Chris Cooper
Known for

Acting

Credits

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Gender

Man

Birthday

9 July 1951 (73)

Place of birth

Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Also known as
Крис Купер
크리스 쿠퍼
Кріс Купер

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
Acting roles
YearMovie / TV show / OtherRole
Light on Broken GlassJay
Everything's Going to Be GreatWalter
2023Boston StranglerJack Maclaine
2022With/In Volume 2
2021With/In Volume 2(segment "Nuts")
2020IrresistibleJack Hastings
2019Little WomenMr. Laurence
2019A Beautiful Day in the NeighborhoodJerry Vogel
2019It Takes a LunaticSelf
2019Henrietta BulkowskiDanny Wilcox
2019Them That WorkSelf
2018HomecomingLeonard Geist
2018Intelligent LivesSelf
2017Cars 3Smokey Yunick (voice)
2016DemolitionPhil Eastwood
201611.22.63Al Templeton
2016Live by NightChief Irving Figgis
2016FastballClifford Blankenship (voice)
2016Coming Through the RyeJ.D. Salinger
2014The Amazing Spider-Man 2Norman Osborn (uncredited)
2013August: Osage CountyCharlie Aiken
2013Letters to Jackie: Remembering President KennedyNarrator (voice)
2012The Company You KeepDaniel Sloan
2012Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of GodGary (voice)
2011The MuppetsTex Richman
2011AmigoCol. Hardacre
2010The TownStephen MacRay
2010Remember MeNeil Craig
2010The Company MenPhil Woodward
2010The TempestAntonio
2010Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace PrizeLt. Col. Kazinski (archive footage)
2009Where the Wild Things AreDouglas (voice)
2009The Assassination of Abraham LincolnHimself (Narrator)
2008New York, I Love YouAlex
2008Extreme MovieFBI Agent Mike (uncredited)
2008Married LifeHarry Allen
2008Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman (voice)
2007The KingdomGrant Sykes
2007BreachRobert Hanssen
2006Primo Levi's JourneyNarrator (voice) (U.S. version)
2006Making Capote: Concept to ScriptSelf
2005JarheadLt. Col. Kazinski
2005CapoteAlvin Dewey
2005SyrianaJimmy Pope
2004The Bourne SupremacyAlexander Conklin
2004Silver CityDickie Pilager
2003SeabiscuitTom Smith
2003My House in UmbriaThomas 'Tom' Riversmith
2002The Bourne IdentityAlexander Conklin
2002Adaptation.John Laroche
2002Interstate 60Bob Cody
2000The PatriotCol. Harry Burwell
2000Me, Myself & IreneLieutenant Gerke
2000American Beauty: Look Closer...Self
1999American BeautyColonel Fitts
1999October SkyJohn Hickam
1999Teen Choice AwardsSelf - Nominee
1998The Horse WhispererFrank Booker
1998Great ExpectationsJoe
1997Breast MenDr. William Larson
1997AloneGus Jr.
1996A Time to KillDwayne Looney
1996Lone StarSam Deeds
1996BoysMr. John Baker
1996The Deliverance of ElaineCharlie Skyler
1995Money TrainTorch
1995Pharaoh's ArmyCaptain John Hull Abston
1994One More MountainJack Reed
1993This Boy's LifeRoy
1993Return to Lonesome DoveJuly Johnson
1992Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My LifeAnthony Blessing
1992Bed of LiesPrice Daniel, Jr.
1991Guilty by SuspicionLarry Nolan
1991City of HopeRiggs
1991DarrowEugene Debs
1991Thousand Pieces of GoldCharlie
1991In Broad DaylightJack Wilson
1991To the Moon, AliceFrank Wiliker
1990Law & OrderDefense Attorney Roy Payne
1990A Little Piece of SunshineErnie Favaro
1989Lonesome DoveJuly Johnson
1988American ExperienceNarrator (voice)
1987MatewanJoe Kenehan
1985The EqualizerMichael
1984Miami ViceJimmy Yagovitch
1982Bad Timing
1953The OscarsSelf
Credits
YearMovie / TV show / OtherRole
2022With/In Volume 2Director
2021With/In Volume 2Director
2018Intelligent LivesExecutive Producer