Rider:"The cocaine problem in the United States is really because of me. There was no cocaine beforeEasy Rideron the street. AfterEasy Rider,it was everywhere ".[19]

Besides showing drug use on film, it was one of the first films to portray the hippie lifestyle. Hopper became arole modelfor some male youths who rejected traditional jobs and traditional American culture, partly exemplified by Fonda's long sideburns and Hopper wearing shoulder-length hair and a long mustache. They were denied rooms in motels and proper service in restaurants as a result of their radical looks.[20]Their long hair became a point of contention in various scenes during the film.[20]Journalist Ann Hornaday wrote: "With its portrait ofcountercultureheroes raising their middle fingers to the uptight middle-class hypocrisies,Easy Riderbecame the cinematic symbol of the 1960s, a celluloid anthem to freedom, macho bravado and anti-establishment rebellion ".[21]Film critic Matthew Hays wrote "no other persona better signifies the lost idealism of the 1960s than that of Dennis Hopper".[22]

Hopper in 1973

Hopper was unable to capitalize on hisEasy Ridersuccess for several years. In 1970 he filmedThe Last Movie,cowritten byStewart Sternand photographed byLászló Kovácsin Peru, and completed production in 1971. It won the prestigious CIDALC Award at that year's Venice Film Festival, but Universal Studios leaders expected a blockbuster likeEasy Rider,and did not like the film or give it an enthusiastic release, while American film audiences found it confounding – as convoluted as an abstract painting. On viewing the first release print, fresh from the lab, in his screening room at Universal,MCAfounderJules C. Steinrose from his chair and said, "I just don't understand this younger generation."[23]During the tumultuous editing process, Hopper ensconced himself at theMabel Dodge Luhan Housein Taos, New Mexico, which he had purchased in 1970,[24]for almost an entire year. In between contesting Fonda's rights to the majority of the residual profits fromEasy Rider,he married singerMichelle PhillipsofThe Mamas and the PapasonHalloweenof 1970. The marriage lasted eight days.

Hopper acted in another John Wayne film,True Grit(1969), and during its production, he became well acquainted with Wayne. In both of the films with Wayne, Hopper's character is killed in the presence of Wayne's character, to whom he utters his dying words. On September 30, 1970, Hopper appeared on the second episode of season 2 ofThe Johnny Cash Showwhere he sang a duet with Cash entitled "Goin' Up Goin' Down". Cash said the song was written byKris Kristoffersonabout Hopper. Hopper added that Kristofferson had written some songs for his Peruvian-shot movieThe Last Movie,in which Kristofferson appeared in his debut role withJulie Adams.[25][26]Hopper also recitedRudyard Kipling's famous poemIf—during his appearance.[27]Hopper was able to sustain his lifestyle and a measure of celebrity by acting in numerouslow budgetand European films throughout the 1970s as the archetypal "tormented maniac", includingMad Dog Morgan(1976),Tracks(1976), andThe American Friend(1977). WithFrancis Ford Coppola's blockbusterApocalypse Now(1979), Hopper returned to prominence as a hyper-manic Vietnam-era photojournalist. Stepping in for an overwhelmed director, Hopper won praise in 1980 for his directing and acting inOut of the Blue.Immediately thereafter, Hopper starred as an addled short-order cook "Cracker" in theNeil Young/Dean Stockwelllow-budget collaborationHuman Highway.Production was reportedly often delayed by his unreliable behavior.Peter Biskindstates in theNew HollywoodhistoryEasy Riders, Raging Bullsthat Hopper's cocaine intake had reached three grams a day by this time, complemented by 30 beers, and some marijuana andCuba libres.

After staging a "suicide attempt" (really more of a daredevil act) in a coffin using 17 sticks of dynamite during an "art happening" at the Rice University Media Center (filmed by professor and documentary filmmaker Brian Huberman),[28]and later disappearing into the Mexican desert during a particularly extravagant bender, Hopper entered adrug rehabilitationprogram in 1983.

Though Hopper gave critically acclaimed performances in Coppola'sRumble Fish(1983) andSam Peckinpah'sThe Osterman Weekend(1983), it was not until he portrayed the gas-huffing, obscenity-screaming villainFrank BoothinDavid Lynch'sBlue Velvet(1986) that his career truly revived. On reading the script Hopper said to Lynch: "You have to let me play Frank Booth. Because I am Frank Booth!"[29]He won critical acclaim and several awards for this role, and in the same year received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role as an alcoholic assistant basketball coach inHoosiers.Also in 1986, Hopper portrayed Lt. Enright in thecomedy horrorThe Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2.

1987–2009: Later work and final roles

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Hopper (left) with his friend andEasy Riderco-starJack Nicholsonin 1990

In 1987 he acted in theneo-noirthrillerBlack WidowalongsideDebra Winger,the action comedyStraight to Hell,the adventure filmRunning Out of LuckstarringMick Jaggerand the romantic comedyThe Pick-up ArtiststarringMolly RingwaldandRobert Downey Jr.In 1988, he directedColors,a critically acclaimedpolice proceduralabout gang violence in Los Angeles starringSean PennandRobert Duvall.Hopper plays an aging hippie prankster in the 1990 comedyFlashback,fleeing in aFurthur-like old bus to the tune of Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild".Hopper teamed with Nike in the early 1990s to make a series of television commercials. He appeared as a" crazed referee "in those ads.[30]Hopper appeared on the final two episodes of the cult 1991 television showFishing with Johnwith hostJohn Lurie.He was nominated for thePrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Moviefor the 1991 HBO filmParis Trout.[31]Shortly thereafter, he played drug smuggler andDEAinformantBarry Sealin the HBO filmDoublecrossed.

He starred asKing KoopainSuper Mario Bros.,a 1993 critical and commercial failure loosely based on the video game of the same name.[12]In 1993, he played Clifford Worley inTrue Romance.He co-starred in the 1994 blockbusterSpeedwithKeanu ReevesandSandra Bullock,and as magic-phobicH.P. Lovecraftin the TV movieWitch Hunt.In 1995, Hopper played a greedy TV self-help guru, Dr. Luther Waxling inSearch and Destroy.The same year, he starred as Deacon, the one-eyed nemesis ofKevin CostnerinWaterworld.And in 1996 he starred in the science fiction comedySpace Truckersdirected byStuart Gordon.Also in 1996 he appeared as art dealer Bruno Bischofberger in Basquiat. Hopper was originally cast as Christof in the 1998Peter Weirfilm,The Truman Show,but left during the filming due to "creative differences"; he was replaced byEd Harris.[32][33]In 1999, he starred inThe Prophet's Game(a dark thriller), directed byDavid Worthand also starringStephanie Zimbalist,Robert Yocum,Sondra Locke,Joe PennyandTracey Birdsall.In 2003, Hopper was in the running for the dual lead in the indie horror dramaFirecracker,but was ousted at the last minute in favor ofMike Patton.

In 2005, Hopper played Paul Kaufman in George A. Romero'sLand of the Dead.He portrayed villainVictor Drazenin the first season of the popular action drama24.Hopper starred as a U.S. Army colonel in the 2005 television seriesE-Ring,a drama set atThe Pentagon,but the series was canceled after 14 episodes aired. Hopper appeared in all 22 episodes that were filmed. He also played the part of record producer Ben Cendars in the Starz television seriesCrash,which lasted two seasons (26 episodes).

In 2008, Hopper starred inAn American Carol.In 2008 he also played The Death inWim Wenders'Palermo Shooting.His last major feature film appearance was in the 2008 filmElegywithBen Kingsley,Penélope CruzandDebbie Harry.For his last performance, he was the voice of Tony, the alpha-male of the Eastern wolf pack in the 2010 animated filmAlpha and Omega.He died before the movie was released. This brought the directors to dedicate the film to his memory at the beginning of the movie credits. Hopper filmed scenes forThe Other Side of the Windin 1971, appearing as himself; after decades of legal, financial and technical delays, the film was finally released onNetflixin 2018.[3]

Photography and art

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Hopper in June 2008

Hopper had several artistic pursuits beyond film. He was a prolific photographer, painter, and sculptor.[34]

Hopper's fascination with art began with painting lessons at theNelson-Atkins Museumwhile still a child in Kansas City, Missouri.[35]Early in his career, he painted and wrote poetry, though many of his works were destroyed in the 1961Bel Air Fire,which burned hundreds of homes, including his and his wife's, on Stone Canyon Road[36]inBel Air.[37]His painting style ranges fromabstract impressionismtophotorealismand often includes references to his cinematic work and to other artists.[1][38]

Ostracized by the Hollywood film studios due to his reputation for being a "difficult" actor, Hopper turned to photography in 1961 with a camera bought for him by his first wifeBrooke Hayward.[36]During this period he created the cover art for theIke & Tina TurneralbumRiver Deep – Mountain High(released in 1966).[39]He became a prolific photographer, and noted writerTerry Southernprofiled Hopper inBetter Homes and Gardensas an up-and-coming photographer "to watch" in the mid-1960s.[citation needed]Hopper's early photography is known for portraits from the 1960s, and he began shooting portraits forVogueand other magazines. His photographs of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 1963 March on Washington and the 1965 civil-rights march inSelma, Alabama,were published. His intimate and unguarded images ofAndy Warhol,Jane Fonda,The Byrds,Paul Newman,Jasper Johns,Claes Oldenburg,Robert Rauschenberg,James Brown,Peter Fonda,Ed Ruscha,the Grateful Dead,Michael McClure,andTimothy Leary,among others, became the subject of gallery and museum shows and were collected in several books, including1712 North Crescent Heights.The book, whose title refers to the house where he lived with Hayward in theHollywood Hillsin the 1960s, was edited by his daughterMarin Hopper.[37]In 1960–67, before the making ofEasy Rider,Hopper created 18,000 images that chronicled the remarkable artists, musicians, actors, places, happenings, demonstrations, and concerts of that period.[40]Dennis Hopper: Photographs 1961–1967was published in February 2011, byTaschen.[41]German film directorWim Wenderssaid of Hopper that if "he'd only been a photographer, he'd be one of the great photographers of the twentieth century."[40]InThe New Yorker,Hopper, as photographer, was described as "a compelling, important, and weirdly omnipresent chronicler of his times."[40]

Hopper began working as a painter and a poet as well as a collector of art in the 1960s as well, particularlyPop Art.Over his lifetime he amassed a formidable array of 20th- and 21st-century art, including many ofJulian Schnabel's works (such as a shattered-plate portrait of Hopper); numerous works from his early cohorts, such asEd Ruscha,Edward Kienholz,Roy Lichtenstein(Sinking Sun,1964),[42]and Warhol (Double Mona Lisa,1963);[36]and pieces by contemporary artists such asDamien HirstandRobin Rhode.He was involved in L.A.'sFerusandVirginia Dwangalleries in the 1960s, and he was a longtime friend and supporter to New York dealerTony Shafrazi.[35]One of the first art works Hopper owned was an early print ofAndy Warhol'sCampbell's Soup Cansbought for US$75. Hopper also once owned Warhol'sMao,which he shot one evening in a fit of paranoia, the two bullet holes possibly adding to the print's value. The print sold at Christie's, New York, for US$302,500 in January 2011.[43]

During his lifetime, Hopper's own work as well as his collection was shown in monographic and group exhibitions around the world including the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota; the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; theState Hermitage Museum,St. Petersburg; MAK Vienna: Austrian Museum of Applied Arts/Contemporary Art, Vienna; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; and the Cinémathèque Française, Paris, and the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne. In March 2010, it was announced that Hopper was on the "short list" for Jeffrey Deitch's inaugural show at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA).[44]In April 2010, Deitch confirmed that Hopper's work, curated by Julian Schnabel, will indeed be the focus of his debut at MOCA.[45]The title of the exhibition,Double Standard,was taken from Hopper's iconic 1961 photograph of the two Standard Oil signs seen through an automobile windshield at the intersection of Santa Monica Boulevard, Melrose Avenue, and North Doheny Drive on historicRoute 66in Los Angeles. The image was reproduced on the invitation forEd Ruscha's second solo exhibition at Ferus Gallery in 1964.

In 2011, Barricade Books published film historian Peter L. Winkler's biography,Dennis Hopper: The Wild Ride of a Hollywood Rebel.[46]In 2013, HarperCollins publishedHopper: A Journey into the American Dream,a biography by American writerTom Folsom.[47]

On theGorillazalbumDemon Days,Hopper narrates the song "Fire Coming Out of the Monkey's Head".[48]

In the late 1980s, Hopper purchased a trio of nearly identical two-story, loft-style condominiums at 330 Indiana Avenue in Venice Beach, California – one made of concrete, one of plywood, and one of green roofing shingles – built byFrank Gehryand two artist friends of Hopper's,Chuck Arnoldiand Laddie John Dill, in 1981.[49]In 1987, he commissioned an industrial-style main residence, with a corrugated metal exterior designed by Brian Murphy, as a place to display his artwork.[50]

Personal life

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Hopper withKatherine LaNasa,his fourth wife, at the62nd Academy Awardsin 1990

According toRolling Stonemagazine, Hopper was "one of Hollywood's most notorious drug addicts" for 20 years. He spent much of the 1970s and early 1980s living as an "outcast" inTaos, New Mexico,after the success ofEasy Rider.Hopper was also "notorious for his troubled relationships with women", includingMichelle Phillips,who divorced him after eight days of marriage.[51]Hopper was married five times:[52]

  • Brooke Hayward,married 1961 – divorced 1969, 1 child, daughter Marin Hopper (b. 1962);
  • Michelle Phillips,married October 31, 1970 – divorced November 8, 1970;
  • Daria Halprin,married 1972 – divorced 1976, 1 child, daughterRuthanna Hopper(b. 1972);
  • Katherine LaNasa,married June 17, 1989 – divorced April 1992, 1 child, son Henry Hopper (b. 1990);
  • Victoria Duffy, married April 13, 1996 – separated January 12, 2010, 1 child, daughter Galen Grier Hopper (b. 2003).

Hopper has been widely reported to be the godfather of actressAmber Tamblyn;[53]in a 2009 interview withParade,Tamblyn explained that "godfather" was "just a loose term" for Hopper,Dean StockwellandNeil Young,three famous friends ofher father's, who were always around the house when she was growing up, and who were big influences on her life.[54]

In 1994,Rip Tornfiled a defamation lawsuit against Hopper over a story Hopper told onThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno.Hopper claimed that Torn pulled a knife on him during pre-production of the filmEasy Rider.According to Hopper, Torn was originally cast in the film but was replaced withJack Nicholsonafter the incident. According to Torn's suit, it was actually Hopper who pulled the knife on him. A judge ruled in Torn's favor and Hopper was ordered to pay US$475,000 in damages. Hopper then appealed but the judge again ruled in Torn's favor and Hopper was required to pay another US$475,000 in punitive damages.[55]

According to Newsmeat, Hopper donated US$2,000 to theRepublican National Committeein 2004 and an equal amount in 2005.[56]Hopper donated $600 to Irish political partySinn Féin.[57]

Hopper was honored with the rank of commander ofFrance's National Order of Arts and Letters,at a ceremony in Paris.[58]

Despite being a Republican, Hopper supportedBarack Obamain the2008 presidential election.[59]Hopper confirmed this in anelection dayappearance on theABCdaytime showThe View.He said his reason for not voting Republican was the selection ofSarah Palinas the Republicanvice presidential candidate.[60]

Hopper was a longtime friend of actressSally Kirkland,who admitted in a 2021Reelzdocumentary that they had aone-night standearly on in their friendship.[61]

Divorce from Victoria Duffy

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On January 14, 2010, Hopper filed for divorce from his fifth wife Victoria Duffy.[62]After citing her "outrageous conduct" and stating she was "insane", "inhuman" and "volatile", Hopper was granted a restraining order against her on February 11, 2010, and as a result, she was forbidden to come within 10 feet (3 m) of him or contact him.[63]On March 9, 2010, Duffy refused to move out of the Hopper home, despite the court's order that she do so by March 15.[64]

On April 5, 2010, a court ruled that Duffy could continue living on Hopper's property, and that he must pay US$12,000 per month spousal and child support for their daughter Galen. Hopper did not attend the hearing.[65]On May 12, 2010, a hearing was held before Judge Amy Pellman in downtown Los Angeles Superior Court. Though Hopper died two weeks later, Duffy insisted at the hearing that he was well enough to be deposed.[66]The hearing also dealt with who would be the beneficiary on Hopper's life insurance policy, which listed his wife as a beneficiary.[67]A very ill Hopper did not appear in court though his estranged wife did. Despite Duffy's bid to be named the sole beneficiary of Hopper's million-dollar policy, the judge ruled against her and limited her claim to one-quarter of the policy. The remaining US$750,000 was to go to his estate.[68]

Illness and death

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Hopper at a ceremony to receive a star on theHollywood Walk of Fameon March 26, 2010, two months before his death

On September 28, 2009, Hopper, then 73, was reportedly taken by ambulance to an unidentified Manhattan hospital wearing an oxygen mask and "with numerous tubes visible".[69]On October 2, he was discharged after receiving treatment for dehydration.[70]

On October 29, 2009, Hopper's manager Sam Maydew reported that he had been diagnosed with advancedprostate cancer.[71]In January 2010, it was reported that Hopper's cancer hadmetastasizedto his bones.[72]

On March 18, 2010, he was honored with the 2,403rd star on theHollywood Walk of Famein front ofGrauman's Egyptian TheatreonHollywood Boulevard.[73]Surrounded by family, fans, and friends—includingJack Nicholson,Viggo Mortensen,David Lynch,andMichael Madsen—he attended its addition to the sidewalk six days later.[74]

By March 2010, Hopper reportedly weighed only 100 pounds (45 kg) and was unable to carry on long conversations.[75]According to papers filed in his divorce court case, Hopper wasterminally illand was unable to undergochemotherapyto treat his prostate cancer.[76][77]

Hopper died at his home in the coastalVenicedistrict of Los Angeles, on May 29, 2010, at age 74.[78][79]His funeral took place on June 3, 2010, atSan Francisco de Asis Mission ChurchinRanchos de Taos, New Mexico.His body was buried at the Jesus Nazareno Cemetery in Ranchos de Taos.[80]

Hopper's grave inRanchos de Taos, New Mexico

The filmAlpha and Omega,which was among his last film roles, was dedicated to him, as was the 2011 filmRestless,which starred his son Henry Hopper.

Filmography

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Other works

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Books

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  • Dennis Hopper: Out of the Sixties,Twelvetrees Press (1986)
  • 1712 North Crescent Heights,Greybull Press (2001)
  • Dennis Hopper: A System of Moments,Hartje Cantz (2001)
  • Dennis Hopper: Photographs, 1961–1967,Taschen (2009)
  • Dennis Hopper: The Lost Album,Prestel Verlag (2014)
  • Dennis Hopper: Drugstore Camera,Damiani (2015)
  • Dennis Hopper: Colors, the Polaroids,Damiani (2016)
  • Dennis Hopper: In Dreams: Scenes from the Archives,Damiani (2019)
  • Dennis Hopper: Flashback(1990)

Exhibitions

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  • Solo exhibition of assemblages, Primus-Stuart Gallery, Los Angeles (1963)
  • Los Angeles Nowgroup exhibition, Robert Fraser Gallery, London (1966)
  • Bomb Drop,Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena (1968)
  • Dennis Hopper: Black and White Photographs,Fort Worth Museum of Art, Fort Worth (1970)
  • Dennis Hopper: Black and White Photographs,Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (1971)
  • Dennis Hopper and Ed Ruscha,Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York (1992)
  • Dennis Hopper: A System of Moments,Museum für angewandte Kunst, Vienna (2001)
  • Dennis Hopper: Double Standard,Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles (2010)
  • The Lost Album,Gagosian, New York (2013)
  • The Lost Album,Royal Academy of Arts, London (2014)

Archive

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The moving image collection of Dennis Hopper is held at theAcademy Film Archive.The Dennis Hopper Trust Collection represents Hopper's directorial efforts.[81]

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Work Result Ref(s)
1969 Academy Awards Best Original Screenplay
(shared withPeter FondaandTerry Southern)
Easy Rider Nominated [82]
Cannes Film Festival Best First Work Won [83]
Palme d'Or Nominated
Directors Guild of America Awards Outstanding Directing – Feature Film Nominated
National Society of Film Critics Awards Special Award
(For his achievements as director, co-writer and co-star.)
Won
Writers Guild of America Awards Best Drama Written Directly for the Screen
(shared withPeter FondaandTerry Southern)
Nominated
1971 Venice Film Festival CIDALC Award The Last Movie Won
1980 Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or Out of the Blue Nominated [84]
1986 Boston Society of Film Critics Best Supporting Actor
(tied withRay LiottaforSomething Wild)
Blue Velvet Won [85]
Independent Spirit Awards Best Male Lead Nominated
Montreal World Film Festival Best Actor Won [86]
National Society of Film Critics Awards Best Supporting Actor Won [87]
Golden Globe Awards Best Supporting Actor Nominated
Hoosiers Nominated
Academy Awards Best Supporting Actor Nominated [88]
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actor Hoosiers+Blue Velvet Won [89]
1991 Emmy Awards Outstanding Lead Actor – Miniseries or a Movie Paris Trout Nominated [90]
CableACE Awards Outstanding Lead Actor – Movie or Miniseries
Doublecrossed
1994 MTV Movie Awards Best Villain Speed Won [91]
1995 Razzie Awards Worst Supporting Actor Waterworld Won [92]

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Bibliography

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  • "Dennis Hopper, Riding High",Playboy(Chicago), Dec. 1969
  • Interview with G. O'Brien and M. Netter, inInter/View(New York), Feb. 1972
  • Interview inCahiers du Cinéma(Paris), July–August 1980
  • "How Far to the Last Movie?",Monthly Film Bulletin(London) Oct. 1982
  • "Citizen Hopper", interview with C. Hodenfield, inFilm Comment(New York) Nov/Dec. 1986
  • Interview with B. Kelly, inAmerican Film(Los Angeles) March 1988
  • Interview with David Denicolo, inInterview(New York), Feb. 1990
  • "Sean Penn", interview with Julian Schnabel and Dennis Hopper,Interview(New York) Sept. 1991
  • "Gary Oldman", inInterview(New York), Jan. 1992

Further reading

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Books
  • Biskind, Peter.Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood,Simon and Schuster (1999)
  • Hoberman, J.Dennis Hopper: From Method to Madness,Walker Art Center (1988)
  • Krull, Craig. "Photographing the LA Art Scene: 1955–1975", Craig Krull Gallery (1996)
  • Rodriguez, Elean.Dennis Hopper: A Madness to his Method,St. Martin's Press (1988)
  • Dennis Hopper: Photographs 1961–1967,Taschen (2011)
  • Winkler, Peter L. "Dennis Hopper: The Wild Ride of a Hollywood Rebel", Barricade Books (2011)
  • Folsom, Tom."Hopper: A Journey into the American Dream", It Books/HarperCollins (2013)
  • Rozzo, Mark "Everybody Thought We Were Crazy" HarperCollins (2022)
Articles
  • Algar, N., "Hopper at Birmingham", inSight and Sound(London), Summer 1982
  • Burke, Tom, "Dennis Hopper Saves the Movies", inEsquire(New York), Dec. 1970
  • Burns, Dan E., "Dennis Hopper'sThe Last Movie:Beginning of the End ", inLiterature/Film Quarterly,1979
  • Herring, H. D., "Out of the Dream and into the Nightmare: Dennis Hopper's Apocalyptic Vision of America", inJournal of Popular Film(Washington, D.C.), Winter 1983
  • Hopper, Marin (September 9, 2014)."Dennis Hopper Day Descends on Taos, N.M."The New York Times Style Magazine.
  • Macklin, F. A., "Easy Rider: The Initiation of Dennis Hopper", inFilm Heritage(Dayton, Ohio), Fall 1969
  • Martin, A., "Dennis Hopper: Out of the Blue and into the Black", inCinema Papers(Melbourne), July 1987
  • Scharres, B., "From Out of the Blue: The Return of Dennis Hopper" inJournal of the University Film and Video Assoc.(Carbondale, IL), Spring 1983
  • Weber, Bruce, "A Wild Man is Mellowing, Albeit Not on Screen", inNew York Times,September 8, 1994
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