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Dennis Hopper

1936 - 2010

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Dennis Lee Hopper (May 17, 1936 – May 29, 2010) was an American actor, filmmaker, photographer and visual artist. He was considered one of the key figures of New Hollywood. He earned prizes from the Cannes Film Festival and Venice International Film Festival as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards. Hopper studied acting at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego and the Actors Studio in New York. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dennis Hopper is the 305th most popular actor (down from 232nd in 2019), the 677th most popular biography from United States (down from 443rd in 2019) and the 162nd most popular American Actor.

Dennis Hopper is most famous for his role in the 1969 film Easy Rider. He played the role of Billy, a biker who joins a cross-country motorcycle journey with two other bikers.

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Among actors, Dennis Hopper ranks 305 out of 13,578. Before him are Ursula Andress, Tom Baker, Harold Lloyd, Tilda Swinton, Annie Girardot, and James Avery. After him are Kevin Spacey, Peter Sellers, Robbie Coltrane, David Niven, Sydney Chaplin, and Chris Pratt.

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Among people born in 1936, Dennis Hopper ranks 31. Before him are Glen Campbell, David Carradine, Barack Obama Sr., Virna Lisi, Ursula Andress, and Richard Bach. After him are Günter Blobel, Uwe Seeler, Gerhard Ertl, Robert Downey Sr., Georges Perec, and Wilt Chamberlain. Among people deceased in 2010, Dennis Hopper ranks 20. Before him are Georges Charpak, Maurice Allais, Éric Rohmer, Bobby Farrell, Alois Brunner, and Claude Chabrol. After him are Néstor Kirchner, Vasily Smyslov, Marshall Warren Nirenberg, Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Zecharia Sitchin, and Ali Hassan al-Majid.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dennis Hopper ranks 677 out of 20,380. Before him are William E. Moerner (1953), Kamala Harris (1964), Richard Bach (1936), Albert Fish (1870), James Avery (1945), and Ralph Lauren (1939). After him are Kevin Spacey (1959), Sydney Chaplin (1926), John McCarthy (1927), Rosalynn Carter (1927), Paul Ekman (1934), and Whoopi Goldberg (1955).

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Among actors born in United States, Dennis Hopper ranks 162. Before him are Margaret Hamilton (1902), Stephen Lang (1952), Goldie Hawn (1945), David Carradine (1936), Harold Lloyd (1893), and James Avery (1945). After him are Kevin Spacey (1959), Sydney Chaplin (1926), Chris Pratt (1979), Sally Field (1946), Janet Leigh (1927), and Montgomery Clift (1920).

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