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Chris Cooper

Born: 1951

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 Acting
Gender Male
Place of Birth Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Resources

Movies

American Beauty

Colonel Fitts in American Beauty

Jarhead

Lt. Col. Kazinski in Jarhead

Syriana

Jimmy Pope in Syriana

Capote

Alvin Dewey in Capote

The Horse Whisperer

Frank Booker in The Horse Whisperer

Me, Myself & Irene

Lieutenant Gerke in Me, Myself & Irene

A Time to Kill

Dwayne Looney in A Time to Kill

City of Hope

Riggs in City of Hope

The Bourne Identity

Alexander Conklin in The Bourne Identity

The Patriot

Col. Harry Burwell in The Patriot

Adaptation.

John Laroche in Adaptation.

Breach

Robert Hanssen in Breach

The Kingdom

Grant Sykes in The Kingdom

Seabiscuit

Tom Smith in Seabiscuit

Interstate 60

Bob Cody in Interstate 60

The Town

Stephen MacRay in The Town

Remember Me

Neil Craig in Remember Me

Matewan

Joe Kenehan in Matewan

Married Life

Harry Allen in Married Life

This Boy's Life

Roy in This Boy's Life

Great Expectations

Joe in Great Expectations

Lone Star

Sam Deeds in Lone Star

October Sky

John Hickam in October Sky

Boston Strangler

Jack Maclaine in Boston Strangler

My House in Umbria

Thomas 'Tom' Riversmith in My House in Umbria

The Tempest

Antonio in The Tempest

The Company Men

Phil Woodward in The Company Men

Where the Wild Things Are

Douglas (voice) in Where the Wild Things Are

Silver City

Dickie Pilager in Silver City

Everything's Going to Be Great

Walter in Everything's Going to Be Great

Breast Men

Dr. William Larson in Breast Men

Primo Levi's Journey

Narrator (voice) (U.S. version) in Primo Levi's Journey

With/In Volume 2

in With/In Volume 2

Amigo

Col. Hardacre in Amigo

Pharaoh's Army

Captain John Hull Abston in Pharaoh's Army

The Company You Keep

Daniel Sloan in The Company You Keep

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Norman Osborn (uncredited) in The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Thousand Pieces of Gold

Charlie in Thousand Pieces of Gold

Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

Gary (voice) in Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God

August: Osage County

Charlie Aiken in August: Osage County

In Broad Daylight

Jack Wilson in In Broad Daylight

Making Capote: Concept to Script

Self in Making Capote: Concept to Script

Light on Broken Glass

Jay in Light on Broken Glass

Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy

Narrator (voice) in Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy

Money Train

Torch in Money Train

New York, I Love You

Alex in New York, I Love You

Guilty by Suspicion

Larry Nolan in Guilty by Suspicion

Demolition

Phil Eastwood in Demolition

The Muppets

Tex Richman in The Muppets

Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life

Anthony Blessing in Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life

Bad Timing

in Bad Timing

Coming Through the Rye

J.D. Salinger in Coming Through the Rye

Intelligent Lives

Self in Intelligent Lives

Live by Night

Chief Irving Figgis in Live by Night

Fastball

Clifford Blankenship (voice) in Fastball

One More Mountain

Jack Reed in One More Mountain

The Bourne Supremacy

Alexander Conklin in The Bourne Supremacy

Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize

Lt. Col. Kazinski (archive footage) in Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize

Cars 3

Smokey Yunick (voice) in Cars 3

Boys

Mr. John Baker in Boys

A Little Piece of Sunshine

Ernie Favaro in A Little Piece of Sunshine

Little Women

Mr. Laurence in Little Women

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Jerry Vogel in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

Irresistible

Jack Hastings in Irresistible

Them That Work

Self in Them That Work

It Takes a Lunatic

Self in It Takes a Lunatic

Bed of Lies

Price Daniel, Jr. in Bed of Lies

The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

Himself (Narrator) in The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

To the Moon, Alice

Frank Wiliker in To the Moon, Alice

Henrietta Bulkowski

Danny Wilcox in Henrietta Bulkowski

American Beauty: Look Closer...

Self in American Beauty: Look Closer...

The Deliverance of Elaine

Charlie Skyler in The Deliverance of Elaine

Darrow

Eugene Debs in Darrow

Extreme Movie

FBI Agent Mike (uncredited) in Extreme Movie

Walt Whitman

Walt Whitman (voice) in Walt Whitman

With/In Volume 2

(segment "Nuts") in With/In Volume 2

Alone

Gus Jr. in Alone

TV Shows