Actor Chris Cooper

Chris Cooper
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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.
Place of birth
Kansas City, Missouri, USA Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Date of birth
9th July 1951
Movies that starred Chris Cooper (22 in total)
Cars 3 poster

Cars 3 [2017]

Smokey Yunick (voice)
Live by Night poster

Live by Night [2016]

Chief Irving Figgis
The Muppets poster

The Muppets [2011]

Tex Richman
The Town poster

The Town [2010]

Stephen MacRay
Remember Me poster

Remember Me [2010]

Neil Craig
Where the Wild Things Are poster

Where the Wild Things Are [2009]

Douglas (voice)
New York, I Love You poster

New York, I Love You [2008]

Alex (segment "Yvan Attal")
The Kingdom poster

The Kingdom [2007]

Grant Sykes
Breach poster

Breach [2007]

Robert Hanssen
Married Life poster

Married Life [2007]

Harry Allen
Jarhead poster

Jarhead [2005]

Lt. Col. Kazinski
Capote poster

Capote [2005]

Alvin Dewey
Syriana poster

Syriana [2005]

Jimmy Pope
The Bourne Identity poster

The Bourne Identity [2002]

Alexander Conklin
Adaptation. poster

Adaptation. [2002]

John Laroche
Me, Myself & Irene poster

Me, Myself & Irene [2000]

Lieutenant Gerke
The Patriot poster

The Patriot [2000]

Col. Harry Burwell
American Beauty poster

American Beauty [1999]

Colonel Frank Fitts
October Sky poster

October Sky [1999]

John Hickam
The Horse Whisperer poster

The Horse Whisperer [1998]

Frank Booker
The Deliverance of Elaine poster

The Deliverance of Elaine [1996]

Charlie Skyler
Lone Star poster

Lone Star [1996]

Sam Deeds
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