Birthday: May 17, 1936

The odyssey of Dennis Hopper has been one of Hollywood's longest, strangest trips. A onetime teen performer, he went through a series of career metamorphoses -- studio pariah, rebel filmmaker, drug casualty, and comeback kid -- before finally settling comfortably into the role of character actor par excellence, with a rogues' gallery of killers and freaks unmatched in psychotic intensity and ...more
  • 1986
  • Golden Globe
  • Best Supporting Actor
  • Blue Velvet
  • nom
  • 1986
  • Independent Spirit Award
  • Best Actor
  • Blue Velvet
  • nom
  • 1986
  • Golden Globe
  • Best Supporting Actor
  • Hoosiers
  • nom
  • 1986
  • Academy
  • Best Supporting Actor
  • Hoosiers
  • nom
  • 1985
  • L.A. Film Critics Association
  • Best Supporting Actor
  • Blue Velvet
  • win
  • 2007
  • Memory
  • Max Lichtenstein


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