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 Equalizer

    The Equalizer

  • The Amazing Spider-Man 2

    The Amazing Spider-Man 2

  • Cars 3

    Cars 3

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • American Beauty

    American Beauty

  • The Bourne Identity

    The Bourne Identity

  • Homecoming

    Homecoming

  • Little Women

    Little Women

  • The Bourne Supremacy

    The Bourne Supremacy

  • The Town

    The Town

  • The Patriot

    The Patriot

  • 11.22.63

    11.22.63

  • Me, Myself & Irene

    Me, Myself & Irene

  • Great Expectations

    Great Expectations

  • New York, I Love You

    New York, I Love You

  • Breach

    Breach

  • A Time to Kill

    A Time to Kill

  • Boston Strangler

    Boston Strangler

  • Jarhead

    Jarhead

  • Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

    Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

  • Lonesome Dove

    Lonesome Dove

  • Interstate 60

    Interstate 60

  • August: Osage County

    August: Osage County

  • Demolition

    Demolition

  • Seabiscuit

    Seabiscuit

  • The Making of 'Seabiscuit'

    The Making of 'Seabiscuit'

  • Where the Wild Things Are

    Where the Wild Things Are

  • Syriana

    Syriana

  • The History of Sound

    The History of Sound

  • The Horse Whisperer

    The Horse Whisperer

  • Money Train

    Money Train

  • Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life

    Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life

  • The Company Men

    The Company Men

  • The Muppets

    The Muppets

  • City of Hope

    City of Hope

  • The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

    The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

  • Lone Star

    Lone Star

  • Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy

    Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy

  • Remember Me

    Remember Me

  • Live by Night

    Live by Night

  • Married Life

    Married Life

  • American Beauty: Look Closer...

    American Beauty: Look Closer...

  • The Tempest

    The Tempest

  • This Boy's Life

    This Boy's Life

  • Coming Through the Rye

    Coming Through the Rye

  • October Sky

    October Sky

  • Light on Broken Glass

    Light on Broken Glass

  • Bad Timing

    Bad Timing

  • Capote

    Capote

  • Everything's Going to Be Great

    Everything's Going to Be Great

  • My House in Umbria

    My House in Umbria

  • Making Capote: Concept to Script

    Making Capote: Concept to Script

  • A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

    A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

  • The Kingdom

    The Kingdom

  • Return to Lonesome Dove

    Return to Lonesome Dove

  • 'Seabiscuit': The Making of a Legend

    'Seabiscuit': The Making of a Legend

  • Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize

    Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize

  • Breast Men

    Breast Men

  • Extreme Movie

    Extreme Movie

  • The Company You Keep

    The Company You Keep

  • With/In Volume 2

    With/In Volume 2

  • Fastball

    Fastball

  • A Little Piece of Sunshine

    A Little Piece of Sunshine

  • It Takes a Lunatic

    It Takes a Lunatic

  • Bed of Lies

    Bed of Lies

  • Adaptation.

    Adaptation.

  • Darrow

    Darrow

  • Intelligent Lives

    Intelligent Lives

  • With/In Volume 2

    With/In Volume 2

  • Thousand Pieces of Gold

    Thousand Pieces of Gold

  • Alone

    Alone

  • Irresistible

    Irresistible

  • Walt Whitman

    Walt Whitman

  • Silver City

    Silver City

  • Matewan

    Matewan

  • Pharaoh's Army

    Pharaoh's Army

  • Boys

    Boys

  • The 24 Hour Woman

    The 24 Hour Woman

  • Guilty by Suspicion

    Guilty by Suspicion

  • Henrietta Bulkowski

    Henrietta Bulkowski

  • In Broad Daylight

    In Broad Daylight

  • One More Mountain

    One More Mountain

  • Amigo

    Amigo

  • Them That Work

    Them That Work

  • The Deliverance of Elaine

    The Deliverance of Elaine

  • To the Moon, Alice

    To the Moon, Alice

  • Teen Choice Awards

    Teen Choice Awards

  • Primo Levi's Journey

    Primo Levi's Journey

  • Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the Legend

    Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the Legend