Dennis Hopper Net Worth

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What’s Dennis Hopper's net worth? How wealthy is he? Below are all stats like net worth, salary, profession, and more!

Net Worth of Dennis Hopper

Dennis Hopper was an American actor, filmmaker and artist who had a net worth of $40 million at the time of his death. Dennis Hopper died on May 29, 2010, from prostate cancer. Two months before he passed, he received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame alongside friends Jack Nicholson and Viggo Mortensen.

Career

Hopper made his feature film debut in 1955, playing a goon in the James Dean drama “Rebel Without a Cause.” He appeared in another Dean film the following year, “Giant.” Hopper subsequently had supporting roles in “Gunfight at the O.K. Corral,” “The Story of Mankind,” “From Hell to Texas,” “The Young Land,” and “Key Witness.” In 1961, he had his first leading role as sailor Johnny Drake in the supernatural thriller “Night Tide.” Four years later, he appeared opposite Dean Martin and John Wayne in “The Sons of Katie Elder.” Hopper was subsequently in “Queen of Blood,” “The Trip,” “Cool Hand Luke,” “The Glory Stompers,” “Panic in the City,” “Hang ‘Em High,” and another Wayne film, “True Grit.”

Personal Life

Known for his drug addiction and tumultuous relationships with women, Hopper was married and divorced multiple times. His first marriage, to actress Brooke Hayward, lasted from 1961 to 1969, and produced a daughter named Marin. Next, Hopper was married to Michelle Phillips for eight days in 1970. He wed his third wife, Daria Halprin, in 1972; they had a daughter named Ruthanna and divorced in 1976. Later, in 1989, Hopper married Katherine LaNasa, with whom he had a son named Henry. They divorced in 1992. He wed his fifth and final wife, Victoria Duffy, in 1996. The couple had a daughter named Galen, and had a messy divorce in 2010 which was finalized just months before he died.

Dennis Hopper Quotes

How is it that Dennis Hopper has a net worth of $40 Million? These quotes by the actor may indicate the character traits that led to his financial situation:

Victoria got very involved with the Obama campaign, and I stepped back out of it. I thought it was good for her to get some glory. It's hard being married to a celebrity.

Dennis Hopper

My grandparents were from Kentucky - I'm related to Daniel Boone. He was my great-great-great uncle.

Dennis Hopper

Warner Bros. got into television very early, so I did a lot of television there. In the beginning, it was sort of okay to do television. But then it became this thing where movie actors didn't do television - they certainly didn't do commercials, because that just meant the end of your career.

Dennis Hopper

I did a video with Mick Jagger down in Rio de Janeiro. But I played a video director, and that's the closest I've gotten to directing, except Bob Dylan came and had a few meetings with me about doing a video for him.

Dennis Hopper

I made my living as an actor, and I love acting, so I'm an actor. But that gets you in a lot of trouble in the art world.

Dennis Hopper