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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 and film director. He is known for his roles as mentally disturbed outsiders and rebels. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dennis Hopper has received more than 11,845,508 page views. His biography is available in 70 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 67 in 2019). Dennis Hopper is the 232nd most popular actor (up from 250th in 2019), the 443rd most popular biography from United States (up from 458th in 2019) and the 112th 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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  • 12M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 70

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Dennis Hopper ranks 232 out of 13,578. Before him are George Clooney, Ed Harris, Shirley MacLaine, Robbie Coltrane, Richard Widmark, and Liv Ullmann. After him are Anna Magnani, Dolph Lundgren, Lauren Bacall, Ursula Andress, Mako, and Viggo Mortensen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Dennis Hopper ranks 20. Before him are Andrei Chikatilo, F. W. de Klerk, John McCain, Valery Legasov, Ismail Kadare, and Wilt Chamberlain. After him are Ursula Andress, Barack Obama Sr., Harald zur Hausen, Uwe Seeler, Zubin Mehta, and Virna Lisi. Among people deceased in 2010, Dennis Hopper ranks 10. Before him are Leslie Nielsen, Gloria Stuart, Tony Curtis, Ronnie James Dio, Benoit Mandelbrot, and Bobby Farrell. After him are Claude Chabrol, Éric Rohmer, Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Juan Antonio Samaranch, Georges Charpak, and Ali Hassan al-Majid.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dennis Hopper ranks 443 out of 20,380. Before him are Richard Widmark (1914), Jim Mattis (1950), Albert Fish (1870), Michael Porter (1947), Wilt Chamberlain (1936), and Jack Kerouac (1922). After him are Yehudi Menuhin (1916), Herbert A. Simon (1916), Edward Hopper (1882), Leslie Groves (1896), Lauren Bacall (1924), and Bernie Madoff (1938).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Dennis Hopper ranks 112. Before him are Jessica Lange (1949), Peter Fonda (1940), George Clooney (1961), Ed Harris (1950), Shirley MacLaine (1934), and Richard Widmark (1914). After him are Lauren Bacall (1924), Viggo Mortensen (1958), Danny Trejo (1944), Bryan Cranston (1956), Jayne Mansfield (1933), and Jodie Foster (1962).

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Television and Movie Roles

Speed
Howard Payne
Jack Traven, an LAPD cop on SWAT detail, and veteran SWAT officer Harry Temple thwart an extortionist-bomber's scheme for a $3 million ransom. As they corner the bomber, he flees and detonates a bomb vest, seemingly killing himself. Weeks later, Jack witnesses a mass transit city bus explode and nearby a pay phone rings. On the phone is that same bomber looking for vengeance and the money he's owed. He gives a personal challenge to Jack: a bomb is rigged on another city bus - if it slows down below 50 mph, it will explode - bad enough any day, but a nightmare in LA traffic. And that's just the beginning...
Jun 9th 19947.143 / 10
Waterworld
Deacon
In a futuristic world where the polar ice caps have melted and made Earth a liquid planet, a beautiful barmaid rescues a mutant seafarer from a floating island prison. They escape, along with her young charge, Enola, and sail off aboard his ship. But the trio soon becomes the target of a menacing pirate who covets the map to 'Dryland'—which is tattooed on Enola's back.
Jul 28th 19956.2 / 10
Blue Velvet
Frank Booth
Clean-cut Jeffrey Beaumont realizes his hometown is not so normal when he discovers a human ear in a field, the investigation soon catapulting him toward a disturbed nightclub singer and a drug-addicted sadist.
Sep 19th 19867.6 / 10