Chris Cooper
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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
92
Gender
Male
Birthday
1951-07-09 (73 years old)
Place of Birth
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Acting

2023

Boston Strangler as Jack Maclaine

2022

With/In Volume 2 as Not available

2021

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

2020

Irresistible as Jack Hastings

2019

Little Women as Mr. Laurence

2019

It Takes a Lunatic as Self

2019

Them That Work as Self

2019

Henrietta Bulkowski as Danny Wilcox

2018

Homecoming as Leonard Geist

2018

Intelligent Lives as Self

2017

Cars 3 as Smokey (voice)

2016

11.22.63 as Al Templeton

2016

Demolition as Phil Eastwood

2016

Live by Night as Chief Irving Figgis

2016

Coming Through the Rye as J.D. Salinger

2016

Fastball as Clifford Blankenship (voice)

2014

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

2013

August: Osage County as Charlie Aiken

2012

The Company You Keep as Daniel Sloan

2011

The Muppets as Tex Richman

2011

Amigo as Col. Hardacre

2010

The Town as Stephen MacRay

2010

Remember Me as Neil Craig

2010

The Company Men as Phil Woodward

2010

The Tempest as Antonio

2010

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

2009

Where the Wild Things Are as Douglas (voice)

2009

The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln as Himself (Narrator)

2008

Extreme Movie as FBI Agent Mike (uncredited)

2008

Married Life as Harry Allen

2008

Walt Whitman as Walt Whitman (voice)

2007

The Kingdom as Grant Sykes

2007

Breach as Robert Hanssen

2006

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

2005

Jarhead as Lt. Col. Kazinski

2005

Capote as Alvin Dewey

2005

Syriana as Jimmy Pope

2004

The Bourne Supremacy as Alexander Conklin

2004

Silver City as Dickie Pilager

2003

Seabiscuit as Tom Smith

2003

My House in Umbria as Thomas 'Tom' Riversmith

2002

The Bourne Identity as Alexander Conklin

2002

Adaptation. as John Laroche

2002

Interstate 60 as Bob Cody

2000

The Patriot as Col. Harry Burwell

2000

Me, Myself & Irene as Lieutenant Gerke

1999

American Beauty as Colonel Fitts

1999

Teen Choice Awards as Self - Nominee

1999

October Sky as John Hickam

1998

The Horse Whisperer as Frank Booker

1998

Great Expectations as Joe

1997

Breast Men as Dr. William Larson

1997

Alone as Gus Jr.

1996

A Time to Kill as Dwayne Looney

1996

Lone Star as Sam Deeds

1996

Boys as Mr. John Baker

1996

The Deliverance of Elaine as Charlie Skyler

1995

Money Train as Torch

1995

Pharaoh's Army as Captain John Hull Abston

1994

One More Mountain as Jack Reed

1993

Return to Lonesome Dove as July Johnson

1993

This Boy's Life as Roy

1992

Bed of Lies as Price Daniel, Jr.

1991

Guilty by Suspicion as Larry Nolan

1991

City of Hope as Riggs

1991

Thousand Pieces of Gold as Charlie

1991

In Broad Daylight as Jack Wilson

1991

Darrow as Eugene Debs

1991

To the Moon, Alice as Frank Wiliker

1990

Law & Order as Defense Attorney Roy Payne

1990

A Little Piece of Sunshine as Ernie Favaro

1989

Lonesome Dove as July Johnson

1988

American Experience as Narrator (voice)

1987

Matewan as Joe Kenehan

1985

The Equalizer as Michael

1984

Miami Vice as Jimmy Yagovitch

NaN

The History of Sound as Older Lionel

NaN

Them That Work as Not available

1982

Bad Timing as Not available

1953

The Oscars as Self
Crew

2022

With/In Volume 2 Director

2021

With/In Volume 2 Director

2018

Intelligent Lives Executive Producer