Dennis Hopper is an Academy Award-nominated American actor and filmmaker, known for playing psychotic and villainous characters. Hopper was born in Dodge City, Kansas, the son of Marjorie Mae and Jay Millard Hopper. Hopper was educated at Wooster School, Danbury, Connecticut and was voted most likely to succeed by his high school class. It was there he developed an interest in acting, studying at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, California and the Actors Studio in New York City, New York.