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Chris Cooper

Born
July 9, 1951
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.
Academy Awards
Best Supporting Actor
Golden Globe Awards
Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
Known For
American Beauty
(1999)
Colonel Fitts
Cars 3
(2017)
Smokey Yunick (voice)
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
(2014)
Norman Osborn (uncredited)
Little Women
(2019)
Mr. Laurence
The Patriot
(2000)
Col. Harry Burwell
The Town
(2010)
Stephen MacRay
Irresistible
(2020)
Jack Hastings
Jarhead
(2005)
Lt. Col. Kazinski
Boston Strangler
(2023)
Jack Maclaine
The Bourne Identity
(2002)
Alexander Conklin
The Bourne Supremacy
(2004)
Alexander Conklin
Me, Myself & Irene
(2000)
Lieutenant Gerke
The Muppets
(2011)
Tex Richman
Remember Me
(2010)
Neil Craig
Money Train
(1995)
Torch
October Sky
(1999)
John Hickam
Full Filmography
Acting
Bad Timing
(1982)
Matewan
(1987)
Joe Kenehan
A Little Piece of Sunshine
(1990)
Ernie Favaro
City of Hope
(1991)
Riggs
Thousand Pieces of Gold
(1991)
Charlie
In Broad Daylight
(1991)
Jack Wilson
Guilty by Suspicion
(1991)
Larry Nolan
To the Moon, Alice
(1991)
Frank Wiliker
Darrow
(1991)
Eugene Debs
Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life
(1992)
Anthony Blessing
Bed of Lies
(1992)
Price Daniel, Jr.
This Boy's Life
(1993)
Roy
One More Mountain
(1994)
Jack Reed
Pharaoh's Army
(1995)
Captain John Hull Abston
Money Train
(1995)
Torch
A Time to Kill
(1996)
Dwayne Looney
Lone Star
(1996)
Sam Deeds
Boys
(1996)
Mr. John Baker
The Deliverance of Elaine
(1996)
Charlie Skyler
Breast Men
(1997)
Dr. William Larson
Alone
(1997)
Gus Jr.
The Horse Whisperer
(1998)
Frank Booker
Great Expectations
(1998)
Joe
American Beauty
(1999)
Colonel Fitts
October Sky
(1999)
John Hickam
The Patriot
(2000)
Col. Harry Burwell
Me, Myself & Irene
(2000)
Lieutenant Gerke
American Beauty: Look Closer...
(2000)
Self
The Bourne Identity
(2002)
Alexander Conklin
Adaptation.
(2002)
John Laroche
Interstate 60
(2002)
Bob Cody
Seabiscuit
(2003)
Tom Smith
My House in Umbria
(2003)
Thomas 'Tom' Riversmith
Silver City
(2004)
Dickie Pilager
The Bourne Supremacy
(2004)
Alexander Conklin
Jarhead
(2005)
Lt. Col. Kazinski
Syriana
(2005)
Jimmy Pope
Capote
(2005)
Alvin Dewey
Primo Levi's Journey
(2006)
Narrator (voice) (U.S. version)
Making Capote: Concept to Script
(2006)
Self
Breach
(2007)
Robert Hanssen
The Kingdom
(2007)
Grant Sykes
Married Life
(2007)
Harry Allen
Extreme Movie
(2008)
FBI Agent Mike (uncredited)
Walt Whitman
(2008)
Walt Whitman (voice)
New York, I Love You
(2008)
Alex
Where the Wild Things Are
(2009)
Douglas (voice)
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
(2009)
Himself (Narrator)
Remember Me
(2010)
Neil Craig
The Town
(2010)
Stephen MacRay
The Company Men
(2010)
Phil Woodward
The Tempest
(2010)
Antonio
Amigo
(2010)
Col. Hardacre
Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
(2010)
Lt. Col. Kazinski (archive footage)
The Muppets
(2011)
Tex Richman
The Company You Keep
(2012)
Daniel Sloan
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
(2012)
Gary (voice)
August: Osage County
(2013)
Charlie Aiken
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
(2013)
Narrator (voice)
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
(2014)
Norman Osborn (uncredited)
Demolition
(2015)
Phil Eastwood
Coming Through the Rye
(2016)
J.D. Salinger
Live by Night
(2016)
Chief Irving Figgis
Fastball
(2016)
Clifford Blankenship (voice)
Cars 3
(2017)
Smokey Yunick (voice)
Intelligent Lives
(2018)
Self
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
(2019)
Jerry Vogel
Little Women
(2019)
Mr. Laurence
Them That Work
(2019)
Self
It Takes a Lunatic
(2019)
Self
Henrietta Bulkowski
(2019)
Danny Wilcox
Irresistible
(2020)
Jack Hastings
With/In Volume 2
(2021)
(segment "Nuts")
With/In Volume 2
(2022)
Boston Strangler
(2023)
Jack Maclaine
Production
Directing
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