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Chris Cooper

Acting
Known For

74 Years Old

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.

Born

Kansas City, Missouri, USA on 9th July 1951

All Credits

Law & Order Image
Law & Order
Defense Attorney Roy Payne
Miami Vice Image
Miami Vice
Jimmy Yagovitch
The Equalizer Image
The Equalizer
Michael
American Experience Image
American Experience
Narrator (voice)
11.22.63 Image
11.22.63
Al Templeton
Lonesome Dove Image
Lonesome Dove
July Johnson
The Oscars Image
The Oscars
Self
Homecoming Image
Homecoming
Leonard Geist
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Image
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Norman Osborn (uncredited)
Cars 3 Image
Cars 3
Smokey (voice)
Return to Lonesome Dove Image
Return to Lonesome Dove
July Johnson
The Bourne Identity Image
The Bourne Identity
Alexander Conklin
Me, Myself & Irene Image
Me, Myself & Irene
Lieutenant Gerke
American Beauty Image
American Beauty
Colonel Fitts
The Town Image
The Town
Stephen MacRay
The Patriot Image
The Patriot
Col. Harry Burwell
Little Women Image
Little Women
Mr. Laurence
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The Bourne Supremacy
Alexander Conklin
A Time to Kill Image
A Time to Kill
Dwayne Looney
Jarhead Image
Jarhead
Lt. Col. Kazinski
Demolition Image
Demolition
Phil Eastwood
New York, I Love You Image
New York, I Love You
Alex
October Sky Image
October Sky
John Hickam
Adaptation. Image
Adaptation.
John Laroche
The Horse Whisperer Image
The Horse Whisperer
Frank Booker
Seabiscuit Image
Seabiscuit
Tom Smith
Where the Wild Things Are Image
Where the Wild Things Are
Douglas (voice)
The Kingdom Image
The Kingdom
Grant Sykes
Remember Me Image
Remember Me
Neil Craig
Capote Image
Capote
Alvin Dewey
The Muppets Image
The Muppets
Tex Richman
Syriana Image
Syriana
Jimmy Pope
This Boy's Life Image
This Boy's Life
Roy
Live by Night Image
Live by Night
Chief Irving Figgis
Great Expectations Image
Great Expectations
Joe
Money Train Image
Money Train
Torch
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Image
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Jerry Vogel
The Company You Keep Image
The Company You Keep
Daniel Sloan
Interstate 60 Image
Interstate 60
Bob Cody
August: Osage County Image
August: Osage County
Charlie Aiken
Amigo Image
Amigo
Col. Hardacre
Irresistible Image
Irresistible
Jack Hastings
Boston Strangler Image
Boston Strangler
Jack Maclaine
Extreme Movie Image
Extreme Movie
FBI Agent Mike (uncredited)
The Company Men Image
The Company Men
Phil Woodward
Lone Star Image
Lone Star
Sam
Breach Image
Breach
Robert Hanssen
The Tempest Image
The Tempest
Antonio
Guilty by Suspicion Image
Guilty by Suspicion
Larry Nolan
Matewan Image
Matewan
Joe Kenehan
The History of Sound Image
The History of Sound
Older Lionel
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Married Life
Harry Allen
Coming Through the Rye Image
Coming Through the Rye
J.D. Salinger
Everything's Going to Be Great Image
Everything's Going to Be Great
Walter
Breast Men Image
Breast Men
Dr. William Larson
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With/In Volume 2
With/In Volume 2 Image
With/In Volume 2
(segment "Nuts")
Boys Image
Boys
Mr. John Baker
My House in Umbria Image
My House in Umbria
Thomas 'Tom' Riversmith
Silver City Image
Silver City
Dickie Pilager
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Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Narrator (voice)
Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life Image
Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life
Anthony Blessing
City of Hope Image
City of Hope
Riggs
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Teen Choice Awards
Self - Nominee
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Pharaoh's Army
Captain John Hull Abston
Fastball Image
Fastball
Clifford Blankenship (voice)
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Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
Gary (voice)
Alone Image
Alone
Gus Jr.
It Takes a Lunatic Image
It Takes a Lunatic
Self
Darrow Image
Darrow
Eugene Debs
American Beauty: Look Closer... Image
American Beauty: Look Closer...
Self
Bed of Lies Image
Bed of Lies
Price Daniel, Jr.
Making Capote: Concept to Script Image
Making Capote: Concept to Script
Self
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln Image
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Himself (Narrator)
Thousand Pieces of Gold Image
Thousand Pieces of Gold
Charlie
Them That Work Image
Them That Work
Self
In Broad Daylight Image
In Broad Daylight
Jack Wilson
No Image
Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
Lt. Col. Kazinski (archive footage)
One More Mountain Image
One More Mountain
Jack Reed
Intelligent Lives Image
Intelligent Lives
Self
The Deliverance of Elaine Image
The Deliverance of Elaine
Charlie Skyler
Henrietta Bulkowski Image
Henrietta Bulkowski
Danny Wilcox
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To the Moon, Alice
Frank Wiliker
Bad Timing Image
Bad Timing
Walt Whitman Image
Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman (voice)
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Light on Broken Glass
Jay
Primo Levi's Journey Image
Primo Levi's Journey
Narrator (voice) (U.S. version)
A Little Piece of Sunshine Image
A Little Piece of Sunshine
Ernie Favaro