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Dennis Hopper 1936 - 2010

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Miscellaneous | Comments (37)

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After a long battle with cancer, Dennis Hopper has died today at his home. He was 74.

Hopper has amassed well over 200 screen credits as an actor, writer, and director since 1954. His first movie appearance was in Rebel Without a Cause and he has since become one of the most recognizable villains in film history, having been nominated for two Oscars and an Emmy. He may be best known, however, for writing, directing, and starring in the 1969 film Easy Rider. Other career highlights include True Romance, Blue Velvet, Apocalypse Now, Hoosiers, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, River’s Edge, and Speed.

It should also be noted, for the record, that Mr. Hopper was a bad ass.









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Comments

Aww, damn it. I've loved him for such a long time. I didn't know until just a few years ago that he used to be pretty, pretty, pretty. I was watching "Giant" and didn't recognize the gorgeous young man playing Jordy. I asked my mom and she said, "That Dennis Hopper." Me, "No shit?!"

Posted by: Shonda at May 29, 2010 6:00 PM

brilliant actor, and a man who lived life how he wanted to, respect for that!RIP Dennis.

Posted by: lesley at May 29, 2010 6:17 PM

He was in True Grit, too. I think that's kind of funny but I'm not sure why.

Bye Frank Booth. Thanks for everything.

Posted by: MillyQPublic at May 29, 2010 6:28 PM

Awesome villain, even when he was being campy and chewing up the scenery in Waterworld. He could even suck with style.

Also, Easy Rider kicks fucking ass.

R.I.P.

Posted by: Sofía at May 29, 2010 6:30 PM

Hopper was (hate to use the past tense here) such a badass in so many movies, but I particularly love him in Hoosiers. He played a weak man so well.

Posted by: mswas at May 29, 2010 6:42 PM

C'mon neighbor, let's go for a joyride!

Posted by: Doc at May 29, 2010 6:53 PM

The man is at the windooooow!

Posted by: superasente at May 29, 2010 6:56 PM

His psycho ex-wife got her alimony approved on April 7th... I think she might have got one of her monthly payments.

Hopper was such a bad ass, I wouldn't put it past him to die, just to stick it to someone.

Posted by: DarthBrooks at May 29, 2010 7:32 PM

Dennis Hopper will be missed.

It's always unsettling to me when I see an obit with 1936 as the birth year. I notice them all the time these days. That's when my dad was born.

Posted by: DarthCorleone at May 29, 2010 8:20 PM

He was absolutely terrifying in Blue Velvet. Actors who can play awesome villains hold a special place in my heart.

Posted by: sailboat 'momentarily known as inertia creeps' at May 29, 2010 8:24 PM

Heineken? Fuck that shit! PABST BLUE RIBBON!

Posted by: Al Borland's Beard at May 29, 2010 8:32 PM

Hopper was also an episode of the original (ie: Rod Serling produced) version of Twilight Zone. If memory serves, he played some sort of neofascist who unwittingly summoned the ghost of Adolph Hitler.

My favorite Hopper line though is this line from an otherwise forgettable movie:

"What makes you think I'm a fascist?" (spoken while jutting out his jaw and placing his hands on his hips, thus pulling his jacket back to reveal a concealed weapon). Anyone else remember the movie?

Posted by: Irving Washington at May 29, 2010 8:54 PM

Shit.

He could play a psycho badass. A broken and weak man, (the aforementioned Hoosiers, plus Rumble Fish, and others). And a campy douchebag in too many B movies to mention, all with a "Isn't this fun?" glint in his eye. I think that's what folks call acting. A metric fuck tonne of the current Hollywood crop might want to look into it.

Did I mention, shit?

Posted by: Groundloop at May 29, 2010 9:00 PM

In True Romance, he rewrote world history.

He was a giant.
~

Posted by: Meander at May 29, 2010 9:15 PM

"This is the way the fucking world ends! Look at this fucking shit we're in, man! Not with a bang, but with a whimper. And with a whimper, I'm fucking splitting, Jack."

Photojournalist,

Apocalypse Now


Posted by: Pookie at May 29, 2010 9:45 PM

Hopper and Walken in True Romance.
That seen made me the film fan that I am today.

"You? You are part canteloupe."

Posted by: frank (aka frank_247 aka the lone Scotsman) at May 29, 2010 9:52 PM

Oh my god. I just...don't know what to say. He was one of my favorites, he could do it all.

RIP.

Posted by: citizen_cris at May 29, 2010 10:35 PM

... and he was from Dodge City. Who knew Kansas could be so cool?

Posted by: Torgotronic at May 29, 2010 11:37 PM

We'll miss you Frank.

Posted by: Cindy at May 29, 2010 11:56 PM

Extraordinary life and a really, truly, sincerely bright burning spark of a performer. I'm sad as hell to hear it, but then again...wandering out with loved ones nearby, at the end of your physical tether seems quite a lot like wresting all the juice from the lemon. No matter how hard he lived at times, I'm glad he had a soft landing.

Posted by: replica at May 30, 2010 12:10 AM

Beautiful photo selection for the header.

Posted by: adam at May 30, 2010 1:12 AM

Sigh... I can't believe the old bastard was 74. I discovered Dennis Hopper when Easy Rider came out (yeah, I'm getting pretty fucking old myself.) Dennis Hopper and Steppenwolf: two of my favorite things. In it, he was naive and yet wild, certainly not mean. But most Pajibans probably saw him first in Speed. Remember when Keanu Reeves was actually a good actor? Yeah, me neither, but Reeves' Jack was a good counterpoint to Hopper's gleefully over-the-top Howard Payne, a type of role he repeated many times since and which always seemed fresh somehow. Get all of heaven stoned and drunk tonight, D.H.

Jack: You're crazy! You're fuckin' crazy!
Howard Payne: NO! Poor people are crazy, Jack. I'm eccentric.

Posted by: Uriah Creep at May 30, 2010 3:26 AM

Cancer is a bitch. He's what, the third or fourth famous person to die from it this year? Fuck cancer, seriously.

RIP, you crazy, badass diamond.

Posted by: Aislinn at May 30, 2010 6:46 AM

"I always said, if I had to fuck a guy... I mean had to, if my life depended on it... I'd fuck Elvis."


RIP, man.

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at May 30, 2010 8:29 AM

I never thought he was scary but I always thought he was crazy.

Posted by: logan at May 30, 2010 10:39 AM

What a way to start a Sunday...
Well Heaven could always use an extra badass.
R.I.P. Hopper, but don't get bored.

Posted by: Four Eyes at May 30, 2010 12:26 PM

He had one of my top three or four favorite death scenes in Red Rock West. (Um...spoiler!)

Sort of a spin on the Black Knight in Holy Grail.

Posted by: HowardBollixter at May 30, 2010 1:09 PM

I really liked him on Diff'rent Strokes.

Posted by: Lucas at May 30, 2010 2:48 PM

fuck Dennis Hopper

and definitely FUCK YOU DUSTIN ROWLES

Faggot

Posted by: Wrath of Connery at May 30, 2010 3:59 PM

Wrath of Connery -- did you major in douchebaggery in college, or does it just come naturally to you?

Posted by: Maryscott O'Connor at May 30, 2010 4:30 PM

Ah, god damn it Dennis....

RIP you crazy bastard.

Posted by: Nadine at May 30, 2010 5:07 PM

His scene in True Romance with Christopher Walken is one of my all time favourite scenes in a movie ever.

Posted by: Odnon at May 30, 2010 7:12 PM

Is it terrible that I just realized that Dennis Hopper and Christopher Walken are two different people?

And given that deaths seem to come in threes, who's next?

Posted by: BWeaves at May 30, 2010 8:19 PM

POP QUIZ, HOT SHOT.

He was truly a badass. RIP.

Posted by: figgy at May 31, 2010 1:05 AM

I'll have that Chesterfield now.

Posted by: dugs at May 31, 2010 6:25 AM

Holy shit. RIP, Dennis.

Fuck you, cancer.

Posted by: stardust at May 31, 2010 2:13 PM

Rest in Peace, Mr. Hopper and ride on man.

Posted by: Jadine at May 31, 2010 3:34 PM