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Chris Cooper

Acting 74 years old Kansas City, Missouri, USA ★ 2.3
Born: July 9, 1951

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).

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Filmography

Acting Credits (92)

The History of Sound
The History of Sound Older Lionel 2025
Everything's Going to Be Great
Everything's Going to Be Great Walter 2025
Boston Strangler
Boston Strangler Jack Maclaine 2023
With/In Volume 2
With/In Volume 2 2022
With/In Volume 2
With/In Volume 2 (segment "Nuts") 2021
Irresistible
Irresistible Jack Hastings 2020
Little Women
Little Women Mr. Laurence 2019
Them That Work
Them That Work Self 2019
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Jerry Vogel 2019
It Takes a Lunatic
It Takes a Lunatic Self 2019
Henrietta Bulkowski
Henrietta Bulkowski Danny Wilcox 2019
Homecoming
Homecoming Leonard Geist 2018
Intelligent Lives
Intelligent Lives Self 2018
Cars 3
Cars 3 Smokey (voice) 2017
Live by Night
Live by Night Chief Irving Figgis 2016
Coming Through the Rye
Coming Through the Rye J.D. Salinger 2016
Demolition
Demolition Phil Eastwood 2016
Fastball
Fastball Clifford Blankenship (voice) 2016
11.22.63
11.22.63 Al Templeton 2016
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Norman Osborn (uncredited) 2014
August: Osage County
August: Osage County Charlie Aiken 2013
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy
Letters to Jackie: Remembering President Kennedy Self - Narrator (voice) 2013
The Company You Keep
The Company You Keep Daniel Sloan 2012
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God Gary (voice) 2012
The Muppets
The Muppets Tex Richman 2011
Amigo
Amigo Col. Hardacre 2011
The Company Men
The Company Men Phil Woodward 2010
The Town
The Town Stephen MacRay 2010
The Tempest
The Tempest Antonio 2010
Remember Me
Remember Me Neil Craig 2010
Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
Jake Gyllenhaal Challenges the Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize Lt. Col. Kazinski (archive footage) 2010
Where the Wild Things Are
Where the Wild Things Are Douglas (voice) 2009
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln Himself (Narrator) 2009
Extreme Movie
Extreme Movie FBI Agent Mike (uncredited) 2008
New York, I Love You
New York, I Love You Alex 2008
Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman Walt Whitman (voice) 2008
Married Life
Married Life Harry Allen 2008
The Kingdom
The Kingdom Grant Sykes 2007
Breach
Breach Robert Hanssen 2007
Primo Levi's Journey
Primo Levi's Journey Narrator (voice) (U.S. version) 2006
Making Capote: Concept to Script
Making Capote: Concept to Script Self 2006
Syriana
Syriana Jimmy Pope 2005
Jarhead
Jarhead Lt. Col. Kazinski 2005
Capote
Capote Alvin Dewey 2005
The Making of 'Seabiscuit'
The Making of 'Seabiscuit' Self 2004
Silver City
Silver City Dickie Pilager 2004
The Bourne Supremacy
The Bourne Supremacy Alexander Conklin (uncredited) 2004
Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the Legend
Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the Legend Self 2003
Seabiscuit
Seabiscuit Tom Smith 2003
'Seabiscuit': The Making of a Legend
'Seabiscuit': The Making of a Legend Self 2003
My House in Umbria
My House in Umbria Thomas 'Tom' Riversmith 2003
Adaptation.
Adaptation. John Laroche 2002
The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Identity Alexander Conklin 2002
Interstate 60
Interstate 60 Bob Cody 2002
American Beauty: Look Closer...
American Beauty: Look Closer... Self 2000
The Patriot
The Patriot Col. Harry Burwell 2000
Me, Myself & Irene
Me, Myself & Irene Lieutenant Gerke 2000
American Beauty
American Beauty Colonel Fitts 1999
Teen Choice Awards
Teen Choice Awards Self 1999
October Sky
October Sky John Hickam 1999
The 24 Hour Woman
The 24 Hour Woman Ron Hacksby 1999
The Horse Whisperer
The Horse Whisperer Frank Booker 1998
Great Expectations
Great Expectations Joe 1998
Alone
Alone Gus Jr. 1997
Breast Men
Breast Men Dr. William Larson 1997
A Time to Kill
A Time to Kill Dwayne Looney 1996
Lone Star
Lone Star Sam Deeds 1996
Boys
Boys Mr. John Baker 1996
The Deliverance of Elaine
The Deliverance of Elaine Charlie Skyler 1996
Money Train
Money Train Torch 1995
Pharaoh's Army
Pharaoh's Army Captain John Hull Abston 1995
One More Mountain
One More Mountain Jack Reed 1994
Return to Lonesome Dove
Return to Lonesome Dove July Johnson 1993
This Boy's Life
This Boy's Life Roy 1993
Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life
Ned Blessing: The True Story Of My Life Anthony Blessing 1992
Bed of Lies
Bed of Lies Price Daniel, Jr. 1992
City of Hope
City of Hope Riggs 1991
To the Moon, Alice
To the Moon, Alice Frank Wiliker 1991
Darrow
Darrow Eugene Debs 1991
Thousand Pieces of Gold
Thousand Pieces of Gold Charlie 1991
Guilty by Suspicion
Guilty by Suspicion Larry Nolan 1991
In Broad Daylight
In Broad Daylight Jack Wilson 1991
A Little Piece of Sunshine
A Little Piece of Sunshine Ernie Favaro 1990
Law & Order
Law & Order Defense Attorney Roy Payne 1990
Lonesome Dove
Lonesome Dove July Johnson 1989
American Experience
American Experience Narrator (voice) 1988
Matewan
Matewan Joe Kenehan 1987
The Equalizer
The Equalizer Michael 1985
Miami Vice
Miami Vice Jimmy Yagovitch 1984
Bad Timing
Bad Timing Eddie 1982
The Oscars
The Oscars Self 1953
Light on Broken Glass
Light on Broken Glass Jay

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