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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.
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 9, 1951
Age
75 years old
Place of Birth
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Popularity Score
2.2
Filmography
Everything's Going to Be Great
Walter
2025Movie
The History of Sound
Older Lionel
2025Movie
Unscripted Lives
Executive Producer
2025Movie
Boston Strangler
Jack Maclaine
2023Movie
With/In Volume 2
(segment "Nuts")
2021Movie
With/In Volume 2
Director
2021Movie
Irresistible
Jack Hastings
2020Movie
Little Women
Mr. Laurence
2019Movie
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Jerry Vogel
2019Movie
Them That Work
Self
2019Movie
It Takes a Lunatic
Self
2019Movie
Henrietta Bulkowski
Danny Wilcox
2019Movie
Intelligent Lives
Self
2018Movie
Homecoming
Leonard Geist
2018TV
Intelligent Lives
Executive Producer
2018Movie
Cars 3
Smokey (voice)
2017Movie
Demolition
Phil Eastwood
2016Movie
Coming Through the Rye
J.D. Salinger
2016Movie
Live by Night
Chief Irving Figgis
2016Movie
Fastball
Clifford Blankenship (voice)
2016Movie
11.22.63
Al Templeton
2016TV
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Norman Osborn (uncredited)
2014Movie
August: Osage County
Charlie Aiken
2013Movie
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Self - Narrator (voice)
2013Movie
The Company You Keep
Daniel Sloan
2012Movie
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
Gary (voice)
2012Movie
Amigo
Col. Hardacre
2011Movie
The Muppets
Tex Richman
2011Movie
The Town
Stephen MacRay
2010Movie
Remember Me
Neil Craig
2010Movie
The Tempest
Antonio
2010Movie
The Company Men
Phil Woodward
2010Movie
Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
Lt. Col. Kazinski (archive footage)
2010Movie
Where the Wild Things Are
Douglas (voice)
2009Movie
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Himself (Narrator)
2009Movie
Married Life
Harry Allen
2008Movie
New York, I Love You
Alex
2008Movie
Extreme Movie
FBI Agent Mike (uncredited)
2008Movie
Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman (voice)
2008Movie
Breach
Robert Hanssen
2007Movie
The Kingdom
Grant Sykes
2007Movie
Primo Levi's Journey
Narrator (voice) (U.S. version)
2006Movie
Making Capote: Concept to Script
Self
2006Movie
Jarhead
Lt. Col. Kazinski
2005Movie
Syriana
Jimmy Pope
2005Movie
Capote
Alvin Dewey
2005Movie
Silver City
Dickie Pilager
2004Movie
The Bourne Supremacy
Alexander Conklin (uncredited)
2004Movie
The Making of 'Seabiscuit'
Self
2004Movie
Seabiscuit
Tom Smith
2003Movie
My House in Umbria
Thomas 'Tom' Riversmith
2003Movie
'Seabiscuit': The Making of a Legend
Self
2003Movie
Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the Legend
Self
2003Movie
The Bourne Identity
Alexander Conklin
2002Movie
Adaptation.
John Laroche
2002Movie
Interstate 60
Bob Cody
2002Movie
Me, Myself & Irene
Lieutenant Gerke
2000Movie
The Patriot
Col. Harry Burwell
2000Movie
American Beauty: Look Closer...
Self
2000Movie
American Beauty
Colonel Fitts
1999Movie
October Sky
John Hickam
1999Movie
The 24 Hour Woman
Ron Hacksby
1999Movie
Teen Choice Awards
Self
1999TV
The Horse Whisperer
Frank Booker
1998Movie
Great Expectations
Joe
1998Movie
Breast Men
Dr. William Larson
1997Movie
Alone
Gus Jr.
1997Movie
A Time to Kill
Dwayne Looney
1996Movie
Lone Star
Sam Deeds
1996Movie
Boys
Mr. John Baker
1996Movie
The Deliverance of Elaine
Charlie Skyler
1996Movie
Pharaoh's Army
Captain John Hull Abston
1995Movie
Money Train
Torch
1995Movie
One More Mountain
Jack Reed
1994Movie
This Boy's Life
Roy
1993Movie
Return to Lonesome Dove
July Johnson
1993TV
Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life
Anthony Blessing
1992Movie
Bed of Lies
Price Daniel, Jr.
1992Movie
City of Hope
Riggs
1991Movie
Thousand Pieces of Gold
Charlie
1991Movie
In Broad Daylight
Jack Wilson
1991Movie
Guilty by Suspicion
Larry Nolan
1991Movie
To The Moon, Alice
Frank Wiliker
1991Movie
Darrow
Eugene Debs
1991Movie
A Little Piece of Sunshine
Ernie Favaro
1990Movie
Law & Order
Defense Attorney Roy Payne
1990TV
Lonesome Dove
July Johnson
1989TV
American Experience
Narrator (voice)
1988TV
Matewan
Joe Kenehan
1987Movie
The Equalizer
Michael
1985TV
Miami Vice
Jimmy Yagovitch
1984TV
Bad Timing
Eddie
1982Movie
American Playhouse
Louis Halladay
1982TV
The Oscars
Self
1953TV
Light on Broken Glass
Jay
—Movie
I Passed This Way
—Movie