Dennis Hopper

Dennis Lee Hopper (17 Mei 1936 – 29 Mei 2010) adalah seorang aktor, pembuat film, dan artis Amerika. Sebagai seorang pemuda, Hopper menjadi tertarik pada akting dan akhirnya menjadi murid di Actors' Studio. Dia membuat penampilan televisi pertamanya pada tahun 1954, dan muncul dalam dua film yang menampilkan James Dean, Rebel Without a Cause (1955) dan Giant (1956). Selama 10 tahun berikutnya, Hopper sering muncul di televisi sebagai bintang tamu, dan pada akhir tahun 1960-an telah memainkan peran pendukung di beberapa film. Ia menyutradarai dan membintangi Easy Rider (1969), memenangkan penghargaan di Festival Film Cannes dan dinominasikan pada Academy Award untuk Skenario Asli Terbaik sebagai rekan penulis. "Dengan potret pahlawan tandingan yang mengangkat jari tengah mereka terhadap kemunafikan kelas menengah, Easy Rider menjadi simbol sinematik tahun 1960-an, lagu seluloid menuju kebebasan, keberanian macho, dan pemberontakan anti kemapanan." Kritikus film Matthew Hays mencatat bahwa "tidak ada kepribadian lain yang lebih baik dalam menandakan idealisme yang hilang pada tahun 1960-an selain Dennis Hopper." Dia tidak dapat membangun kesuksesannya selama beberapa tahun, sampai peran utama dalam Apocalypse Now (1979) menarik perhatiannya. Dia kemudian muncul di Rumble Fish (1983) dan The Osterman Weekend (1983), dan menerima pengakuan kritis atas karyanya di Blue Velvet dan Hoosiers, dengan film terakhir memberinya nominasi Academy Award untuk Aktor Pendukung Terbaik. Dia menyutradarai Colors (1988) dan berperan sebagai penjahat di Speed ​​(1994). Karya Hopper selanjutnya termasuk peran utama dalam serial televisi Crash. Penampilan terakhir Hopper difilmkan tepat sebelum kematiannya: The Last Film Festival, yang dijadwalkan rilis pada tahun 2011. Hopper juga seorang fotografer yang produktif dan terkenal, sebuah profesi yang ia mulai pada tahun 1960an. ​Dari Wikipedia, ensiklopedia gratis

Dennis Lee Hopper (May 17, 1936 – May 29, 2010) was an American actor, filmmaker and artist. As a young man, Hopper became interested in acting and eventually became a student of the Actors' Studio. He made his first television appearance in 1954, and appeared in two films featuring James Dean, Rebel Without a Cause (1955) and Giant (1956). During the next 10 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. "With its portrait of counterculture heroes raising their middle fingers to the uptight middle-class hypocrisies, Easy Rider became the cinematic symbol of the 1960s, a celluloid anthem to freedom, macho bravado and anti-establishment rebellion." Film critic Matthew Hays notes that "no other persona better signifies the lost idealism of the 1960s than that of Dennis Hopper." 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 and Hoosiers, with the latter film garnering him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He directed Colors (1988) and played the villain in Speed (1994). Hopper's later work included a leading role in the television series Crash. Hopper's last performance was filmed just before his death: The Last Film Festival, slated for a 2011 release. Hopper was also a prolific and acclaimed photographer, a profession he began in the 1960s. ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia