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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

92

Gender

Male

Birthday

1951-07-09 (74 years old)

Place of Birth

Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Also Known As

Крис Купер

크리스 쿠퍼

Кріс Купер

کریس کوپر

克里斯庫柏

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

American Beauty

1999

American Beauty

as

Colonel Fitts

Jarhead

2005

Jarhead

as

Lt. Col. Kazinski

Syriana

2005

Syriana

as

Jimmy Pope

Capote

2005

Capote

as

Alvin Dewey

The Horse Whisperer

1998

The Horse Whisperer

as

Frank Booker

Me, Myself & Irene

2000

Me, Myself & Irene

as

Lieutenant Gerke

A Time to Kill

1996

A Time to Kill

as

Dwayne Looney

City of Hope

1991

City of Hope

as

Riggs

The Bourne Identity

2002

The Bourne Identity

as

Alexander Conklin

The Patriot

2000

The Patriot

as

Col. Harry Burwell

Adaptation.

2002

Adaptation.

as

John Laroche

Breach

2007

Breach

as

Robert Hanssen

The Kingdom

2007

The Kingdom

as

Grant Sykes

Seabiscuit

2003

Seabiscuit

as

Tom Smith

Interstate 60

2002

Interstate 60

as

Bob Cody

The Town

2010

The Town

as

Stephen MacRay

Remember Me

2010

Remember Me

as

Neil Craig

Matewan

1987

Matewan

as

Joe Kenehan

Married Life

2008

Married Life

as

Harry Allen

Lone Star

1996

Lone Star

as

Sam

October Sky

1999

October Sky

as

John Hickam

Boston Strangler

2023

Boston Strangler

as

Jack Maclaine

My House in Umbria

2003

My House in Umbria

as

Thomas 'Tom' Riversmith

The Tempest

2010

The Tempest

as

Antonio

The Company Men

2010

The Company Men

as

Phil Woodward

Where the Wild Things Are

2009

Where the Wild Things Are

as

Douglas (voice)

Silver City

2004

Silver City

as

Dickie Pilager

Breast Men

1997

Breast Men

as

Dr. William Larson

Primo Levi's Journey

2006

Primo Levi's Journey

as

Narrator (voice) (U.S. version)

Amigo

2011

Amigo

as

Col. Hardacre

Pharaoh's Army

1995

Pharaoh's Army

as

Captain John Hull Abston

The Company You Keep

2012

The Company You Keep

as

Daniel Sloan

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

2014

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

as

Norman Osborn (uncredited)

August: Osage County

2013

August: Osage County

as

Charlie Aiken

In Broad Daylight

1991

In Broad Daylight

as

Jack Wilson

Money Train

1995

Money Train

as

Torch

Guilty by Suspicion

1991

Guilty by Suspicion

as

Larry Nolan

Demolition

2016

Demolition

as

Phil Eastwood

The Muppets

2011

The Muppets

as

Tex Richman

Coming Through the Rye

2016

Coming Through the Rye

as

J.D. Salinger

Live by Night

2016

Live by Night

as

Chief Irving Figgis

Fastball

2016

Fastball

as

Clifford Blankenship (voice)

One More Mountain

1994

One More Mountain

as

Jack Reed

The Bourne Supremacy

2004

The Bourne Supremacy

as

Alexander Conklin

Cars 3

2017

Cars 3

as

Smokey (voice)

Boys

1996

Boys

as

Mr. John Baker

A Little Piece of Sunshine

1990

A Little Piece of Sunshine

as

Ernie Favaro

Little Women

2019

Little Women

as

Mr. Laurence

Irresistible

2020

Irresistible

as

Jack Hastings

Them That Work

2019

Them That Work

as

Self

Bed of Lies

1992

Bed of Lies

as

Price Daniel, Jr.

The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

2009

The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

as

Himself (Narrator)

To the Moon, Alice

1991

To the Moon, Alice

as

Frank Wiliker

Henrietta Bulkowski

2019

Henrietta Bulkowski

as

Danny Wilcox

The Deliverance of Elaine

1996

The Deliverance of Elaine

as

Charlie Skyler

Darrow

1991

Darrow

as

Eugene Debs

Extreme Movie

2008

Extreme Movie

as

FBI Agent Mike (uncredited)

Walt Whitman

2008

Walt Whitman

as

Walt Whitman (voice)

With/In Volume 2

2021

With/In Volume 2

as

(segment "Nuts")

Alone

1997

Alone

as

Gus Jr.

The History of Sound

2025

The History of Sound

as

Older Lionel

Lonesome Dove

Lonesome Dove

as

July Johnson

11.22.63

11.22.63

as

Al Templeton

American Experience

American Experience

as

Narrator (voice)

Law & Order

Law & Order

as

Defense Attorney Roy Payne

Teen Choice Awards

Teen Choice Awards

as

Self - Nominee

Miami Vice

Miami Vice

as

Jimmy Yagovitch

The Equalizer

The Equalizer

as

Michael

Homecoming

Homecoming

as

Leonard Geist

Production

Crew

Directing