Chris Cooper
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 9, 1951 (age 75)
- Birthplace
- Kansas City, Missouri, USA
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.
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Filmography
Light on Broken Glass
Movie · as Jay
I Passed This Way
Movie
Everything's Going to Be Great
Movie · as Walter
The History of Sound
Movie · as Older Lionel
Boston Strangler
Movie · as Jack Maclaine
With/In Volume 2
Movie · as (segment "Nuts")
Irresistible
Movie · as Jack Hastings
Little Women
Movie · as Mr. Laurence
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Movie · as Jerry Vogel
Them That Work
Movie · as Self
It Takes a Lunatic
Movie · as Self
Henrietta Bulkowski
Movie · as Danny Wilcox
Intelligent Lives
Movie · as Self
Homecoming
TV · as Leonard Geist · 7 eps
Cars 3
Movie · as Smokey (voice)
Demolition
Movie · as Phil Eastwood
Coming Through the Rye
Movie · as J.D. Salinger
Live by Night
Movie · as Chief Figgis
Fastball
Movie · as Clifford Blankenship (voice)
11.22.63
TV · as Al Templeton · 8 eps
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Movie · as Norman Osborn (uncredited)
August: Osage County
Movie · as Charlie Aiken
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Company You Keep
Movie · as Daniel Sloan
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
Movie · as Gary (voice)
Amigo
Movie · as Col. Hardacre
The Muppets
Movie · as Tex Richman
The Town
Movie · as Stephen MacRay
Remember Me
Movie · as Neil Craig
The Tempest
Movie · as Antonio
The Company Men
Movie · as Phil Woodward
Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
Movie · as Lt. Col. Kazinski (archive footage)
Where the Wild Things Are
Movie · as Douglas (voice)
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Movie · as Himself (Narrator)
Married Life
Movie · as Harry Allen
New York, I Love You
Movie · as Alex
Extreme Movie
Movie · as FBI Agent Mike (uncredited)
Walt Whitman
Movie · as Walt Whitman (voice)
Breach
Movie · as Robert Hanssen
The Kingdom
Movie · as Grant Sykes
Primo Levi's Journey
Movie · as Narrator (voice) (U.S. version)
Making Capote: Concept to Script
Movie · as Self
Jarhead
Movie · as Lt. Col. Kazinski
Syriana
Movie · as Jimmy Pope
Capote
Movie · as Alvin Dewey
Silver City
Movie · as Dickie Pilager
The Bourne Supremacy
Movie · as Alexander Conklin (uncredited)
The Making of 'Seabiscuit'
Movie · as Self
Seabiscuit
Movie · as Tom Smith
My House in Umbria
Movie · as Thomas 'Tom' Riversmith
'Seabiscuit': The Making of a Legend
Movie · as Self
Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the Legend
Movie · as Self
The Bourne Identity
Movie · as Alexander Conklin
Adaptation.
Movie · as John Laroche
Interstate 60
Movie · as Bob Cody
Me, Myself & Irene
Movie · as Lieutenant Gerke
The Patriot
Movie · as Col. Harry Burwell
American Beauty: Look Closer...
Movie · as Self
American Beauty
Movie · as Colonel Fitts
October Sky
Movie · as John Hickam
The 24 Hour Woman
Movie · as Ron Hacksby
Teen Choice Awards
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Horse Whisperer
Movie · as Frank Booker
Great Expectations
Movie · as Joe
Breast Men
Movie · as Dr. William Larson
Alone
Movie · as Gus Jr.
A Time to Kill
Movie · as Dwayne Looney
Lone Star
Movie · as Sam Deeds
Boys
Movie · as Mr. John Baker
The Deliverance of Elaine
Movie · as Charlie Skyler
Film Independent Spirit Awards
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep
Pharaoh's Army
Movie · as Captain John Hull Abston
Money Train
Movie · as Torch
One More Mountain
Movie · as Jack Reed
This Boy's Life
Movie · as Roy
Return to Lonesome Dove
TV · as July Johnson · 4 eps
Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life
Movie · as Anthony Blessing
Bed of Lies
Movie · as Price Daniel, Jr.
City of Hope
Movie · as Riggs
Thousand Pieces of Gold
Movie · as Charlie
In Broad Daylight
Movie · as Jack Wilson
Guilty by Suspicion
Movie · as Larry Nolan
To The Moon, Alice
Movie · as Frank Wiliker
Darrow
Movie · as Eugene Debs
A Little Piece of Sunshine
Movie · as Ernie Favaro
Law & Order
TV · as Defense Attorney Roy Payne · 1 ep
Lonesome Dove
TV · as July Johnson · 4 eps
American Experience
TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep
Matewan
Movie · as Joe Kenehan
The Equalizer
TV · as Michael · 1 ep
Miami Vice
TV · as Jimmy Yagovitch · 1 ep
Bad Timing
Movie · as Eddie
American Playhouse
TV · as Louis Halladay, Charlie Bemis, Eugene Debs · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 1 ep