Dennis Hopper

Dennis Lee Hopper was an American actor, director and photographer. He attended the Actors Studio, 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 and Giant as well as Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. In the next ten years he made a name for himself in television, and by the end of the 1960s had appeared in several films, such as The Sons of Katie Elder, Cool Hand Luke, Hang 'Em High and True Grit. Hopper also began a prolific and acclaimed photography career in the 1960s.