Dennis Hopper
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Hopper made his first television appearance in 1954, and soon after appeared in two of the films that made James Dean famous, ''Rebel Without a Cause'' (1955) and ''Giant'' (1956). He then acted in ''Gunfight at the O.K. Corral'' (1957), ''The Sons of Katie Elder'' (1965), ''Cool Hand Luke'' (1967), ''Hang 'Em High'' (1968) and ''True Grit'' (1969). Hopper made his directorial film debut with ''Easy Rider'' (1969), which he and co-star Peter Fonda wrote with Terry Southern. The film earned Hopper a Cannes Film Festival Award and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
He became frequently typecast as mentally disturbed outsiders in such films as ''Mad Dog Morgan'' (1976), ''The American Friend'' (1977), ''Apocalypse Now'' (1979), ''Rumble Fish'' (1983), and ''Blue Velvet'' (1986). He received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination for his role in ''Hoosiers'' (1986). His later film roles included ''True Romance'' (1993), ''Speed'' (1994), ''Waterworld'' (1995) and ''Elegy'' (2009). He appeared posthumously in the long-delayed ''The Other Side of the Wind'' (2018), which had previously been filmed in the early 1970s.
Other directorial credits for Hopper include ''The Last Movie'' (1971), ''Out of the Blue'' (1980), ''Colors'' (1988), and ''The Hot Spot'' (1990). He received Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie nomination for his role in ''Paris Trout'' (1991). His other television roles include in the HBO film ''Doublecrossed'' (1991), ''24'' (2002), the NBC series ''E-Ring'' (2005–2006), and the Starz series ''Crash'' (2008–2009). Provided by Wikipedia