Chris Cooper
Born July 09, 1951 (Age: 74)
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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.
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
The History of Sound
2025
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as Older Lionel
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Age: 74
Boston Strangler
2023
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as Jack Maclaine
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Age: 71
Irresistible
2020
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as Jack Hastings
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Age: 68
Little Women
2019
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as Mr. Laurence
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Age: 68
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
2019
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as Jerry Vogel
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Age: 68
Cars 3
2017
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as Smokey (voice)
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Age: 65
Live by Night
2016
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as Chief Irving Figgis
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Age: 65
Demolition
2016
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as Phil Eastwood
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Age: 64
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
2014
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as Norman Osborn (uncredited)
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Age: 62
August: Osage County
2013
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as Charlie Aiken
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Age: 62
The Company You Keep
2012
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as Daniel Sloan
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Age: 61
The Muppets
2011
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as Tex Richman
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Age: 60
Amigo
2011
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as Col. Hardacre
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Age: 60
The Company Men
2010
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as Phil Woodward
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Age: 59
The Town
2010
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as Stephen MacRay
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Age: 59
The Tempest
2010
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as Antonio
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Age: 59
Remember Me
2010
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as Neil Craig
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Age: 58
Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
2010
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as Lt. Col. Kazinski (archive footage)
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Age: 58
Where the Wild Things Are
2009
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as Douglas (voice)
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Age: 58
Extreme Movie
2008
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as FBI Agent Mike (uncredited)
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Age: 57
New York, I Love You
2008
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as Alex
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Age: 57
Married Life
2008
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as Harry Allen
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Age: 56
The Kingdom
2007
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as Grant Sykes
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Age: 56
Breach
2007
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as Robert Hanssen
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Age: 55
Primo Levi's Journey
2006
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as Narrator (voice) (U.S. version)
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Age: 55
Making Capote: Concept to Script
2006
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as Self
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Age: 54
Syriana
2005
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as Jimmy Pope
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Age: 54
Jarhead
2005
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as Lt. Col. Kazinski
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Age: 54
Capote
2005
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as Alvin Dewey
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Age: 54
No Image
The Making of 'Seabiscuit'
2004
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as Self
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Age: 53
Silver City
2004
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as Dickie Pilager
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Age: 53
The Bourne Supremacy
2004
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as Alexander Conklin (uncredited)
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Age: 53
Seabiscuit
2003
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as Tom Smith
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Age: 52
Adaptation.
2002
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as John Laroche
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Age: 51
The Bourne Identity
2002
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as Alexander Conklin
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Age: 50
American Beauty: Look Closer...
2000
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as Self
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Age: 49
The Patriot
2000
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as Col. Harry Burwell
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Age: 48
Me, Myself & Irene
2000
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as Lieutenant Gerke
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Age: 48
American Beauty
1999
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as Colonel Fitts
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Age: 48
October Sky
1999
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as John Hickam
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Age: 47
The Horse Whisperer
1998
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as Frank Booker
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Age: 46
Great Expectations
1998
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as Joe
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Age: 46
A Time to Kill
1996
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as Dwayne Looney
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Age: 45
Lone Star
1996
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as Sam Deeds
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Age: 44
Boys
1996
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as Mr. John Baker
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Age: 44
Money Train
1995
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as Torch
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Age: 44
This Boy's Life
1993
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as Roy
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Age: 41
No Image
To the Moon, Alice
1991
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as Frank Wiliker
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Age: 40
Guilty by Suspicion
1991
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as Larry Nolan
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Age: 39
Matewan
1987
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as Joe Kenehan
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Age: 36
Bad Timing
1982
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as Eddie
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Age: 31