Chris Cooper

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

92

Gender

Male

Birthday

1951-07-09 (74 years old)

Place of Birth

Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Chris Cooper

Biography

Christopher Walton Cooper (born July 9, 1951) is an American actor. He has appeared in supporting performances in several major Hollywood films, including American Beauty (1999), October Sky (1999), The Bourne Identity (2002), Seabiscuit (2003), Capote (2005), Syriana (2005), The Kingdom (2007), Where the Wild Things Are (2009), The Town (2010), The Muppets (2011), Cars 3 (2017), A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019), and Little Women (2019). He also portrayed Sheriff July Johnson in the acclaimed miniseries Lonesome Dove, which became one of the most successful Westerns in history. Cooper won both the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as John Laroche in the 2002 film Adaptation. He played a lead role in the historical and political thriller Breach (2007), playing FBI agent and traitor Robert Hanssen. He played Daniel Sloan in the 2012 political thriller The Company You Keep, and supervillain Norman Osborn in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014). He also portrayed Al Templeton on the 2016 Hulu miniseries 11.22.63. He is a frequent collaborator with director John Sayles, including Matewan (1987), City of Hope (1991), Lone Star (1996), Silver City (2004) and Amigo (2010). Description above from the Wikipedia article Chris Cooper, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

  • Law & Order

    Law & Order

  • Miami Vice

    Miami Vice

  • American Experience

    American Experience

  • The Amazing Spider-Man 2

    The Amazing Spider-Man 2

  • The Equalizer

    The Equalizer

  • Cars 3

    Cars 3

  • The Bourne Identity

    The Bourne Identity

  • Me, Myself & Irene

    Me, Myself & Irene

  • Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize

    Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize

  • 11.22.63

    11.22.63

  • The Patriot

    The Patriot

  • Little Women

    Little Women

  • The Bourne Supremacy

    The Bourne Supremacy

  • American Beauty

    American Beauty

  • A Time to Kill

    A Time to Kill

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Jarhead

    Jarhead

  • The Town

    The Town

  • The Muppets

    The Muppets

  • Breach

    Breach

  • Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy

    Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy

  • Homecoming

    Homecoming

  • Remember Me

    Remember Me

  • Lonesome Dove

    Lonesome Dove

  • Interstate 60

    Interstate 60

  • Demolition

    Demolition

  • Syriana

    Syriana

  • With/In Volume 2

    With/In Volume 2

  • Great Expectations

    Great Expectations

  • October Sky

    October Sky

  • Money Train

    Money Train

  • The History of Sound

    The History of Sound

  • Seabiscuit

    Seabiscuit

  • The Tempest

    The Tempest

  • Capote

    Capote

  • Fastball

    Fastball

  • The Horse Whisperer

    The Horse Whisperer

  • Where the Wild Things Are

    Where the Wild Things Are

  • Making Capote: Concept to Script

    Making Capote: Concept to Script

  • New York, I Love You

    New York, I Love You

  • The Kingdom

    The Kingdom

  • Live by Night

    Live by Night

  • With/In Volume 2

    With/In Volume 2

  • A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

    A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

  • Lone Star

    Lone Star

  • Adaptation.

    Adaptation.

  • This Boy's Life

    This Boy's Life

  • Breast Men

    Breast Men

  • Boston Strangler

    Boston Strangler

  • The Company You Keep

    The Company You Keep

  • Married Life

    Married Life

  • Matewan

    Matewan

  • Bad Timing

    Bad Timing

  • Walt Whitman

    Walt Whitman

  • Amigo

    Amigo

  • Darrow

    Darrow

  • Silver City

    Silver City

  • Everything's Going to Be Great

    Everything's Going to Be Great

  • Return to Lonesome Dove

    Return to Lonesome Dove

  • Extreme Movie

    Extreme Movie

  • Henrietta Bulkowski

    Henrietta Bulkowski

  • Coming Through the Rye

    Coming Through the Rye

  • Alone

    Alone

  • Boys

    Boys

  • The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

    The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

  • Intelligent Lives

    Intelligent Lives

  • The Company Men

    The Company Men

  • Irresistible

    Irresistible

  • It Takes a Lunatic

    It Takes a Lunatic

  • August: Osage County

    August: Osage County

  • My House in Umbria

    My House in Umbria

  • Primo Levi's Journey

    Primo Levi's Journey

  • City of Hope

    City of Hope

  • The 24 Hour Woman

    The 24 Hour Woman

  • 'Seabiscuit': The Making of a Legend

    'Seabiscuit': The Making of a Legend

  • Guilty by Suspicion

    Guilty by Suspicion

  • Light on Broken Glass

    Light on Broken Glass

  • American Beauty: Look Closer...

    American Beauty: Look Closer...

  • Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life

    Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life

  • Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

    Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

  • The Making of 'Seabiscuit'

    The Making of 'Seabiscuit'

  • Pharaoh's Army

    Pharaoh's Army

  • A Little Piece of Sunshine

    A Little Piece of Sunshine

  • Thousand Pieces of Gold

    Thousand Pieces of Gold

  • Bed of Lies

    Bed of Lies

  • The Deliverance of Elaine

    The Deliverance of Elaine

  • To the Moon, Alice

    To the Moon, Alice

  • Them That Work

    Them That Work

  • One More Mountain

    One More Mountain

  • In Broad Daylight

    In Broad Daylight

  • Teen Choice Awards

    Teen Choice Awards

  • Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the Legend

    Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the Legend