Actor and filmmaker Dennis Hopper has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, the common male reproductive malignancy.

His manager, Sam Maydew tells CNN that Hopper, 73, is being treated at the University of Southern California, no other details were released.

Prostate cancer is not as aggressive as many other types of cancer. It strikes more than 192,000 men in the United State every year; 27,000 are expected to die from this disease within the same year they are diagnosed.

Hopper was expected to show up at an exhibition of his photography at the Australian Center for the Moving Image in Melbourne, but his travel plans were canceled.

Hopper was hospitalized weeks ago in New York for flu like symptoms and stomach upset, but was released next day.

The Academy Award winner acted in films including “Rebel Without a Cause,” “Hoosiers,” “Apocalypse Now” and “Easy Rider,” among others.