Dennis Hopper
Dennis Lee Hopper (born May 17, 1936) is an American actor, filmmaker and artist.
Hopper became interested in acting and eventually became a student of the Actors Studio. He made his first television appearance in 1955, and appeared in two James Dean films, Rebel Without a Cause (1955) and Giant (1956). Over the next ten years, Hopper appeared frequently on television in guest roles, and by the end of the 1960s had played supporting roles in several films. He directed and starred in Easy Rider (1969), winning an award at the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay as co-writer of the film’s script.
He was unable to build on his success for several years, until a featured role in Apocalypse Now (1979) brought him attention. He subsequently appeared in Rumble Fish (1983) and The Osterman Weekend (1983), and received critical recognition for his work in Blue Velvet (1986) and Hoosiers (1986). He directed Colors (1988) and he also portrayed Bowser in the film version of Super Mario Bros. and in 1994 he played the villain in Speed. Hopper’s more recent work includes a leading role in the television series Crash.
• Hopper has been married five times and has four children.
• Brooke Hayward (1937 – ) (daughter of Leland Hayward) (married 1961 – divorced 1969) 1 child, daughter Marin Hopper (born on June 26, 1962)
• Michelle Phillips (1944 – ) (October 31, 1970 – November 8, 1970) (divorced)
• Daria Halprin (1948 – ) (married 1972 – divorced 1976) 1 child, daughter Ruthanna Hopper (born circa 1974)
• Katherine LaNasa (1966 – ) (married June 17, 1989 – divorced April 1992) 1 child, son Henry Lee Hopper (born on September 11, 1990)
• Victoria Duffy (1968 – ) (married April 13, 1996 – present) 1 child, daughter Galen Grier Hopper (born on March 26, 2003)
In 1999, actor Rip Torn filed a defamation lawsuit against Hopper over a story Hopper told on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Hopper claimed that Torn pulled a knife on him during pre-production of the film Easy Rider. According to Hopper, Torn was originally cast in the film but was 
replaced with Jack Nicholson after 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 $475,000 in damages. Hopper then appealed but the judge again ruled in Torn’s favor and Hopper was required to pay another $475,000 in punitive damages.
Despite being famous as an actor and director, Hopper sees himself primarily as an artist, and is an accomplished and much-respected painter, art collector and photographer.
According to Newsmeat, Hopper had donated $2,000 to the Republican National Committee in 2004 and an equal amount in 2005. In Al Franken’s book Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot, the author recounts a warm, cordial encounter between Hopper and then-Republican Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich. In 2008, Hopper starred in An American Carol, a right-wing comedy film also starring Republican actors such as Jon Voight, Kelsey Grammer, and James Woods. However, according to Agence France-Presse, Hopper supported Barack Obama in the 2008 US Presidential election. Hopper confirmed this in an election day appearance on the ABC daytime show The View citing his reason for not voting Republican as being the selection of Sarah Palin as the Republican vice presidential candidate.
Hopper lives in Venice, California. He also owns property in Wilmington, North Carolina.
Hopper has been honored with the rank of commander of France’s National Order of Arts and Letters, at a ceremony in Paris.
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