- Known for
- Acting
- Credits
- 80 films
- Born
- July 9, 1951 (age 75)
- Place of birth
- Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Acting
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.
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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).
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Known for
Acting 77
- 2025The History of Sound · Older Lionel
- 2025Everything's Going to Be Great · Walter
- 2023Boston Strangler · Jack Maclaine
- 2021With/In Volume 2 · (segment "Nuts")
- 2020Irresistible · Jack Hastings
- 2019Little Women · Mr. Laurence
- 2019Them That Work · Self
- 2019A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Production 2
- 2025Unscripted Lives · Executive Producer
- 2018Intelligent Lives · Executive Producer
Directing 1
- 2021With/In Volume 2 · Director
