Legendary actor Dennis Hopper has been rushed to hospital.

The iconic star of Easy Rider, Hoosiers and Blue Velvet was taken by ambulance to a New York Hosptial, according to a media report.

Entertainment Tonight quoted eyewitnesses who said the 73-year-old Hopper was brought into the emergency room of an unidentified Manhattan medical centre wearing an oxygen mask with numerous tubes visible. Some reports have said that he’s been taken in due to serious flu like symptoms but nothing has been made clear.

No word yet on the nature of the veteran actor’s ailment or his current condition. 

Hopper’s rep was unavailable for comment.

Hopper made a name for himself writing, starring and directing in 1969′s counterculture classic Easy Rider, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. It was a buddies road movie which commented on drugs, the state of America and the journey that is life – a classic.

After a psychedelic-infused turn in Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now, Hooper nabbed his second Oscar nod, this time for Best Supporting Actor for 1987′s Hoosiers. He’s also known for playing a series of memorable villains in such films as Blue Velvet, Red Rock West, Speed, and Water World.