Dennis Hopper poses in Hollywood in October 1971, the year his film "The Last Movie" won a top award at the Venice Film Festival.
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Hopper, left, Peter Fonda and Jack Nicholson appear in a scene from the 1969 era-defining film "Easy Rider." The movie catapulted Hopper to the center of the glamorous intersection of art, entertainment and politics and made a star of Nicholson.
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Hopper's eeriest performance was in David Lynch's "Blue Velvet" (1986) as a gas-sniffing sadist named Frank Booth.
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In 1994, Hopper played the mad bomber who threatens Keanu Reeves in the popular hit "Speed."
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Hopper, shown with co-stars Jeffrey Wright, left, David Bowie and Gary Oldman, played art agent Bruno Bischofberger in Julian Schnabel's "Basquiat."
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Hopper played the wise General Tariq in the 1996 TV miniseries "Samson and Delilah." Elizabeth Hurley played Delilah.
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Hopper arrives with his wife, Victoria Duffy, at the festival palace in Cannes for a late screening of "The Blackout" in May 2009. In January of this year, while in cancer treatment, Hopper filed for divorce.
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Hopper poses in front of "Fractured Girl-Billboard Girl," one of his works at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, in February 2001. The museum was the location of the first retrospective of paintings, photographs and other work by Hopper.
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Hopper, with John Malkovich, left, and Barry Pepper, played a mid-level Brooklyn mob boss in the 2002 film "Knockaround Guys."
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Hopper performs on stage during the third annual Taurus World Stunt Awards at Paramount Studios in Hollywood in June 2003.
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Hopper, with Jack Nicholson, attends a game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Portland Trailblazers in February 2004.
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Hopper signs a poster at the private opening of his "A Survey" exhibit held at ACE Gallery in March 2006 in Los Angeles.
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Hopper poses with his daughter Galen Grier Hopper in June 2006 at the CineVegas film festival inside the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas. Hopper was chairman of the CineVegas creative advisory board.
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Media executive Danny Greenspun, CineVegas President Robin Greenspun and owner of Brenden Theatres Johnny Brenden pose with Hopper as they present him with the Brenden Theatres Star at the CineVegas film festival in June 2006.
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In October 2006, Hopper tees off at the 15th hole during the first round of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship at Kingsbarns Golf Club in Kingsbarns, Scotland.
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Hopper poses for a portrait during the 2008 Sundance Film Festival after filming Overture Films' "Sleepwalking," in which he played an emotionally abusive father.
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Hopper walks the runway with G-Star designer Pierre Morisset at the G Star fall 2008 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York City.
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Hopper arrives at the Partouche Charity Poker Festival held at Palm Beach Casino during the 61st Cannes International Film Festival on May 17, 2008, in Cannes, France.
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Hopper and actor Rainn Wilson arrive at the opening night screening of "The Rocker" during the 2008 CineVegas film festival.
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Hopper poses at the Grand Canyon Skywalk on June 12, 2009, in Grand Canyon West, Ariz.
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Gallery Credits:
Photo Editor, Producer Troy Witcher
Text Editor Kendra Nichols
